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#AI4Good: Augmenting Human Interaction

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This week I interviewed long-time blog reader, Alison Lowndes who I first met via my blog as a regular commenter. Alison founded a nonprofit doing development work in Africa. We are particularly interested in the human side of AI and how it will augment the work of fundraisers and support donors.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. FORGE serves 60,000 refugees in three different refugee camps in Southern Africa, and is an official operating partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR ). That's the best question!

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Pull up a [virtual] chair for a conversation on health and population issues

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Arnold Christianson from the National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa will be PRB's guest for the discussion. Go ahead - you can submit a question right now if you wish and check in tomorrow to get an answer. Interviews Online service.

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The Journey of the Spiritual Activist: An Interview with Marisa Handler

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Below is an edited transcript from a September 5th phone interview with Marisa for the Big Vision Podcast. In terms of my own life, as I write in Loyal to the Sky , I grew up in apartheid South Africa. From that place, I was really struggling to come to grips with the many questions that it brought up. What's going on here?

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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She went from being somebody's servant to somebody who when she walks down the street of her community, people stop her and shake her hand and thank her for the stories that she is telling, or ask, 'When are you going to interview me? Last month I interviewed Cristi Hegranes, its Founder and President.

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Kiva in Second Life: Interview With Official SL Volunteers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We also had help from the preson who runs the booth and who is in South Africa. Attend lots of meetings and talk to people and ask questions and get help. For example, one morning I worked from my home in California with Joe in NY and a volunteer in Belgium in setting up an information booth.

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Case Study: How Human Rights Watch Leverages Employee Personal Brands on Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I interviewed Jim Murphy , Senior Online Editor, about how Human Rights Watch ’s integrated social media strategy leverages the personal brands HRW 197 employees to get results. Daniel Bekele , Africa Director. Have point person in a training role to answer questions, but also encourage staff to share what they are learning.