Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Also, developing countries like Egypt, South Africa, Mexico/Latin America, and India report plans to move to the cloud faster than everywhere else. The types of cloud-based services that NGOs have at the top of their wish list are file storage and sharing, email, data backup and recovery, office productivity, and online databases.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Get Informed and Get Inspired. For example, basic SMS and telephone messaging are being used to educate students in remote areas of Pakistan, to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, and to raise funds for East African drought relief. Collecting and managing data. The Difference Technology Makes. Get inspired.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

On the morning of July 7th, a page was created for the events taking place in central London and as both television news and personal witnesses revealed more information the page content grew – by the minute. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Examples from Haiti.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Web Crawl Data: Click here to see larger image. These are inserted because they have more detailed information with regards to a topic (including, of course, ads), because the host wants to connect people to allies or colleagues, or because they may be foes on an issue. . Figure 1.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

Like the Pew Internet & American Life Project , we believe that over the next decade most people will access software applications online using several different types devices rather than depending primarily on tools and information housed on their individual, personal computers. Many NGOs Find Cloud Computing Confusing: Why?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

” I don’t have an answer, but I think it has to do with modeling conscious information and consumption and being mindful about how you connect with people, cultivate relationships, and share information. ” The data covered the good, bad, and the ugly of our digital lifestyles. Healthy Mind Platter.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When disaster strikes, we want information as soon as possible and we want to help just as quickly. 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. Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. This research took me immediately to Sally Matthews, senior lecturer in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. As part of a. continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I felt very strongly that the information gap about non-profits in the country severely impacted philanthropy; it was so hard to find out who was doing what and where in the country, and then screen them through due diligence filters in order to give a guarantee that these were credible non-profits. Why did you set up GuideStar India?

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

TechNow connects you with the resources, information and people your nonprofit needs to succeed! South Africa / $250. South Africa. From effective streamlining to data analysis and knowledge management, grants managers are doing the work that defines grantmaking. Technology / #TechNow16 / @TechNowConf.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

By the way, Lucy Bernholz' top buzz word of 2012 was " data." " She maintains that we are only at the beginning of learning how to use data well for social purposes and philanthropy. We gathered so much data! Now what to do with it. The Nonprofit Cloud in 2012. Mobile Computing in 2012. Very heartening.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

As Internet and mobile access grows, more data is made open online. It is being used and analyzed by the media, the private sector, governments, and civil society organizations to inform their decisions. Open data, real time data, and linked data are being discussed in many. Because now we. extract value from it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

I led a conversation on what big data is going to mean for social entrepreneurs. The Africa Forum is the premier meeting of blindness groups across sub-Saharan Africa, and it’s held roughly every three years. It was the third Africa Forum I’ve attended: I went to Accra, Ghana, in 2011 and South Africa in 2004.

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