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Measurement Wisdom for Nonprofits from Bill Gates

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Like Marion Conway, I was struck by this photo of him pointing to data handwritten on the walls = tracking immunization records from a rural health clinic in Ethiopia. A decade ago, there was no official record of a child’s birth or death in rural Ethiopia. Each indicator had an annual target and a quarterly target.

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Microsoft cloud computing gets down to earth | Philly | 07/15/2009

AFP Blog

companies start exploring doing some of this computing this year, a school system on the other side of the globe has already leapt into the cloud. Ethiopia is rolling out 250,000 laptops to its schoolteachers nationwide, all running on Microsoft's cloud platform, called Azure.The laptops will allow teachers to download.

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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. As long as spare parts are in stock and locals know how to maintain and repair the systems, we can keep safe water flowing for a very long time.) The children living here are our exclusive focus.

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Encouraging Philanthropy at a Young Age: Teaching Your Kids To Give To Causes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Save the Children has just launched an inspiring and informative catalog that lets you and your child explore a map of the world and imagine how simple gifts, vitamins for infants, library books for kids in rural America, or an apple tree in Ethiopia are extraordinary resources. "Time, enthusiasm, expertise, skills.it

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Joitske Hulsebosch: Blogs, NGOs, and Developing Countries

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After studying irrigation and soil and water conservation, which pays attention to the interface between social systems and irrigation technology in developing countries, she worked for ten years in Africa. In Ethiopia, she did organizational capacity building work for a local network of NGOs.

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Amanda Rose, Twestival Leader, Reflects on Twestival

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She came to the conclusion of "campaign exhaustion" and "system challenges" which were on target. Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water was enroute to Ethiopia when we discussed Twestival. Amanda says it was difficult to work with cities around the world, all with different financial systems, fundraising approaches, and cultures.

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[VIDEO] 5 Must-Do’s of Year-End Fundraising Success

Bloomerang

Paul to teach them a bit about what goes on in Ethiopia, or Uganda, or wherever their camps are. So you want to create a system to know your supporters. So creatively causing your organization to have a system for your thanking. Create a system for thanking by phone, and text if you’d like. It is great to chat.

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