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Science Technology and Society Forum in Kyoto

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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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Unlocking the Magic of Creativity with a Cloud Business Productivity Platform

Tech Soup

The platform is designed with business people in mind and doesn’t require coding or IT skills. The Japan Center for International Exchange has built a searchable donor database to track donations from all over the world as a major part of their Japan disaster relief efforts.

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More on Using Crowdsourced Data to Find Big Picture Patterns (Take 3)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

So, Captain Lopez ends up using the crisis-map in real-time to guide her team, and happens to miss the area of worst damage because of any number of real world reasons (inoperative cell towers comes to mind). As a thought experiment, imagine this approach being used in the Japan tsunami. Delay costs lives.

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Emergency Response Guide

Connection Cafe

Is your organization working to ready itself to respond to the needs caused by the earthquake in Japan? Rapid response is a top-of-mind topic for nonprofits of all shapes and sizes right now. Convio wants to help you. Download and put our " Be Prepared When Your Mission Calls " rapid response fundraising guide to work for you.

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Keys to Following Up with Disaster Response Donors

Connection Cafe

I’ve been following the fundraising response to Japan very closely and so I was very pleased to be able to sit down with Katie Beth DeSchepper of StrategicOne earlier today. For example, they’re seeing the pictures of what’s going on in Japan – it’s on their mind all the time.

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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, keep in mind that large nonprofits are spending tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of dollars each year on Facebook Ads and they have it down to a science. 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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Sprint How You Can: Salesforce.org Commons Fosters True Community Collaboration by Going Hybrid

Saleforce Nonprofit

We’ve since welcomed virtual Sprinters from 25+ countries around the globe, including Australia, Japan, Senegal, Ethiopia, and Brazil. With that in mind, Salesforce.org hosted its first “hybrid” Community Sprint in San Francisco. A Sprint to Remember.