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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

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Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? I feel very lucky to work in a field I enjoy at an organization whose mission I support and who encourages the voices of everyone to be heard—our staff, our supporters and the women in our programs.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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Microsoft's International Women's Hackathon challenged female developers to combat issues like human trafficking through new mobile apps and web programs. The hackathons are themed around a certain issue, such as education or mHealth (mobile health). The ReStart Challenges. Image credit: Hackathon, hackNY.

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

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The IT press was buzzing in late April about the free portable WiFi embedded by Microsoft in select May 6 Forbes Magazine print issues. Available on news stands now, so check one out if you see a new issue while in line at the grocery store. Strange News. Yes that's right. Microsoft has placed an Office 365. Accessibility.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

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it will be harder to assert the right for individuals to be forgotten on the Internet because of our First Amendment, however it will become an issue here. That’d definitely put a dent in the $143 billion price tag that the UN Development Program estimates it would take to end world hunger. Here in the U.S.,

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

Tech Soup

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.

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Interview with Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International

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This is my second year as a "sister," which means that I pay $27 a month to support one woman for a year while she goes through a program to help her rebuild her life after war. It's a one-year program. We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. 53,000, that's amazing!

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What is Your Favorite Social Action of 2008?

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Women for Women International supports women survivors of war in conflict and post-conflict areas (Afghanistan, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Sudan). It took a while for her to write back, but she did eventually, and told me about her experiences in the program. Tell us about it.

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