Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

You can make friends and call them into action, but those actions and real engagement will link to and live outside of the platform. You can also use Social Actions’ Twitter mashups to pull and push actionable opportunities to your network. Use the tool for what it is: a communications platform.

Green 102

Green Mashup Aggregator Org 102

Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

The Ushahidi platform was created and deployed by this group in about three days. The goal was to provide a platform for ordinary Kenyans to report incidents of violence happening around them. We got to know Ushahidi mere months after the platform launched. The name "Ushahidi" means testimony in Swahili.

Netsquared 36

Netsquared Challenge Tech Nepal 36

Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

Ushahidi created and deployed its platform in about three days to be used by ordinary Kenyans, allowing them to report incidents of violence happening around them. We got to know Ushahidi's work when it entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May of 2008. So much innovation.

Benefit 36

Benefit Public Develop Tools 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

is a national non-profit dedicated to saving play through engaging communities; creating dialogue; and providing tools, training and resources to build playgrounds across the United States.). Through a suite of online tools—including a social networking site, online training, do-it-yourself content, and a Google-map mashup—KaBOOM!

Network 95

Network Case Study Social Change 95

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup. Maps Of The People, By The People, For The People - Map Kibera.

Tools 73

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 73

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup. Maps Of The People, By The People, For The People - Map Kibera.

Tools 59

Tools Map Disaster Oregon 59

NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Platform: The tools vendors use to build applications for nonprofits (e.g., Services: Pieces of common functionality that you can mashup with your applications (e.g., Let's break it down into three major components: Applications: The tools that you use to run your nonprofit (e.g., Amazon Web Services, Force.com, Facebook).

Jordan 74

Jordan Application Amazon Mashup 74