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A View of the Cloud from Brazil

Tech Soup

Brazil is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, but the cost of broadband Internet is hobbling cloud adoption in the region. We discussed cloud adoption in Brazil's NGO sector with Valter Cegal of TechSoup Brasil. Brazil is the eighth largest economy in the world. is four times higher than in Brazil.

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12 Early Adopters of the.NGO and.ONG Domains

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Mission: To promote the right to education and to preserve the environment and cultural heritage of Brazil. Mission: To improve access and quality of education for 4 million children living in underserved communities in India. Fundação Roberto Marinho ● frm.ong. Grassroots Pakistan ● grassrootspakistan.ngo.

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Bookshare without Borders: #2/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Aiming at the revenue potential of these growth markets, the main international players in the world of digital content distribution – such as Amazon, Apple and Google – are racing to enhance their platforms with non-English content. Spanish publishing is one of the hottest digital battlegrounds.

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How Small Businesses Can Leverage Instagram’s Hidden Likes

NonProfit Hub

The company first tested the update in Brazil, Canada, Ireland, and Italy. You probably know email marketing stands first when it comes to ROI, and you have already utilized the second option; writing content according to SEO to rank on Google , third comes social media, and it should be your time to shine.

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Using Social Media Internationally: How Not To Get Lost in Translation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Just because you can translate a Facebook status update from English into Cantonese using a Google tool doesn’t mean that you should, nor is it an effective part of an international social media strategy. It isn’t as simply as putting a phrase into Google Translate and sending it out. Translation isn’t an easy step.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live: Storytelling and Collaborative Video

Tech Soup

employers in Brazil and the US. In Brazil, David wrote and directed. Santa Cruz, the British Museum, Apple, Google, Adobe, and numerous other. His forthcoming. newscasts for CurrentTV. He has spoken publicly about his work to audiences at the Smithsonian, UC. conferences and public events around the world.

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Cloud Computing Worldwide

Tech Soup

Email in the Cloud: A Google Apps Case Study Learn how a cloud-based solution helped one Canadian nonprofit work more efficiently. For more information, check out TechSoup Canada's recorded webinar on Google Apps. Does cloud computing shift organizational culture, or is it really business as usual?