Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Join your local NetSquared group. No local group? Naples, FL: Digital Storytelling Workshop. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Story Time: Empowering People with Technology. Honolulu, HI: Extraordinary Machine: Public Access to Public Domain Workshop. Looking for inspiration for your digital story? Storymakers Events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2012

Jared Raynor of the TCC Group gently reminded us that, in light of “today’s capacity building environment”, we should first take a deeper look into what we hope to achieve with our grantmaking, which in turn would inform our answer to this question. Funders: what have you tried in this space?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Or if face-to-face is more your style, join your local NetSquared group — NetSquared groups are holding digital storytelling events all month. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Story Time: Creating Technologies with Visually Impaired People. The link need to be like so: Africa. Looking for inspiration? Storymakers Events.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Uganda is no different except for one thing: its amazing NetSquared Regional Ambassador for East Africa, Robert Kibaya. As an unpaid volunteer, he organizes NetSquared in-person events where people from NGOs from all over the region come to talk shop and help each other. We have people who come from NGOs such as the Cape of Good Hope.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

More than 20 NetSquared-affiliated organizers will be at the conference — look for the people wearing NetSquared pins. Don't worry, there are NetSquared groups in 75 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Find your closest NetSquared group. Asia and the Pacific Rim.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2016

It is an outrage that girls account for 74% of all new HIV infections among adolescents in Africa, and 40% of women on the continent suffer from anemia which results in 20% of maternal deaths. He says,”They are the friendliest, sweetest people you’ll ever meet.”

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

NetSquared holds free or low-cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. Newest NetSquared Groups. Check out our newest groups: NetSquared Abuja in Abuja, Nigeria. GroundWork group in Columbus, Ohio. Don't have a NetSquared group near you?

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar, or apply today to start your own NetSquared group. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa + Middle East. Boston, Massachusetts: TNB Roundtable: What Makes People Engage?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

More than 20 NetSquared-affiliated organizers will be at the conference (look for the people wearing NetSquared pins.) Don't worry, there are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Newest Groups. Or, apply today to start your own NetSquared group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2011

When Cancer Council SA (that’s South Australia, not South Africa) started the Ambassador Project as an experiment in revitalizing volunteerism and community fundraising , jumping in to the social media pond was not even on the agenda. We’re never going to regularly connect people face-to-face … but we can connect digitally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2009

PopTech is an amazing blend of people, ideas, and projects. This includes leadership, social innovation, communications, branding, graphic facilitation, financial and funding models. I taught a very brief workshop in strategic social media using the social media strategy game. Having graphic notes during the workshop was an asset.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Magic happens when social entrepreneurs, nonprofits leaders, technologists, and young people are brought together for a high energy, creative, and interactive event that exposes everyone to new ideas and stories. These philanthroteens lead workshops on advocacy, communications and learned about their peers in developing countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

Note from Beth: One of the things that I enjoyed most about IFCAsia was the networking opportunities to connect with other people in the region who share interests. We know that young people like Generation Z are future donors, so programs that help introduce philanthropy at a young age will a big pay off down the road.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

We have 19,779 members in our meetup groups. That means Net2Local organizers are reaching as many people as NTEN’s NTC conference every quarter ! Wordle of event titles from Net2Local groups. Net2Local has been busy over the last six months. Our volunteer network has accomplished the following: 232 events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. A few days ago I opened the door on a new learning journey. It’s more fun to teach this way and more fun to learn this.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

to report on Tech for Good trends and also to find out how things are going in one of the most challenging areas of philanthropy: providing much needed help and support to people in the Muslim world. One of the things TechSoup does well is to bring relevant tools and resources to the needs that people have on the ground. Dara Westling.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 31, 2006

I have been blogging for Social Edge this week, and have grouped together several of my blogs from there for the Beneblog! Many social entrepreneurs actively avoid telling stories about themselves: they tell stories about other people more easily. Here are 50 from the Skoll World Forum, Oxford 2006 - a photoset on Flickr.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 26, 2015

HALO, which works with disadvantaged youth in Missouri and Africa, gives this award as part of a handful of awards at an annual happy hour to honor the volunteers. “We It happens when people feel like they are contributing in meaningful way.”. We are a pretty close-knit group.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I was very fortunate that in October 2004 in South Africa, there was a meeting of social change market places that was convened, and I met Buzz Schmidt, Founder of GuideStar. Emails and messages were sent to NGOs, explaining the type of video we wanted, and people replied in two days via WhatsApp.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

I think the real answers lie in the small, diverse, creative solutions we come up with ourselves in our communities, by ourselves, or with our friends, or with a global group. It may be a bigger group, but the emphasis is on diversity and creativity. It wasn't bringing people toward us. What's going on here?

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The Madison Nonprofit Day Conference is a one-day conference jammed pack with ~30 workshop sessions, networking, exhibits, lunch, and a variety of activities. This conference features exceptional speakers and a plethora of workshops that address key issues and trends affecting nonprofit human-serving organizations. Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

I also facilitated several workshops for London-based nonprofit CEOs and communications directors on developing a strategy for their leadership profiles on social and internal champions (board, staff, and volunteers). This post is a roundup of what I learned from the speakers at the conference and some reflections on the workshops.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

This remarkable cohort of 250 community builders are hosting monthly free workshops and networking events in more than 74 cities, and they're doing it entirely as volunteers. In fact, last year we had almost 13,000 workshop RSVPs. Discover the benefits of being a group leader and apply to join. Africa and Middle East.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

She spends a lot of time doing workshops, helping orgs with communications. So people that speak multiple languages or that live in different countries that have different ways of communicating and of seeing the world. And I’ve noticed how different people communicate, how different people interact. for a while.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2008

KickStart is a nonprofit that develops and markets new technologies in Africa that help local entrepreneurs to establish small businesses. As we've heard, something like 18% of the people in the world live on less than $1 a day, and a much bigger percentage live on less than $2 a day. Britt Bravo:What is KickStart doing?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Last week, I was in San Francisco leading a workshop and helped organized a group of attendees for TwestivalSF. One of the workshop participants kindly brought me bag of schwag which included a t-shirt and other goodies and told me how wonderful it was! Unfortunately, I was sick, so didn't make to the event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

m also a returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Burkina Faso, West Africa), and am even now preparing to move from Washington, DC to Seattle immediately following a two-month fellowship in Australia. s taken us a long time to build up credible, authoritative profiles and groups on sites like Care2 , Digg , Facebook , Flickr , and StumbleUpon. ???

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

This is a common experience when you attempt to facilitate global presentations, discussions or peer groups. What challenges do women who tech in Africa and Middle East face? Giselle’s dream is in her own words: I have been given an opportunity to attend a human rights workshop in New York City, this summer June 22-July 14.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I decided to stay a few extra days and facilitate a workshop on the Networked Nonprofit for local NGOs. This blog post includes some reflections about my first visit to Africa, the importance of face-to-face meetings and building relationships, and some thoughts about how some of the ideas in the Networked Nonprofit transcend boundaries.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 27, 2011

Both an installation artist and photographer, Naomi was the founder and director of The Cradle Project , a large scale installation calling attention and raising funds for the 48 million children orphaned in Sub-Saharan Africa. If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

Off the Mat, Into the World is an educational, experiential and motivational process for people interested in conscious activism and service. I realized I had a platform where, for whatever reason, people would pay attention to me. But every time I would leave a workshop, I would leave with this haunting feeling of, "Now what?"

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 13, 2011

The second came involuntarily as slaves from Africa. For years, we have tried to teach others about "cultural competency" through workshops. American Humanics: An Elite Group Research Friday: Do you feel the force of the demo. Making Philanthropy a Lifestyle, 365 Days a Year Research Friday: Why Do People Stop Giving?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

And also, we'll be here a little bit for the reception, so you can also come and talk to people one-on-one. And really, when I started, I thought that blogs were for kind of strange people in their basements who were typing about conspiracy theories and stuff like that. There are a lot of people who don't.

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