Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. Philanthropy has been able to move into the real time web, too. Another great example is Epic Change.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 5, 2010

I'm in Kyoto, Japan for the STS forum, an incredible gathering of top scientists and policy leaders from around the world. The event is the brainchild of Koji Omi, former Finance Minister of Japan. The caliber of attendees is amazing from all countries: ministers of education and science, top scientists, university presidents.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2011

It’s just few days after the worst earthquake ever recorded in Japan, followed by a devastating tsunami and still uncertain consequences around affected nuclear plants, and many of us are thinking about how we can help. People may be thinking that because Japan is more developed the need is less. Author: Molly Brooksbank.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Then, learn from others – By looking at “The Cove&# – Save Japan Dolphins (925,372 Members helped raise $115,807), Darius Goes West (6,888 Members helped raise $38,758) or others like them you’ll be able to discover what worked, what didn’t and get ideas for how you might use the Causes application.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

The Networked Nonprofit in Japan. >&# >&# ichi&# – Hiroyasu Ichikawa who is president of the SocialCompany in Japan was visiting the Bay Area to attend SoCap. I met “ichi&# virtually when he let me know about a Netsquared Japan meet up featuring the Networked Nonprofit.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 6, 2011

This form of poetry has risen in popularity in the west, though it has come a long way from its beginnings in feudal Japan. From this pastime grew the three-line, 17-syllable literary form we know it as today. Traditional Japanese Haiku tended to focus narrowly on nature, whereas modern Haiku take on a bevy of topics.

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Charity Village

AUGUST 3, 2023

The study was conducted within the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Poland, and Japan by Toluna on behalf of Jabra from April 13, 2023 – April 21, 2023. Jabra released the 2023 Hybrid Ways of Working Global Report, which found that Gen Z and Millenials are more likely to struggle in virtual meetings.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 10, 2009

The second announcement was by Plextor of Japan, about their new ebook player that will play Bookshare books. It still takes downloading the book to a PC and transferring it to the cell phone, but I'm looking forward to getting rid of that extra step! The device also allows users to record their own audio books.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 29, 2010

A recent comment from Ichi (working on social media for good in Japan w/ SocialCompany.org ) asked after the tools I was using on this blog to bring in comments via Twitter. He suggested I post about the plugins I use so others could check them out – and that’s just what I’m doing!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

For example, the Dolphin Project streams live daily updates from the Taiji dolphin hunts in Japan and NPR regularly streams live news updates. Facebook Live is an ideal fit for nonprofits that have a great story to tell via live video.

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Care2

MARCH 9, 2013

33,000 : tweets per second in Japan during New Years. 80 percent : users on mobile in the UK and Japan. Note, these statistics were provided by Twitter executives. 400 million : tweets per day. 200 million : monthly active users of the services on a 30-day basis. 100 million : that figure a year ago.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2011

As a thought experiment, imagine this approach being used in the Japan tsunami. We’re not having a purely academic/technical debate: rapid humanitarian response in a disaster saves lives. Delay costs lives. How plausible would be to put SMS messages on a map and point to it, and say, there’s where the most severe damage is?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2011

Second Harvest in Japan. Second Harvest Japan’s use of the Windows Azure emergency response portal following the disasters that struck Japan in March 2011 provides the best test case for how this tool can be used.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 9, 2005

Right now, I'm in Kyoto, Japan, to speak at the Science and Technology in Society forum (STS). Sometimes I like to update people on my travels. I've got a lot of trips planned for the next few months, and sometimes these blogs lead to people getting in touch with me about ideas for action!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

." Check out this terrific interview with Joe – I'd love to hear your ideas, reflections and stories about how you are inspired to make change!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2011

She's known for the Pop-Up General Store , Tartine Afterhours dinners , Home Ec Cooking Classes , and the nationwide Bakesale for Japan that raised $140,000. -Samin Nosrat Samin Nosrat creates community around food with her varied endeavors as a cook, teacher, writer, and accidental activist.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 14, 2011

Apple & Microsoft Take Different Approaches to Japan Relief: "First up, Microsoft.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 22, 2011

LivingSocial Deal Contributes $2 Million to Japan Disaster Relief: "LivingSocial has raised $2,301,130 for the American Red Cross’s Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami fund after leveraging its popular group-buying platform to solicit donations.Instead of offering a discount coupon for a product or activity, the site offered its more than 24 million (..)

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Candid

MARCH 11, 2022

The United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan account for 91% of total grant funding for Ukraine to date. We have identified 208 pledges and grants for Ukraine relief. This includes 34 pledges worth $241,773,200 and 174 grants worth $343,561,933 as of March 8.

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Care2

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Only 1 in 10 gifts were given to the 9/11 disaster online vs. 1 in 3 gifts were given online/mobile to the Japan earthquake disaster. There has been a 61% increase in people who have given online between 2001 and 2011. In the 10 years of doing good online, people have gone from asking, "what's social media?"

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

53% of Asia Pacific citizens donate to charity, with those in Thailand (71%) more likely to do so and those in Japan the least likely (16%). Source: Money for Good. 84% of Canadians donate to charity with an average individual donation of $446 per year. Source: OnGood. Source: MasterCard.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 8, 2013

How Effective was Crisis Mapping During the 2011 Japan Earthquake? Yet crisis mapping in the immediate aftermath of the Japan earthquake, including an Ushahidi map of Twitter reports, Sinsai.info, was not as critical to response. TechPresident : Compared to similar efforts put to use in the 2010 Haiti earthquake, not as consistently.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 16, 2011

Text Message Donations: Aiding or Stifling Relief Efforts in Japan? But are text message donation campaigns really helping the situation in Japan, following the 9.0-magnitude magnitude earthquake that struck last Friday?

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 26, 2013

Disaster-relief vending machines on the rise - The Japan News : When the Great East Japan Earthquake hit on March 11, 2011, Coca-Cola Japan Co. took advantage of the remote control functions on about 400 disaster-relief vending machines, equipped with batteries for backup, in the Tokyo metropolitan area and other locations.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

TechSoup Japan Disaster Relief Program Launches to Assist Local NGOs. Updates from TechSoup's Partner and Friends in Japan. Past Disaster Relief Efforts from TechSoup and Our Global Partners. Microsoft Keeps Dougy Center Staff Connected Following Devastating Fire. Post Tornado, the Library Is Open in Joplin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and the tsumani in Japan in 2011, the Ushahidi platform was used to organize emergency responses in real-time. In less than an hour after the 2011 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the Ushahidi platform was used to spotlight areas of refuge.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

In Europe, mobile email users grew 55% and in Japan 53%. According to a new comScore study on U.S. consumers', the number of users accessing email via their mobile devices has been growing ever year. In 2010 mobile email grew by 36% in the US.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Image credit: Yumi Kimura from Yokohama, JAPAN (so happy smiling cat) [ CC-BY-SA-2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons. Points of Light profiles an inspiring volunteer making a difference from an early age. If you''ve got some happenings and news of your own to share, let us know and we''ll feature it in an upcoming Member Roundup!

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See3

JUNE 24, 2011

Change the world, one video at a time.The Cove trailer | 2:18 thecovemovie.com This captivating film follows activist Ric O’Barry (of Flipper fame) and a team of commando environmentalists as they heroically film the yearly slaughter of approximately 23,000 dolphins in a well-guarded cove in Taiji, Japan.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2008

Japan is the biggest source of tourists for Guam, with growing numbers from other Asian nations like South Korea. The presence is growing: the U.S. is relocating our units from Okinawa to Guam and this could grow the island's population anywhere from 20% to 40%. The military and tourism are Guam's two big industry.

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Candid

JULY 17, 2024

Respondents in six wealthier nations—the Netherlands, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, and Japan—fewer than half of respondents trusted NGOs. In China, however, the level of trust in NGOs fell significantly from the previous year. By comparison, business was trusted in 15 countries and distrusted in two.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 27, 2015

Crowdfunding helps revive quake-hit small businesses in Japan | The Japan Times'

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

Kokkyo naki Kodomotachi (Children without Borders) in Japan is a humanitarian educational association NGO that supports disadvantaged children and youth in Asia who are on the street, are victims of trafficking, forced labor, and natural disasters, or in conflict with the law.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

data : Microsoft Japan increased sales by 40%). Question: What is it going to take to convince more companies to try a four-day workweek? Lim: To understand first that productivity is NOT lost but actually gained. On the flipside — it’s not the answer for all culture issues or work/life balance questions!

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AFP Blog

MARCH 11, 2011

Google, Local Platforms Respond to Japan's 8.9 hit Japan today, resulting in tsunami warnings for 20 countries, as well as California and Hawaii. Earthquake Crisis | Fast Company: "An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 Crisis mappers wasted no time responding: In under 2.5 quake struck last month, and

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2016

From the earthquake in Nepal to the numerous tsunamis that have devastated Japan and Southeast Asia, drones are being used to pinpoint remote regions that would typically be underserved by emergency crews, in the end saving more lives.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2011

Yes, the same Facebook application that hosts your Birthday Wish and largely powered the Save Japan Dolphins campaign featured in the documentary The Cove. Our special guest host was Susan Gordon , nonprofit services director of Causes.com ( @causes on Twitter).

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