Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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Using Pinterest To Raise Awareness About Violence Against Women in Nigeria

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was going to write something patriotic about social media, but I got an email from Mari Tikkanen with story about her recent experience working with maternal/reproductive health organizations and human rights NGOs in Nigeria for the MacArthur Foundation. She approached me after the training, with a leaflet in hand.

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Akilah Institute for Women: Social Media Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I shared my story and my experience in doing some online blog mentoring project with young women in Nigeria through my colleague Ore Somolu. I focused on showing them Twitter because there were so many examples of women leaders here in Rwanda and other countries in Africa using it for networking and professional development.

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Opportunity to Mentor Nigerian Women - The Networking for Success Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you might want to consider participating in this online mentoring program for women in Nigeria. That's why I'm passing this mentoring opportunity to work with women in Nigeria. This online mentoring will complement face-to-face workshops to be held in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Future of Social: Gen Z

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social 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. The current population of Gen Z is estimated to be about 2 billion, or 27 percent of the global population.

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Africa Mentoring Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Via Joitske , Nancy White , and Britt Bravo , I read about The African Mentoring Project , run by Ore Somolu from Nigeria and who I know from the Global s projects. I saw this while I was busy mentoring for the Young Caucasus Women Blogging Project. So, I immediately emailed Ore to volunteer as a mentor.

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Dancefloor and Balcony: What I learned about emergent online collaboration from Eugene Eric Kim

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are now 990 actively engaged Fellows— across the five focal countries of Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines—regularly participating in the Leadership Development for Mobilizing Reproductive Health network activities. With international networks, it is important to recognize cultural norms both online and offline. (2)

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Election observers across Nigeria will be using mobile phones to text officials if they spot irregularities during Saturday's election. Check out Greenlight Nigeria and Mobile Monitors. Freecharity.org.uk shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools! Can cell phones ensure a free vote?