Tech Soup Blog

MAY 4, 2011

The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred 7 weeks and 4 days ago. The nonprofit sector in Japan has a major role to play now in providing services and support to the devastated local communities. In order to assist with the recovery, TechSoup Japan , a program of the Japan NPO Center , is working with Microsoft, Adobe, and Symantec to aid local nonprofit organizations whose facilities are damaged in the earthquake by providing software donations. About TechSoup Japan.

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MARCH 12, 2011

Thoughts and prayers to those impacted by Japan''s earthquake and tsunami. For official updates on the nuclear reactors in Japan, go to International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA ; the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, NISA ; and to the Tokyo Electric Power Company for a list of regular updates. For those trying to reconnect friends and family, use the Red Cross Safe and Well site via the web or mobile (deployed on VisionLink''s CommunityOS software).

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MARCH 11, 2011

Flickr photo: Logan was his name-o It's been just a few hours since one of the largest recorded earthquakes and subsequent tsunami hit off the coast of Japan. Our hearts go out to the people of Japan. The photos and video coming out of the region are awe inspiring and scary. Fortunately, the quick response to the quake, especially in the realm of technology, has been equally impressive. Just a few short years ago, technology in disaster response was a different animal all together.

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Tech Soup Blog

JULY 8, 2009

June marked the launch of two new international TechSoup partners: Japan and Kenya , bringing the total count of TechSoup Global Network partners to 24 (not including the original U.S. TechSoup's Partner NGO in Japan is the Tokyo-based Japan NPO Center , which hosted a successful launch event at the Tokyo International Forum. Present were 48 representatives from Japanese nonprofit organizations, as well as representatives from Symantec Japan, Microsoft Japan, and Adobe Japan.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 27, 2015

Crowdfunding helps revive quake-hit small businesses in Japan | The Japan Times

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Tech Soup Blog

MARCH 15, 2011

Words cannot describe the devastation that has engulfed Japan, and pictures paint a grim scenario that will affect the region for years to come. As someone with many ties to Japan and has been to the afflicted area in the past, I am certain that in spite of this tragedy, the spirit and resilience of the Japanese people will prevail.

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Care2

MARCH 12, 2011

Looking to help the victims of the Japan earthquake and Tusanmi, but don’t know where to start? “ Vonage , a provider of voice-over-internet-protocol communications, also said it will waive per-minute calling charges from 830 pm March 11 until 830 pm (EST) March 18 for customers call from their Vonage home phones to Japan.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2011

It’s just few days after the worst earthquake ever recorded in Japan, followed by a devastating tsunami and still uncertain consequences around affected nuclear plants, and many of us are thinking about how we can help. I’m thinking about Japan a lot this week because I lived in the Kansai area (about 3 hours southwest of Tokyo on the bullet train) for 4 years. People may be thinking that because Japan is more developed the need is less. Author: Molly Brooksbank.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 22, 2011

LivingSocial Deal Contributes $2 Million to Japan Disaster Relief: "LivingSocial has raised $2,301,130 for the American Red Cross’s Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami fund after leveraging its popular group-buying platform to solicit donations.Instead of offering a discount coupon for a product or activity, the site offered its more than 24 million subscribers an opportunity to make a $10

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

Last month, the Japan earthquake and tsunami occurred on March 11th 2011, the first day of the conference. That morning, I saw the jaw-dropping photos and videos from the Japan tsunami disaster. Meanwhile, bloggers Leigh Duncan and Deb Ng were starting a grassroots effort to raise awareness and support for the Japan disaster too. fundraising interview case study disaster japan online fundraising sxsw

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AFP Blog

MARCH 14, 2011

Apple & Microsoft Take Different Approaches to Japan Relief: "First up, Microsoft. The company tweeted a plea on its Bing search engine Twitter account, offering to donate up to $100,000 for earthquake victims, but under one condition: that users would retweet the message, which would result in Microsoft increasing its donations by one dollar per retweet

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AFP Blog

MARCH 8, 2013

How Effective was Crisis Mapping During the 2011 Japan Earthquake? Yet crisis mapping in the immediate aftermath of the Japan earthquake, including an Ushahidi map of Twitter reports, Sinsai.info, was not as critical to response TechPresident : Compared to similar efforts put to use in the 2010 Haiti earthquake, not as consistently.

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Network-Centric Advocacy

AUGUST 28, 2007

Main | Food Fight from the Makers of Ham Solo » August 28, 2007 Speed Geeking gets to Japan: Pecha Kucha Link: Seths Blog. Posted at 12:41 PM in Advocacy Strategy , Communication Technology , Personal Rants | Permalink | Reblog (0) TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Speed Geeking gets to Japan: Pecha Kucha : Comments Speed Geeking gets to Japan: Pecha Kucha Link: Seths Blog.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 16, 2011

Text Message Donations: Aiding or Stifling Relief Efforts in Japan? But are text message donation campaigns really helping the situation in Japan, following the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that struck last Friday? TIME NewsFeed: "In an age when you can balance your bank account or make dinner reservations from your cell phone, it's no surprise that disaster relief efforts have gone mobile.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 11, 2011

Google, Local Platforms Respond to Japan's 8.9 hit Japan today, resulting in tsunami warnings for 20 countries, as well as California and Hawaii. Earthquake Crisis | Fast Company: "An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 Crisis mappers wasted no time responding: In under 2.5 hours Google launched its person finder application, which was also used when New Zealand's 6.3 quake struck last month, and

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Japan Tops the List of Fastest-Rising Charitable Google Searches in 2011 - Social Philanthropy - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : Google this week released its annual Zeitgeist report, which tallies the 10 most popular and fastest-rising searches in a wide range of categories.

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Tech Soup Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The notification app J-ResQ was developed in response to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Microsoft earthquake disaster response disaster recovery japan disaster mobile phone ICT for development Microsoft Citizenship Windows Azure apps App It UpThis edition of the App It Up project "Cool App Roundup" highlights different ways apps can be used in disaster, crisis, and emergency situations. Preparing for Disaster. The U.S.

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Tech Soup Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2011

One of the scenarios where it's especially important to be able to handle unusually high amounts of traffic is after a disaster, which is why Second Harvest Japan decided to host its Emergency Response Portal in the cloud. If Second Harvest Japan had set up its own server to run its Emergency Response Portal, it probably would have crashed pretty quickly — like the lone customer service rep that got too many calls to handle.

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Tech Soup Blog

AUGUST 9, 2011

GreenTech International Online Activism Social Networking Volunteers social media Green IT volunteer disaster response disaster recovery japan microwork mapping disaster mobile phones ICT for developmentThe January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief.

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Find the free stuff

MAY 8, 2019

Originally adapted from Japan mobile telephone messaging service, Emoji (singular) or Emojis (plural) are ideograms used in electronic messages and widely in web pages as a means of communication. The increased use of social media has caused emojis to be a hot topic in modern times. Discover the best emoji apps for Android and IOS.

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See3

JUNE 24, 2011

Change the world, one video at a time.The Cove trailer | 2:18 thecovemovie.com This captivating film follows activist Ric O’Barry (of Flipper fame) and a team of commando environmentalists as they heroically film the yearly slaughter of approximately 23,000 dolphins in a well-guarded cove in Taiji, Japan.

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AFP Blog

MAY 13, 2011

TechNet Blogs : "n order to assist with the recovery, TechSoup Japan, a program of the Japan NPO Center, is working with Microsoft, Adobe, and Symantec to aid local nonprofit organizations whose facilities are damaged in the earthquake by providing software donations.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 16, 2011

How Not to Thank an Online Donor During a Disaster - Thanking an Online Donor AFter a Disaster: "I decided to see what charities were doing in response to online donations given to help Japan. Only one provided a thank you email that was specific to the relief efforts in Japan. So I donated a small amount online to several charities, specifically for relief efforts in Japan.The result? The others

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

53% of Asia Pacific citizens donate to charity, with those in Thailand (71%) more likely to do so and those in Japan the least likely (16%). Google research has revealed a 30% uptick in searches from August to September related to charitable giving. Your donors are currently in the process of deciding which organizations will be receiving their year-end donations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 5, 2010

I'm in Kyoto, Japan for the STS forum, an incredible gathering of top scientists and policy leaders from around the world. The event is the brainchild of Koji Omi, former Finance Minister of Japan. The caliber of attendees is amazing from all countries: ministers of education and science, top scientists, university presidents.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

For example, the Dolphin Project streams live daily updates from the Taiji dolphin hunts in Japan and NPR regularly streams live news updates.

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Tech Soup Blog

AUGUST 8, 2011

Second Harvest in Japan. Second Harvest Japan’s use of the Windows Azure emergency response portal following the disasters that struck Japan in March 2011 provides the best test case for how this tool can be used. Using the Windows Azure emergency response portal, Second Harvest Japan was able to provide their supporters and partner agencies with information regarding food donation and distribution needs.

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Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

JULY 24, 2019

They don’t need to go to Japan to get a Kimono, for ex. Mobile world has become a huge part of our lives.Not too early, but just about 20 years ago it took so many days, even weeks to get a piece of information from books and encyclopedias. Now, mobile users can do anything with their mobile devices within seconds. They can make their purchases just with a tap on shopping apps. If you have a shopping app, or an app, or if you live in this world, you high probably know what I’m saying.

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Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

AUGUST 12, 2019

The first ever commercially available automated cellular network was launched in Tokyo, Japan in 1979 by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. At first this network was just in the Metropolitan area of Tokyo, but within five years, it had spread to the entire population of Japan, and became the first nationwide 1G network. We rarely ever consider much of anything about how we get internet so easily to our cell phones, no matter where we are.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Then, learn from others – By looking at “The Cove&# – Save Japan Dolphins (925,372 Members helped raise $115,807), Darius Goes West (6,888 Members helped raise $38,758) or others like them you’ll be able to discover what worked, what didn’t and get ideas for how you might use the Causes application. Meet Matt. He’s the vice president of impact at Causes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2011

She's known for the Pop-Up General Store , Tartine Afterhours dinners , Home Ec Cooking Classes , and the nationwide Bakesale for Japan that raised $140,000. "I think as cooks there's something sort of innate in us that's about sharing and being generous and giving to people." Samin Nosrat Samin Nosrat creates community around food with her varied endeavors as a cook, teacher, writer, and accidental activist.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 12, 2012

In addition, a majority of those surveyed (56%) have continued to give to more recent disaster relief efforts—such as the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan—using their mobile phones Real Time Charitable Giving | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project : Yet while their initial contribution often involved little deliberation, 43% of these donors encouraged their friends or family members to give to the campaign as well.

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Tech Soup Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2012

TechSoup Japan Disaster Relief Program Launches to Assist Local NGOs. Updates from TechSoup's Partner and Friends in Japan. Relief organizations and first-responders are working tirelessly to provide aid to those affected by Hurricane Sandy. The staff at TechSoup Global is keeping all those affected by the devastating hurricane in our thoughts as we work to support recovery efforts. Donate to Organizations Providing Relief.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 10, 2009

The second announcement was by Plextor of Japan, about their new ebook player that will play Bookshare books. The Bookshare team has been attending the summer conventions of the two major blind consumer groups, the NFB and ACB. We had great user parties, listened to our users and talked to other key players in the accessibility field. We also announced a couple of assistive technology partnerships.

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MARCH 9, 2013

33,000 : tweets per second in Japan during New Years. 80 percent : users on mobile in the UK and Japan. A lot of organizations focus more of their engagement efforts on Facebook than Twitter. I think this is because organizations feel limited by the 145 character tweet length. Plus it can be a noisy space.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 6, 2011

This form of poetry has risen in popularity in the west, though it has come a long way from its beginnings in feudal Japan. A guest Beneblog by Lindsie Verma of the Bookshare Team Hot Fall Sun hangs low Cooling breeze ruffles oak tree Beneath, small boy reads. And now, as an old man, that boy is still reading. Thanks! Don Meyer, Bookshare user. We get a lot of emails from happy users, but never before have we received gratitude in Haiku-form!

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 29, 2014

Alongside regional pictures that capture the stats for every nation on Earth, we also present in-depth analyses for 24 of the world’s largest economies: Argentina, Australia, Brazile, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, Thailand, the UAE, the UK, and the USA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

The Networked Nonprofit in Japan. >&# >&# ichi&# – Hiroyasu Ichikawa who is president of the SocialCompany in Japan was visiting the Bay Area to attend SoCap. I met “ichi&# virtually when he let me know about a Netsquared Japan meet up featuring the Networked Nonprofit. He also kindly demonstrated on a video how to do social networking in Japan the old fashion way.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2016

From the earthquake in Nepal to the numerous tsunamis that have devastated Japan and Southeast Asia, drones are being used to pinpoint remote regions that would typically be underserved by emergency crews, in the end saving more lives.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Pecha Kucha: The F2F Twitter Stream for Events | Engage365: "Adrian Segar, author of Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love, said Pecha Kucha, which originated in Japan, consists of several speakers presenting 20 slides for 20 seconds apiece.

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Tech Soup Blog

AUGUST 18, 2009

The big green IT news this week is that the program has now expanded to 40 countries (PDF) worldwide including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Taiwan, and the 27 countries of the European Union. A bit over a year ago, we talked about U.S.-based

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Tech Soup Blog

JUNE 4, 2012

Kokkyo naki Kodomotachi (Children without Borders) in Japan is a humanitarian educational association NGO that supports disadvantaged children and youth in Asia who are on the street, are victims of trafficking, forced labor, and natural disasters, or in conflict with the law. Its projects in Japan focus on educating and connecting Japanese youth with the young people KnK serves outside of Japan.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. Earlier this week, I had the terrific opportunity to participate on a panel at the US launch event for “Philanthropy and Social Media”, a whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy and The Indigo Trust.

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