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E-Mediat: Social Media Capacity Building for NGOs in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My role over the past year been in the areas of: program design, design and delivery of a train the trainers intensive workshop in-country last March (see posts #1 , #2 , #3 ; #4 ); and develop and support the target NGO curriculum (intensive strategic and skills based curriculum).

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In fact, according to the Global NGO Technology Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have an official policy to allow staff to work on their LinkedIn Profiles during work hours.

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Social Media, Networking, and African Women’s Leadership Training in Rwanda

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The design for this project was very different than my accustomed way of designing and delivering the Networked NGO trainings and social media skills. I facilitated a session that introduced networks, networking, and the Networked NGO. Network assessment. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Cool Apps Roundup: Green Apps

Tech Soup

The Locavore app offers government and NGO info on which food items are in season in your locale. Schlage Link is an iPhone and Android app that controls several Schlage home devices including a module for lights, entry door locks, thermostats, and home video cameras. Carticipate. It also offers Epicurious recipes for them.

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E-Mediat Day 1: A Networked Mindset To Capacity Building

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The group has an impressive breadth and depth of expertise, including NGO capacity building, social media expertise and training design and delivery. This module started with an overview of the concepts in Chapter 2 of the Networked Nonprofit , Understanding Networks. There are different types of NGOS in the Arab World.

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New Online Learning Resource for NGOs - Building Electronic Communities

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The module we both worked on (not together - independently) is titled " Building Electronic Communities and Networks." While much of the advice and examples are shaped for development ngos, particularly smaller ones, it is an excellent way for your ngo to explore the planning and use of online communities as part of your work.

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Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Hogwash! - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

While direct mail may be declining in some markets since its heyday in the 90s it is still an effective form of direct communication to raise funds and the NGO brand. 60) Search « Social Media Webinar on June 10th | Main | Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit?

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