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Spotlight on Social Media, Crowdsourced Translation, Egyptian Protests and Diplomacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A new book, “The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom,” by a young Belarus-born American scholar, Evgeny Morozov , has made the case most provocatively, describing instance after instance of strongmen finding ways to use new media to their advantage.

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Diversify Your Year-End Campaigns: How To Be Mindful And Inclusive Of Cultural Traditions

Bloomerang

With an estimated 36 million Americans with roots south of the border, it’s a festival to bear in mind. ’ Ukraine, Georgia, Serbia, Greece, Cyprus, Montenegro, Russia, Moldova, The Republic of North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Belarus are all Orthodox countries and all of them have healthy communities in the US. Las Posadas.

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Metro4All — Making All Metro Systems Accessible

Tech Soup

It is now a diverse international group with team members in Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, and the U.S. They have also worked with socially minded IT groups, for instance, people interested in hackathons or open data. Tech for good often knows no geopolitical boundaries. Basically, its process is as follows.