Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

Kampala, Uganda: Story Makers 2016. Mukono, Uganda: How to Create a Digital Photo Story to Fundraise for a Community Cause. Kibiribiri, Uganda: Building Capacities of Teachers and Students in Digital Storytelling. Mukono, Uganda: How to Create a Simple Video Story to Advocate for a Community Concern. Thursday, April 7.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2015

So far we've scheduled events in Kenya and Uganda, and will be adding more cities throughout the fall. Seattle, Washington: Facebook Strategies for Nonprofits. Mukono, Uganda. Mukono, Uganda: Get Free Email for Your Domain with Office 365. Mukono, Uganda. Mukono, Uganda: Digital Storytelling.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 4, 2011

She is conducting an evaluation of a reproductive health voucher program in Uganda and Cambodia as part of her dissertation, and she co-instructs the International Maternal and Child Health Seminar, and the Maternal and Child Health Core course at UC Berkeley. Carinne Brody is a doctoral candidate in public health at UC Berkeley.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

At the moment, their work is focused in Uganda. One Mango Tree uses a fair trade model to provide income-generating opportunities for women in impoverished and conflict areas around the globe. In addition to working on One Mango Tree, Halle often works as a development consultant focused on economic development in conflict areas.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

For example, when a consumer of the ice-cream brand Wilcoxson's asked, on Wilcoxson’s Facebook page, if the gelatin in their cookies and cream ice-cream contained pork, their CEO responded on Facebook with “we don’t deliver outside of Montana and certainly not in Pakistan.”

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2014

Denver, CO: Beyond Facebook and Twitter: Storytelling Through Social Media. Mukono, Uganda: Net2uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School & Community. Mukono, Uganda: 2nd Net2uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School&Communit­y. Toronto, Canada: Digital Storytelling.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Boston, Massachusetts: TNB Roundtable: How Nonprofits Can Use Facebook to Broadcast Their Impact. Kibiribiri Village, Mukono , Uganda: First Term Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Kibiribiri Primary School. Mukono, Uganda: First Term Solar Mobile Computer Training Meetup for Saint John Kaama Primary.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 18, 2022

Starting off as volunteers in Uganda, Rob and Jeff worked with a variety of organizations to stand up their infrastructure. Since they don’t have the bandwidth to regularly post to their CauseVox campaign site, they kept donors in the loop by linking to their org’s Facebook where they’re more active. Recent Donors Notes.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Honolulu, HI: Creating a Facebook Fan Page for Your Club or Organizations. NetSquared Uganda held their first Net2Camp last week and it was EPIC. Online: Online class on Google For Non Profits Grants and Adwords Grants. Wednesday, October 30. Peterborough, Canada: Analyze This- Making sense of Google Analytics. Thursday, October 31.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

SF OCTRIBE: Featuring Albert of Albert's List on Building Facebook Communities. Mukono, Uganda. Kampala, Uganda: Social Media Surgery — Blogging as a Business. Kampala, Uganda: Office 365 at Its Best. Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels & Bytes — Allegheny. Thursday, May 4, 2017.

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Care2

MARCH 12, 2012

People have been so moved by the video and story that they are sharing it across social networks, like Facebook and Twitter, by the minute. Bottom line - millions of people who had never even heard of Joseph Kony, or the brutal civil war that the people of Uganda have endured for years are finally learning about it, and listening.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

Naples, Florida: Spreading Ideas on Facebook. Mukono, Uganda: The 10th Uganda Internet Governance Forum 2016 (UIGF). Mukono, Uganda: Third Annual Electronics and IT Showcase. Vancouver, British Columbia: Google AdWords Hands-on Workshop. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

On Tuesday, right before the KONY video exploded on the mainstreams and went viral online, my 6th grade son came home from school and announced, ”Did you know that there are more people on Facebook today compared to the number of people on the planet ten years ago? I immediately asked him how do you know that?

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APRIL 4, 2012

In less than 2 months, the YouTube video has gained over 100 million views and educated millions about the crimes of the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda. Using Facebook and Twitter, signers have shared this petition with their followers and friends. Like this article? Get another!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Mukono, Uganda. New York, NY: Facebook for Nonprofits: Moving Your Marketing Beyond the Like. Our goal is to help each other solve our tech challenges, find a tribe of people who share our passions, and have a ridiculously good time while we’re at it! Newest Net2Local Groups. Check out our newest groups. Beijing, China.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

But that doesn’t mean you appeal to everyone on the planet every time you post on Facebook — you target your use of social media. Tools: From @rootwork: Facebook has been pretty effective at creating a place for discussion/strategy between events or meetings. From @neddotom: recap 1. overall goal 4. action oriented 5.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

Isadora Faber, 14-year-old Brazilian student who launched an online Classroom Diary on Facebook to discuss problems in her school, such as broken desks and bathrooms without toilet seats. They are not content to just sit and click. They not afraid to stand up for cause they are passionate about. And, they have generosity in their genes.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

You can follow Traveling Postcards at travelingpostcards.org , on Facebook , and on Twitter ( @TravelingPost ). In Uganda, a group of young people made incredible, heartfelt postcards filled with glitter and cut up magazine pictures to send to women in the Congo. Please tell your friends, and "like" us on Facebook.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

" While there are still contradictions in terms of the unpredictable nature of crises and a delay in data, his project attempts to test out these ideas in different "labs" around the world by coalescing data from public and private sources, with the first one starting in Uganda shortly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

You might think of Facebook as an important social network, but it is now also the third most popular video site on the web. The American Jewish World Service (AJWS) , for example, shot amazing video of their work in India, Uganda and El Salvador a few years ago. And Cisco says that 90% of the world’s data will be video in four years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

They do it on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as well as on their blog, their website and in their email marketing campaigns. They do it on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as well as on their blog, their website and in their email marketing campaigns. You also can follow her on Facebook, Google+ , and LinkedIn.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Isadora Faber, a 14-year-old Brazilian student, launched an online Classroom Diary on Facebook to discuss problems in her school, such as broken desks and bathrooms without toilet seats. They are not content to just sit and click. They are not afraid to stand up for cause they are passionate about. And, they have generosity in their genes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2007

What is interesting to me about this concept of a platform for change that is very different from say - campaigns on social networking sites like Facebook or the use of widgets and charity badges on blogs for personal fundraising campaigns -- is that while Virtual Worlds are empowering individuals -- we are empowering collective action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

There are many ways to connect with Life in Africa's war-affected communities in Uganda: shop for community-made gifts that make a difference, invest in the LiA community through a Kiva loan, help Ugandans plan projects online, or my favorite, give to help provide school fees for 200 orphans in LiA households. Life in Africa. Details here.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The thing is too big to reprint here, but here are the basic findings: Nonprofits are really using Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube now. Many charities are successfully using Facebook for reaching out to individual donors. The average donation is up to $59. That trend has increased over the last three years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

On September 7, 2006, Scott Harrison launched charity: water by throwing a birthday party, charging people $20 to attend, sending 100% of the money to build wells in a refugee camp in Uganda and then proving the work by sending photos and GPS coordinates to every guests.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

But if you’re not a big collector of online information like Google, Facebook or Microsoft, what does big data have to do with you and your work? Grameen has a team of community knowledge workers who go out in the fields of Uganda and collect agricultural information on their mobile devices. It was last year as well.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Paul to teach them a bit about what goes on in Ethiopia, or Uganda, or wherever their camps are. It will come up in their feed either on Instagram, or Facebook, or even on LinkedIn, and then they will start to comment, or like, or share, or do some of that engagement. And that all stopped last year. and I consider me part of them.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

Solame was just an absolute, silent and powerful woman leader who, as it turned out, had been involved in fighting for freedom in her home country, Uganda, and was one of two women that was present for the rewriting of the Ugandan constitution. Her name is Solame.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

But, we’re concerned about small nonprofits who are not Google, Facebook, Pearson or Benetech, and they aren’t able to show up in a place like DC. Kampala, Uganda The Sixth Africa Forum was the main reason for my Africa trip. So, we fill in for them. Nairobi, Kenya Next I headed to Nairobi, Kenya. Visiting the Hon.

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