196 Crowdfunding helps revive quake-hit small businesses in Japan | The Japan Times
AFP Blog
JANUARY 27, 2015
Crowdfunding helps revive quake-hit small businesses in Japan | The Japan Times
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Mobile Commons
MARCH 16, 2011
We’ve been following coverage of the disaster in Japan as the magnitude of the damage continues to grow. First the earthquake, then the tsunami and now the reports of a nuclear disaster at Fukushima mean that the people in Japan need all the help they can get to even begin recovery efforts.
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A letter from Japan
SocialFish
MARCH 12, 2012
Thank you to everyone who took part in the conversation last year and helped me put together this post about online and mobile disaster relief efforts for Japan. Grant, It has been a year since devastating earthquake and tsunami hit in east Japan. Sincerely Yours, Japan AMC.
TechSoup Japan Disaster Relief Program Launches to Assist Local NGOs
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. TechSoup Japan will contact the organization regarding its eligibility in about one week.
Disaster-relief vending machines on the rise - The Japan News
AFP Blog
AUGUST 26, 2013
Disaster-relief vending machines on the rise - The Japan News : When the Great East Japan Earthquake hit on March 11, 2011, Coca-Cola Japan Co. took advantage of the remote control functions on about 400 disaster-relief vending machines, equipped with batteries for backup, in the Tokyo metropolitan area and other locations.
Resources & Support for Japan Earthquake
VisionLink
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).
LivingSocial Deal Contributes $2 Million to Japan Disaster Relief
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
How Effective was Crisis Mapping During the 2011 Japan Earthquake? | TechPresident
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.
Donors needed for our friends in Japan. Will you help?
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.
Text Message Donations: Aiding or Stifling Relief Efforts in Japan? - TIME NewsFeed
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.
TechSoup Japan and Kenya Launch!
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. Congratulations to all, and welcome to TechSoup Japan and TechSoup Kenya!
Google, Local Platforms Respond to Japan's 8.9 Earthquake Crisis | Fast Company
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
Updates from TechSoup's Partner and Friends in Japan
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.
Latest Resources to Help Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami Victims
Frogloop
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.
The NPTech Response to Japan
NTEN
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.
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
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.
Interview: SXSW4Japan Raises over $120,000 #sxswcares
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. fundraising interview case study disaster japan online fundraising sxsw
NetCentric Advocacy: Speed Geeking gets to Japan: Pecha Kucha
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.
Opening day: Mobile donations on the baseball diamond
Mobile Commons
APRIL 1, 2011
In Washington, DC and New York, Nationals and Yankees fans weren’t only eating peanuts and singing during the 7th inning stretch, they were helping Japan. Major League Baseball and the MLB Player’s Association are donating $500,000 to Japan’s recovery.
Cool App Roundup: Disaster and Emergency Edition
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 Up
How the Cloud Can Make a Difference for Disaster Relief
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.
Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way
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 development
How Not to Thank an Online Donor During a Disaster - Thanking an Online Donor AFter a Disaster
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
TechNet Blogs
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.
Real Time Charitable Giving | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project
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.
Latest global social, digital, mobile data for ya
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.
Pecha Kucha: The F2F Twitter Stream for Events | Engage365
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.
Saving the web for the future - 02 Mar 2010 - Computing
AFP Blog
MARCH 3, 2010
Libraries as far afield as Japan, France and the US are realising that the ubiquity of the internet means that sites that could disappear need to be preserved for posterity Saving the web for the future - 02 Mar 2010 - Computing: "The British Library’s UK Web Archive project to save all the UK’s free-access web sites underlines just how pervasive the internet’s role in people’s lives has become.
Giving to disaster relief is as easy as your nearest ATM | StarTribune.com
AFP Blog
MARCH 31, 2011
In just 10 days, the ubiquitous ATM machines collected more than $1 million for Japan relief efforts by the American Red Cross. Giving to disaster relief is as easy as your nearest ATM | StarTribune.com : "Wells Fargo customers logging into ATM machines this month found a new option on their screens. Next to the box that says 'Deposit Cash' is one saying 'Donate to Charity.' Donate they did.
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Mobile Commons
JUNE 3, 2016
Naver’s mobile messenger app Line to go public in Japan in July – Line Corp., a Japan-based mobile chatting app unit of South Korea’s Naver Corp., will go public on Japan’s Tokyo Stock Exchange in July.
Twitter Stats You Need To Know and Tips to Get More Clicks
Frogloop
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.
Crowdsourcing put to good use in Africa | Madeleine Bunting | Global development | guardian.co.uk
AFP Blog
MAY 20, 2011
Since then, the open source platform has been deployed 12,000 times across the globe, from earthquakes in Haiti, New Zealand and Australia to the tsunami in Japan this year.
Latest global social, digital, mobile data for ya
SocialFish
JANUARY 23, 2014
From We Are Social Singapore. This report presents all the key statistics, data and behavioural indicators for social, digital and mobile channels around the world.
Flying High: Some Truly Creative Ways that Drone Technology is Being Utilized
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.
Daily DoGooder: The Cove trailer
See What's Out There
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.
Using Causes on Facebook to Change the World with Matthew Mahan
NetWits
NOVEMBER 5, 2010
Meet Matt. He’s the vice president of impact at Causes. This year he joined a few of us for the Ignite Panel at Blackbaud’s conference where we talked about how social media is helping non-profits change the world.
How to “get” social media
John Haydon
MAY 17, 2012
People who are fluent in Japanese got that way because they spent considerable time in Japan. If you think you can successfully promote your nonprofit on Facebook and Twitter without using it personally, you’re missing the boat.
Evolution of Online Donors
Frogloop
DECEMBER 7, 2011
Only 1 in 10 gifts were given to the 9/11 disaster online vs. 1 in 3 gifts were given online/mobile to the Japan earthquake disaster. Technology is evolving every day, but no one really stops to think about how far it has actually come--particularly in the form of online donations.
Science Technology and Society Forum in Kyoto
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.
Samin Nosrat: Cook, Teacher, Writer, Accidental Activist
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."
Mobile Messaging News Roundup
Mobile Commons
APRIL 8, 2016
Chat app Line runs into trouble in Thailand and Japan, two of its key markets. Japan’s Line has also followed this bot trend. We’re starting a new feature on the Mobile Commons blog!
Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy
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.
Microsoft's Windows Azure and Disaster Response
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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