Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 6, 2010

Raja is a seasoned business executive with senior level experience in multinationals (Coca-Cola, B&W/BAT, BOC Group, Societe Generale) in Europe, Asia and in multiple Middle East/North African countries (MENA), as an entrepreneur and as Managing Director of one of the oldest retail groups in the MENA region.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 21, 2009

If your nonprofit is based in Europe, the social media webinars for European charities are also 2-for-1 until January 4. Tags: Webinars. The webinars above are best for nonprofits in the United States and Canada. Thank you so much for a great 2009. Enjoy the holidays and wishing you the best in 2010!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2009

Tags: community socialchange storytelling collaboration europe friend fundraising trip uk. Blog about the project (you can even grab a widget for your blog post). Share the campaign on Facebook. Join the We Operate Best Together Facebook Fan page. And of course read more about the project here: [link].

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Tags: case studies socialmedia casestudy europe example guidelines international. Has your organization created social media guidelines or terms of use? What was the hardest part of creating them? What was easiest? How have they been put to use?

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NCE Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2010

While popular in Europe for some time, texting donations has finally broken through as a promising fundraising tool here. Tags: Facebook Marketing and Awareness Tools communications crisis earthquake wyclef yele. There are several things we can learn from the Haitian Earthquake that are socialmedia-related.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

." Local Philanthropy Playground | Local Philanthropy Playground – "The Local Philanthropy Workshop (LPW), developed by the Odorheiu Secuiesc Community Foundation and TechSoup Global with the support of the Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe, first took place between August 31 and September 4, 2010.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 24, 2009

And this week, Google has added a couple important areas to the list: Mexico and Eastern Europe.&#. Tags: roundup bookmarks. And rather than pay people to go get information about those places, Google has smartly been using a service called Map Maker, which lets locals and people knowledgeable about the area edit it themselves.

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2010

Tag your own news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help us find your awesome online, or contact Annaliese with your updates.) . Kathi Apostolidis , one of our newest members, who happens to work in Greece, gave us a heads-up about HCSMEU Camp , which stands for Healthcare Social Media Europe. Members are in bold.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2009

UK and Europe developer camp and user meetup | CiviCRM Community Site - "The developer camp is aimed at those that want to learn more about CiviCRM from the people involved in it's development. " Tags: roundup bookmarks. Understand the importance of both community size and data ownership in your social network strategy."

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2010

Foundations in Europe and the States have both similarities and differences. Tags: Event. We - 13 people from TechSoup Global - are in Brussels this week to participate in am ambitious project staged by the European Foundation Centre , which is roughly the equivalent of the U.S. Council on Foundations.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

Europe’s highest court in a ruling against Google has decided that search engines should allow online users to be “forgotten” after a certain time by erasing links to web pages unless there are particular reasons not to erase that information. Disaster Relief in Eastern Europe. Find out more on this project here.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2010

Our incredible staff there have worked with corporate partners, trusted foundations, and key government agences in Poland and throughout Europe to expand the reach and benefits of technology for NGOs and social sectors. Tags: International News.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Paying by mobile is already a done deal in Japan and Europe. Tags: cell phone dan macsai fast company Mobile NPTech NTEN payments Fundraising. The easier the transaction, the less tied that donor may feel to the organization. Can you move a $5 donor up the ladder of engagement? Will s/he even remember donating? Are you ready for it?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 29, 2010

China, India, and most of Europe combined -- but another thing entirely to show it. Tags: NPTech NTEN Things We Like. Your organization is awash in data, but (while we hate to be the ones to break the news) nobody wants one more boring spreadsheet. Here's a little inspiration: It's one thing to say that Africa is bigger than the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2009

The British take teleworking seriously because apparently English workers have the longest work commutes in Europe. Tags: Green Office GreenTech. May 14 was also Bike to Work Day in many U.S. and Canadian cities. People in the UK also have good, fast broadband Internet access of 3.6 How cool is that?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 6, 2009

The Liberian TRC was also the first to collect statements from members of the diaspora community – in this case Liberians living in Ghana, Nigeria, the United States and Europe. Tags: truth commission Benetech Monrovia diaspora Sirleaf human rights TRC Cibelli Liberia. The first step towards reconciliation is the truth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2006

So, of course I go to the computer because I can always count on my colleagues from Europe, Africa, Asia, or Southeast Asia to be up and around and distract me from my insomnia. He alerts me to the event tag: snnonprofit. So, I bolt awake up very early this morning worrying about my to-do list or rather my not done yet list.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

In cities across America, Canada, Europe, the UK and South America, local networks of techies, marketers, project managers, storytellers, and others got together, identified problems and projects, shared those ideas across the network with other camps, assigned teams, built prototypes, shared and tested and launched several applications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

They also tag and analyze responses. The group also mentioned an example in Europe where a neighborhood council was cross referencing social media data with location to find out what topics were trending in those neighborhoods as part of a planning process.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

In cities across America, Canada, Europe, the UK and South America, local networks of techies, marketers, project managers, storytellers, and others got together, identified problems and projects, shared those ideas across the network with other camps, assigned teams, built prototypes, shared and tested and launched several applications.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

While mobile fundraising has been widely used in the UK and Europe, it has struggled to take off in North America. Tags: CMS CRM International Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Fundraising. Mobile giving has certainly been a major source of a lot of giving to support the Haiti relief effort.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

While mobile fundraising has been widely used in the UK and Europe, it has struggled to take off in North America. Tags: CMS CRM International Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Fundraising. Mobile giving has certainly been a major source of a lot of giving to support the Haiti relief effort.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Spending time in Europe, I'm reminded how complicated it gets when you have to interpret exhibits for a multi-lingual audience. Tags: design usercontent inclusion. Here in Barcelona, it's standard to see three languages on labels (Catalan, Spanish, English), and in Scandinavia I've seen as many as six. What have you tried?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2009

Hitler was gaining in Europe. " Tags: movement building.   It was a politically charged time and we were “blessed” (I use the term with quotations) by powerful enemies who served as a motivation force. Other fascist leaders were rising to power. These events, and later, World Events like Peal harbor were powerful motivators.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

Instead, I dip into the NpTech Tag Stream and notice this post from NTEN about a new book about nonprofits and technology. Here's the definition given the chapter: Circuit riders travel throughout regions of the United States and parts of Europe providing technology assistance to nonprofit organizations.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

According to Heeks, the field of ICT4D emerged really as an artifact of the telecenter model which was used successfully to extend basic ICT services at the periphery in North America and Europe. . Tags: Data Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN IT Staff. Finally, there is a growing of m-hype which we should be aware and cautious of.

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AFP Blog

MAY 7, 2008

Tags: NPIreland NPtech.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

We have student and mentors ready to provide high-quality web site analysis across the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, and even now in Africa. Tags: Data Newsletter NPTech NTEN Web Sites Communications. The Analysis Exchange is open to any nonprofit or non-governmental organization, anywhere in the world. analysisxchange.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2005

I had a very good friend from my village who was a driver for tourists and immigrated to Europe. Technorati Tags: cambodia nptech They are inspired that I grew up in a small village in Cambodia and live in Manhattan. By chance, he found my blog and left a comment. I was so surprised to reconnect with an old friend.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 22, 2008

Feminists, Disabled People, Muslims, Police, Goths, Gays) Readers, who check out the Books for 45-minute to 2-hour discussions Librarians, who facilitate the whole process Since 2000, Living Libraries have been produced primarily in Europe at festivals and libraries with support from the Council of Europe youth sector. well, you know.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2009

It was held in Newcastle in the north of England, and about 70 folks from around the world (but mostly Europe) came to play, learn, make stuff, and help each other work out challenges inherent in trying to make risky ideas happen. Tags: professional development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2007

But others elsewhere in the country, Europe or even further!), Each of the links to the downloads all have extra analytics tags attached, so we can easily monitor how many of which one is downloaded. also the browsers they are using, and also if they are still using dial up (are your pages lightweight and fast loading?). That's useful.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

The SLHC is a museum that tells the story of the Schwenkfelders, a small German protestant sect who emigrated from Europe in the 1700s and settled in Montgomery County. Tags: Book Discussion: The Great Good Place. Thanks to Rebecca for this post! Tune in next week for a reflection on the book from another perspective.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 10, 2008

In Europe, they seem to have figured this out. Tags: design comfort. It makes sense that you don’t want food and coffee in the gallery, but why have only one eating place in the entire museum? Why not set up a coffee cart separately in an atrium or off a gallery? Why do you have to go offsite to get a snack?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2007

The Boston MOS forums and the DeCiDe program in Europe have both been quite successful engaging visitors with one another in deep, literally "mind-changing" interactions. Tags: Book Discussion: Visitor Voices inclusion visitors. Finally, there were a few examples of programmatic rather than exhibition-based projects.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

Last fall, I left my position with the Community Alliance with Family Farmers after six-and-a-half year to finish editing the book, to travel, and to WWOOF , Willing Workers on Organic Farms, in Europe. Tags: interview podcast. I went to France. I really wanted to make cheese. I was like, "Wow, this is really hard.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Paul Farestveit A trained historian with a degree in history from the University of California at Los Angeles, Paul Farestveit has spent the majority of his career working for STA Travel, a global student travel company that operates large businesses in Europe, the United States, and Australia. His specialty: user testing.

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