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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The One Campaign has launched an open letter signed by 86 leading voices for women around the world. We need more better policies to address gender parity and more programs that build the capacity of nonprofits and the tech skills of women and girls in the development world. The Tech Girls of Dharavi. You can make a donation here.

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Fostering Innovation and Creativity in Youth Through App Development

Tech Soup

awareness and skills development in children, teens, and young adults. Two such organizations are Apps for Good and Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab , which are teaching youth to learn, create, and improve their communities through the development of apps. skills are taught through a practical hands-on course that guides.

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Hadley China

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Just got some information on this cool program: The Hadley School for the Blind has launched an innovative program of English language learning and empowerment which spans the Pacific Ocean. The native English speaker teaches lessons on topics like holidays, customs, or English grammar. The participants wear headsets with microphones.

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What Advice Would You Give to Women in Africa About using Web2.0 Tools to Advance their Work?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I came across Ore's writing via Sokari Ekine's fantastic bridge blogging of the African blogosphere on Global Voices. s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC). s Technology Empowerment Centre. The project will teach women how to use Web 2.0 Other posts that were part of this project: Network Weaving Skills.

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

100% of participants implement an action learning project that uses measurement to help improve their practice, share insights with peers, and identify opportunities to amplify each other’s voices through social media. Peer Learning Exchange: Theory of Change. Grantees Implement A Modest and Realistic Action Learning Pilot.

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Content delivery is less important then the skill to making sense of it and that needs to be what “classroom time” is about. The class typically erupts in a cacophony of voices, as it did that first time he told students to talk to each other because he couldn’t figure out what else to do.

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Millennials Who Manage

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Drawing on extensive research, including a comprehensive, original workplace survey and in-depth interviews with Millennial managers, Millennials Who Manage , offers teaches Millennial readers how to overcome workplace perceptions and become great leaders. What makes you believe this?