Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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Are Crowd Funding Platforms the New Patrons of Independent Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. In 2008, I raised money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. At that time I made a blog and raised $2,000 using Chipin.

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Not Cause Washing: Facebook and Google Donate To Charities In Lieu of Parties and Gifts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Feeding America Boys and Girls Clubs Smile Train CARE, Mothers Matter World Wildlife Fund, Natural Capital Project Mobile Creches Prajwala HEAL Africa African Institute for Mathematical Sciences The Mango Tree National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Harlem Children's Zone Save the Children, Latin America focus Reporters Without Borders Witness (..)

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Change Status: Facebooking and Twittering for a better world

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She is going to Ghana in November. She is using her blog to raise money to support the first Community Access television station in Ghana, Coastal Television in Cape Coast Ghana. SamLand is Shirley Mayfield's blog. The blog will also be used to chronicle her trip.

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Vikas Nath talking about gender and ICTs in good governance

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My colleague, Joitske Hulsebosch, who is based in the Netherlands and most recently working in Ghana, developed a 12-step vlogging process to help a network in Ghana (GINKS) produce an ICT4D stories blog. Click To Play Vikas Nath explains his idea that empowerment of women in governance using ICTS should pass via livelihoods.

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The Nonprofit Nook on OneWorld U.S

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The photo above is from Ghana. It looks a blog community that is just getting started. There is an interesting article by Roshani Kothari on photo tips and tricks who is a wonderful photographer. Check out her global mosaics gallery.

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NpTech Summary: Red T-Shirt Day - Supporting Monks, YouTube Nonprofit Channel, and Web2forDev Conference Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A Few Self-Financed Learning Journeys Sam Mayfield has launched a new blog called Sam Land to raise money for and document his trip to Ghana in November. He will be bringing equipment and provide skills training to the first Community Access television station in Ghana.

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Joitske Hulsebosch: Blogs, NGOs, and Developing Countries

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In Ghana people are interested in knowing about new tools, because they need to stay in touch with what???s An offline newsletter or meeting is very important in Ghana for instance for reaching people as they don???t in Ghana here and a story about the use of a wiki in Zambia by my colleague Saskia here. and that???

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