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Blackbaud Headed to SXSWi 2011

NetWits

Blackbaud @ SXSW 2011. South by South West Interactive 2011 is upon us. She co-founded Hope Runs , a non-profit organization in Kenya and is is a published author writing on such diverse topics as social media strategy , saving money , and natural living. It’s that time again. Find her on Twitter – @claired.

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Ushahidi Wins MacArthur Award: Changing the World One Map at a Time

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In early 2008, villages and cities across Kenya were ravaged with violence following the disputed re-election of the sitting Kenyan president. Following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and the tsumani in Japan in 2011, the Ushahidi platform was used to organize emergency responses in real-time.

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Great reads from around the web on May 19th

Amy Sample Ward

Over the past few weeks, we received over 250 applications from bloggers around the world – from California to Kenya, and from Mexico to Iraq. The three winning bloggers will accompany community workers as they distribute LifeStraw® Family water filters to almost a million households in Kakamega, Kenya."

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Good Food Revolution: Will Allen of Growing Power

Have Fun - Do Good

In 2011, Allen was named one of the 7 World's Most Influential Foodies by Michael Pollan and Forbes Magazi ne. - her signature leadership program to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity in America. In May 2010, TIME magazine named Will to the TIME 100 World's Most Influential People.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

By 2011, American women surpassed men in gaining college degrees , including advanced degrees. Janet Mawlyoo , executive director, Kenya Community Development Foundation. In the U.S., the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) nearly passed in the late 1970s; it's been reintroduced in every session of Congress since 1982. Last year, U.S.

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The Networked NGO: Translating the Networked Nonprofit and 1-11-11 Club

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The presentation was an opportunity to share some insights about working internationally and from sharing the ideas from the book from trip to Kenya / UK last November. I spent my part of my birthday giving a presentation at the Packard Foundation Program Forum on translating the Networked Nonprofit into the Networked NGO.

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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

Tech Soup

A silent data revolution in the Arab World This World Bank blog post by Paolo Verme explains how the 2011 Arab Revolution also led to a lesser recognised cultural revolution with regard to open data.