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NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Applications will be available form Feb 1 to March 14, 2008. Here's here write up on word press. " Gates Foundation also announced grants to programs aimed at helping small-scale farmers in Africa and Asia. Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! Wonder if smashups are eligible?) Her selection criteria.

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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti

NTEN

Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. If you want to see the data historically, be sure to visit the site and press “Play&# on the map. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. In January, Cristi was named one of the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century for 2008 by Women's eNews. Hopefully sometime in 2008 we will be able to establish that office.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

Each fall since 2008 MNN has hosted an annual conference and expo. South Africa / $250. South Africa. AIDF Africa Summit. AIDF Africa Summit. General / #fcny / @FastCompany. 2016 MNN Annual Conference. 2016 MNN Annual Conference. Massachusetts Nonprofit Network / Framingham, MA / $225. 11/28/2016. Dec 13 - 14.

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Guest Post by Tom Dawkins: Ashoka’s use of Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This called for a new approach to outreach and communications and led to me joining Ashoka in late 2008 in a new position of Digital Marketing Strategist. We wanted to continue to play this role on Twitter. Conversations focus on next steps and areas for further exploration.

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Tools to End Poverty: An Interview with Martin Fisher of KickStart

Have Fun - Do Good

KickStart is a nonprofit that develops and markets new technologies in Africa that help local entrepreneurs to establish small businesses. What follows is an edited transcript of our conversation on July 2, 2008. But, in Africa, where we work, there are very, very few jobs in the formal private sector.