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Getting Around Internet Censorship: VPN

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last month I did a Networked NGO training in Dubai for Pakistan NGOs where I experienced Internet censorship first hand. Unfortunately, yesterday, the Pakistan government decided to block Twitter – after we had just gotten everyone comfortable tweeting! Stephanie put together this awesome resource list of services.

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Improve Your Fundraising Approach and Skills at NetSquared Meetups

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Seattle, Washington: What You Need to Know About Board Governance. Taipei, Taiwan: NGO要怎麼搞群眾募資?- 綠盟經驗談. Paris, France: Brainstorming, Plans d'Actions sur Internet. Left photo : Gregory Munyaneza / NetSquared Rwanda / CC BY. Center photo : Chrispin Okumu / NetSquared Kenya / CC BY. Thursday, October 12, 2017.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Highlights from the NpDev and More

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From Flickr User Philswin2003 The above flickr photo is from the Nonprofit Software Development Summit and some flipchart notes illustrating what's going on right now: inspiration, matchmaking, and practical methods! Tor is a toolset for a wide range of organizations and people that want to improvie their safety and security on the Internet.

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

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The latest scare this year is about how the Internet of Things could kill people. The idea there is that the growing multitude of Internet-connected home and office devices like smart thermostats have pretty much no security against cyberattacks. Now the perpetual horror story of nonprofit tech and all of IT for that matter.

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What is your “Individual Social Responsibility (ISR)?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After finishing a four-day intensive training in Delhi for the Networked NGO , I stayed on a few days in India to visit colleague, Rufina Fernandez, who I met when she was the CEO of the Nasscom Foundation when she brought me to India to speak at the leadership conference and teach workshops back in 2010. Others may donate.

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Alison Lowndes: Helping to care for children in Kenya

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On returning to the UK in 2003 she spent some time working in internet security before deciding to go back to school. She chronicles the program's start up on her personal blog ) She shares why she started her NGO, "The economic situation is far worse in Kenya than China so volunteer teachers were the only option.

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Data, Data Everywhere: But How Does It Relate to You and Your Work?

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As Internet and mobile access grows, more data is made open online. It is being used and analyzed by the media, the private sector, governments, and civil society organizations to inform their decisions. And so are the ways in which governments, civil society. NGO representatives, parliamentarians, journalists, and.

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