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E-Mediat: Day 2 – The Networked NGO in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The project is being managed by IIE and builds on a highly successful program launched in the Middle East five years ago, Women in Technology that trained over 10,000 women from 9 countries in the Middle East and in collaboration with over 60 training partners. His organization’s name, Shabakat , translates into the word “network.&#.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

Green Technology. In hardware life extension news, the grand award winner for software in Popular Science's Best of What's New 2013 this year is a server/software technology called Neverware Juicebox. This new technology has become available in time to help public schools in the U.S. Social Media. Shared.com.

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E-Mediat: Social Media Capacity Building for NGOs in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The project is being managed by IIE and builds on a highly successful program launched in the Middle East five years ago, Women in Technology. The bootcamps will be an opportunity for the ngos they trained to meet and share knowledge. I’d like to share some of these below.

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N2Y4 Mobile Challenge and Conference

Amy Sample Ward

Learn more about the technology, business plans and social-impact of (15) Projects who will be engaging with Funders and Entrepreneurs to defend their work’s potential and compete for ~$100k in cash-prizes. The “State of Mobile” topical sessions will be facilitated by leaders in both the NGO and private-sector-sphere. Kick the tires.

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Broadband Adoption in Chile

Tech Soup

Cisco released the results of a study last week , reporting that growth in Chile's broadband penetration has dropped from 45 percent in 2006 to 10.5 Solutions are forthcoming for the small-to-medium-sized NGOs working to provide these groups with access to information. percent in 2008.

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Building the Tech Capacity of Nonprofits Everywhere with TechSoup's NetSquared Events

Tech Soup

Every day, American nonprofits, charities, and libraries rely on TechSoup's product donation program for the information they need to make smart decisions about technology. TechSoup's catalog includes more than 375 products from over 90 companies like Microsoft, Adobe, Cisco, Intuit, and Symantec. Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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Nonprofit Technology News for March 2014

Tech Soup

The nonprofit technology news this month reports on the reinvention of the wheel in India and Africa, how nonprofits are leading the wearable computing field, the privacy threat you may not have heard about yet, and plenty more. An estimated billion people carry water on their heads, so this is potentially transformative technology.

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