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12 Early Adopters of the.NGO and.ONG Domains

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Unlike the.ORG domain which can be registered by any individual or brand (but mostly registered by nonprofits and socially conscious for-profits), the new.NGO and.ONG domains can only be registered by nonprofits, charities, NGOs (non-governmental organizations), and ONGs (non-governmental organizations in a romance-based language ).

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Blogging To Improve Cambodia's Environment

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My sister was working for an NGO as a volunteer agriculturist in Cambodia and encouraged me to take a job there. Tell us about your work in Cambodia with the NGO, Mlup Baitong. It was difficult to learn to the language at first! How does your NGO use technology to support your advocacy and education work? s environment.

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What is working wikily? How can funders catalyze and support networks? Join the conversation #netfunders on April 5-6th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How to create environments that encourage and celebrate working with a network mindset within foundations? How to support NGO leaders who want to work with a network mindset but run into obstacles, like their board? How to overcome obstacles, like strict communications protocol?

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. Our New NGO Partners in Vietnam. English is increasingly favored as a second language. Our New NGO Partners in Indonesia.

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BRAC

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My primary destination in Bangladesh was to meet with BRAC , which is the world's largest NGO (nonprofit organization) with nearly 100,000 employees. BRAC is one of the social entrepreneurship field's best example of what a results-oriented team can accomplish even in the most difficult and poverty-stricken environment.

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Collecting Data in Low Resource Areas: How to Get Started

NTEN

Imagine this scenario: You’re an NGO working in an African country to advocate for clean water. You have paper and pen, but in this harsh environment, even collecting data the old fashioned way can be unreliable. Sometimes the environment is too harsh or too dangerous. There is no real infrastructure. So what do you do?

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Solutionary Women: Viet-Ly Nguyen

Have Fun - Do Good

I work with a co-facilitator and we visit sixth grade language arts and social studies classes for two-week writing workshops. Actually, I find out pretty soon, but I want to be a middle school Language Arts/Social Studies teacher. A lot of that has to do with language development, too, that I've seen. Speak English!"