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New platform revolutionizes the way emergency response takes place Guest post by Katrina Heppler envisionGood.tv Bravo to the thousands of volunteers worldwide who are assisting with translating Creole mobile text messages to help people in Haiti following the devastating 7.0M earthquake that struck the nation Jan. 12. You may not have heard of Mission 4636, […]
Crowdsourcing
5 lessons from a crowdsourced birthday party
Creative Commons photo by D Sharon Pruitt How to harness the power of the crowd for a quick & easy campaign Yesterday was a very exciting day: we threw a surprise party for Beth Kanter online. It was a bit of fun mixed with experiment, and I think it was really successful. Here are some reflections […]
An app to support refugees working in Africa
CrowdFlower & Samasource tap the cloud to fight poverty A new free iPhone application, Give Work, released today lets iPhone users use their phones to provide work to refugees in Africa. The project, a collaboration of Samasource and Crowdflower, lets you support refugees working in a datacenter in Dadaab, Kenya — the world’s largest refugee […]
Harnessing the crowd for social good
From left, Jon Bischke of eduFire, Leila Chirayath Janah of SamaSource, Jacob Colker of The Extraordinaries and Robert Chatwani, Head of Global Citizenship, eBay. Last night was another one of those eye-popping events where large numbers of people turn out for an event to discuss how new technologies can be used to advance social change. […]
Crowdsourcing for social good
An ad hoc group of Bay Area folks who explore how new technology is driving social change, organized by Sundeep Ahuja, is holding its fifth event on Thursday. (I wrote about awareness2action’s first event almost exactly one year ago.) Here are the details: Event: Crowdsourcing for Social Good Hosts: SocialEarth, Hub Bay Area and Chronicle […]
