“Social Networking for Disaster Preparedness Through Stored Relief Goods” Smart pasagoods.com
Rationale and Problem No existing system for efficient donations Solution: –Gather donations early –Place in storage centers before calamity –Provide donation information, transactions and monitoring
How It Works 1.Create account 2.View municipality profile (note: scalable) 3.Donate through SMS and Smart Money 4.Invite others to do the same 5.Keep track of your donation
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Architecture
System Requirements 1.Access : SMS system and Smart Money 2.Software: website, social network database 3.Hardware: servers, existing SMS network
Testing Plan Focus: technical aspect (SMS, servers, etc.) Create small-sized social networking site Program: –Servers receive SMS and store information –Ask for and receive confirmation –Stores information in a database
Novelty Integration of technologies: –Social networking and SMS –Find others interested in donating –Be posted: other donate-related activities Innovative way of donating Donation tracking
Where It Can Be Applied: Target Community
Benefits Efficient Increase donations Organize and mobilize Easy to manage Certainty of donations reaching beneficiaries
Extra Slide: Costs Free social networking templates in Net Site domain: hopefully, university can provide Servers and other equipment from Smart Template databases can also be used If all goes well: monetary costs = 0!