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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. I will explain the use of mapping, fundraising, and crowdsourcing.

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Wearable Computing: Sussing Out the Frontiers of Nonprofit Technology

Tech Soup

It also can map turn-by-turn directions for you. It also does translations of foreign language signs and things you’re looking at. Wikipedia article on smartglasses. Here are some of the things it currently does: It takes photos and videos by voice command and can upload them to the web.

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Screencast Treatment: Web Analytics As Simple Gifts To Measure Mission

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you're curious about Occam's Razor, here's a more detailed description or see the simplicity page in wikipedia. Show example of Idealist tracking the different language versions and geographic distribution. I also keep fairly good track of the languages of visitors of our site.

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100 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

GlobalTweets is a website which plots recent tweets from all over the world on a map by using their geographical information. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. Local Impact Map :: datamarket.azure.com/application. It is a must download!

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Mark Pesce at CUA09 - Think Like a Cloud, Make a Storm, Kill the Tower!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The audio is fading a bit, so I've been thinking about what Mark wrote in his essay, " Sharing Power (Aussie Rules)" I read the essay three times, I mind mapped it, and have been noodling on it for an hour or two. The same sort of engine which powers Wikipedia can be put to work across a number of different “platforms”.

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85 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

GlobalTweets is a website which plots recent tweets from all over the world on a map by using their geographical information. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. Local Impact Map :: datamarket.azure.com/application. It is a must download!

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70 Low-Cost or Free Web-Based Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

GlobalTweets is a website which plots recent tweets from all over the world on a map by using their geographical information. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. Local Impact Map :: datamarket.azure.com/application. It is a must download!

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