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Generation Rwanda: Two Stories

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As part of the ACE Leadership Training, we had several site visits to bring some of the real world into our discussions. The group visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial. The main exhibition tells the history of Rwanda leading up to the genocide, what happened, and the aftermath.

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Social Media, Networking, and African Women’s Leadership Training in Rwanda

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For the past ten days, I’ve been in Rwanda, Africa. Most of the training days took place in rural Rwanda on Lake Muhazi – which was a beautiful place. We were asked to reflect on how the objective represents Women’s Leadership and to find a partner to discuss our observations and get to know each other.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

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As a team, we discussed opportunity areas that emerged from our early conversations with the Community Fellows. He has been on field missions to co-create solutions with governments and implementing partners in Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. What Ideas Were Generated? Dun-Ying Vicki Yu.

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Need Answers: LinkedIn Has Them

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Note from Beth: I’m just finishing up an intensive training here in Rwanda. In the LinkedIn discussion, Suzanne McDonald gives the example of Coca Cola, which is funding AIDS prevention in Africa but being sued in India for contaminating groundwater. Which is why LinkedIn discussions are important.

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Tips and Tools for Integrating Social Media Into Your Nonprofit Event Marketing Plan

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Charity:Water used it for its Rwanda Campaign. If your event includes a discussion or speaker, you can solicit questions from your audience ahead of the event using a tool like Google Moderator. One of the more popular with nonprofits is ThunderClap. The positive is you can lock people ahead of a campaign and be sure they will tweet.

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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

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Note from Beth: By the time you read this post, I’ll be in the air enroute to Rwanda for a training project. Parents and other adult mentors are looking for guidance and appreciate opportunities to discuss their questions, frustrations, and hopes when it comes to their kids’ digital lives. Photo by WhiteAfrican.

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The Networked NGO in India

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This blog post includes some reflections on the instructional design, delivery, and insights that I hope will inform the field building discussion taking place over at the Packard OE Program site. Anupam Shukla and Ms. Monica Wahengbam. Program Design. I improvised and had participants pass around a flower.

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