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Using Technology to Build a More Accountable Bosnia and Herzegovina

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” in Serbian), and its parent organization, Zašto ne? "), have risen as leaders in grassroots organizing and civic activism in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). was the pre-election campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006. Darko Brkan is mobilizing Eastern Europe. The civic movement he started, Dosta!

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Use Social Media to Reel in Big Fish Donors

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Canolais. All departments of the organization need to know what the other departments are doing. An organization dedicated to “never again” a genocide — such as those in Europe, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur — must raise awareness and advocate with as much energy as it raises money.

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

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This past spring, FTS was on the ground in the Western Balkans, helping organize the Community Boost_r Challenge. The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. " This project encourages citizens to make positive changes in their community.

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10NTC: Are Nonprofits the New International Correspondents?

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Mercy Corps' Roger Burks had organized a dinner especially for writers and editors. We need to be able to tell the story without putting our organizations at the center of it. Photo: Roger Burks ( Elliot Harmon , CC license ). Tags: Digital Divide Reporting Running Your Organization.

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

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It's mind boggling how something like this could be harnessed for digital inclusion and social sector organizations. Pinterest is a social media photo-sharing website that allows users to create online image collections around specific events or subjects. Accessibility. This is technology for good news from India. Social Media.

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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. The report also has a mix of tools that are in use to directly to improve lives, and also tools that increase efficiency within organizations that will trickle down to its beneficiaries. Hacker Helper is currently in beta.

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

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They've organized an international Olympic Torch Relay which began on August 9 in Chad, near the Darfur border, and will finish in China in January. Human Rights Watch has more information about human rights issues in China and links to other human rights organizations and campaigns like Olympic Watch and PlayFair2008.

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