Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2015

On this 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, we polled a variety of smart NPtech cognoscenti on the single most important thing charities need to do to prepare for a disaster. Amy Sample Ward — CEO, NTEN. Then the key disaster preparedness concern becomes communication, not system and data preservation.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. The system had three components: The Image Tagger — Volunteers sort through news photos coming out of Haiti and categorize (tag) them with keywords like “adult, child, alive, deceased.”

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Data centers from big companies like Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, and so on have redundant backup systems for emergencies, they have teams of people around the world ensuring updates and patches are done, and they're working hard to fight back against any vulnerabilities that hackers may try to exploit. Back Up Your Data Securely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

And because you probably can't eat that much - unless, of course, you're Joey Chestnut - you put many small samples on your plate instead. So, here's a few samplings from my digital buffet. To learn more about it, join the Mozilla crew and friends for a Twitter chat next Monday evening. But that would be a lot of content!

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

That’s otherwise known as a reliable banking system. Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 10:32 am | Permalink Amy Sample Ward wrote: Great list, Steve! When afterwilma debuted, I like many others felt an affinity to the people afflicted by the hurricane. Poverty has many causes. Thanks for sharing it.

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