Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Why Social Media?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2010

As we have seen in natural disasters from Hurricane Katrina to the Chile Earthquake, people are using social media to reach out for help. And they expect a response from emergency and disaster response organizations. Tags: Conferences Experimentation. Hope you will too.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2005

Since last Christmas, our planet has suffered through the tsunami in the Indian Ocean, this week's devastating earthquake in Asia, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the recent horrific mudslides in Central America. But just two months after the terrorist attacks, nearly half of charities polled reported a decrease in funding.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And give us the weather report, because I always like to see that, because I’m a dork. ” But you really need to have a good balance of asking and reporting back. Kari: But the good news is, if you are using Bloomerang, you will have a lot of these, or if you’re not, you can start tagging things so that you can.

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