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All Eyes on Egypt

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here’s the list: ONLINE activism: Tweet with the hashtag #Egypt to the top of the trends. Tag friends in Egypt, and those active in this movement in your posts/tweets to broaden impact. Tag friends in Egypt, and those active in this movement in your posts/tweets to broaden impact. Blog your hearts out!

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Standing up in Egypt : Want Change?

Network-Centric Advocacy

This is hard to watch but some of these clips show the incredible motivaiton and courage the people demonstrated to create the change in Egypt. Good Luck to all of them in brining about peace and a better life.

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Charity website to increase visibility of small causes - Daily News Egypt

AFP Blog

Charity website to increase visibility of small causes - Daily News Egypt : Although there is a constant need for charitable giving, many small organisations struggle to get sufficient funds for their causes. A new website, Fa3elKheirEgypt.com, aims to solve this problem and increase the visibility of small charities to a wider audience.'

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $31 million investment in the Partnership for Healthy Cities and the addition of six cities to the initiative to create safer and healthier urban environments: Bucharest, Romania; Cairo, Egypt; Córdoba, Argentina; Dublin, Ireland; Greater Manchester, United Kingdom; and Warsaw, Poland.

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Using Twitter to Build a Community and Recruit Volunteers

Amy Sample Ward

Journalists using social media in Egypt. . $100,000 in 3 Days: Interview about #TeamAutism. Social media in disaster response. National Theatre screws up, what we can learn from mistakes. American Red Cross Twitter Mistakes and Fundraising. Atlanta Councilman chooses Twitter. Trimet misses the bus on social media. Twitter for fundraising.

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Spotlight on Social Media, Crowdsourced Translation, Egyptian Protests and Diplomacy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

From Crisis Mapping Egypt: Collection of Maps. The New York Times reported on the use of social media and protests suggesting that Egypt’s government was afraid of the power of social networking tools. The #jan25 Twitter hashtag also has examples of the State Department’s Arab Twitter Diplomacy.

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When Viral Campaigns Fail and Social Media Mobs Rule

Care2

First up Kenneth Cole - As the protests in Egypt were escalating, and #Egypt and #Cairo began trending on Twitter, Kenneth Cole tweeted: “Millions are in uproar in #Cairo. Rumor is they heard our new spring collection is now available online at [link].&#.

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Multi-Country Rollout of Salesforce to Support Workforce Development in the Middle East and North Africa

Cloud 4 Good

After the first implementation with EFE-Jordan, Salesforce was gradually rolled out across EFE Affiliates in Tunisia, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Yemen, and United Arab Emirates. I feel like there’s even more we can accomplish now that we understand the power of Salesforce through what we’ve learned from Cloud for Good.” .

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Bookshare without Borders: #3/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our collection includes children’s books from Scholastic, contemporary books from Arab Scientific Publishers in Lebanon and literary books from the public domain from Kotobarabia in Egypt.

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Racing Through the Sahara for South African NGOs

Tech Soup Blog

As a sponsor of this fundraising run in cooperation with TechSoup Egypt and TechSoup Kenya , TechSoup Global is proud to support SANGONeT and the runners as they make their journey through the Sahara.

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Free Webinar December 8: The Capital Campaign

Tech Soup Blog

In her sixteen years as a philanthropic consultant, she has managed capital campaigns; helped dozens of nonprofit organizations achieve their development goals; and has trained more than 15,000 professionals in Mexico, Canada, Egypt, and most of the fifty United States, in all aspects of development.

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Women Who Tech Around the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” Using a webinar and conference call platform, we were able to bring in participants from San Francisco, Rwanda, Kenya, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt. I organized and moderated a panel called “ Women Who Tech Globally.” Unfortunately, our presenter from Lebanon had connectivity issues and was unable to present.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

And all this is on top of Martus work we're actively engaged with in Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt. Susan Bazilli, an international human rights attorney, recently brought Martus to the attention of the women's rights community in Africa, through a posting to the Women's Information Technology Transfer site.

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Can Social Media Create and Spread Revolution?

Care2

The political uprisings in Egypt for the past week have sparked the tiresome debate again – can social media create and spread revolution? “It's actually been interesting to watch as a case study in the enduring power of traditional media.

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Video Streaming Apps — To Stream or Not to Stream

Tech Soup Blog

We saw how Twitter changed information-sharing in 2011 Egypt, after all. Imagine the evolution of civil and political society in a world where moments can be documented by anyone, and accountability is monitored by the masses. Live Streaming and Appropriation.

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Corporate and Foundation Grantseeking: Free Webinar July 12

Tech Soup Blog

In her 17 years as a philanthropic consultant, she has managed capital campaigns, helped dozens of nonprofit organizations achieve their development goals, and trained more than 20,000 professionals in Mexico, Canada, Egypt, and most of the 50 United States, in all aspects of development. Reach her at linda [at] cvfundraising [dot] com.

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Science and Technology Partnerships with Africa: Opportunities for European Foundations

Tech Soup Blog

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Center for the Future of Museums: Khan Academy & Cultural Understanding

AFP Blog

And we are working with over 100 art historians with deep knowledge of content stretching from Ancient Egypt to contemporary art in sub-Saharan Africa. We’ve begun to partner with museums to bring their formidable expertise to a global audience (often by simply repurposing pre-existing content). NPMuseumMarketing NPMuseums'

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Getting Your Board and CEO to Embrace Fundraising: GiftWorks Free Webinar June 27

Tech Soup Blog

In her 17 years as a philanthropic consultant, she has managed capital campaigns, helped dozens of nonprofit organizations achieve their development goals, and trained more than 20,000 professionals in Mexico, Canada, Egypt, and most of the 50 United States, in all aspects of development. Reach her at linda [at] cvfundraising [dot] com.

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TechSoup Global Cloud Survey Results and Cloud Donations for Nonprofits

Tech Soup Blog

Also, developing countries like Egypt, South Africa, Mexico/Latin America, and India report plans to move to the cloud faster than everywhere else. We received a lot of surprising findings like the fact that more than half of respondents worldwide indicated they would be moving to the cloud within two to three years.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

There's more in the press release, and we will be expanding our efforts in Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt and Algeria. We're just announcing this project. State has an active program tracking the state of human rights around the world. We are already working on the translations of Martus into Arabic and French.

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Why Social Movements Need Stories

Tech Soup Blog

Twitter feeds with hashtags like #Egypt and #ArabSpring were stories unfolding by the minute, documenting the revolution and how the world felt about it, in real time. As an Egyptian friend and activist illustrated after Hosni Mubarak’s removal as president, a simple photograph can send a big message.

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Win 2 Tickets to the Global Fund for Women 20th Anniversary Gala

Have Fun - Do Good

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Honorable President of Liberia, as well as women leaders from Colombia, South Africa, Malaysia, Liberia, Bosnia/Herzogovina and Egypt will be honored at the event. Ann Curry, News Anchor for The Today Show , and Co-Anchor of Dateline NBC will emcee.

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Weekly Member Round Up: Technology and World Change

NTEN

He was inspired when the citizens of Egypt and Tunisia used satellite connections to contact Internet service providers in other countries, when their governments shut down access to the World Wide Web. Shervin Pishevar of the U.N. On June 29th, the seven-city Social Media for Nonprofits conference series kicks off in San Francisco.

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Conquering a Cruel Continent for a Cause

Tech Soup Blog

The Sahara Desert in Egypt (the hottest desert on earth). David Barnard has completed six of these grueling races: The Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa (its name is derived from a Tswana word meaning "the great thirst"). The Namib Desert in Namibia (has the highest sand dunes on earth).

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Desiree Adaway, Global Service and Leadership: How I Have Fun, Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Egypt I volunteer! You can find out more about her at www.desireeadaway.com , or follow her on Twitter at @desireeadaway. Desiree Adaway, Global Service and Leadership: How I Have Fun, Do Good How do I have fun and do “good”? Most days I talk to organizations about volunteer management and the creation of volunteer programs. It’s what I love.

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Wendy Sternberg Leaves Her Medical Career to Heal the World

See3

At See3 we have the pleasure of collaborating with Wendy to help her find a way to document and distribute video from her upcoming concert tour of Egypt and Jordan. Later in 2005, GATC’s Israeli-Palestinian performance became a part of the United Nations’ 60th Anniversary celebration.

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A Guide To Facebook Activism

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The 15-page PDF includes the pros and cons of using Facebook for activism, a step-by-step guide to organizing an activism campaign on Facebook, and examples of campaigns from Burma, Morocco, and Egypt. It is a quick read and very useful.

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PdF Discount and Call: The Internet's Future - Will It Be Free?

Tech Soup Blog

The shutdown of the Internet in Egypt during the protests and the metering of Internet service by corporations that decides on the speed and consistency of your service, determine whether you can do your work and conduct advocacy and education freely.

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Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World

Forum One

When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S.-Muslim Muslim relations. In his speech, he pledged to "create a new corps of business volunteers to partner with counterparts in Muslim-majority countries."

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Advancing the New Machine: A Recap from the Human Rights and Technology Conference

Tech Soup Blog

Namely, while activists use technology to organize, authoritarian regimes use technology to censor information, increase the channels of surveillance on its citizens, or in the extreme case, cut off telecommunications entirely like in Egypt.

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Diversity in Design: Inclusion Won’t Fix a Broken System

Media Cause

We read articles mapping out the “perfect face” according to the Greek ratio of Phi but we never question why Greek history is the arbiter of truth in many cases when much of Greek philosophy was stolen from Egypt. Last week, I listened to this podcast about beauty and colonization.

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The 5 Best Social Impact Games of 2010

NTEN

And even though this game was released a few months ago, the relevance of promoting non-violent revolution is more apparent than ever with the events in Tunisia, Egypt or Libya. # People Power is a great training ground for anyone interested in mobilizing a social movement, but not sure of where to start.

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Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Youtube blocked access to the offensive video in two of the countries in turmoil, Egypt and Libya , but did not remove the video from its Web site. .” It also brings up issues about the r ole of social media and a connected society for delicate diplomacy. It is also raising questions about censorship on the Internet.

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup Blog

The most populous Muslim country is Indonesia , followed by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Egypt. Another interesting fact is that most Muslims don’t live in the Middle East. In its nearly 1,400 year history the civilization of Islam has developed immense diversity. The Challenge of Philanthropy to the Muslim World.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

Read More » Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World Sarah Hassaine in Influence 17 May 2010 When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S.-Muslim In this case. Muslim relations.

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Beaconfire Survey: What we learned at SXSW and NTC

Allegiance Group

It’s their long-term relationships that social media helped to develop. Another great session was a Q&A with representatives from Google and Bing about how SEO works.

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Mary Joyce: Global Social Change Blogher - Her Latest: Free Monem Campaign

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It would also be great if you could tag your post (using Technorati or deli.cio.us ) with the words "FreeMonem" to help us keep track of how many people take part in this action. MONEM'S POSTS. for you to republish on your blog - Free the Brothers.Free Abdel Kareem.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

Read More » Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World Sarah Hassaine in Influence 17 May 2010 When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S.-Muslim In this case. Muslim relations.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

Read More » Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World Sarah Hassaine in Influence 17 May 2010 When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S.-Muslim In this case. Muslim relations.