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Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Resources

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Prepare Your Organization for Any Disaster. Help prepare your organization for any type of disaster with our disaster planning and recovery guide. Cool App Roundup: Disaster and Emergency Edition. How the Cloud Can Make a Difference for Disaster Relief. Backup and Disaster Recovery in the Cloud: Webinar Recap.

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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 β€œ 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 β€œThe Networked NGO,” based on [.]

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. This project has identified the following definitions of success: A Peer-to-Peer Learning Exchange. The power of peer knowledge at work!

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

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Tablet sales are up 53% while laptop and desktop computers are down 11% from the previous year. According TechSoup’s Global NGO Cloud Survey , cloud storage and back-up is one of the most useful cloud technologies out there. Here’s what it all looked like to me. PC Sales Continue To Decline While Mobile Sales Increase.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He notes they were all taken with a Sony Picturebook mini-laptop with built-in camera. see here ) In celebration of International Women's Day, Joe's Blog showcases some games that are designed to teach us about this issue, along with ways to support NGO's doing work in this area. Hence, they're pretty lousy photos.

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The Networked Nonprofit in Kenya

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. I ask people to share what is top of mind when they think about social media and their NGO.

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Nonprofit Tech Forecasts for 2013

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We also noticed a significant increase in the way that mobile technology is being used in disaster relief. More and more nonprofit, library, and NGO offices worldwide will need to accommodate personally-owned tablets and smartphones on wireless networks in order to work and communicate. Mobile Computing. The Decline of PCs.

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