Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Johannesburg, South Africa. They collaborated with the TechSoup Global team to bring events into their communities. Eight of the eleven cities in the digital storytelling global tweet chat were led by Net2 local organizers. How Individuals Are Using Technology and Data to Support Vulnerable Populations.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had a few months to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. TechSoup Global's NGO cloud survey found plenty of contradictions and confusion about cloud computing. The global NGO average is 36%.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 13, 2008

I started 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa with the simple goal of working fulltime on Social Actions by July 1st. Social Actions is now an initiative with six team members, 34 organizational partners, 100s of supporters, and a substantial list of accomplishments to its name. fundraising campaign started: For the last 2.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The UN Foundation’s Aaron Sherinian was next up for the opening keynote where he gave an overview of different global projects that through the power of social media and networks offer scale to social change issues. . ”If your cause is true and right you have to persevere. ” Philantroteens.

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Care2

JULY 23, 2012

Ghazal manages the North American offices of Engaging Networks, a global eCRM software company, servicing organizations such as Oxfam, Save the Children, PETA, World Vision, CARE, Humane Society International, and many more. com where he helps hundreds of nonprofits connect with donors and supporters online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In October, I had the opportunity to meet Steve Waddell whose research focuses on Global Action Networks. Maybe your question is about inter-organizational connections in your issue system (eg: agriculture, finance, housing) – it may be local, regional or global. This another area of Steve's interest and expertise.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

’s support of the Keystone XL project. Johannesburg, South Africa: Open Data for Non-Profits - an Introduction. Vancouver, Canada: How individuals are using technology and data to support vulnerable populations. You can apply to be a NetSquared organizer or find your closest event on the global calendar.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

Working with an intelligent and experienced staff of a Phoenix-based nonprofit involved focused on global issues, I was encouraged to ask questions of development organizations and to think through a lens of international aid. Third world quarterly post-development theory and the question of alternatives: A view from Africa.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

I’m joining a panel to talk about the response for support after the Haiti earthquakes last year. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

Now, a day and two thousand miles from the closing ceremony, I realize I was lucky enough to participate in a very special kind of conference, one which deals specifically with the global politics of science centers. There was never a sense that we were there to be accountable to and supportive of each other.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

I think the real answers lie in the small, diverse, creative solutions we come up with ourselves in our communities, by ourselves, or with our friends, or with a global group. In terms of my own life, as I write in Loyal to the Sky , I grew up in apartheid South Africa. Essentially, I came to activism from compassion.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The WHAT IF Conference is for anyone who supports nonprofit organizations, especially staff and board members, volunteers, donors, foundations and corporate funders. Global delegates. The BoardSource Leadership Forum (BLF) is a global conference focused on nonprofit leadership at the highest level – the board of directors.

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Forum One

AUGUST 29, 2008

We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts. We also saw some.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

Steve Williams: One of the interesting things that we have seen historically is that women's labor, and particularly women of color, have played a central role of supporting the economy. Britt Bravo: Tell me a little more about the campaign for domestic workers.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! Ready to support more female game-changers? No chase boat, no support, no film crew, no problem. Do you love ladies in literature?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

An example is Charity Wallet , an online tool that simplifies the online giving process for donors who support more than one organization, which was launched during the event! Having project managed TechSoup Global's 2012 Global Cloud Computing Survey , I can heartily agree with that. We gathered so much data!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 29, 2022

In 1990, four months after being released from prison, Mandela visited Madison Park High School in Boston to address the community , and he expressed his deep concern about school dropouts both in South Africa and the U.S. Such an award helped to raise awareness of the work we are doing and generate more support.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

When we get over-worked and when we allow ourselves to take the scrap work from everyone else--we all learn from doing support work for other people. We introduced rooibos and honeybush from South Africa, which was never heard of in America. But what you need to do is create a space where you can hear your own vision.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative. We’ve spent a lot of time over the past few years advocating against cuts to the funding that supports our work, by pointing out how amazingly effective this funding is. This is what my team calls a karma gig. This time, I had the benefit of help.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2007

He has won many honors, including the 1998 Reebok International Human Rights Award, the International Ashoka Fellowship, selection as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and the Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Fellowship. It is actually really understandable.

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