Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had more time to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. What Are the Biggest Barriers to More Widespread NGO Migration to the Cloud? Find the first and second post in this series online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

Last week at the IFC-Asia , I co-designed and facilitated a 90 minute workshop with Marco Kuntze titled “ The Digital NGO: The Journey from Paper to Screen.” There are different ways to design a participatory workshop. It is also used in education, although it is called something different, “ The Human Continuum.”.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2021

After the murder of George Floyd, the Foundation made a strong commitment to infuse justice and equity into our work, so we needed to take this step to understand better who we are funding and reaching. I know from being in the NGO world for many years what kind of a burden that can be.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

Whether your nonprofit has a two-person team or a staff of 200 employees, every opportunity you take to improve your daily operations can make a difference in reaching your fundraising goals. Seventy-six percent of nonprofits say a lack of resources to train employees challenges their adoption of new technology. Hannah Durbin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

When you have worked in a field a long time (for me it has been over 3 decades), you have to keep an open mind about remembering and reflecting on what you have heard before — looking at as if it was new. .” I also include my list of work/life habits that I want to maintain or modify. Year in Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

I started work on the E-Mediat project over a year ago. The project is training 300 NGOs in Jordan , Lebanon , Tunisia , Morocco , and other Arab countries to become networked ngos and use social media for civil society goals. A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Many of you know that I have had the honor of working with IIE on some amazing Networked NGO and social media skills capacity building and train the trainer projects in the Middle East over the last 2-3 years. But, not just skills training, but learning to understand the impact of connected society and transformation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. I have the honor of co-training with some of the best folks doing work in this part of the world. February 27, 2011.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. Workshop Handouts work in Arabic and French. Group Photo with Certificates.

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Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference 100

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The end of the Guatemalan Civil War resulted in a flood of non-governmental organization (NGO) programs spreading across the country in the hope of helping desperately poor people gain everything from their human rights, to better health care, food and nutrition, and training in governance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

” I started with a full-day workshop outside of Auckland called “The Networked NGO in New Zealand,” this workshop was for activist organizations and focused on strategy, measurement, and best practices for managing and implementing social media as a network. We sat in the hall – two rows – the guests and the Maori.

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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. For his day job, Robert runs Communications without Borders and the NGO Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organization. We help children with school fees, computer training, and many other things.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 19, 2015

India is home to 70 million people with different needs and abilities. Creating Opportunities for Training and Employment. WORTH, which stands for Workshop for Rehabilitation and Training of the Handicapped, aims to create opportunities for vocational training and avenues for employment for people with different needs in India.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Relief organizations and first-responders are working tirelessly to provide aid to those affected by Hurricane Sandy. The staff at TechSoup Global is keeping all those affected by the devastating hurricane in our thoughts as we work to support recovery efforts. How the Cloud Can Make a Difference for Disaster Relief.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

Last week, I participated in three very intense days of project, curriculum, and online community planning for a new project, E-Mediat , a multi-stakeholder capacity building project for NGOS and Social Media in the Middle East. Deliver targeted, cutting-edge social media training and coaching to 150 – 250 NGOs and CSOs in 15+ communities.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Not surprisingly, lowered monthly service fees for cloud services, easier setup and integration, useful training resources, and clearer information on suitable cloud services are the most important motivators to deeper cloud adoption among NGOs around the world. Cloud Services That NGOs Need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

What’s refreshing and different about this book is that it isn’t about trying to get everything done efficiently. I’m more thoughtful, less scattered, and enjoying my work more fully. Measurement and Content Curation : These are two focus areas that I want incorporate into my social media training.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. Our New NGO Partners in Vietnam. Our New NGO Partners in Indonesia.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2012

Technology product donations, training, and nonprofit data are all part of TechSoup Global’s offering to civil society in India. Nonprofits throughout India are now benefiting by getting high visibility and access to information and technology for their work. million NGOs in India.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2018

As of this writing, we also have the only online course through Udemy that trains nonprofits in managing this grant. Turning to impact, Google cares about using its platform to make a difference. Beyond this, Whole Whale will continue to create Google Ad Grant trainings , webinars and courses.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2016

We know that nonprofit professionals are the hardest working folks out there and we want to help you succeed. 2016 NGO Online Technology Report. Over the last two decades the NGO sector has embraced Internet technology, but at varying speeds based upon the Internet infrastructure of the country in which they reside. April Fools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Social Media, NGOs, and Romania View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: ngo socialmedia ) Next, Iulian Comanescu - Training coordinator for the program is explaining the program. You need to fuel it and we have so much to do at work. Difference between amatuer and professional videographer. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

Over the past month, I have been thinking about a couple of different ideas and how to incorporate them into training design to facilitate learning. My questions are: 1. Balancing Content and Interaction in the Room and Accounting for Different Learning Styles. I also pinged people in my network from different countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

I use low tech tools first – paper, markers, sticky notes, and sticky dots. Participants spend time working together to draw their networks — people and organizations who are important to reaching their organization’s outcomes. GuideStar India - Networked NGO Workshops - Packard Grantees. Radio Bilingue.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But did you know that our work is global? It's how you use technology that makes all the difference. We believe that NGOs learn best from each other, so NetSquared provides a platform where we can come together face to face to share technology tips and create a community of practice around tech for good. Kampala, Uganda.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

They typically run out of steam when the funding runs out, assuming they worked at all. This school is run by an NGO (a nonprofit) and provides free education to children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. The school has almost a dozen different social enterprises that provide access to these job skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2005

Meet Zarah Jane Almeida who works as a producer for Mlup Baitong's Environmental Advocacy Radio Program. She has been blogging about her work and life at Sreisaat Adventures in Cambodia since January, 2004. Five years ago, after more than three years of working as a TV producer, I lost my enthusiasm for my work and resigned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 26, 2006

Last year, The Sharing Foundation sewing school made over 1000 uniform sets and donated them to needy children in Roteang Village, to the Street Children's Assistance NGO, and to a poor government orphanage. This could make a big difference for thousands of children in Cambodia. Here's how it works: Yahoo!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 30, 2007

Cambodian young people are joining the global conversation in the blogosphere and sharing their perspectives through different forms of grassroots citizen's media thanks to the efforts of a dedicated team of Cambodian bloggers. This team has been working on a voluntary basis to conduct 14 workshops called ??? Keynote welcome.

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Cambodia Blogger Conversation Global 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2017

Note from Beth: Several years ago, I was got trained in design thinking facilitation methods using Luma and have incorporated these techniques into my consulting and training practice. Mike Radke agreed to share this post about the work. Different Ways Nonprofits Are Using Design Thinking to Solve Problems and Achieve Impact.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

“If we build it they will come&# only works in the movies. { At the same time, it really doesn’t make a lot of difference to the customer that was going to hire Mpower anyway. This would be the first step I guess to making something better that was sustainable for NGO’s.

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NTEN

MARCH 4, 2011

That's how many different laptops there were on display at my local Best Buy (not counting the Pommes de Cher ). Of course, it has nothing to do with the hardcopy version of the collected works of L. lbs. -- Damn it, Jim, it's a laptop, not a weight training program. Performance makes the difference. I should have known.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The premise is that governing well is essential for strong nonprofits working efficiently and effectively to address critical needs in our communities. How will CSR practitioners uphold the values inherent in our social responsibility and community engagement work regardless of which way the winds may blow? Nonprofit Management.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 3, 2006

She sent me the names of four women from Up with People with descriptions of their work and why she thought they were Solutionary Women. One of the women, DeeAnn Resk, is originally from California and used to work at an international development office in Washington D.C. What do you enjoy the most about your work with Up with People?

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North America NGO Info Asia 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

The game has been remixed into different languages and used in different training contexts, but this is the first time it has been to Southeast Asia. tools, this would have worked as a culminating activity. There is a certain humility you experience as a trainer when something doesn't work perfectly.

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Cambodia Social Media Game Blogger 56

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 2, 2006

We train school and community members about environmental health, and post durable, no-idling street signs that not only help reduce idling–the #1 source of urban pollution–but also help build neighborhood cohesiveness by signaling that asthma is a community concern. How did you get involved in this kind of work? You won't get rich.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

ve worked for AFL (Advice For Life) for 5 years, and I started work here a couple of years after I left university as a receptionist, moving up to administrator, then office manager, and now resources director. 30,000 yearly income, and now we have loads of staff and lots of different projects and a turnover of 1.3

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