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Getting Social with Your Local Nonprofit Tech Community

Tech Soup

Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Summer Social. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Campaña de Unicef temas Vituales de Niñez en Guatemala 2016. Monday, July 4, 2016.

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Seeds for a Future

ASU Lodestar Center

The end of the Guatemalan Civil War resulted in a flood of non-governmental organization (NGO) programs spreading across the country in the hope of helping desperately poor people gain everything from their human rights, to better health care, food and nutrition, and training in governance.

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Seeds for a Future Part 3: Creating a sustainable future

ASU Lodestar Center

This may be the most overused and least accurate phrase we hear nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) utter in Guatemala. Before raising the hopes of any community, one of the first things an NGO should ask itself is: After we leave, what will remain in the community, and is it something they want and can sustain?

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Your NetSquared Holiday Gift!

Tech Soup

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! Victoria, Canada: Heartbeats & Remarkable: Building a Winning Communications Strategy for Your NGO.

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Help a Nonprofit Cross the Digital Divide This Summer

Tech Soup

You can help your tech-shy NGO friends cross the digital divide by bringing them to a nonprofit tech meetup. Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Summer Social. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Monday, July 4, 2016. Tuesday, July 5, 2016.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

HRP members produced scientifically sound analysis that is advancing the process of legal justice in Guatemala. In a recent blog post , I described how HRP statistician Daniel Guzmán’s expert testimony in a breakthrough legal case against two former police officers helped score a remarkable victory in the fight to end impunity in Guatemala.

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What Is Your Net2Local Group Cooking Up?

Tech Soup

Guatemala: EgarageTec - Charla con la SIB sobre financiamiento a startups. Guatemala: CampusTec - evento de Google. Paris, France: “Made in Local”- Emploi, croissance, durabilité & si la solution était locale? Matt Jung and NGO 2.0 We’d love to help you start a new meetup.

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