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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

Prior to her work with March of Dimes, she focused internationally on the impacts of social and environmental factors on the health of women and their families . Leads World Central Kitchen’s emergency and disaster relief efforts and long-term impact projects . Vice President, Social Impact and Sustainability. Kelly Tweeddale.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites.

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Changing the World One Gift at a Time: An Interview with Deron Beal of the Freecycle Network

Have Fun - Do Good

I was a member of my neighborhood association at the time, and that was a Yahoo group, so I said, "Why not just set up a Yahoo group? I sent out one email to 30 or 40 friends and a handful of local nonprofits announcing the start of this Yahoo group. I'll call it Freecycle." So, bang, the idea was born. They really know Web 2.0