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

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We spent Day 2 of the E-Mediat Train the Trainer sessions on “ Translating The Networked NGO in the Arab World.&# To localize Networked Nonprofit concepts to an Arab NGO context, as appropriate, for improved project outcomes. The specific learning objectives: To understand the principles of “being” a Networked Nonprofit.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

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4. Design To Build A Community of Practice. We had wifi in the room and participants brought their laptops – this give us the opportunity for open lab time or what I call “shoulder to shoulder” learning. The power of peer knowledge at work!

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Of Mice and Men and Laptops (A Kind of Buyer's Guide)

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I was trying to count the number of laptop models for sale at Best Buy, all the while avoiding the glance of any of the eleven sales associates (AKA "Blue Shirts") that hovered around the computer displays. That's how many different laptops there were on display at my local Best Buy (not counting the Pommes de Cher ).

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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

Tech Soup

Read on for a little Monday morning inspiration and then take a moment to tell us how donations you've gotten through TechSoup have helped you serve your community. This NGO runs a primary day school, a residential high school, and a residential polytechnic college. Children from the second grade on get laptops in this program.

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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

Tech Soup

Read on for a little Monday morning inspiration and then take a moment to tell us how donations you've gotten through TechSoup have helped you serve your community. This NGO runs a primary day school, a residential high school, and a residential polytechnic college. Children from the second grade on get laptops in this program.

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How Security Breaches Really Happen at Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

The well-publicized attacks on Target , Community Health Systems , and Home Depot recently were the first type. Unless your nonprofit or NGO has specific adversaries or is being spear phished , the hacking you may encounter is probably less sophisticated and less targeted. That fundraising contractor whose laptop was stolen?

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Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp

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This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Henry Khu (@HenryKhu) May 7, 2013.