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The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. Chandrashekar, India Country Advisor and his talented team members, Ms.

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Using Video for Women's Empowerment in Rural India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I recently learned about an nonprofit organization in India dedicated to using video to help alleviate poverty and accelerate social change in the developing world. In looking at some of the project examples , I found several that focus on women's empowerment and rights in India.

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Schwab Social Entrepreneurs Summit 2007

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Her best example was Muhammed Yunus, who is also a board member of the Schwab Foundation, who of course won the Nobel Peace prize last year. Succession issues: how do we build an organization that will outlive our involvement, and how to approach recruiting a successor to the founder, was a session that I moderated.

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Shouldn’t the Word Phone Be Removed from Mobile? The Use of the Mobile by Nonprofits for Development

Tech Soup

good to highlight a few examples of its uses and briefly examine its. There are many examples of the benefits of the mobile in emerging and. It is an extraordinary example of one of these tools. Frontline SMS’ and Ushahadi’s collaboration is an example of this. A vast majority of these mobile users are in.

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Your Tweet Can Leverage A 10 Cent Donation to Care March 2-5th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The event attracted a lot of attention because it was an example of integrating a live charity event with Twitter. (See It was launched by Dr. Mani who raised money for heart surgeries for poor kids in India. Twitter users are encouraged to craft their own Tweet or use one of the examples below. “I apowerfulnoise [link].

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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change. But as Daniel Ben-Horin said, “Our theory of change states that software products are necessary, but not sufficient for empowerment of social change organizations.

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Digital Platforms for Greater Impact: Examples for Foundations

Forum One

The following four examples developed by foundations demonstrate the value of a digital strategy in fulfilling a variety of awareness and impact needs. Images of Empowerment. Images of Empowerment was created in 2015 and was extended in 2018. Grand Challenges Awards Repository.