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Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Kindle Version, SF Events, and Dogs Who Love the Book!

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I’m excited because that means friends and NGO colleagues in other parts of the world can get the book! October 17 from Noon-1:30, TechSoup Global Office – Brown Bag Lunch and Cupcakes – Measuring the Network Nonprofit. Thanks to everyone who has purchased a copy, reviewed it on Amazon, and shared a photo!

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RightsCon: The Promise and Peril of New Communications Technology

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Access , the organizers of RightsCon, who work for digital freedom worldwide, consciously pitched this not as a human rights NGO conference. A few years back a fellow activist asked how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights could be embedded into Web 2.0 and that phrase still sticks with me. Sam Gregory.

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How Drones Are Being Used to Benefit Humankind

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Even low-cost hobbyist drones like the Parrot AR drone quadricopter can produce and send high-definition videos and photos to a smartphone or tablet. In December 2013, drones from the NGO Direct Relief were put to work assessing damage and participating in search and rescue operations in the super typhoon Haiyan-stricken Philippines.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. Pinterest is a social media photo-sharing website that allows users to create online image collections around specific events or subjects. Twitter followers increased dramatically, with 264 percent growth over the past year. Social Media.

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BlogHers, Gender Blogging, and Linux Chix in Cambodia!

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David Saski from Global Voices summarized her presentation: Dee Dee's 10 minute introduction to why she blogs and what she got out of it put a big smile on my face. In this photo, Pagna is on the left. Photo by Thomas Wanhaff. They were: Hok Kakada who I interviewed for Global Voices two years ago!

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An Interview with the Web Team at Fight Hunger (4 out of 5 women)

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e Forsyth-Sommer, Cordelia Salter-Nour, and Emanuele Quinto - photo in flickr with bios Fight Hunger is a division of the UN World Food Programme set up to help end child hunger by 2015 which is part of the first Millennium Development Goal. The main focus is raising awareness. Development Blogs

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Mobile, Voice-Operated Everything, and Security, Oh My! Top Nonprofit Tech for 2016

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The migrant humanitarian crisis has been rocking governments and dominating NGO humanitarian work for the last two years. Nonprofits have been doing some interesting technology work through projects like Digital Promise Global , which is doing job training in refugee zones. The Greatest Security Threat Is Already Inside Your Office.

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