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Africa Mentoring Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The idea for the project came from Nigerian blogger Ore Somolu who is presently working with a group of young women from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia on the Young Caucacus Women Project. The topic of virtual mentoring came up and Nancy shared these examples/resources. Just want to capture them: Some Virtual Mentoring Links [link].

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I'm a mentor for the Young Caucasus Women's Project!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm mentor for a blog project for young women from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia entitled YoungCaucasusWomen. students, the young women will be trained in personal citizen journalism to be published on a weblog (a WWW publishing tool, available for public consumption.) They may post on other topics throughout the week as well.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The report identifies six areas of emerging technology over the next one-to-five years, including virtual worlds. This month, the Horizon Wikispace , where teams of students and teachers from around the globe are discusisng and creating what impact of these six emerging technologies in the classrooms.