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International Women’s Day: Using Technology to Empower Women and Girls

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To mark the date, the One Campaign has shared a research report called “ Poverty is Sexist ,” that documents how extreme poverty hurts girls and women harder and in different ways than it does boys and men, and to demand targeted action to support girls and women. Tech2Empower: Helping Women in Cambodia.

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NTEN Leading Change Summit #14lcs: Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Documenter: Using a digital camera, the documenter should capture photos of the process – the set up, the activity, and the products from the activity. The documenter will also transcribe sticky notes into a word document and capture any thoughts shares via social media hashtag. Defining Roles. ” Anne Lamott.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Tech Training Internationally – Tips for Working with Interpreters

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They started WAKE after working together for 15 years designing and leading global programs at the intersection of technology, civil society and women’s empowerment. Try not to get excited or too dramatic. And don’t cough or sneeze into the mic as your voice is in their headsets at all time.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Even more importantly, the practice of connecting measurement and decision-making will help organizations improve practice and results, and document value. What I loved about this exercise, is that after Stephanie and I modeled taking photographs and sharing on our Facebook Group or Twitter, participants started to also document digitally.

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Nonprofit Technology News: Help for Charities to Develop Mobile Giving Capacity

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It is an advocacy group that will be “a strong voice in determining how mobile develops to best meet the needs of mission awareness, donor acquisition, engagement, and payments.” In the midst of a pivotal moment in patient engagement and empowerment, our microphone has been turned off.

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8 Apps That May (Actually) Change San Francisco

Tech Soup

Additionally, many of the apps were built using Twilio.org's SMS and voice APIs. The department documented use, condition, and design of about a third of the commercial buildings. This app was the winner of a Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund and Capital One hackathon. Data Collecting and Mapping.

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Our Museum: Extraordinary Resources on How Museums and Galleries Become Participatory Places

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And in several cases, the projects constituted "empowerment lite" for participants rather than true collaboration, co-creation, or transformation. While there was evidence of plenty of community engagement work across museums and galleries, most of it was funded project by project.

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