This post titled Haiti: The Role of Social Networks and Open Data in Crisis Response from The Foush ties a lot of the rapid response concepts together nicely.
1) BREAKING NEWS: Up to the minute information flow
2) Coordinated Donation Efforts: Viral Advertising + Easy Call to Action
3) The Tech Community and Global Disaster Relief
4) The Need for Open Data
While it’s too soon to know, it will be interesting to see how accountability and progress are tied together as the months and years go by as things are rebuilt.
