Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2012

Note from Beth: I have the honor of leading a “Networked NGO Training” in Delhi for grantees of the Packard Foundation and have lined up some guest posts to supplement my reports from India. Every two years since 2005, a different group of 12 such leaders have been surprised by a phone call from Barr.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

For his day job, Robert runs Communications without Borders and the NGO Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organization. As an unpaid volunteer, he organizes NetSquared in-person events where people from NGOs from all over the region come to talk shop and help each other. What NGOs in Uganda Need.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. Our New NGO Partners in Vietnam. The community itself plays a role in building a peaceful community.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient, local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Newest NetSquared Groups. Check out our newest groups: NetSquared Abuja in Abuja, Nigeria. GroundWork group in Columbus, Ohio. Event Reports.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Every month TechSoup's NetSquared community organizers volunteer to bring free and low-cost nonprofit technology events and workshops to more than 50 cities. Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the digital divide by giving every NGO the tools and skills to accomplish its mission efficiently and effectively.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The premise is that governing well is essential for strong nonprofits working efficiently and effectively to address critical needs in our communities. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. Nonprofit Management / @usdsoles.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

UniversalGiving is making great impact on communities around the world, both in the work, funds or volunteer efforts contributed to individuals and groups via their platform, but also in effectively and passionately empowering donors and volunteers to contribute. maybe you want to join forces for a longer-term project for real impact.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

We’ll draw from recent experiences in setting up an active advisory group made up of NGO partners from all corners of the globe; our network-wide campaign to survey NGO technology trends in 24 languages; and, our own technology solution to communicating with these partners to deliver services in 37 countries.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

TechSoup has an extensive global reach operating in 35 countries globally and with our geographically dispersed network, social media has made it even easier for us to connect with all of our communities. LinkedIn Group. Please join us for one of our monthly San Francisco Online Community Meetup events for #octribe. SlideShare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

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. There are different types of NGOS in the Arab World. February 27, 2011.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In collaboration with the TechSoup Global Network , our trusted partners give organizations worldwide access to the solutions they need. We believe that NGOs learn best from each other, so NetSquared provides a platform where we can come together face to face to share technology tips and create a community of practice around tech for good.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

NGO capacity is still lacking, but they must learn to own technology. The struggle between these groups has always been a cat-and-mouse game, but technology has raised its stakes. With numerous speakers and a packed agenda, I had a chance to hear some of the projects that's happening in this space. How does security play a role?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Nonprofit Tech Blog points to a new report from United Nations Foundation and The Vodafone Group Foundation, " Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use." Circleup is a social messaging application that allows nonprofits to communicate and collaborate with groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Social Media, NGOs, and Romania View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: ngo socialmedia ) Next, Iulian Comanescu - Training coordinator for the program is explaining the program. He covered the following platforms: Blogs: It is more than a web site, built by one person or a small community or group of bloggers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

Post, Post It Passion Exercise from Youth Noise, Youth Summit Blogging and New (to me) Blogs Blogging 101 Community Blogging describes how to avoid the slow hard agonizing death of a blog: Make it a team effort. This articles provides some excellent tips and strategies for a successful group approach to blogging. hard to use ?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Here's a few sessions notes in the wiki: NpTech Tag , definition of Open API For-Profit/Nonprofit Software Collaborations and where are the biggest tool gaps ? Carnival Collaboration The Carvinal of Nonprofit Consultants and The Giving Carnival will join forces next week. There's lots more to digest and lots more to come.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Naira Bonilla will show you how to connect with diverse communities and create strong relationships using WhatsApp, the #1 messaging app in the world. We are here to talk about using WhatsApp to increase engagement with multicultural communities. Full Transcript: Steven: All right. Naira, I got 2:00 Eastern. Naira: Yeah. Naira: Okay.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

Caitlin tells it like it is--the nitty gritty of starting up an NGO, and why she believes it is important to help the people you are serving to create the change they want to see, not to create the change for them. The biggest challenge is definitely the fact that an “NGO” in Mali is seen as a “waritigi” (money owner).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

It is a partnership of UN agencies, NGOs, businesses, schools, universities, communities and individuals who all believe that we can work together to end child hunger. How do you all collaborate or work together effectively? We have group ownership for everything to do with the website ??? Fantastic!???

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 26, 2006

I really enjoy making connections with other activists and moms in the community. Even though mothers are a pretty busy group of folks, they still make the time to get involved in advocacy work and I find that really inspiring. What do you enjoy the most about your work with MOMS? What are the biggest challenges in your work with MOMS?

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

The NOS session is a chance for anyone interested in open data and APIs to connect and collaborate. Local Community Organizers (#localco). Who : NetSquared and other Community Organizers. What : This is a chance for local organizers to share stories and lessons learned and network with those considering starting a group.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2017

That group used our gap analysis exercise to find an opportunity to give refugees on the move a chance to add value to local communities while maintaining the dignity of earning an income and doing the work they engaged in at home. Know your role.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2012

The participants work together in small groups, ask questions and discuss problems, and work together to find solutions and initiate joint projects. The event was organized by Appleseeds Academy , an Israeli NGO that works to reduce social gaps in Israel through the use of tech tools and the development of life skills.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 26, 2015

Metro4All is actually a collaboration of people in different countries interested in addressing mass transit accessibility. It is now a diverse international group with team members in Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, and the U.S. We are interested and engaged in the international community mapping movement.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

According to the latest blog post on Causes.com , to date: “186 million registered users in 156 countries have raised over $48 million for nonprofits, collected 34 million signatures for grassroots advocacy campaigns and created hundreds of thousands of online groups around important social issues.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

We've been developing Miradi for three years together with the Conservation Measures Partnership (which includes groups like The Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Fund), and began beta testing the software in 2007. We work with human rights groups all over the world. The feedback has been amazing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

My session was part of the third edition of Tech@State , held on, November 4th & 5th in collaboration with The World Bank. Fortunately, that’s not true for every agency Mark has collaborated with. initiative. He says, “I wish I had a mood ring so I could determine whether it was worth my time.&#.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Rachel Hutchisson, VP of CSR, tells us it’s today’s individual change agents who are deeply connected to cause, community and technology: Cause. In terms of participation with causes, there’s a small, but powerful group of individual change-makers who want to do more than sign a petition or make a traditional contribution. My Passion.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

"To us, it's really about collaboration. There are women environmental leaders who are standing up for their communities, around the world, who do not have access to those key resources and information. If they did, they would be guiding their community into a clean, healthy, sustainable, and thriving future.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 7, 2006

We also work with groups like Oxfam and their Make Trade Fair Campaign , Doctors without Borders , the ACLU , Global Exchange and this summer will be collaborating with Witness , Greenpeace , the NRDC and others. I took a few groups out on Warped Tour in the summer of 2002 as an experiment, and things have just sort of grown since.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. Jessica Colaco places books in the iHub Community Library. Ushahidi Board Meeting at iHub in Kenya.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Loomly is an online social media calendar that allows multiple users to collaborate from one master calendar. Cureo is a collaboration software designed for task teams, boards of directors, committees, staff, and community partners. Social Media for Nonprofits Organizations LinkedIn Group :: linkedin.com/groups/1172477.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

Dropbox is a cloud storage service (sometimes referred to as an online backup service) that is frequently used for file sharing and collaboration. Slack is a cloud-based tool for teams of staff and volunteers to collaborate on projects and track work flow and responsibilities. Global NGO Technology Report :: techreport.ngo.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2006

It was founded in 2001 by a group of college students from all over the world who wanted to ensure that “Never Again” became a reality rather than a rhetorical sound bite. Speak with those in your community to spread awareness about injustices that you know about or write to those who are in a position to influence the situation.

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