Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2014

This is one of the first reports using “Personal Health Data” in aggregate, using data points around sleep tracking to look at a natural disaster. As Jacob Harold mused on Twitter, “In such a moment of something so powerful and scary as an earthquake, technology can only observe.” How long will this data be stored?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Since then, it has since logged, mapped, and tracked more than 14,000 reports of petrochemical pollution. The organization got started when a group of Kenyan bloggers led by Erik Hersman began doing online mapping of violence reports after the 2008 Kenyan election. The name Ushahidi means "testimony" in Swahili.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

The goal was to provide a platform for ordinary Kenyans to report incidents of violence happening around them. As Hersman says , "Sometimes there is just nothing more you can do than report what you see." Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2007

Read More » Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World Sarah Hassaine in Influence 17 May 2010 When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S. In this case.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2011

Peter Deitz is a long-time member and contributor in the NetSquared (and TechSoup) community; he started the NetSquared Montreal group and his Social Actions project was a winner in the 2008 N2Y3 Mashup Challenge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2007

I think of her work as a mashup between an extremely talented court room artist, journalist, social activist and philanthropist. m away and posting them (as well as my commentary) whenever an internet cafe is available. I will be creating watercolors while I???m

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Community Funded Reporting : The news industry is dying but in its wake are new business models to support investigative journalism. One of these is "community funded reporting" which is being pioneered by Spot.us How do we—innovators, entrepreneurs—know what's going to make real-world impact and where do we start?

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