Juliana Rotich is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Ushahidi Inc, a non-profit tech company, born in Africa, which specializes in developing free and open source software for information collection, interactive mapping and data curation.  Ushahidi builds tools for democratizing information, increasing transparency and lowering the barriers for individuals to share their stories. 

Juliana is a senior TED fellow and writes a blog called Afromusing.

Juliana is originally from Kenya where she spent her early life and schooling. She later moved to the US where she majored in IT and has worked in the industry for over ten years.

She collaborated with the online community and co-founded Ushahidi which is the Swahili word for testimony. Ushahidi is a web based reporting system that utilizes crowdsourced data to formulate visual map information of a crisis on a real-time basis. As a Program Director for Ushahidi she manages projects and aids in the development and testing of the Ushahidi platform.

Today's guest is Burt Herman, co-founder of Storify. Storify lets you curate social networks to build social stories, bringing together media scattered across the Web into a coherent narrative.

Burt is also the founder of Hacks/Hackers, a worldwide organization bringing together journalists and technologists. He previously reported from around the world for The Associated Press over a 12-year career, heading AP's office in Korea and founding a bureau covering the five countries of former Soviet Central Asia. Among other assignments worldwide, he was an embedded reporter with the U.S. Marines in the Iraq war, and covered Afghanistan after Sept. 11, traveled several times to North Korea, and covered the Asian tsunami and Pakistan's nuclear program. He talks with Lee Schneider about Storify on the be global podcast, covering topics in journalism, social media, and where they intersect. The podcast is produced by DocuCinema. 

Cynthia Smith is the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's curator of socially responsible design. Her latest exhibit is called Design with the Other 90%: Cities. For two years she traveled to 16 different cities, gathering the materials for the exhibition. In this on-location special edition of the podcast, she shows us around the exhibit. A website about the exhibit has interactive features so that you can participate. The be global podcast is produced by DocuCinema.  Lee Schneider is the interviewer.

Dr. Elizabeth Hausler is the founder of Build Change, an international non-profit enterprise that designs earthquake-resistant houses in developing countries. The organization trains builders, homeowners, engineers, and government officials to build safer housing. The be global podcast is produced by DocuCinema. The interview is conducted by Lee Schneider. Follow him on Twitter. 

Ami Dar, founder and executive director of Idealist.org, is today's guest on the be global podcast. Idealist was built in 1996 with $3,500 and has since become a extremely popular nonprofit resource on the web, with information provided by 70,000 organizations worldwide. Idealist has 100,000 visitors every day. Ami was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Peru and in Mexico, and now lives in New York. You can follow Idealist and also Ami on Twitter. 

The be global podcast is produced by DocuCinema. The interviewer is Lee Schneider and you can follow him on Twitter, too. 

Ken Banks has received the 2011 the Curry Stone Design Prize for creating an open source software platform called FrontlineSMS.  Ken has been called a mobile anthropologist because he has leveraged the potential of cell phones and text messaging to disseminate information, organize aid, and reconnect communities, particularly those in crisis. FrontlineSMS, has been downloaded by more than 19,000 users. Read Ken's blog, use Twitter to connect with him and follow FrontlineSMS on Twitter. The be global podcast is produced by DocuCinema. The interviewer is Lee Schneider and you can follow him on Twitter, too. 

Melissa McMullan teaches sixth grade in Port Jefferson Station, New York, and is the Director of the Wings Over Haiti School in Haiti, a non-profit whose mission is to develop mutually beneficial cultural exchanges between students around the world and the Wings Over Haiti School in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti.

In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, Wings Over Haiti has built a new school and is providing free education to more than 40 students. Melissa's story shows the power of one person to create positive change. The be global podcast is produced by DocuCinema. Lee Schneider is the interviewer. Follow him on Twitter. 

Alex Budak is cofounder of startsomegood.com, an online platform for helping social good initiatives raise funds and grow their community of supporters. Alex received an MPP (Master of Public Policy) degree from Georgetown University and a B.A. from UCLA in Geography and Political Science. A published travel writer, he’s cavorted with baby penguins in the Galapagos and visited rat temples in India. The be global podcast is produced by DocuCinema.  The interviewer is Lee Schneider. 

Arthur Coddington leads LikeMinded, a project of the Craigslist Foundation. He sees local engagement as a remedy for the frustrations that national politics can create and searches for ways everyone can be involved, whatever their community role. You may find Arthur writing about technology issues and community engagement. In his spare time, Arthur advises the photography organization Open Show. He also competes in the sport of Freestyle Frisbee and has won the world championships 13 times.

The be global podcast is produced by DocuCinema. The interviewer is Lee Schneider. Follow him on Twitter. 

David Cohn, creator of Spot.Us, joins Lee Schneider for the premiere edition of the be global podcast. Spot.US is a nonprofit that is pioneering community funded reporting.  David has written for Wired, Seed, Columbia Journalism Review and The New York Times, among other publications.

While working toward his master’s degree at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, David worked with Jay Rosen as the editor at the groundbreaking Newassignment.net in 2006, which focused on citizen journalism and ways news organizations could explore the social web.  David also worked with Jeff Jarvis from Buzzmachine.com to organize the first Networked Journalism Summits.   Those collaborations led to Spot.Us.