AFP Blog
MAY 16, 2011
MediaShift. Massive Digital Divide for Native Americans is 'A Travesty' | PBS : "Perhaps nowhere in the United States does the digital divide cut as wide as in Indian Country. More than 90 percent of tribal populations lack high-speed Internet access, and usage rates are as low as 5 percent in some areas, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
AFP Blog
MAY 18, 2011
Bad Websites, Good Fundraising - The TechSoup Blog - Welcome to the TechSoup Community - TechSoup : "This post was originally published July 13, 2010, and is being featured again as a part of our Sharpen Your Website campaign. One of my favorite parts of NCVS was meeting Joe Solomon of 350.org. Joe gave an excellent presentation on nonprofits and social media (more on that in a later post).
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AFP Blog
MAY 20, 2011
Crowdsourcing put to good use in Africa | Madeleine Bunting | Global development | guardian.co.uk : "Back in 2008, a group of bloggers based in Kenya came up with an idea in response to the wave of ethnic violence sweeping the country in the wake of elections: Ushahidi – meaning testimony in Swahili – aimed to use crowdsourcing to track a fast-moving crisis.
AFP Blog
MAY 18, 2011
PayPal Teams With Philanthroper, a Groupon for Good : "PayPal is teaming up with Philanthroper to spur a little bit of crowdsourced good. Philanthroper is a “daily deals” site; but instead of offering up cheap tickets to shows or discounted meals, it offers up new and important nonprofits. Every day, the site showcases a worthy cause and asks users to donate just $1.
AFP Blog
MAY 17, 2011
Disconnecting From The Network : "NPower, the national network of nonprofit technology consulting and training organizations, has restructured. The New York office is rebranding itself as the national organization and the other network members have to decide whether to retain their affiliation and names or become independent. In a quiet change late last year, NPower New York, which took over the national organization in 2007, became just NPower and dropped any mention of the other affiliates fro
AFP Blog
MAY 17, 2011
Knight Foundation | Reporter Analysis : "We asked our partner, Monitor Institute, to take a critical look at the role of networks in community life. Our lens was apolitical. We were not looking for prescriptions for how citizens and government should interact. Rather, we were interested in the potential of networks—to create stronger bonds or to split us apart.
AFP Blog
MAY 16, 2011
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. : "YouTube is an interactive worldwide community—there are a lot of ways to use the platform to inform people, get them to participate, and grow awareness of your organization.
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