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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

TechSoup Asia Asia is a nonprofit collaborative venture between TechSoup Global and its local nonprofit organization partners, Connecting Up Australia and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. Although Vietnam is regarded as a developing country, it has a literacy rate of 94 percent. Our New NGO Partners in Vietnam.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. In 2009, for example, 2 trapped girls in Australia chose to post to facebook for help rather than dialing directly. We can tap into local knowledge because our reports are coming from the source.

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Reflections on the Science Center World Congress

Museum 2.0

I heard from CEOs whose center is the only one in their entire country (Chile), educators who work with students who have never encountered a computer before entering the science center (South Africa), and web managers whose sites are locked behind federal government firewalls and draconian restrictions (Australia).

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The Bold, Focused Ideas of Breakthrough Nonprofit Brands: Book Giveaway Winners Announced

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My business supports an organisation called Entoure in Australia who stages challenging events to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for critically injured kids. We are Rape Crisis and Victim Services, Employment (80% placement rate for women and men), Adult Literacy, general counseling for women and families, legal clinic…and on and on.