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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

Tech Soup

The rational for "seeing data as a state" rather than a donor in Africa to help answer policymakers questions is also explained. He advocates a Feedback Principle of Public Reporting where organizations publish beneficiary feedback so that the information flow is not top down, but instead people centered.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Organization Size: Approximately 70 DC/stateside employees; more than 100 field staff employees in eight countries in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. We currently have nearly 50,000 Facebook fans and posting there helps us reach the most people, though the focus of how we’re using Facebook is changing (more on that below).

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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 currently raising funds for a story that I believe needs to be told about the 2011 people’s uprising in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Great reads from around the web on October 27th

Amy Sample Ward

So, when the ICT-KM Program was tasked with organising the social reporting for the Share Fair on Agricultural and Rural Development Knowledge in Africa in Addis Ababa in October 2010, it was clear that it was high time that we document the social reporting team’s experiences and lessons learned in a generic guide.

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Lame spam of the day: FBI & Nigerian Govt want to send me money

Robert Weiner

Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS website to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully. you are advised to contact our correspondent in Africa the delivery officer McCulley Terence with the information below, Email: terencemcculley@yahoo.cn. Name: Donna L.

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The First Global Martus Users Group Meeting

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It was surreal and incredibly exciting to see these inspiring people, my colleagues and friends, assembled in one place to launch the next generation of Martus. This was a newer idea for folks in the room, but I think once the surprise wore off, people really accepted the challenge.

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Give a shirt: Changing slacktivists into activists

ASU Lodestar Center

Jason Russell, the man behind the campaign, not only asked people to spread the word via social media, but to also get off their butts and do something about it. Because people were only engaged momentarily. Cooper graduated from Grand Canyon University in 2011 with a bachelor''s degree in communications.

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