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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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Big Data, Philanthropy, and Health at SOCAP13

Tech Soup

The tools aggregate data from a few different sources: The Center for Responsive Politics , GovTrack.us , Follow The Money , and the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. CHNA is part of a larger project called Community Commons , an interactive mapping, networking, and learning tool.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Google Powered Nonprofit Office Here's a few how-to articles about how to use google applications for your domain or how to become the on demand nonprofit. Steve Anderson continues his series on donation process maps. Social Explorer Maps - interactive Census maps! Check this out - NTEN's Wikipedia entry !

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Google Homepage: Really, Really Simple Syndication

Museum 2.0

application I employ, it's also a powerful and graceful example of the potential of disaggregated content. On the right, I have direct wikipedia search and feeds from several blogs. No more opening Wikipedia in a new tab. Heck, I'm not even advanced enough for an RSS reader to aggregate blogs to which I subscribe.

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