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Celebrating Women in Tech: An Interview with Qgiv’s Female Leaders

Qgiv

Qgiv: What advice would you give to a young woman interested in software engineering? Sandra: My biggest advice would be to not get intimidated by the field. Qgiv: What advice would you give to a woman aspiring to become a tech company leader? Qgiv: What advice would you give to a woman aspiring to become a tech company leader?

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Advice for the College Senior Who Wants to Make a Difference

Have Fun - Do Good

A couple months before graduation I went to my religion professor's office hours to ask for advice. If you are a college student, or someone in career transition, who wants to find work that fulfills your big vision for a better world, I have a few words of advice, and some books to recommend. My advice: 1. Why do you organize?

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How the NetSquared Challenges Have Accelerated Tech for Good

Tech Soup

Ushahidi got its start in early 2008. Founder Erik Hersman and a group of fellow Kenyan bloggers were frustrated by the lack of accurate information or media coverage of the violence surrounding the 2008 Kenyan election. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.

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A Procrastinators Guide to Year-End Fundraising - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Using their advice, you can make sure that the night before Christmas your potential donors nerves arent a-jangle, and they make that critical donation. Do you have any advice or best practices on how to do this effectively? " Found your blog via Google Image search on "Snowflakes" Thanks. All rights reserved.

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Twitter Is 2nd After Google in Referrals To My Blog, But They Stay Longer.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Referrals - percentage of visitors by top ten sources for past 30 days (April, 2008). I think some of the best advice for being effective using Twitter comes from Howard Greenstein via Chris Brogan. It includes advice for both a twitter presence for traffic or for listening or conversation. Seeing flowers from horseback.???

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A Procrastinators Guide to Year-End Fundraising - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Using their advice, you can make sure that the night before Christmas your potential donors nerves arent a-jangle, and they make that critical donation. Do you have any advice or best practices on how to do this effectively? " Found your blog via Google Image search on "Snowflakes" Thanks. All rights reserved.

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My New Year's Resolution: Use Social Media Efficiently - 52 Tips

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The image above is deck of cards and there are 52 cards in a deck. This gives me the opportunity to brainstorm 52 different tips, one to write about in more depth for each week of 2009. Amy Sample Ward lays out a 5 things to think about before you get into the execution of a social media strategy for the first time. Good for you!