Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

This is a communique on the current state of cloud adoption in India from Prashant Pandit and Pooja Jayna from TechSoup Global's, NASSCOM Foundation BIGTech Program , which is an NGO committed to building ICT capacity in civil society in India. Of the 3 million NGOs that operate in India, most are small and dependent on volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

In less than 24 hours, I will be boarding a plane bound for Mumbai to present at the NASSCOM conference called NASSCOM India Leadership where I'll be on a panel on NGO and Social Media as well as lead a discussion at an unconference on whether CEO/Executive Director's should use social media. Tags: india.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

We’re grateful to our socially responsible publishing partners who give us world rights to their titles, even though they are not required to do so under international copyright law. For example, in developing countries, we aim to help our members pursue educational and employment opportunities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The NASSCOM India Leadership Forum has multiple tracks based on theme. I was asked to facilitate a session on the question, "Should CEOs and Executive Directors Use Social Media?". I was asked to facilitate a session on the question, "Should CEOs and Executive Directors Use Social Media?".

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

I was interviewed recently by Petra Kroon , a blogger focused on social media and entrepreneurship in The Netherlands, in which she asked some really great questions, including what I thought the trend would be for social entrepreneurship in 2010 as well as where we may be in 25 years. There are so many examples we could include.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

My latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review is up on the opinion blog – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR blog or read the full post below. Here are a few reasons why using multiple social networking platforms doesn’t just mean you repeat your effort. Community First.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Citizen-Powered Response. Direct Content. Indirect Content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

When you teach internationally, it is important to localize your content and Tharum was able to provide many local and regional examples and tips. The opening plenary was hosted by the renowned Usha Menon , past chair of the Resource Alliance and celebrated speaker, connector and consultant to the social impact sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

The other speakers Gaurav Mishra , CEO, 20:20 Social, Vijay Talwar, CEO, William J Clinton Organization. My main point about social media was that it can be used as a bridge between the top and the bottom of the pyramid. I shared the story of how Pratham Books used Twitter to help get children's books to children in rural India.

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Candid

JULY 22, 2021

These included higher education institutions with students from underserved communities, arts organizations, and social sector infrastructure organizations. entities were also supported, including 11 based in India, two in Africa, and one in Mexico. . Editor’s note: Scott awarded a grant to Candid.) . This time, however, non-U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Note from Beth: Social networks allow to connect with people from outside of our community and it is easy to have your conversation get lost in translation. How to Approach Social Media Internationally Guest Post By Christian Arno. How about Facebook friends in India? Does that mean your social media is international?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 14, 2013

In a recent blog post , Bernard Marr gave several examples of business leaders who have persevered to become wildly successful. This got me thinking about those who work in the social sector. That measure just wouldn’t cut it for those working in the social sector. Hated by Winston Churchill and others, he was imprisoned.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

I’m thrilled to be spending a few days in London where I am keynoting The Future of Social conference hosted by Social Misfits Media. While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China, and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. Gen Z Uses Digital Tools for Social Good, Not Social Currency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

The Nasscom Foundation in India is the epicenter of nonprofit technology and social innovation. This year they have a record registration of 1650 delegates from India and other countries from around the world. It will be interesting to compare the perspective from India. Tags: india.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2009

It never ceases to amaze me: the cool social entrepreneurs that I get to meet all the time, coming up with mind-blowing innovative ways to accomplish social good. As a successful example of how to build a scalable approach to a chronic issue, I noticed that PWX was highlighted in the recent Irvine Foundation convergence report.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2013

Sometimes I feel like there''s an encyclopedia of online advocacy, fundraising, and social media stuck in my head. For example, one of the case studies that Amy Sample Ward and I profiled in the mobile section of our book Social Change Anytime Everywhere was about “Missed Calls” as an organizing strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

The chat was a prelude to a convening on April 25th at the Robert Wood Johnston Foundation of 40 thinkers and practitioners, bringing diverse perspectives and expertise into discussions to develop measures for evaluating the impact of social media on philanthropic outcomes. GuideStar India - Networked NGO Workshops - Packard Grantees.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 23, 2007

The event here in Zurich is the Schwab Social Entrepreneur Summit, where roughly a hundred social entrepreneurs get together with global leaders to advance the movement. Sunday was a day of content aimed just at the social entrepreneurs. We discussed leadership, recruiting and succession, among other topics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2012

Yet, it is not one of the top five reasons nonprofits use social media. As an example, here’s a philosophical question for you, one that needs practical answers: To what extent can you engage with unethical partners without becoming tainted yourself? Komen for the Cure is a perfect example of this conundrum.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

He’s a geek (former Microsoft Research guy) who is making the case that technology doesn’t make the kind of social impact it claims to deliver. For example, I extracted many insights about the international development field reading books like Easterly’s Tyranny of Experts or Maren’s Road to Hell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

The Need for the 4Cs Social Media Framework. Over the last year, I have had to explain how social media works to diplomats, defense officials, and academics and students focused on fields as diverse as international affairs, management and sociology. I have found that first-timer find social media confusing because of two reasons.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Dar Veverka (DV): Grassroots Mobile Survey is a great example of this. It’s not just useful for offline situations like interviewing people in rural India. SK: I have been involved in this project since I met Trish in India in 2018. CO: What makes Grassroots Mobile Survey so innovative? TP: It’s the flexibility of use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2009

An early adopter of social media, the Lance Armstrong Foundation leverages social media to engage, connect, and celebrate its community. I asked Brooke McMillan, Online Community Evangelist, for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, to share some examples of how they engage with their community.

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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. Our BigTech program is run by our local partner, the NASSCOM Foundation in India. million NGOs in India. According to the Indian Central Statistical Office, there are 3.3

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2015

That’s where I met Zawadi Nyong’o , a young Kenyan woman and social change activist. Ever since I’ve kept in touch with her over Twitter. Zawadi has launched her own consulting firm and works with African nonprofits and social change activists on their social media and crowd funding campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change. One theme he touched on that resonated throughout the day is how Microsoft is working with networks and partners to leverage it’s financial, technical, and social change commitment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

I was in India this past summer to facilitate an intensive four-day training for Packard Foundation grantees working on family-planning issues. The curriculum covered a lot of territory on social media and online collaborations, but every day after we came back from a delicious Indian meal, the after-lunch slump would set in.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Reflections on an internship with Bookshare.org in Chennai, India Made possible through support from the Amherst College Center for Community Engagement Anna Reid, religion major, class of 2010 Anna Reid with employees of Worth Trust, a South Indian organization that provides vocational training and employment for people with disabilities.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

She recently shared her social media and community-building wisdom at an event organized by the SF Tech4Good group and the San Francisco Online Community Meetup Group. Not For Sale operates in Peru, the Netherlands, India, South Africa, and Romania. Sarah Potts is the Community Manager at Not For Sale, and that is her challenge.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 16, 2011

Canada, Europe and India. For example, all residents with the qualifying disabilities in Australia, Denmark and Qatar, to pick just three examples, now have free access to Bookshare thanks to our joint efforts with local and national disability groups in these countries. . These include 6 of the top 10 publishers in the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

Creating the World’s Largest Collection of Accessible Arabic eBooks Access to knowledge is the critical first step on the path to economic, educational, and social development. There’s so much more we could do to advance the path towards full digital inclusion of the world’s people with print disabilities.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Elliot Harmon, regular TechSoup blogger and staff writer, was chosen to " Blog [His] Way to Hyderabad " for the Ashoka and Lemelson event, Tech4Society , taking place in Hyderabad, India this week. Thanks to a series of happy coincidences, I got to spend today at NASSCOM's India Leadership Forum (they're TechSoup Global's partner in India).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2012

Note from Beth: I have the honor of leading a “Networked NGO Training” in Delhi for grantees of the Packard Foundation and have lined up some guest posts to supplement my reports from India. Martin Luther King once said “love is mankind’s most potent weapon for personal and social transformation.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 27, 2008

After years of hearing about the incredible Aravind Eye Hospitals , I finally was able to visit this prototypical social enterprise. The first thing I noticed was that the start-up costs had been supported by Lavelle Fund, which is also funding our first major project in India (more on that later).

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

She is the author of Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media , one of the longest running and most popular blogs for nonprofits. While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. Gen Z Uses Digital Tools for Social Good, Not Social Currency.

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