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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

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The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. Three project winners were chosen from each country: From Bosnia and Herzegovina: Centar 72 aims to solve community problems within 72 hours. This past June, the United States held National Day of Civic Hacking.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a global-wide community of hackers and social leaders with the common goal of building open technology for a better world. For example, Victoria Walker, an 11-year-old from California, designed Rode Dog , a clever app designed to stop texting and driving. meets LinkedIn for students.

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The Future of Fundraising, Part Two

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Globally, 34 percent of people report owning smartphones. Online video consumption rates are now as high as television viewer rates globally. Social-benefit organizations can learn a lot from the preceding examples and those that follow to harness the power of technology and social media for fundraising.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

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We are testing it out at hackathons this month in San Francisco and also in Sarajevo in Bosnia. Charity Digital News , Wired , and several other UK tech publications recently reported on Nominet Trust 100 , or NT100, which is a new comprehensive global list of promising applications of digital technology for social good.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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Microsoft's new Surface Pro is an example of this type of new type of device. I could go on and on about this one so I'll just tell you what I've been reading on the topic: University of Toronto: A Global Overview of Digital Wallet Technologies. I'm just wondering how they're different from today's PCs?

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

Tech Soup

Microsoft's new Surface Pro is an example of this type of new type of device. I could go on and on about this one so I'll just tell you what I've been reading on the topic: University of Toronto: A Global Overview of Digital Wallet Technologies. I'm just wondering how they're different from today's PCs?

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Solutionary Women: Heddy Nam

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Heddy also writes for the Global Youth Fund blog. I came across her work while researching examples of nonprofits using the social web for social change for NetSquared and am looking forward to meeting her in person when she speaks at the NetSquared Conference next week.

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