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Research Friday: The gift

ASU Lodestar Center

Note: This article will focus on international development from my perspective working in an African country, although the questions raised are pertinent to any “developed” country or continent’s relationship to a “developing” region. I learned I could and should offer assistance to local citizens who asked for it. As part of a.

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TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey: What We Found Out and What to Do About It Part Two

Tech Soup

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had a few months to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. Many NGOs Find Cloud Computing Confusing: Why? Cloud Contradictions in the NGO Sector.

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Visit Zambia with LearnAsOne!

Amy Sample Ward

You can ask members of the community questions via blog posts, @replies on Twitter and via email (zambia@learnasone.org). Before they head home, they will train the local community and the NGO partner how to use a Flip video and digital camera so update can continue. Tags: community digital learning africa education.

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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. My experience so far has been to develop curriculum – mostly focused on technology that is adapted in different countries by local organizations. I facilitated a session that introduced networks, networking, and the Networked NGO. Network assessment.

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How Drones Are Being Used to Benefit Humankind

Tech Soup

Actually, that's not a dumb question. In December 2013, drones from the NGO Direct Relief were put to work assessing damage and participating in search and rescue operations in the super typhoon Haiyan-stricken Philippines. In Africa, conservation drones are being used to locate rhinoceros poachers. What Are Drones, Anyway?

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

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 ). He did his degree in NGO Management, and will be graduating this coming June. Now 26, Erickson is still FORGE's Executive Director. What brought you here?

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What I Learned In London at the Future of Social Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Each speaker did an excellent job answering the question, “ What does the future of social look like? One of the examples was from an Indian NGO “ Clothes Box Foundation ” that collects donations of clothing for those living in poverty. That’s not what happened. ” In these three ways.