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Jayne Cravens to Serve as Advisor to UN program in Afghanistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I finally got to meet Jayne about a year at the netsquared conference. Just received word that Jayne is off to Afghanistan at the end of February 2007, to serve as Communication and Reporting Advisor for the United Nation's National Area-Based Development Programme (NABDP), part of UNDP. I'll be in Afghanistan through part of August."

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Which Crowdfunding Platform Is Best for Your Organization?

Tech Soup

You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared (where Ushahidi won its first challenge!). Aid Afghanistan for Education and Peace has the lofty $10,000 goal to fund a school of 300 students for a month. More Crowdfunding Resources. Bottom line: Kickstarter might be a bit of a gamble for nonprofits.

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Which Crowdfunding Platform Is Best for Your Organization?

Tech Soup

You can read about the campaign over on NetSquared. Aid Afghanistan for Education and Peace has the lofty $10,000 goal to fund a school of 300 students for a month. The flexibility of campaign-types as well as the wealth of support and resources makes Indiegogo ideal for nonprofits first getting into the crowdfunding game.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Nonprofits Lead Fortune 500 in Social Web Adoption, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Your donated laptop will reach a child in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Mongolia or Rwanda in the same early 2008 timeframe. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week. Through TechSoup's Netsquared project, blogger Beth Kanter, was commissioned to write a weekly summary.

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Must Hear Speech from Barack Obama and the Power of Podcasting

Have Fun - Do Good

One of the reasons I am so excited about the work I am doing with NetSquared is because I think that these new web-based tools, especially podcasts, are an incredible way for nonprofits to get the word out about their causes, especially when they are listened to through headphones. resources and time it will take to make them more prepared.

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