Daily Archives: February 13, 2011

Social Media Week – Open UN: Engagement in the Age of Real Time

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By Priyanka Pathak, Director of ICTs and Mobile for Development This past week, technology enthusiasts met up in major cities around world for Social Media Week – a week dedicated to discussions and idea exchanges surrounding social media and its emerging trends. Many events were held right here in New York City, and Nadia (Director of Crisis Mapping) and I were fortunate enough to be able to attend an event on real-time technologies hosted by UN Global Pulse. Titled “Open UN: Engagement in the Age […]

How We Use Social Media During Emergencies

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The use of social media during national and international crises, both natural and political, is something that Mashable has followed with great interest over the past few years. As a culture, we started becoming more aware of the power of social media during times of crisis, like when the Iran election in 2009 caused a furor, both on the ground and on Twitter. More recently, the Internet and social media played an important role in spreading news about the earthquake in Haiti and political revolution […]