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A website for Haiti Red Cross
I’ve recently come back from Haiti where I trained the Haiti Red Cross webmaster on WordPress, the CMS which we had agreed on. I was there for one week and Haiti Red Cross now finally has its own...
View ArticleA word about my theme designer
I normally don’t write plugs for service providers, but I’d like to say a few words about Jinson, the guy behind Web2Feel, simply because his customer service is stellar. I have licensed this theme...
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Blog hacked, blog fixed
Source code; by Tim Lucas (CC BY) on Flickr I suppose getting your WordPress blog or website hacked is another rite of passage that is now behind me. What had made this so scary for me was that I...
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The “Social Media for Good” roundup
Over the last two weeks, I have been away from my keyboard a lot. Here is a selection of articles and blog posts that I have come across and which I think you might find interesting. This time with: a...
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How to you choose a new design for your NGO’s WordPress site
WordPress swag (Photo: Cristian Labarca on Flickr) One of the nice things about WordPress is that you can easily change the look and feel of your website by swapping one design (aka “theme”) for...
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SGE 2.0: assessments, reporting and work order management in disasters
The SGE 2.0 website. When an earthquake hit the town of Lorca in Spain, an urban planner and a software developer got together to develop a better system to map vulnerabilities, damage and the...
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Building a non-profit website with WordPress from scratch
The finished website for Haitian National Red CrossI am currently helping to create a website for a national Red Cross Society that doesn’t have a website yet. If you find that surprising, keep in mind...
View ArticleCSS problem in Firefox – sorry …
Update: Problem solved. See comments if you have similar issues and want to know how I fixed them. If you are one of the 47 per cent of my visitors that use Firefox then you will see that the text runs...
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Coming up for air
Goats being herded through Bamako. The last six weeks have been extremely busy – but in a good way: First I went to Mali to support the UNHCR-led Shelter Cluster with communication and advocacy, then I...
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Thoughts from the SMEM Congress in Heidelberg
People’s ability to organize themselves via social media surprised German disaster managers. Photo: Moritz Kunert I recently had the pleasure to present at a congress on “Web 2.0 and social media in...
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Newsletter subscriptions work again
Mailbox. Photo: Menno van der Horst A kind soul from MSF informed me today, that it wasn’t possible to subscribe to my newsletter because the “subscribe” button was broken. I’m really sorry about that....
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(Review) WDR 2013: Technology and the future of humanitarian action
World Disaster Report 2013. Photo: IFRC/Benoit Matsha-Carpentier The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) recently published the annual World Disasters Report (WDR)....
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Who wants to meet in Washington DC?
Children sledding on Capitol Hill, Washington DC. Photo: Valerie Hinojosa I will be spending a lot of time in Washington DC over the next four months, from the middle of November until the end of...
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Typhoon Haiyan: Social media improves situational awareness
The volunteer and tech community, coordinated by the Standby Task Force, is working around the clock since last Friday to map the damage caused by Typhoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) in the...
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AFP fined 1.2 million US-Dollars for using photos from Twitter
Some people at AFP/Getty seemed to follow this slogan – at least where other people’s rights are concerned. Photo: Sam Teigen on Flickr AFP and Getty Images have to pay a photographer 1.2 million...
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Social Media for Good Roundup: Tools, ROI and more
Digital and analog storytelling. Photo: Rosipaw on Flickr Here are a few links which I have come across and that I’ve found particularly interesting. I hope you find them useful, too. 20 tools and apps...
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Going to the Philippines
Damage after Typhoon Haiyan in Leyte. Photo: UNHCR, R. Rocamora Plans change. Instead of staying in Washington DC for the next few months, I’m off to the Philippines to support the Shelter Cluster with...
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Join me for “Tech Tools and Skills for Emergency Management”
Screenshot of the digital classroom I have been asked to facilitate the upcoming online TechChange Course, “Tech Tools and Skills for Emergency Management” (17 March – 11 April). I took this course...
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Getty Images lets you use 35 million photos for free
Getty Images new embed tool. Photo: Getty Images Photo giant Getty Images just drastically changed how they are doing business. The company announced yesterday that starting immediately 35 million of...
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5 Best Practices for Using Technology in Disaster Response
In Case of Fire Exit Building Before Tweeting About it. Photo: Arjan de Raaf In preparation for the online course on “Tech Tools and Skills for Emergency Management” I will be teaching later this...
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