Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 16, 2012
Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Carrie Avery is president of the Durfee Foundation , a family foundation in Los Angeles, California. How many other inspirations like this have started at GEO conferences?
Tech Soup
MARCH 29, 2017
LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. The organization got started when a group of Kenyan bloggers led by Erik Hersman began doing online mapping of violence reports after the 2008 Kenyan election. The name Ushahidi means "testimony" in Swahili. So much innovation.
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Tech Soup
APRIL 19, 2016
Founder Erik Hersman and a group of fellow Kenyan bloggers were frustrated by the lack of accurate information or media coverage of the violence surrounding the 2008 Kenyan election. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008. Ushahidi Harnesses Data for Social Good.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
DECEMBER 6, 2010
In February 2010 I organised an event called Follow a Museum , this was prompted by the low number of followers which I felt most museums had on Twitter and simply aimed to boost those numbers. On December 8, 2010 , conductors from around the world will come together to engage with fans, first-timers and complete strangers.
See3
FEBRUARY 11, 2008
A common story is one where a blogger posts something and then regrets it. It’s like the Hotel California,” said Nipon Das, 34, a director at a biotechnology consulting firm in Manhattan, who tried unsuccessfully to delete his account this fall. Here’s what Yahoo! homepage looked like exactly 10 years ago today.
EveryAction
MARCH 16, 2017
Originally from California, Harriet Chalmers Adams lived a life that saw her travel through South America, Asia, and the South Pacific. As the first woman, first Jamaican-American, and the first Indian-American attorney general in California, Harris secured her place in political history. Harriet Chalmers Adams. Kamala Harris.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 24, 2009
I'm writing this post from 30,000 feet aboard Virgin America as I fly back to California from a whirlwind week on the East Coast. more like the Berkman Center Thursday evening blogger meetups I used to attend from 2005-2007. conference in 2010. Flickr Photo by Ghbrett. That's rare in a conference setting.
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