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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

According to the American Red Cross , A recent Red Cross survey asked 1,058 adults about their use of social media sites in emergency situations. 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.

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Is your site optimized for mobile?

Connection Cafe

Continuing the theme of "busy mom" from last month , I wanted to take a moment to talk about the need for organizations to optimize their sites for use with mobile devices. After viewing a couple of sites, you'll be convinced. First, go to one of my favorite sites - Wikipedia. Author: Sally Heaven. First - some stats.

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New on SSIR: Are we addicted to Slacktivism?

Amy Sample Ward

The site said the original message was in Greek and translated to “From the 16th to the 20th of November, we shall change our profile pictures to our favourite cartoon characters. Are we so accustomed to easy-to-accomplish campaigns that we assume every “call to action&# is/needs to be associated with a cause?

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

The idea was to embed the functions of existing social sites like Meetup , Flickr , and del.icio.us. social bookmarking (now called Delicious ) by using their APIs on the site. (An site in which people could interact and collaborate with each other to create a virtual community. Text messaging. What People Were Saying.

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Ten Useful Examples of the Real-Time Web in Action

NTEN

It watches for emerging trends on the site and when something is becoming a hot topic of conversation - Evri uses that as a trigger to prompt a query to other sources for information on the topic. Time then to ping mainstream news sources, image search and his Wikipedia page to check for updates. Real-Time Publishing.

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Digital Marketing Plan For Nonprofits: The Definitive Guide (2017)

Nonprofits Source

What’s an action you need to take to achieve your goal? Who on your team will be responsible for taking this action? When do they need to take this action? Is the layout of your site overwhelming? I’ve recently come across a tool called Hotjar , that analyzes how people behave when they land on your site.

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November 10: Bloggers Raise Awareness About Refugees During Bloggers Unite

Have Fun - Do Good

Monday, November 10th, in an initiative similar to Blog Action Day , thousands of bloggers will post about refugee issues to raise awareness as part of Bloggers Unite. Flavours of Italy , the blog of Flavours Italian Cookery Holidays, an Italian holiday tour operator. Traveling Project , a travel blog by "TravelDude."

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