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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. And the Winners Are… After a few weeks of coding, sourcing ideas, and testing public interest, the projects were again open to the public for voting. The Power of Technology Challenges.

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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. Serbia) in partnership with TechSoup Global and Zasto ne (Bosnia and Herzegovina). meets LinkedIn for students. The project is run by Fundacja TechSoup and Dokukino.

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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. Surprisingly, 35 percent of respondents to a Nielsen study indicate being open to making online payments on their smartphones. The Growth in Smartphones and Social Media.

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10NTC: Are Nonprofits the New International Correspondents?

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Roger told us about his job as a writer for Mercy Corps , where he's traveled to places like the Congo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and most recently Haiti, writing about the man-made and natural disasters that have struck those places and the accompanying relief efforts. Of course, to market ourselves as an impartial source, we need to be one.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

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TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. Find what TechSoup Global thinks about the new FCC net neutrality decision here. It’s time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news again!

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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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Fundacja TechSoup in Poland, in a close partnership with Dokukino and other local organizations from the Western Balkans, has launched open challenges for the best technology-based social projects that address transparency and accountability issues in the the Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia. CNET Coverage on Digital Wallets.

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