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3rd Update from CDI Chile's Mobile Telecentre: You Can Help!

Tech Soup

Over the past two weeks, we've been reporting on CDI Chile's Mobile Telecentre, a project to reconnect individuals and NGOs in Chile after the recent earthquake ( first update , second update ). With this dual approach, the CDI Mobile Telecentre is an excellent hybrid of short-term relief and long-term rebuilding.

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Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

The last few years, though, have been dramatically impacted by the real-time web. This focus on collective participation and 24/7 connectivity has impacted more than just our social lives. Impacts to Society. They don’t necessarily think they need an organization in order to make an impact. Impacts to Philanthropy.

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How to Help Chilean Earthquake Survivors

Have Fun - Do Good

Last Saturday, February 27th, Chile was hit with an 8.8 If you're looking for ways to help the earthquake's survivors, the sites and blogs below have posted lists of relief organizations working in Chile: Chile's 8.8 Flickr photo credit: Puro Chile, es tu cielo azulado uploaded by Diego Salgado. magnitude earthquake.

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Join Our 24-Hour Round-the-World Twitter Chat

Tech Soup

SANTIAGO, CHILE. Chile Summer Time (1 p.m. Topic: Visibility, communications (storytelling), and marketing, key elements for greater impact, sustainability, and incidence of NGOs. Topic : Mobile tools for storytelling. Topic : How do you make storytelling a part of your organization's culture? West Africa Time (2 p.m.

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Don’t Be Fooled by Abstract Jargon: Internet Governance and ICT Policy

Tech Soup

For them, it’s about having reliable and fast Internet access; accessing health care services via mobile in rural areas; voicing views online without fear of persecution, not having useful services blocked by Internet service providers (ISPs), not being exposed to cyberbullying, or fearing to become a victim of online fraud.

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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This enables us to have impact, scale and sustainability. Ben Horin noted that TechSoup Global did not have a partner in Haiti, but they did in Chile. When the earthquake struck earlier this year, their partner, quickly put together a mobile telecentre equipped with servers, Internet, and software.

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Preparing for the Next Disaster: The Future of #crisisdata

NTEN

What if we stopped thinking of the public as a liability and started empowering them to be valuable resources who can increase efficiency and make a real impact? . We discussed the challenges and opportunities around codifying an online request code, what role mobile must play, the needs for increased capacity and public education.