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The NPTech Response to Japan

NTEN

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.

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Wordpress Extras: My Favorites

Amy Sample Ward

A recent comment from Ichi (working on social media for good in Japan w/ SocialCompany.org ) asked after the tools I was using on this blog to bring in comments via Twitter. These Twitter mentions are handled like Posts Comments, using WP built-in comment system.

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

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Captain Lopez would probably rather have information from 911 calls, with trained operators following a carefully crafted protocol to extract the most crucial information, but the 911 system is swamped. As a thought experiment, imagine this approach being used in the Japan tsunami. Delay costs lives.

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Great reads from around the web on April 8th

Amy Sample Ward

government is working on a new warning system to replace their oft criticized five-color coded terror index, and according to a new document obtained by The Associated Press, they're turning to Facebook and Twitter." What is this new network-centric world? What does it mean for community change?"

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Mapping for Impact: This Week's Free TechSoup Webinar

Tech Soup

Pacific time , Mapping Your Impact: A Case from Humanitarian Assistance , Andrew Schroeder of Direct Relief International will show just how far geographic information systems (more commonly referred to as GIS) have come in helping nonprofit organizations like his deploy aid to those in need.

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API Explained: This Technology Will Transform Your Company’s Charitable Giving

Global Giving

Kevin Conroy Chief Product Officer Who He Is: Kevin leads GlobalGiving's product team, a talented group of programmers, system administrators, designers, communicators, and marketers that work tirelessly to improve the GlobalGiving website. KizunaCranes.com was an engaging site designed to raise funds for the Japan earthquake relief efforts.

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Webinar Recap: App It Up!

Tech Soup

Orange County Library System Shake It! ResQ (response to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan). Most are free, but we urge you to do research into any and all apps included. Library Apps. for Android. NYPL Biblion. Library Anywhere (LibraryThing). Nonprofit and Other Cause-Related Apps. Humane Society of Whitley County.

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