Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2007

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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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

TechSoup Global''s worldwide network of partner NGOs ensures that these validation services are scalable, reliable, and consistent, while being appropriately tailored to the local context.'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2012

I’m here at the Dead Sea in Jordan where I delivered the key note for the E-mediat Networking Conference, “New Media for the Networked NGO.” I also developed the curriculum for the 15 workshops that were localized and delivered by the in-country trainers to over 220 NGOs over 9-month period.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

How to support NGO leaders who want to work with a network mindset but run into obstacles, like their board? If you want to learn more about the networks, here’s a few blog posts: TechSoup/Netsquared. TechSoup Global Summit: Notes from Plenary Session. How to support networks of individuals and foster citizen engagement?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. So give your local organizer a hug next time you see them! We’re a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Newest Net2Local Groups. Event Reports.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2012

To celebrate, TechSoup's partner in India, BiGTech , held the Find an IT Partner event in Mumbai to connect local nonprofits with IT students. There were a total of 12 NGOs present at the event, including the Maharashtra Dyslexia Association and the Sujaya Foundation , which provides educational services to underprivileged youth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2014

I also keynoted the NGO track at the Internet Festival in Pisa, Italy (more about that in separate post later). The next segment was “Connect” and Marcelo set this up by talking about how the world is now a global coffee house and showing how the news of the Nobel Peace Prize travelled around the world on Twitter.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2012

This week we got a great comment from a TechSoup member to our Cloud Technology and the NGO Community blog post. In our TechSoup Global NGO cloud survey we found that people in nonprofits and libraries are indeed concerned about data security in the cloud the world over. What should nonprofits do about this?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

We want to give people an opportunity to really develop, innovate, and preserve their own culture." -- Tom Aageson, co-founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship A week, or so ago I interviewed my Dad, Tom Aageson, for a special Father's Day show on the Big Vision Podcast. I've posted an edited transcript of the interview below.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Giving Tuesday is a day of global generosity and charitable giving that takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. According to Giving Tuesday’s website , it is “a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity.” Team up with local news. Request Demo. Giving Tuesday FAQs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

On International Human Rights Day, we pay tribute to all human rights defenders, celebrate the recent victories of the human rights community, and recognize the challenges that still lie ahead in the global struggle to advance justice, accountability and an end to impunity. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2005

She has been blogging about her work and life at Sreisaat Adventures in Cambodia since January, 2004. My sister was working for an NGO as a volunteer agriculturist in Cambodia and encouraged me to take a job there. Tell us about your work in Cambodia with the NGO, Mlup Baitong. Tell us about your blog? Mlup Baitong???s

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Several of us from TechSoup Global will be there, and we'd love to see you! From panels, plenaries, and presentations (oh my!) " In addition, we'll be blogging here, tweeting updates on Twitter , and posting updates to Facebook , so stalk us for links to golden nuggets of tech wisdom. Anna Jaeger. Lynn Van Housen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Many of you know that I have had the honor of working with IIE on some amazing Networked NGO and social media skills capacity building and train the trainer projects in the Middle East over the last 2-3 years. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Office of the Middle Eastern Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and managed by IIE.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

Having been at TechSoup Global for eight years now, I can remember what it was like before we added the “Global” to our name (literally and figuratively). How exciting it was when we first started down the road of expanding our programs and services to NGOs in other countries! And we’re still at it.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

You're reading the TechSoup blog, so you're probably already comfortable with using technology in your work. You can help your tech-shy NGO friends cross the digital divide by bringing them to a nonprofit tech meetup. Every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 60 cities.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient, local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. So give your local organizer a hug next time you see them! We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Taipei, Taiwan: 民眾、社群與 NGO 的協作：飲水地.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

I’ll be sharing insights on my blog as the project unfolds — it is going to be a rich opportunity for learning because it is a capacity building project that leverages a networked approach. A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But did you know that our work is global? That's why TechSoup created NetSquared , our global network of volunteer-led Tech4Good meetups. Our NetSquared leaders are currently holding free events in 24 countries and meet with their local TechSoup partners to collaborate on how to best support nonprofits in their country.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

According TechSoup’s Global NGO Cloud Survey , cloud storage and back-up is one of the most useful cloud technologies out there. This years’ Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to the technology oriented Dutch NGO, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Please log in to comment on this blog post.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

This post originally appeared on the Netsquared blog and was authored by Bari Samad, an NGO domain expert for NetSquared. SAP , a TechSoup Global donor partner and a leader in enterprise software applications partnered with the UNFPA to unveil two interactive population dashboards to mark the milestone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

My post over at Katya's blog generated some excellent advice and has also raised many more questions. Have a question: I want to publically acknowledge the names of the donors here on this blog and what I don't know is whether donors opted to be anonymous or not? Should have set up a campaign tag to track blog posts, etc.

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MARCH 29, 2010

These are the sessions I’m participating in and other sessions by TechSoup Global staff that I may be supporting or checking out as well. Who : Speaker: Rachel Weidinger | TechSoup Global. Local Community Organizers (#localco). Who : TechSoup Global staff. Member Lounge Hosted by TechSoup Global Redwood Room.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Workshop Ngo Feb 13 View more presentations from Beth Kanter. The Nasscom Foundation in India, the epicenter of nonprofit technology and social innovation, invited me to present as part of the Global CSR track in a session about reaching the Bottom of the Pyramid with technology and social media. NGOS in India.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. He did his degree in NGO Management, and will be graduating this coming June. Kjerstin Erickson is one of those people "shiny" people who lights up a room.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

We first connected back in 2004 when I started my first blog on Cambodia and was covering the Cambodian Blogosphere for Global Voices. Note from Beth: My colleague, John Weeks, is an expat nonprofit techie living and working in Cambodia. Each day after I gave away the ten dollars I would post it in social media.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We need a combination of political action and big personal changes to get the global community moving forward to protect our home. Leading organisations like the UN are telling us unanimously that we need to act now with global systematic change in order to save the planet. For more tips take a look at the Going Zero Waste blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

I started blogging in 2003 about nonprofits and social media and started second blog about Cambodia, “Cambodia for Kids” after the arrival of my daughter, Sara and discovering that there was a vibrant community of bloggers in Cambodia. Here’s a video and blog post I wrote for Blogher back then.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We need a combination of political action and big personal changes to get the global community moving forward to protect our home. Leading organisations like the UN are telling us unanimously that we need to act now with global systematic change in order to save the planet. For more tips take a look at the Going Zero Waste blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2012

Based on the underlying theme of women’s empowerment with a focus on education and entrepreneurship, the 70 participants of the Tel Aviv event included representatives of NGOs active in the fields of employment, education, women’s empowerment, consultancy, and tech training from all over Israel. Storify – [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

She also asked some really good questions about blogging for ngos on the listserv. She chronicles the program's start up on her personal blog ) She shares why she started her NGO, "The economic situation is far worse in Kenya than China so volunteer teachers were the only option. Trade not Aid !"

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

Melinda Kramer: Women's Earth Alliance is a global organization and we work around the world uniting women who are on the front lines of environmental causes. While many of the women had traveled the world, many of them had also devoted their lives to local solutions. MK: One of the highlights for me was the Global Peers program.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

She’s been blogging for us. Well, probably not obvious because we have a global audience, maybe someone from Japan doesn’t know where Stanford is.” So in this part, what I said before, sharing the local voices of the communities you work with is extremely important because WhatsApp is a way. ” Right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. I decided to stay a few extra days and facilitate a workshop on the Networked Nonprofit for local NGOs.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2011

During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. and Community Driven Innovation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

Social Warfare is a WordPress plugin that adds visually compelling social share buttons to your website or blog. Vecteezy offers an excellent selection of free and low-cost vector art that can be used for multiple kinds of online content (event invitations, social media posts, blog graphics, etc. Social Warfare :: warfareplugins.com.

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