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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For the past ten days, I’ve been in Rwanda, Africa. I was honored to be a trainer as part of the launch of the ACE Leaders Project, a program developed by the Institute of International Education Sub-Saharan Regional Office and supported by the Packard Foundation. Needless to say, I learned a lot!

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

There is an opportunity to support small-scale farmers in accessing low-cost, connected technology to improve their efficiency and efficacy as producers — both during stable times and times of crisis. Emphasis was placed on making information actionable, accessible, and bite-sized to fit into the lifestyle of a small-scale farmer.

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The Faces of International Development

Forum One

The Society for International Development has done it again! Earlier this month, I attended their tremendous annual conference with notable and unforgettable speakers that make you leave the glimmering chandeliers in DC's Omni Shoreham ballroom thinking to yourself, what more needs to be done in international development?

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Jen Lemen Raises Over $3,000 in 24 Hours for Rwanda Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

s essays have appeared in Good Housekeeping, The Huffington Post and Imagining Ourselves, an online exhibit founded by Paula Goldmanfor the International Museum of Women in San Francisco. " So, when she emailed me about her plans to raise money to visit Rwanda for this project , I made a contribution and circulated her request.

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Deadline Approaching for $10,000 Pizzigati Prize

Tech Soup

Most notably, it has been used by nonprofit D-Tree International to reduce rates of serious illness and preventable and treatable diseases in Tanzania. Since 2005, nonprofits have downloaded it more than 13,000 times to send news, communicate information on critical issues, and serve as an emergency help line.

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Telling Your Story: NetSquared #Storymakers2017 Workshops for Nonprofits

Tech Soup

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Los Angeles, California: Web Accessibility: Designing Inclusive User Experiences. Jasper, Indiana: Hotspots and Wireless Access Points. Kigali, Rwanda: Storytelling Event. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. So often, government control, or just lack of access to information and media, prevents people from really being able to be educated and informed about serious issues that are going on around them.