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Benefits of Global Blogging: Dinner Companions No Matter Where You Go!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Benefits of Global Blogging: Dinner Companions No Matter Where You Go! I remember at the 2005 Global Voices Summit, Rebecca MacKinon made a toast to everyone and jokingly said that those who are involved with Global Voices will never lack for dining companions no matter where they go in the world.

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Ten Ways Small NGOs Can Collaborate

NTEN

By Edward Granger-Happ, Global CIO, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). I often get the comment during a leadership seminar I teach that goes something like, "Well this is all well and good for large organizations, but what about my twelve-person NGO?" What can small nonprofits do to benefit from collaboration?

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

Tablet sales are up 53% while laptop and desktop computers are down 11% from the previous year. It’s a plain English primer on what cloud computing is and how it benefits nonprofit organizations. According TechSoup’s Global NGO Cloud Survey , cloud storage and back-up is one of the most useful cloud technologies out there.

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Taking Strategies to New Heights with Cloud Technology

Connection Cafe

I’ve worked with several Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) on their technology challenges as they fulfill their global missions. You might not be surprised to find out that they have unique challenges because of their global nature. gathering accurate and timely information on the impact of their work.

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Enabling a Participatory Culture using Creative Commons Licenses

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Lately, a question on my mind is whether or not the concept of Networked Nonprofits is a global one as I’ve had the opportunity to share some of the ideas beyond the US borders in Kenya and UK. I think Pratham Books , an NGO in India, is a networked nonprofit. Crossposted at the Creative Commons Weblog.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. We've identified key NGO partners that we believe would benefit from our technical assistance and are developing our plans and identifying support to continue our work on Darfur this year.

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Nonprofit Tech Forecasts for 2013

Tech Soup

I love year-ahead forecasts and have looked a number of them from all over the global IT press. More and more nonprofit, library, and NGO offices worldwide will need to accommodate personally-owned tablets and smartphones on wireless networks in order to work and communicate. The Forecasts for 2012. The Decline of PCs.

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