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Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. I am a documentary filmmaker and video journalist, and I think of my work as a form of story telling and documenting. My background is in community media.

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Beth Kanter, Net Funders Conference, October, 2011. I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. Then he asks one of the multiple-choice questions.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Online revenue grew by 21 percent since 2011. The social good impact of this field to encourage wealth distribution in Africa is immense. I'm just wondering how they're different from today's PCs?

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

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They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Online revenue grew by 21 percent since 2011. The social good impact of this field to encourage wealth distribution in Africa is immense. I'm just wondering how they're different from today's PCs?

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The Networked Nonprofit in Kenya

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This blog post includes some reflections about my first visit to Africa, the importance of face-to-face meetings and building relationships, and some thoughts about how some of the ideas in the Networked Nonprofit transcend boundaries. Ushahidi has had impressive growth over the past 18 months and most visible was its work with Haiti.

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