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The Networked NGO in India

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This was the launch of a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers. This was the launch of a peer learning group called “The Networked NGO,” based on [.]

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Survey-Backed Insights to Keep Your Nonprofit Ahead of Changing Workplace Trends

Saleforce Nonprofit

A recent Harvard Business Review article on this topic says that “empowerment, engagement, and planning are critical. VP, Nonprofit and NGO Solutions and Strategy – Salesforce.org. VP, Nonprofit and NGO Solutions and Strategy – Salesforce.org. Successful upskilling requires commitment on both sides. Lori Freeman.

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WORTH Trust Solves Tech Woes to Help More Kids in India

Tech Soup

Not only does WORTH work towards creating a barrier-free world for the physically challenged, it does this work with the help of people who have different abilities, creating a circle of empowerment. Success Through Collaboration: NASSCOM Foundation Partners with TechSoup.

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Empowering Change: Caitlin Cohen of the Sigida Keneyali Project

Have Fun - Do Good

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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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs.

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TechCamp: Empowering Women Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

“Anyone who works for the State Department knows that they work for women and for the advancement and empowerment of women,” said Alec Ross , Secretary Clinton’s Special Advisor for Innovation, with pride at the opening of TechCamp Tel Aviv. TechCamp: Empowering women through technology - guest post by Ma’ayan Alexander.

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Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission: Recap and Recordings of the ONTC

NTEN

Nonprofits have many limitations beyond fear of change, and Edward has some guidance for leaders: We need to collaborate or perish. Edward offered a few more tips when thinking about IT Strategy: IT Strategy at an NGO is about capacity building and moving the agenda up the strategy pyramid to mission-moving applications.