Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

What’s the point in using “global” tools (social media) for local organizing? From @amoration: I find we’re always both global & local, so many of us travel frequently that virtual organizing tools are essential even for “local&# endeavors. From @davidahood: agree with @neddotcom.

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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. So give your local organizer a hug next time you see them! We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Mukono, Uganda: Digital Activism.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But did you know that our work is global? That's why TechSoup created NetSquared , our global network of volunteer-led Tech4Good meetups. Our NetSquared leaders are currently holding free events in 24 countries and meet with their local TechSoup partners to collaborate on how to best support nonprofits in their country.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? NetSquared Uganda held their first Net2Camp last week and it was EPIC. Robert Kibaya introduced 30 local nonprofits to the tools of the social web. October’s NetSquared Events. Monday, October 21.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

There are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. We''re a [global movement]([link] with chapters in 20 countries. Mukono, Uganda: First Term Mobile Solar Computer Training Meetup for Kikandwa Primary School. Wednesday, March 18, 2015.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

These global leaders are coming from Uganda, Australia, London, and Florida. Don't worry, there are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Newest Groups. Upcoming Events.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. So far we've scheduled events in Kenya and Uganda, and will be adding more cities throughout the fall. New York, New York: #GivingTuesday: Creation of a Global Giving Movement. Mukono, Uganda. Mukono, Uganda.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2015

There are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. We''re a [global movement]([link] with chapters in 20 countries. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Mukono, Uganda: Two Hens per Child Computer Training Meetup for St.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

What if there was a place for your nonprofit to get free technology support from local experts? NetSquared groups held 23 Storymakers events, helping local nonprofits use video strategically. We're a global movement with chapters in 24 countries. Mukono, Uganda: The 10th Uganda Internet Governance Forum 2016 (UIGF).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

TechSoup's NetSquared is a global network of nonprofit technology meetups. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Global Game Jam — Guatemala 2015. Mukono, Uganda: Uganda Annual Regional Meeting. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Keeping resolutions is hard. Friday, January 23, 2015.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

On International Human Rights Day, we pay tribute to all human rights defenders, celebrate the recent victories of the human rights community, and recognize the challenges that still lie ahead in the global struggle to advance justice, accountability and an end to impunity. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Storytelling is our focus for May, but every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 50 cities. Boston, Massachusetts: TNB Roundtable: Mobile Tech for Nonprofits - A Global Health Success Story. Mukono, Uganda.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Net2Local, TechSoup Global’s grassroots #nptech community-building initiative has almost reached the end of 2013. Net2Local has adopted the core strategies of theme months to increase network cohesion and regional hubs to scale our ability to support local organizers. China, Cameroon, Uganda and Kenya. What did we do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

The current population of Gen Z is estimated to be about 2 billion, or 27 percent of the global population. While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China, and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z. They are not content to just sit and click.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

Most people didn’t “get to participate” in the Arab Spring because we didn’t have an effective role in regime change beyond global support and voice amplification (a crucial role, but not the change per se) and to think otherwise would be paternalistic. And where is the local community in all of this?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

But while global experts search for solutions to bridge the worsening digital divide for women, it turns out the answers are at our fingertips. At World Pulse we trust that local women community leaders will reveal the way forward. Hundreds of submissions poured in from 70+ countries as part of our Women Weave the Web Campaign.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

The current population of Gen Z is estimated to be about 2 billion, or 27 percent of the global population. While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z. They are not content to just sit and click.

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Have Fun - Do Good

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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

For example, I'm planning on going to India and Bangladesh next month for the first time, and to Uganda and Sudan next year. Our local paper, the San Jose Mercury News, did two great pieces on Benetech, a business section feature story and an exceptional column by Mike Cassidy entitled An Executive Does Well By Helping Others.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Sustainability is still a real challenge, but the cost to value ratio of a school computer lab is shrinking to the point where you are starting to see governments and local communities invest more on their own to promote ICT access. . I’ve been working or interested in the space of ICT for Development (ICT4D) for about a decade now.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 8, 2022

Women and girls in particular have felt the impacts of a never-ending global health pandemic, conflict and displacement, and authoritarian government takeovers, to name a few. In addition, female athletes globally have faced abuse and harassment from the very people who are charged with coaching and supporting them to succeed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

He recommends the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network , works with local rape crisis centers nationwide. The GRO Foundation: Global Relief Outreach. You can always give the gift of giving by sending a gift card to someone who can select a charity at Network for Good or Global Giving. Check out their MySpace page.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. He was actually on a business trip, on his bike, to Uganda. Kjerstin Erickson is one of those people "shiny" people who lights up a room. The "collaborative project planning process" is a mouthful.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2015

" Eli van der Giessen, NetSquared Global Community Manager. Currently, he's our indefatigable NetSquared community manager, supporting a global volunteer network of 50 monthly meetups for the nonprofit technology sector. He supports people in countries as far-flung as Australia, Poland, and Uganda. Birgit Pauli-Haack.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Epidemiologists watch for blips in Google queries to localize flu outbreaks; economists use them to spot shifts in consumer confidence. Keisha Taylor is TechSoup Global's senior manager for business planning and research for our Global Data Services work. The UN Global Pulse initiative.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

Melinda Kramer: Women's Earth Alliance is a global organization and we work around the world uniting women who are on the front lines of environmental causes. While many of the women had traveled the world, many of them had also devoted their lives to local solutions. MK: One of the highlights for me was the Global Peers program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

10×10 is global action campaign with a film as its centerpiece.Their message is simply this: Educate girls and you can change the world. amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research is dedicated to ending the global AIDS epidemic through innovative research. 10×10 :: @ 10x10Act. Girls Education International :: @ GirlsED.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

The idea is now that we're getting stronger and more flexible, more conscious, more patient, and more aware, we need to take those very qualities that we're learning in the yoga room, and begin to truly apply them in our families, in our local community, and into our global family as well. It was an incredible success.

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