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A View of the Cloud from Brazil

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We discussed cloud adoption in Brazil's NGO sector with Valter Cegal of TechSoup Brasil. ATN is an NGO association of over 2,000 telecenters. He is also currently the country manager for the One Laptop per Child Project.

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E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

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For example, you can hear the story about how the above Tunisian NGO went from “crawling” to “running” over the course of the program. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs. Group Photo with Certificates.

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SXSW Reflection: Using Social Media to Facilitate A Global Back Channel at a Panel Session

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The panelists included: Danielle Brigida of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), Mark Horvath of Invisible People and Jessica Dheere , of Social Media Exchange Beirut in Lebanon. A good technique is to have each panelist offer a five minute “talk from the heart&# presentation sharing their point of view on the topic.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

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Tablet sales are up 53% while laptop and desktop computers are down 11% from the previous year. According TechSoup’s Global NGO Cloud Survey , cloud storage and back-up is one of the most useful cloud technologies out there. Here’s what it all looked like to me. PC Sales Continue To Decline While Mobile Sales Increase.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. " These are lightweight (one-to-two pound), full-function mobile devices, typically with keyboards and trackpads. Social Media.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

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VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. If you want to keep up with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), check out the wiki. Someone tagged the NGO-in-a-Box with nptech just today. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

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He notes they were all taken with a Sony Picturebook mini-laptop with built-in camera. the integrated philanthropy model in honor of National Corporate Philanthropy Day. A Blast from the Past Gavin has posted some really early photos of the founding meetings for Aspiration, NTEN, and the NSNT on flickr. Also announced 2.0

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