Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

[W]atching her become a leader, and develop the confidence not just at the work place, but also at home, it's been really amazing to see how she has completely changed her circumstances just from having a steady income. She spent much of 2010 in Pakistan assisting women-owned garment businesses to develop their products and export potential.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The platform he’s building contains information on 60,000 people (the “base”) who are interested in advocating for a variety of policy changes to combat childhood obesity. Scarcity can also drive people and organizations to mesh-based solutions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

I have found it especially useful to do this to kick off a longer-term peer learning experience as in the example below illustrating the knowledge and expertise of a cohort of NGOs from Pakistan that I worked with during my time as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation. There are two different lens to think about network mapping.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

I've listed some of the books I'm considering below (I haven't read them yet). Please let me know if you'd recommend any of them for my book club.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The opening session started with the lighting of a lamp and welcome from NASSCOM officials to the crowded ballroom fill with 1600 conference attendees from 27 countries, including a delegation from Pakistan. It showcases projects that demonstrate best practices in technology in the area of social change.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

In collaboration with the Guardian , TechSoup created the Technology for Good report as a valuable repository of inspiration for the public and private sectors, funders, and other change makers who want to support technology for social good. already exist and are helping create positive social change around the globe. Get inspired.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I also ask for feedback on what exercises or content in the workshop helped learning and what should be changed. You can also handout index cards and ask people to write “positives” on one side and “please change” on the other. What part of the workshop should be changed to improve learning?

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

have changed. For those nonprofits working on political engagement issues/activism - When media bans were put in place at the end of Musharraf’s rule in Pakistan SMSall , or as its founder Umar Saif, says “Twitter for SMS,” or “Twitter for. established groups on SMSall in Pakistan.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Changes in the size, age distribution, and density of the world’s population have critical implications for virtually every aspect of life. In my country of origin, Pakistan, half the population is under the age of 19. 7billionactions.org do help us gain a deeper understanding of the issues and trends behind the raw data.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

The most populous Muslim country is Indonesia , followed by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Egypt. These involve detection and interruption, identifying individuals involved in transmission, and changing social norms of the communities where it occurs. The Challenge of Philanthropy to the Muslim World.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2009

What examples have you seen that further exemplify social media’s role in helping to affect social change? In Part 2 of this talk Jacqueline talks about Pakistan and the opportunities to create a global community around the people who are trying to create positive and lasting change in the country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

The content has to be practical about the amount of investment required to implement ideas – and always include some “low hanging fruit” or actionable steps that don’t require a huge amount of organizational change or monetary investment. I write up notes about what to change the next time I deliver the training.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2008

tools can, and are changing our world. Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist by Mike Farrell Farrell's keynote at the Writing for Change Conference this year floored me, and everyone else in the room. tools, it was about how Web 2.0 Check out Billy Matheson's review of Here Comes Everybody on WorldChanging.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

It felt to me like coming out of the closet when I began talking about spiritual practice with my activist friends"--Marisa Handler The more I write about organizations and individuals who are creating social change, the more I realize that to create true change, we need to change our inner world and our outer world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

you automate the conversation, there is less of change of having “time zone dyslexia.” ” I remember working with a cohort of grantees in Pakistan which is 12 hour time zone. I put the meeting in my calendar for 12 hours ahead of their time instead of 12 hours before.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

It has been used in disaster relief, for example, in Pakistan , and other scenarios from London Tube strike to election monitoring to mapping crime incidents Atlanta. (2) .&# Ushahidi is an open source platform that facilitates crowdsourcing through the use of SMS/cellphones and online mapping. 2) Crowd Creation.

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2011

The magnitude of the destruction and the heart-breaking images have remained with us as organizations, governments, and private individuals have struggled beyond the immediate aftermath to effect long-term change and economic impact within Haiti.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

There was no variation in changes in demand based on organizational budget size. Disaster Giving Trends 7% of organizations received contributions for the Haitian earthquake relief, and 3% received donations for Pakistan flood relief. 43% expect contributions at the end of 2010 to remain about the same as those at the end of 2009.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

In 2006, journalist Mariane Pearl traveled the globe for Glamour magazine to profile women who are changing the world. She was 5 months pregnant when her husband, journalist Daniel Pearl, was murdered by extremists in Pakistan in February 2002. They each transformed their personal pain to create change for the greater good.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2015

This One Is About Changing Lives. Changing the course in 2015. Be the change. Time is running out to change lives in 2014. Bears in Pakistan need your help this Christmas. Because of you, our work is changing lives. Give it forward: $35 that will change the world. There is Still Time to Give!

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Changing lives is expensive whether you do it with at-risk teen staff members or at-risk teen virtual partners. From the museum's perspective, having an authentic account from someone in Pakistan is a value added that the museum itself could not supply. Does Jamal's comment enrich the primarily Minnesotan readers of Science Buzz?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

Yesterday, I had the honor of participating in the 4th annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit that brings together women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. They offer comprehensive high school scholarships, personalized mentoring, and leadership training.

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