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The Networked NGO in Australia and New Zealand: Te Ao Maori

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.” One of the workshop participants was Stephen Blyth of Common Knowledge - a long time nonprofit capacity builder and trainer – who invited me to come over to New Zealand to facilitate some workshops to NGOs and meet with funders who are interested in the peer learning and networked capacity building approach.

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If You Do Nothing Else, Use An Editorial Calendar and Measurement for Your Content Strategy

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Participants at FFL Training Doing Content Strategy Brainstorm. Note from Beth: By the time you read this post, I will be in the USA from doing a training in Tunisia for NGOs and trainers who will deliver training to women entrepreneurs as part of the WES program and also improve their NGO’s use of social media.

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Seeds for a Future Part 3: Creating a sustainable future

ASU Lodestar Center

Before raising the hopes of any community, one of the first things an NGO should ask itself is: After we leave, what will remain in the community, and is it something they want and can sustain? We think it is both unethical and unfair to train people on the technical side without also giving them the tools to keep the operation going.

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Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp

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This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Henry Khu (@HenryKhu) May 7, 2013.

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Trainer’s Notebook: The Art of Good Openings and Closings

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One thing I have learned working mostly outside of the US is to start a training by honoring a local tradition. I used it for my master class at Connecting Up in Australia as I have used it for almost every training I’ve done over the past twenty years. Here’s how it works. Connecting Up Master Class.

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How Security Breaches Really Happen at Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

According to the August 2014 Symantec Intelligence Report , there were 259 data breaches between September 2013 and August 2014. Unless your nonprofit or NGO has specific adversaries or is being spear phished , the hacking you may encounter is probably less sophisticated and less targeted. training and termination procedures.

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Advancing Social Media Measurement for Philanthropic Outcomes #sm_re

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Victoria Dougherty (@VJDConsulting) April 18, 2013. Ventura County Community Foundation - March, 2013. GuideStar India - Networked NGO Workshops - Packard Grantees. Radio Bilingue.

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