Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2012

Packard Grantees from Pakistan, with In-Country Team.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

I have found it especially useful to do this to kick off a longer-term peer learning experience as in the example below illustrating the knowledge and expertise of a cohort of NGOs from Pakistan that I worked with during my time as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

For example, basic SMS and telephone messaging are being used to educate students in remote areas of Pakistan, to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, and to raise funds for East African drought relief. After the immediate crisis, GPS and mapping technology could provide actionable data, laying the foundation to rebuild.

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JULY 2, 2012

An example is the nonprofit Hoshyar Foundation ’s beautiful presentation about educating girls in Pakistan that went viral and got 2,000 to 5,000 hits per day. This presentation is also a great example of what can be done with multimedia (music and video) in SlideRocket.

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MAY 12, 2014

The most populous Muslim country is Indonesia , followed by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Egypt. TechSoup Resources for Foundations. The Muslim world has a population of one and half billion people or just under a quarter of the world’s population. The Challenge of Philanthropy to the Muslim World.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Shawn Admed , another free agent , a Canadian citizen, does his on the ground work in developing countries. We are also seeing the rise of “ non-state actors &# doing humanitarian work in places like Pakistan. The computer room in the First Steps for Families Shelter.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2008

It's the do-good adventure story of a former mountain climber who has spent almost 15 years building schools in remote mountain villages of northern Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. Proceeds from every copy of What is the What goes to The Valentino Achak Deng Foundation. All book cover images are from Powell's Books.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

. Yesterday at the Packard Foundation, as part of a series of "deeper dives" to learn about networks and social media, Eugene Eric Kim of Blue Oxen Associates gave a talk about "Networks in an International Context." . I've gotten into the habit of asking if there will be confidential information shared and what is or isn't bloggable.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

It's been a foundation to begin with, and to return to. India is next to Pakistan, which is right next to Afghanistan, and the US had just gone to war in Afghanistan. Britt Bravo: You talk in your book about how meditation and spiritual practices are an integral part of your activism. MH: It's been really crucial for me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Maine Health Access Foundation did an experiment on Facebook , including it in its channel to promote a funding opportunity but also posted the initial letters of inquiry on their Facebook page to get feedback. .&# For the funders side, we looked at the America’s Giving Challenge from the Case Foundation. Crowdsourcing 101.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

The coalition includes the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , GuideStar USA , the Foundation Center , the Urban Institute’s National Center for Charitable Statistics , the Association of Fundraising Professionals and Blackbaud. Reasons cited for the decline in foundation funding include lower grant amounts and non?renewed

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MAY 3, 2011

Right now in Pakistan, that's one of the only ways to get food — so thousands of children are going hungry." "On Steve Daigneault puts his 15 years of experience as a grassroots organizer, communications specialist and online strategist to work for M+R clients like PBS, the Legacy Foundation and the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

Through my work with Packard Foundation and with IIE and the State Department, I have have the opportunity to work with NGOs from places like Pakistan, Rwanda, India, and the Middle East. I work as a trainer and capacity builder for nonprofits and technology and more lately social media and networked approaches.

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