Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 4, 2011

"There's really no more rewarding work in the world than helping women and girls attain the highest possible quality of life." ~ Carinne Brody This month's Big Vision Podcast interview is special because it's part of the Girl Effect Blogging Campaign organized by Tara Sophia Mohr. Share Tweet.

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MARCH 6, 2023

To become one of the success stories, it helps to work from the bottom up, top-down, and inside out. Our “boots on the ground” colleagues are often working alongside community leaders to help residents advocate for change. Their development was shepherded by one of the largest, most global organizations out there.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Laureus is a global movement whose purpose is to change the world through the power of sport. These words became the philosophy of Laureus and the driving force behind our work. I’ve been fortunate to travel around the world and experience the transformational work of the programs we support.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

According to a recent AP report , 300,000 people in Kenya were forced to leave their homes, and over 800 people were killed during this past month's post-election violence. Feministing suggests making donations to the Kenya Red Cross Society. Kenya donation I want to do something. El Oso made a donation through MamaMikes.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Maximizing each partners’ strength, global reach and diverse experience, we are coming together to tell the story of progress (and lack thereof) for girls and women against the promises guaranteed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2011

As I mentioned in my previous two blogs about my Africa trip of last July, I had the pleasure of meeting many interesting people and learning about numerous exciting, cool projects during that three week long visit to Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. The good news is that trachoma can effectively be eliminated.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Maximizing each partners’ strength, global reach and diverse experience, we are coming together to tell the story of progress (and lack thereof) for girls and women against the promises guaranteed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Global Giving

AUGUST 21, 2018

Kevin Conroy Chief Product Officer Who He Is: Kevin leads GlobalGiving's product team, a talented group of programmers, system administrators, designers, communicators, and marketers that work tirelessly to improve the GlobalGiving website. They handle the user interface; we handle the global disbursements. in Economics.

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JUNE 18, 2009

A couple of weeks ago a group of Seattle global health data experts met at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute to continue a conversation we started earlier this year on global health data. The impact of donor expectations on data collection. We'll continue to explore that key question in a couple of months when we meet again.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. Atrisco, New Mexico: Working Group and Help Desk: Bring Your Projects and Tech Challenges. Kisii, Kenya: Storymakers 2017 NetSquared Kisii.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

I’m just back from a trip to Kenya and London and as they say in the UK, “cream crackered&# (really tired). But before I rest, I wanted to let you know that it’s Tweetsgiving time again, a global celebration of gratitude and giving lasting 48 hours to support the work of EpicChange. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Note from Beth: As a supporter of the work that the Sharing Foundation does for children in Cambodia, I’ve seen first hand the value of literacy programs in developing countries. Over the past year, one of the ways we’ve been working to be a force for good in the world is through our partnership with Room to Read.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

During this two-hour workshop, your organization will learn how to integrate your hosted email service and work with the Office 365 suite of services. We are scheduling workshops globally. Nakuru, Kenya , November 4 with Mary Antonina. Malaba, Kenya , November 5 with David Wanga. November 2015.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But did you know that our work is global? That's why TechSoup created NetSquared , our global network of volunteer-led Tech4Good meetups. Every month our global network of community organizers hosts Tech4Good events in more than 70 cities. Nairobi, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Joins Mozilla Maker Party 2016.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 29, 2012

There's lots of excitement, but now we have to prove that this works. He is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, and in February 2010, he was invited to the White House to join First Lady Michelle Obama in launching, "Let's Move!" - her signature leadership program to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity in America.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! The nexus for this work is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations agency that deals with such matters. law works: the one that made Bookshare possible.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Join our global tweet chat on September 18 to discover the latest in social media best practices. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Guatemala: The Social Good Summit Global Conversation 2013 - Guatemala. Busia, Kenya: Blue Bells Orphans And Vulnerable Support Program /Kenya. Event Reports.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The initiative brings together an array of existing, new and enhanced global programs and partnerships that connect young people with better education, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. .” Their solution is Microsoft YouthSpark. This youth panel was truly inspiring for me. A video of her story is here.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

We want to give people an opportunity to really develop, innovate, and preserve their own culture." -- Tom Aageson, co-founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship A week, or so ago I interviewed my Dad, Tom Aageson, for a special Father's Day show on the Big Vision Podcast. I've posted an edited transcript of the interview below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. Since 2009, Zynga.org has enabled millions of players to contribute nearly $20 million to more than 30 nonprofit organizations globally. She previously worked with the Washington, D.C., You can register here.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

TechSoup Global’s Dara Westling attended the recent Global Donors Forum in Washington, D.C. She is our vice president of development alliances and global media for TechSoup Global’s domestic and international programs. We connect the local with global resources.” Dara Westling.

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

After studying his work for years, Muhammad Yunus—champion of financial inclusion, founder of microfinance, and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize—is standing in front of me and a few dozen others in a bookstore. BitPesa, Banqu, and UCash are scaling similar concepts in Kenya, Indonesia, and India. How surreal.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

And our Twitter chat was more global than ever before, with people from 20 countries participating! Digital storytelling is a powerful tool for libraries to let their audience know, "Hey, we're here, and we do amazing work!" Best Global Story — What Is Taiwan Tongzhi (LGBT) Hotline Association?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

These global leaders are coming from Uganda, Australia, London, and Florida. We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Seattle, Washington: How to Pick a WordPress Plugin / WordPress Work and Support Lab. Busia, Kenya: Open Data Day. Busia, Kenya: Open Data Day. Newest Groups. Austin, Texas.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

Gender parity in education and equal pay for equal work are unresolved issues in 2017. I'd just like to list of few of those powerful women whose good work I happen to know about. Jane Meseck , senior director of global programs at Microsoft Philanthropies. From the beginning, it was about jobs, education, and money.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2015

So far we've scheduled events in Kenya and Uganda, and will be adding more cities throughout the fall. New York, New York: #GivingTuesday: Creation of a Global Giving Movement. Victoria, British Columbia: Collaborate Effectively and Develop Your Work Flow. Toronto, Ontario: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Mukono, Uganda.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2015

This trend has been gaining steam and is expected to have global implications. In 2014, Samaschool expanded globally to Nairobi, Kenya, and in 2015, it launched an online curriculum that teaches students what it takes to do digital work. million today to 7.6 million people in 2020. million today to 7.6

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Seattle, Washington: How to Pick a WordPress Plug-In / WordPress Work and Support Lab. Busia, Kenya: Safer Internet Campaign — February 10 to March 25. Busia, Kenya: Teaching Mobile Apps Development to High School Students. Newest Groups.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

This post is Development Director Ryan Ginard's first impression of seeing how powerful a virtual reality video is in putting the viewer in the middle of a compelling story at the most recent meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. A Highlight at the Recent Clinton Global Initiative Meeting.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Storytelling is our focus for May, but every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 50 cities. Victoria, British Columbia: Branding As a Nonprofit: Putting Your Brand to Work for You. Working with the Media | MCN (free).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

If you're like me, then you swore that this year, you're finally going to learn to use technology to make yourself more productive at work. TechSoup's NetSquared is a global network of nonprofit technology meetups. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Global Game Jam — Guatemala 2015. Keeping resolutions is hard.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

But supporting a rapidly expanding global network of volunteers is difficult, so we've enlisted seven of our most engaged organizers to act as Regional Ambassadors. Mississauga, Ontario: Hustle Hour — Bring Your Work! Mississauga, Ontario: Hustle Hour — Bring Your Work! I Love/Hate Our Organization's Website.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient, local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Mississauga, Ontario: HUSTLE HOUR — Bring Your Work! Busia, Kenya: Net2Kenya Joins Hour of Code 2015.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

Nonprofit work is essential in this country. That’s millions of people who work day-in and day-out to provide the critical services at which nonprofits excel—cultural, social, medical, and otherwise. And they’re certainly not exempt from a global pandemic. We had to work closely to support local clubs in navigating this.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Net2Local, TechSoup Global’s grassroots #nptech community-building initiative has almost reached the end of 2013. We’ve been working on meeting Net2Local organizer requests for more event support by holding theme months. China, Cameroon, Uganda and Kenya. What did we do? Read on for our review of the last six months.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

So how can nonprofits utilize mobile phones for their work? For those nonprofits working on political engagement issues/activism - When media bans were put in place at the end of Musharraf’s rule in Pakistan SMSall , or as its founder Umar Saif, says “Twitter for SMS,” or “Twitter for. serve the public.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

She is the co-founder and co-director of Women's Global Green Action Network , a nonprofit that cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental leaders by providing access to communication tools, support services and networking capabilities. We also take part in trainings that are relevant to most of their work.

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