Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

James Moody of Australia’s national research organization was talking about an idea of a humanitarian license for patents that has been floated by the YGL community. In the morning, I attended a session put on by the Young Global Leaders with six interesting proposals.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. This proved to the Ushahidi team that their tool would be valuable to communities around the world. Here are my slides from the presentation. Response : studies show that people expect a response on social media.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

You can follow the one-hour archived session (or the slides on Slideshare) to get a nice slice of perspective from Amy Gipson of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Melissa Schoen of. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

You can follow the one-hour archived session (or the slides on Slideshare) to get a nice slice of perspective from Amy Gipson of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Melissa Schoen of. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

I’ve been in community with you now for actually two years around that, through the webinar program, and I’m just really glad to welcome you back, if you are a Leading Edge member. Next slide, please.) Next slide, please. So this next slide is touching on personal devices and resources. So go ahead, Francis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Facebook’s grant will encourage users of the social network to learn more about service opportunities through ServiceNation’s Facebook Page and connect with MyNation, a new, online social-networking community on ServiceNation.org being launched in preparation for the first National Day of Service on September 11, 2009. Good Reads: Online.

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Steve Bridger

JUNE 25, 2008

The ’six things every charity must do to stay relevant in the 21st century’ summary near the end of the slides sums up what organisations need to do perfectly! When afterwilma debuted, I like many others felt an affinity to the people afflicted by the hurricane. Much appreciated. Thanks for the flashback post.

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