Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

It’s time to develop a BYOD (bring your own device) strategy for your office if you don’t already have one. This new technology has become available in time to help public schools in the U.S. Big picure time. The mainstream IT press was alive with the topic. I envision a time when all garbage is e-waste.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. If you want to see the data historically, be sure to visit the site and press “Play&# on the map.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The IT press was buzzing in late April about the free portable WiFi embedded by Microsoft in select May 6 Forbes Magazine print issues. The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps. Strange News. Yes that's right. Microsoft has placed an Office 365.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2008

As the Obama administration ushers in a new era of foreign policy, this nation has an opportunity - an obligation - to aid our global neighbors in Darfur. As Geoff Livingston further notes on Social Media Club blog : "The time to for action is now, and in a year when many of us are suffering financial hardship, we can still make a difference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

Just as blogging is now becoming mainstream, but was ahead of the curve three or four years ago (and several Bloggers , are now seen as influencials (and members of the Press (sorta) - if they have a wide enough audience). I sent an IM to Jonathan Fanton about an African intitiated Virtual Africa portal to Second Life (see next post!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

This post traces the evolution of social networking sites from the 80's to present time, although missing a few major early players. Here's here write up on word press. " Gates Foundation also announced grants to programs aimed at helping small-scale farmers in Africa and Asia. Her selection criteria.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2007

Michelle Murrain is curbing her time on "walled gardens " like LinkedIn and Facebook while pondering the question, " How Open Is Facebook, Really? Official press release here. Nonprofit Times covers it here. Ambassadors in Africa - An Interview with Kim Lowery, Kabissa. Blackbaud, Inc.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 9, 2007

When citizens write letters and press their agendas in a coordinated way, Congress responds. And when Congress presses the president to act on a foreign policy issue, the president responds. So refreshing. As strange as it sounds, it can even be a "beach read"--(that's where I read it!)

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. Britt Bravo: Why is it important to have women citizen journalists in developing countries at this time? Our age ranges in all of our global training sites range from 19 to 56. CH: Right, exactly.

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MAY 6, 2021

Rather than a single moment in time, ESG was born out of actions in the business community over several decades that culminated into our modern understanding of ESG today. This quote, taken from the TIME article “ Behind the Anti-War Protests that Swept America in 1968 ”, is a good example of that. . “

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Global delegates. The BoardSource Leadership Forum (BLF) is a global conference focused on nonprofit leadership at the highest level – the board of directors. As you dive deep into the world of storytelling and connecting with donors, we also want you to have a great time and feel inspired when you leave. South Africa / $250.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The AFP blog points to a press release from Firstgiving about the launch of a social networking site. NpTech Tools Sounds like Gavin of Gavin's Digital Diner had a great time sipping Burgundy wines in France, but even better wrote a detailed description of his damn DAM system. Global NpTech. young people??? " I agree.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

At the time, the Federal government had just signed the welfare deform legislation, pushing millions of welfare recipients from welfare to work. Almost never do they receive healthcare benefits or vacation time and oftentimes, have to work in incredibly oppressive environments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

I’ve spent some time taking a look at various reports, studies, and International organizations and the use of networks and social media. Here’s what I learned: Global Social Media and Mobile Usage Studies and Internet Penetration. billion global internet users today – roughly 35% of the world’s population.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2008

The series featured stories of 12 social entrepreneurs including Martin Fisher and Nick Moon, the co-Founders of KickStart (which was called ApproTEC at the time of the series). KickStart is a nonprofit that develops and markets new technologies in Africa that help local entrepreneurs to establish small businesses.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The Arab Spring also demonstrated that storytelling doesn’t need a big budget or tons of editing time to be effective. For example, World Press Photo put together this powerful series on life in North Africa, giving an inside perspective not found in headlines, soundbites, or protest clips. Image: Aya Tarek / CC BY-NC-ND.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

Melinda Kramer: Women's Earth Alliance is a global organization and we work around the world uniting women who are on the front lines of environmental causes. If you look around the world at some of the most pressing environmental challenges, you see women on the front lines of those challenges. billion people are without clean water.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

It's time to catch up on some of the nonprofit technology trends and news once again. The contest was a success in that judges had a hard time selecting the winners because of the quality and usefulness of the apps. The IT press has been covering lots new developments lately in paying by mobile phone. Digital Wallets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Based on the an analysis of previous fundraising campaigns (see " Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Brief History and Meta Analysis of Fundraising With Twitter "), the first time I heard about Twestival I knew it signaled something different. This happened on a short-time frame too. Administration skills. Multi-task.

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JUNE 21, 2022

There was extensive discourse on the global pandemic and how health crises in one part of the world can disrupt all our lives. The conversation also focused on vaccination, the global collaborative process, and philanthropy’s response. We prefer our dignity, but we need support; we need global support.” Interconnectedness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2006

Nancy White posted about the Blog Mentoring in Africa project , run by Ore Somolu and Sokari Ekine that she found from reading Joitske's blog. I came across Ore's writing via Sokari Ekine's fantastic bridge blogging of the African blogosphere on Global s.

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APRIL 2, 2021

We’re going to save some time for Q&A at the end. Probably, we would have ran into each other a dozen times right now at conferences. The last time we actually went to anything I think, it was the 2019 Boston Pride parade, always a favorite of ours and our family. Peace Corps in Senegal in West Africa.

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M+R

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Read time: 6 minutes. One of the gravest harms of the pandemic has been its impact on the food security of millions of people, in the United States and globally. COVID-19 exacerbated the link between food insecurity & global systemic inequality. The reopening of schools and its impact on food insecurity.

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