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Measurement Takes Center Stage in Bill Gates' 2013 Letter

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One of the examples in the Gates letter highlights this risk: Ethiopia’s recent effort to monitor the progress of its immunization program is a good example of learning from data and—the hardest part—using data to improve delivery of the right solutions. Ethiopia could have ignored this conflict and reported the most favorable data.

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Oxfam Uses Flickr To Advocate for Ethiopian Coffee Famers

Have Fun - Do Good

For more information about Ethiopia's efforts to trademark its coffee names, check out Green LA Girl's posts about Ethiopia vs. Starbucks. Hat tip to the NTEN Flickr Affinity Group for the story. To find out when the documentary Black Gold is playing at a theater near you, click here. Cross-posted from the NetSquared blog.

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A Geek's Reflections on Personal Fundraising Via Blog, Twitter, and Facebook

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Hat tip Brett Meyer at NTEN ). They asked everyone born in September to give up birthday presents and ask their friends and family for donations to build water wells in Ethiopia instead. More information here. I tweeted the link one of my twitter followers, Paul Young decided to give personal fundraising with social media a whirl.

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Underwear for Africa and Reclaiming A September 11th Birthday

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Hat tip Brett Meyer at NTEN ) They are asking everyone born in September to give up birthday presents and ask their friends and family for donations to build water weels in Ehtiopia instead. million and build 333 wells in Ethiopia. And, while I'm on the topic of creative ways to support projects in the Africa. They hope to raise $1.5

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MCON13 Live Blog: Connecting with Millennials (Mike Del Ponte, Soma)

NTEN

Went to Ethiopia with Charity:Water to understand water issues and what NGOs are doing. Design your culture so everyone on the team is actually making a difference. -- Stay tuned to the NTEN blog throughout the day for more live-blog sessions from MCON13, and check out the #MCON13 hashtag on Twitter. Worked with an amazing designer.

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Tech Across Your Org: Program and Fundraising Innovation Sprung from an Internal Technology Project

NTEN

In the early years, we were working in China, Nepal, Cambodia, and Ethiopia, where we now purify water for over 200,000 kids daily. We do this in in urban settings in Asia and Africa, where children live at the intersection of two streets: (1) worst water quality conditions and (2) greatest degrees of poverty.

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The Bots are Here: Leading With Our Humanity in the Age of Automation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yeshi , is a Facebook Messenger bot created by charity:water to simulate the experience of many young girls in Ethiopia who walk six hours a day to get clean water. Note: Versions of this blog post were published on Guidestar and NTEN blogs.

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