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E-Mediat: Day 2 – The Networked NGO in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund. We spent Day 2 of the E-Mediat Train the Trainer sessions on “ Translating The Networked NGO in the Arab World.&# The specific learning objectives: To understand the principles of “being” a Networked Nonprofit.

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Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The camp took place in Cha-am, Petchburi, Thailand.

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12 Not-So-Great Realities About Nonprofits and Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

003% of referral traffic to Nonprofit Tech for Good comes from Instagram which means very, very few (if any) of our Instagram followers have registered for a free webinar or downloaded our Global NGO Online Technology Report. Put your laptop in the closet and don’t take it with you if you are traveling for your vacation.

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E-Mediat Day 1: A Networked Mindset To Capacity Building

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund. The group has an impressive breadth and depth of expertise, including NGO capacity building, social media expertise and training design and delivery. Working with NGOs. February 27, 2011. Nerds, Geeks, and Hackers.

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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 are funded to do this by a US foundation. They include things like: Access/FileMaker databases on desktops or laptops. Wikis and blogs require some writing skills (in addition to power). Mobile phones. Wikis/Blogs.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. If you want to keep up with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), check out the wiki. NTEN blog points us to Code for Change this Summer , an opportunity for those with drupal skills to put them to good use. " Have any to add?

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This event was very exciting, as we have never previously received federal funding for Bookshare.org. In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. Humanity United (founded by Pam Omidyar) funded this work.

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