Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. Through projects like the Games and Learning Publishing Council and the National STEM Video Game Challenge ( [link] ), the Cooney Center explores the power of games to advance learning and engage vulnerable students. Around Gender.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2015

We are scheduling workshops globally. Nakuru, Kenya , November 4 with Mary Antonina. Malaba, Kenya , November 5 with David Wanga. Nairobi, Kenya , November 6 with Chrispine Okumu. It includes hosted email, calendar, video conferencing, and access to your documents and files from anywhere. November 2015.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Join our global tweet chat on September 18 to discover the latest in social media best practices. Check out this video from NetSquared Northern Michigan’s recent meeting. Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Guatemala: The Social Good Summit Global Conversation 2013 - Guatemala. Event Reports.

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JUNE 27, 2016

And our Twitter chat was more global than ever before, with people from 20 countries participating! Best Video Winner — Learning to Improvise Can Be Life-Changing. Please visit the site to view this video). Our Best Video winner hails from the proud city of Detroit and is the unanimous top choice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The initiative brings together an array of existing, new and enhanced global programs and partnerships that connect young people with better education, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. A video of her story is here. .” Their solution is Microsoft YouthSpark. This youth panel was truly inspiring for me.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Submit your digital video, five photographs, or a super-short story. Join our global tweet chat on September 4 for the best examples of nonprofit storytelling. Kisumu, Kenya: Social Media Week. Busia, Kenya: Building for the Future with Appmaker-Mozilla Western Kenya Network. Busia, Kenya: Social Media Week Event.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Vancouver, Canada: Video for Nonprofits Workshop: The Essential Elements of Storytelling. Kisumu, Kenya: Mozilla Make a Party Western Kenya joins together with Netsquared Kenya.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Kakamega Town, Kenya: Netsquared Kenya Regional Meeting /Kakamega County. P.S. If you can’t get enough of our surgeons in costume here’s one more video to get you in the Halloween spirit. =. October’s NetSquared Events. Tuesday, October 1.

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JUNE 1, 2016

We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 60 cities. Busia, Kenya: Stop Cyberbullying Day SCD 2016. Busia, Kenya: Building for the Future with Appmakers — Mozilla and NetSquared Kenya. Friday, June 17, 2016.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

**NetSquared Vancouver** shares [slides and videos]([link] from their November event. * Every month our global network of community organizers hosts Tech4Good events in more than 70 cities. Vancouver, British Columbia: 7 Steps to Scaling Your Nonprofit/Business With YouTube Videos. Monday, September 12, 2016.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2015

This post is Development Director Ryan Ginard's first impression of seeing how powerful a virtual reality video is in putting the viewer in the middle of a compelling story at the most recent meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. A Highlight at the Recent Clinton Global Initiative Meeting. What VR Can Do.

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MAY 12, 2014

TechSoup Global’s Dara Westling attended the recent Global Donors Forum in Washington, D.C. She is our vice president of development alliances and global media for TechSoup Global’s domestic and international programs. We connect the local with global resources.” Dara Westling.

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MAY 9, 2016

And if you need some help with your video, you can take our short, free online course or sign up for help from one of our experts. Birmingham, United Kingdom: Video Skills + Telling Social Stories. We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Supporting Encryption and Journalism.

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MARCH 16, 2015

(Please visit the site to view this video). We''re a [global movement]([link] with chapters in 20 countries. Busia, Kenya: Beyond Today’s Internet Experiencing: Smart Future Conference Kenya. NetSquared DC's Roshani Kothari on why she loves NetSquared. Join them every month for a dose of community invigoration!

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient, local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. NetSquared Vancouver shares slides and videos from its November event. Newest NetSquared Groups.

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MAY 26, 2011

Here are just a few of the many examples of how the humble mobile is being used for development: For those nonprofits working on agricultural issues - The Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange (Kace) , provides crop growers with the very latest commodity information via SMS and has helped farmers to quadruple earnings. MP3 player.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2009

As you will observe from the video we’ve put together, Jacqueline uses the power of examples and personal stories to make the case for greater moral leadership and pragmatic, market-based approaches that enable people to earn their way out of poverty and improve their health. Please watch the video (4 Parts) and let us know your thoughts.

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OCTOBER 30, 2006

Jessica is the co-founder and a board member of Kiva , a nonprofit that is using the Internet to connect people through loans to alleviate global poverty. Jessica has worked in rural Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda with the Village Enterprise Fund and Project Baobab on impact evaluation and program development.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

mobile payment system in Kenya that allows people there to text each other money. Charity Digital News , Wired , and several other UK tech publications recently reported on Nominet Trust 100 , or NT100, which is a new comprehensive global list of promising applications of digital technology for social good. The Sunrise.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. The photo or video taken on a phone and then posted to the web can change the conversation, alert news media to issues or new developments, and change the course of response.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I just had to take that chance." - Jensine Larsen Jensine Larsen is the Founder and CEO of World Pulse , a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice. Jensine Larsen: World Pulse is a global media enterprise fully devoted to bringing women a global voice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

She notes, "I started in Kenya working with a water users association, living in a thatched hut!" I've also been inspired to experiment with video blog posts and podcasts. For development, there are blogs from agencies like bellanet or global s for a selection of blogposts from any country you are interested in.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

Every month, our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 70 cities. Naples, Florida: How to Reach More People via Video Live Streaming? Busia, Kenya: Netsquared Kenya Joins MLH Hackathon 3 December 2016. Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Storytelling 2016.

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JULY 31, 2014

As part of Storymakers 2014, we offer a slate of interactive events including our global tweet-chat on September 4, 2014 and NetSquared meet-ups this August and September with storytelling workshops and presentations in your local community. Global Tweet-Chat. Join our global-tweet chat on September 4, 2014 at # Storymakers2014.

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MARCH 24, 2014

We have another date for the end of the global digital divide! Way back in August I posed the somewhat rhetorical question: Will Facebook’s Internet.org Bridge the Global Digital Divide? My current favorite digital inclusion NGO is our newest TechSoup Global partner, Computers For Schools Kenya. Digital Inclusion.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Find my piece, “ Will Facebook’s Internet.org Bridge the Global Digital Divide? The service has 17 million users and is transforming the way wealth is distributed in poor countries, which now include Tanzania, India, and Afghanistan as well as Kenya. Smart Watches. Another post-PC device to buy and pay attention to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Ushahidi Board Meeting at iHub in Kenya. I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. The Networked Nonprofit In Kenya. Response was laughter).

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JUNE 20, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. Announcing the Global Open Data Initiative (GODI). Videos of presentations can be found on the PDF website. Open Data Applied.

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