Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

I was honored to be a trainer as part of the launch of the ACE Leaders Project, a program developed by the Institute of International Education Sub-Saharan Regional Office and supported by the Packard Foundation. For the past ten days, I’ve been in Rwanda, Africa. Documentation of the Visioning Process.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

The January 12, 2010 catastrophic earthquake in Haiti showed some of the astonishing potential for volunteer-based digital disaster relief. This is a group of largely self-organizing digital volunteers who use Twitter to respond to all of the major disasters around the world. A great example of crowdsourcing is Voluntweeters.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Submit your digital video, five photographs, or a super-short story now, because we have $13,000 in prizes available! Or if face-to-face is more your style, join your local NetSquared group — NetSquared groups are holding digital storytelling events all month. Kisumu, Kenya: Social Media Week. Looking for inspiration?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Looking for inspiration or hands-on help with your digital storytelling? Kisumu, Kenya: Storymakers 2016 — Kisumu. Thursday, March 31.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Treading Lightly | The Delicate Art of Internal Communications. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Nairobi, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Joins Mozilla Maker Party 2016.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

and 47% of whom are female, spend a collective 3 billion hours per week on digital games! GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. Social Impact Through Digital Games. In Education.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

They were holding an international meeting of blindness groups around the campaign to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty in London during the days before the Geneva meeting. My experience with the international publishers was such that I expected there would be a way to work through this issue. I decided to follow through and attend.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the (nonprofit) digital divide by giving every community organization the tools and skills to accomplish its mission in the most efficient and effective way possible. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2014

Whether it’s an event on blogging for international development staff, a case study on the rise of the accidental techie , or a training of activists and young leaders from across Latin America there’s probably a NetSquared group by you ! Busia, Kenya: Open web :exploring principles behind web maker ,ugunja mozilla network.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the (nonprofit) digital divide by giving every community organization the tools and skills to accomplish its mission in the most efficient and effective way possible. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in: Africa. Kakamega, Kenya: Kakamega Maker Party. Busia, Kenya: Maker Party Western Kenya. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de como hacer Estilos Sociales para el mundo digital. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As people become digitally connected, they gain access fundraise from empathetic individuals around the world. For many, blockchain is synonymous with Bitcoin—but its potential for international development goes far beyond cryptocurrency. BitPesa, Banqu, and UCash are scaling similar concepts in Kenya, Indonesia, and India.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Ushahidi is an NGO headquartered in Kenya. Connecting to the Internet Digital Divide GreenTech International Networks Green IT WiFi tsgreentechnology BRCK Ushahidi' Here’s some news on a now famous NetSquared alumnus project. Find out more about this here. Image: BRCK in action ( Ushahidi ).

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Los Angeles, California: Digital Inclusion. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Digital Dumpster Fire: Tips to Handle Social and Online PR Problems ( Communications Networking Lunch). The link need to be like so: Africa.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2014

Starting on August 26th NetSquared organizers are holding digital storytelling events as part of the Storymakers campaign. Naples, FL: Digital Storytelling Workshop. Toronto, Canada: Digital Storytelling. Portland, OR: Digital storytelling for fun and nonprofits. Kisumu, Kenya: Social Media Week. September 2.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Los Angeles, California: Nonprofit and Cause Marketing with Digital Media. Portland, Oregon: Get 'Er Done: Surveying Digital Project Management Tools. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Vancouver, British Columbia: Design an Exceptional Digital Experience. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Busia, Kenya: Stop Cyberbullying Day SCD 2016. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Vancouver, British Columbia: Digital Storytelling — Production to Distribution. Austin, Texas: Google Digital Inclusion Fellowship — NTEN, Skillpoint, and Austin Free-Net. Douala, Cameroon: Digital Security.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Kampala, Uganda: Digital Storytelling for Nonprofits Workshop. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Center photo : Chrispin Okumu / NetSquared Kenya / CC BY. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

One cool project that came out of a RHoK event is InfoPlace Kenya , an Android application for information and directions of essential places in Kenya like hospitals, tourists attractions, restaurants, educational facilities, and more. Library Hackathons. Libraries have also been getting in on the hacking fun.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2015

So far we've scheduled events in Kenya and Uganda, and will be adding more cities throughout the fall. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Raleigh, North Carolina: Digital Inclusion. Mukono, Uganda: Digital Storytelling. Mukono, Uganda.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

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. The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Orlando, Florida: Ways to Digitally Say Thank You.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

Hello digital storytellers! Our friends Eric Mason and Melanie Duve at Wix are busy helping all kinds of do-gooders create meaningful websites because they believe your home page is the most important page in your digital story. The International Poetry Library of San Francisco. The IPLSF is literally telling its own story.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2014

Guatemala: EgarageTec-Day International Girls in ICT 2014. Busia, Kenya: mozilla western kenya follow ups -openness,opportuni­ty on the open web. Vancouver, Canada: The Digital Nonprofit Conference. Washington, DC: Happy Hour: Celebrate Spring & Tech. Thursday, April 24. Wednesday, April 30. Thursday, May 1.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

The event's purpose was to join industry and government in putting into action some of the precepts developed at the 2012 United Nation’s Pan-African Forum on E-Waste in Nairobi, Kenya. To identify industry leaders in Africa willing to be early adopters of international standards.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Abuja, Nigeria: A Well-Told Digital Story Is Powerful. Wednesday, May 11. Saturday, May 14.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2014

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Melbourne, Australia: How to Deliver in Digital with Limited Resources and High Expectations. Busia, Kenya. Maker Party Western Kenya. The link need to be like so: Africa. Asia and Pacific Rim. Mukono, Uganda.

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

This was originally posted on the GuideStar International Blog. International Economic and Policy Stakeholders Recognize the Internet’s Increasing Role. The 6th Internet Governance Forum will soon bring multiple stakeholders to Kenya to discuss key policy and governance issues.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Brooklyn, New York: Protecting Data in the Digital Age for Nonprofits. Burlington, Vermont: Digital Storytelling Fundamentals. Busia, Kenya: Safer Internet Campaign: February 10th - March 25th.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Kisumu City, Kenya: Netsquared Safer Internet 2017: Be the Change; Unite for a Better Internet. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories. Bamenda, Cameroon: How to Create Digital Stories.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Busia, Kenya: Safer Internet 2016 — 9th February 2016. Lausanne, Switzerland: Intergen Digital. Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Washington, DC: Digital Trends — Look Back at 2015 and Ahead at 2016. Busia, Kenya: Net2Kenya Joins Hour of Code 2015. Mukono, Uganda: Digital Activism. The link need to be like so: Africa. NPTech Social.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

We’ve been holding internal meetings with our board every two weeks to let them know where we are, what’s going on, and how we can support them, as well as weekly calls with Division Directors of 160 universities and school programs that have infectious disease divisions. imagine living in a refugee camp in Kenya.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

She is our vice president of development alliances and global media for TechSoup Global’s domestic and international programs. The project is active in Iraq and Kenya. Dara Westling. Dara has possibly the longest title at TechSoup. Perhaps most impressively they are working in Syrian civil war.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

This was originally posted on the GuideStar International blog. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU). For those nonprofits working on economic issues - In Kenya, the M-Pesa. Can you remember when a huge mobile. phone was a brand new and exciting phenomenon and something that only a. a device only seen on TV!

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This month the news is about WiFi embedded in a magazine, Braille smartphones, ultramobile devices, innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the mobile app of the month. Digital Wallets. Strange News. Accessibility.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

GuideStar does have Jumo International listed as a nonprofit organization but very little information is shown and likely won’t be until they file their first 990 with the IRS. Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&# But this is an important step for the nonprofit sector and its move into the digital age.

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