Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2020

Fortunately, we live in a time where technology can help bring people together in new and creative ways to fundraise without the requirement of being face-to-face with one another. Early in my career, I worked on the Race for the Cure in Houston when a hurricane swept through 10 days before our event.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

TechSoup recently updated its disaster planning and recovery guide, The Resilient Organization , to include the new ways nonprofits, charities, and public libraries are using technology. Android, iOS, Windows Phone) connects you with friends and family during a large-scale disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Imagine a hurricane bearing down on an isolated village. Instead, what if technology could prevent some of the destruction and improve aid delivery after a disaster? A new report called Technology for Good: Innovative Use of Technology by Charities identifies ten technologies that are already having this kind of impact in the world.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Indirect Content.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

If you're anything like me, you can spend hours staring at a beautiful, well-designed map. An old acquaintance of mine decorated his house with framed maps of the various states he'd lived in. Well-made maps and information graphics give me "the big picture" so much faster than plain text.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

I've always evangelized the potential of tools like Facebook and Twitter to create meaningful communities and collaborations, but now realize the true opportunity for all of us who spend our days mixing up cocktails of mission and technology: . As Robert Scoble pointed out, "It's not so much about technology but people."

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. An example of an API is when you put a Bing or Google Map on your website.). Google Maps. things that it celebrated are now commonplace, and nonprofit technology and effectiveness still requires money. " The year was 2005. The Iraq War was raging.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

This is a natural fit for the organization and they have plans for future apps focused on earthquake, hurricane, tornado, and flood preparedness. iOS: This app uses technology to enhance people’s personal security. Charity Miles - iTunes App Store. Charity Miles - Google Play.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2012

This is a natural fit for the organization and they have plans for future apps focused on earthquake, hurricane, tornado, and flood preparedness. Charity Miles - iTunes App Store Charity Miles - Google Play bSafe iOS: This app uses technology to enhance people’s personal security.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

The District adopted consumer technologies for use in the public sector to make the District’s public information more accessible. People are coming together to create cool technologies – Syndication and programming tools such as APIs, widgets, and RSS have provided publishers with a bevy of methods to disseminate information.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2006

She did a lot of work on the hurricane aftermath (she's an expert on hazardous waste, and a gazillion other things). Any IT setup has to be distributed as we saw so many single point data sources taken out by Hurricane Katrina, with no alternate location for getting same data stream. I thought her comments would be worth posting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters. The conference will showcase NTEN's new book about mission-driven technology. Visual Mapping and Diagnostics for Scaling Change : From Steve Waddel, Iscale - this paper has done the impossible!

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

When afterwilma debuted, I like many others felt an affinity to the people afflicted by the hurricane. We did start a group hurricane blog after Wilma, thankfully we have not put it to good use. Visiting Cancun this very week, I am struck by the damage that is still visible. No electricity, no computer, thus I really need that new toy.

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