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. Whether it’s direct or indirect content, why do citizens turn to social media in moments of need or disaster?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2011

SXSWcares , co-branded as SXSW4Japan, was a campaign that rallied the SXSW community to raise awareness and harness support for disaster relief. That morning, I saw the jaw-dropping photos and videos from the Japan tsunami disaster. That morning, I saw the jaw-dropping photos and videos from the Japan tsunami disaster.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. But the way we think about and turn to social media in a time of disaster is changing. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones. How can we do that?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2013

Flickr Photo by Toddy. There was a lot of buzz about crowdfunding in 2012: a video game called Star Citizen raised more than $7 million, Kickstarter banned nonprofits from using its platform (see #3 on that page), and a Tumblr popped up that takes aim at suspicious crowdfunding projects. Add your comments below.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

This is a disaster waiting to happen. They can take them anywhere they need, access all their applications and data, never worry about malware, backups, disaster recovery, etc. But what about video and image editing? Earlier this year, Google announced than an offline edition would be available by the end of the summer.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Are there ways of catching offline datapoints? NWF - every program we have has an offline component, i try to integrate a social media strategy that leverages and encourages the offline part; like #nwf wildlife watch, raises your awareness offline if you can see something and tweet it, etc.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

There are all kinds of great videos, case studies you can dive into and kind of get to know us a little bit more. . They have someone that goes out to take photos, learn stories. This is a stock photo. The video alone brought us to tears. We’re a donor database. That’s what Bloomerang is. Visit our website.

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