# How mobile phones power disaster relief

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxRC2
- Speaker: Paul Conneally
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_conneally_how_mobile_phones_power_disaster_relief)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The disastrous earthquake in Haiti taught humanitarian groups an unexpected lesson: the power of mobile devices to coordinate, inform and guide relief efforts. At TEDxRC2, Paul Conneally shows extraordinary examples of social media and other technologies becoming central to humanitarian aid.

## Lectures

1. [How mobile phones power disaster relief](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/paul_conneally_how_mobile_phones_power_disaster_relief/3c87f99d637a), 11 min (TED's player)