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

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What the best piece of advice you could offer nonprofits about social media, and online communications in general? What do you think are the most important skills necessary in a social media practitioner? Never underestimate how much time you will put into social media! What is on your To Do List for 2011?

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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It's really designed to make sure that all solutions are both emerging from the local community and tailored to the community's needs, and are developing the leadership skills of the most promising and emerging leaders at the same time. They're walking away with skills. I think that is something that we all learn growing up.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

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What advice do you have for people to navigate those growing pains? One thing I have learned about myself is that I have to adapt and shift. I ended up going into bodywork to have a skill that I could perform with my hands. They came from Sudan, from Saudi Arabia, from all over, some of the most unheard places of the world.

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Tools to End Poverty: An Interview with Martin Fisher of KickStart

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In Tanzania, only something like 3.5%; in Sudan, it's only about 1.5%, and even in India, which we think of as being more developed, it's only about 10% of the people who actually have a job in the formal private sector. And you have your number one skill, being a farmer. BB: What advice do you have for aspiring social entrepreneurs?

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

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She also goes through a vocational skills and business skills training track, where it ends up giving her tangible skills, so she can get a job. Another group is discussing their legal rights, and another group is learning organic farming. Another group is learning how to make tiles or bricks. laughs] One is A.)