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E-Mediat: Day 2 – The Networked NGO in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We discussed ways to initiate organizational change to be more open to social media adoption in the context of training and coaching. Lina Aleryani , Team Leader from Yemen, offered this reflection on her workshop blog during “laptop time.&#. What is in it for us? Leadership isn’t open. NGOS that work like fortresses.

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Meeting the Geeks of Arabia at N2Vlabs Talks in Amman, Jordan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

E-Mediat is funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) of the United States Department of State with support and in-kind donations from Microsoft, Cisco and craigslist Charitable Fund. I’ll be sharing blog posts about my experience here.

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News by the Spoonful: TechSoup's 2015 Tech Predictions

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There are now lots of laptops available that are less than $200 — like HP Streams, Acer Aspires, and too many Chrome books to count. Let's Encrypt is a project in cooperation with the University of Michigan, the nonprofit Mozilla, and TechSoup donor partner Cisco. Cheaper Consumer Electronics. We'll see.

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Nonprofit Tech Forecasts for 2013

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Another big trend in the IT press forecasts is the much heralded decline of the traditional PC – laptops and desktop computers. Barclays Bank analyst Ben Reitzes forecasts a 6 percent year-over-year decline in the sales of PCs due to increasing adoption of tablet computers and smartphones. The Internet of Things.

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