2013 manila social good summit
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MANILA, Philippines - The Social Good Summit is an annual, global event that brings together movers and shakers to discuss how technology and social media can be used for social good.
Last year's Social Good Summit in Manila left the biggest social media footprint globally with nearly 100 million impressions on Twitter.
In August, Rappler, Google and +SocialGood organized #ThinkPH: The Internet, Big Data and You, a conference that discussed how individuals and organizations can harness "big data" to find insightful and actionable patterns of human behavior.
This September, Rappler aims to take the social good conversation one step further by providing concrete next action steps towards addressing a key issue the Philippines currently faces: disaster risk reduction and response.
The 2012 World Risk Index says the Philippines is the 3rd most vulnerable nation to climate change and disasters in the world. Our capital, Manila, is the 2nd most vulnerable city.
Typhoon Ondoy in 2009 was a turning point that has since seen tens of thousands of volunteers willing to work during times of crisis, lending a helping hand to government initiatives as well as starting their own. From information dissemination to coordinating relief and rescue efforts, the Internet has since then played a big role in disaster risk reduction management (DRRM).