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Can love change the world? I hope so!

Amy Sample Ward

I can’t think of a lesson, an outlook on life, and a guiding principle for my work that is more about love than this one. I see this work in public maps like Open Green Map. The biggest lesson: Everyone has something to give. I see this lesson in the work of 350.org. I see it in so many places, and it’s working.

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Flying High: Some Truly Creative Ways that Drone Technology is Being Utilized

Byte Technology

Of course there’s still the fun and frivolous uses, but more and more we are seeing the technology entering the realm of life-saving pursuits, strategic military and industrial applications, and so much more, to the point where entire niche markets are being spawned that leverage these flying machines for big business.

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Ushahidi Develops Innovative Tools for Nonprofits and Others Working to Benefit the Public

Tech Soup

Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. Since then, it has since logged, mapped, and tracked more than 14,000 reports of petrochemical pollution. It puts one type of data on a map.

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How Emerging Tech Is Changing Disaster Relief

Tech Soup

Drones in Nepal. After the destructive earthquake in Nepal, drones provided crucial assistance to aid workers. GlobalMedic, a company that deploys drones (or unmanned aerial vehicles) for relief efforts, has been tasked to map the affected areas. We've still got a ways to go. Please visit the site to view this video).

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2013 NTC Round-Up: Your Takeaways

NTEN

Countries represented: 13 (US, Canada, UK, Korea, Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, Ireland, Nepal, Mexico, and Ghana). Mindful Engagement at Work and in Life , Adam Pava. Cary Walski , MAP TechWorks. Resources from Tech Support Confidential , Cary Walski , MAP TechWorks. Speakers: 250. Session Notes.

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2013 NTC Round-Up: Your Takeaways

NTEN

Countries represented: 13 (US, Canada, UK, Korea, Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, Ireland, Nepal, Mexico, and Ghana). Mindful Engagement at Work and in Life , Adam Pava. Cary Walski , MAP TechWorks. Resources from Tech Support Confidential , Cary Walski , MAP TechWorks. Speakers: 250. Session Notes.

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How the NetSquared Challenges Have Accelerated Tech for Good

Tech Soup

The information would be compiled and displayed in real time online on a map. million posts or testimonies on Ushahidi to benefit an estimated 20 million people in stricken areas like Haiti in 2010 and Nepal in 2015. Relief organizations and others could get an immediate picture of what was happening on the ground.