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Upcoming Tweetchat: Cloud Computing for Nonprofits, November 2

Tech Soup

We've had dispatches from TechSoup's global partners in seven countries about how the cloud is changing the way nonprofits, public libraries, and NGOs work. Pacific time in the US, so that our friends in Australia and Asia can join in. All this month, we've been talking about cloud computing here on the TechSoup Blog.

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Shovel-ready Online Civic Projects #1: Global Development Commons

Forum One

These are internet-related projects which we think are worthy of funding because they address important civic problems, they will catalyze important work by others, they are imminently scalable, and they are projects which the private sector lacks sufficient incentives to undertake. irrigation management in South Asia? evangelize.

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NpTechTag Summary: NpTech Events, Twitters, and Green Web Hosting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

TechSoup publishes Soha El-Borno excellent post " Promote Your Cause on Facebook in Six Easy Steps " and do check out her interview with Carie Lewis from the Human Society about their work on Facebook. Check out the nonprofitmanagement wiki ! and Katya A. It went right into the SlideShare NpTech Group !

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Noel Hidalgo Knows What Ten Dollars Can Do In Cambodia

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He used social media ( blog , vlog , wiki , flickr , couchsurfing , twitter , myspace , dopplr , and facebook ) to harness the collective knowledge of the globe, and reported weekly on seven topics of freedom. as my path wondered through southeast asia, i found myself on the other-side of the world where the US dollar is the all mighty.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

The tool will allow hackers and coders to get up to speed before the hackathon by reading problem statements written from the perspective of the people who are working to solve social problems on the ground: NGOs and activists. They can go straight to work to create useful apps and other tools for solving social problems.

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Learnings and Reflections from BlogHer about Mobile Phones for Video Blogging and Beyond

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While I was in Chicago, Ryanne Hodson , who I met at last year's BlogHer, is in Cambodia and Southeast Asia with Jay Dedman to document the work of Project Hope International. However, in one of the discussion threads on the Summit wiki, there has been mention about using cameraphones or smart phones for this in addition to.

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Packard Foundation OE Launches Their Strategy Refresh Site

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We at the Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program (OE) spend a lot of time thinking about how organizations and programs work, and how to improve their impact and reach. Many of you are already familiar with our OE wiki site , and now we’ve also created a new experimental strategic planning site using WordPress.