Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

It’s the most important volunteer role one can have at Greenpeace Germany,” says Dr. Kress. The role and ongoing coaching that accompanies it can lead to further opportunities like being hired in media relations, being accepted to a journalism program or working for a media company.

Volunteer 76

Volunteer Germany Washington Interview 76

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The NASSCOM India Leadership Forum has multiple tracks based on theme. In addition, during a roundtable on social media at the conference, I was fortunate to meet social media experts in India ( @ nirav @ amnigos @ pranavbhasin @ paritoshsharma and @ avinashraghava ) who shared some examples. Tags: india twitter.

Social Media 99

Social Media Director India Media 99

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

The role of the Authorized Entity is critical in the Treaty, and it’s a straightforward definition. or similar laws in other countries like India and the EU. Once the Treaty is in effect, we expect that existing Bookshare users will qualify under the Treaty’s terms for international accessibility. It doesn’t cover movies.

Copyright 158

Copyright Law United States Library 158

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

And we’re now making this happen in countries beyond the United States who, like India, have implemented Marrakesh without commercial limitation provisions. We now have volunteers throughout India adding local language titles such as Tamil into Bookshare.

Copyright 100

Copyright United States Library eBook 100

Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

TechSoup has been running international video and photo competitions for some years now. It is a moving one and a half minute video about the struggle of untouchable caste Dalit children in India to grow up and be as successful as more advantaged children. In previous years, we called it our Digital Storytelling Challenge.

Storytelling 66

Storytelling Children India Video 66

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2012

However, the 5 percent given to international causes reflected a 15.3 increase in giving to international causes, which suggests that Americans are being particularly generous to overseas causes in a time of economic hardship for many countries.” billion), India ($12.0 Patricia Lewis' role as Sr. in overall U.S.

Research 79

Research Impact United States Philanthropy 79

Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2016

Prior to this role, she led customer experience at start-ups in the Boston-area and worked as a strategy execution consultant, implementing international projects and seminars for Fortune 100 clients. Devin studied entrepreneurship among textile artisans as a Fulbright Scholar in India.

Create 36

Create India Model Boston 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2009

The distance between a social enterprise investor, a program officer, or a policy maker or citizen in the United States and a person in the slums of Kenya or India participating in an economic development or health social enterprise has never been smaller. We can now discuss, highlight and organize around the initiatives that work.

Conversation 83

Conversation Build Social Media Pakistan 83

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

We discussed Chafee, especially in the context of the Amazon text-to-speech brouhaha, and the proposed international treaty that was tabled at the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva last month. Of course, if there is an international treaty on the topic and the U.S. These seems to be an important part of international copyright law.

Copyright 104

Copyright Proposal Audio eBook 104

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

He is also the co-founder of the International Folk Art Market. Before moving to Santa Fe, he was the Director of Aid to Artisans , an international artisan enterprise development NGO. We developed an international competition that always had very prestigious juries. She's been in the International Folk Art Market.

Culture 51

Culture Global Interview New Mexico 51

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America , or go international with events in. Mumbai, India: Storymakers 2017. Morogoro, Tanzania: Role of ICT for Farm Management. Check each month that there are events in each region, and comment out the un-necessary regions. Asia and Pacific Rim.

United Kingdom 59

United Kingdom Tanzania Benin San Francisco 59

Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2011

A Review of the “Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development” Report. Philanthropists, nonprofits, and the development sector as a whole cannot underestimate the role they have to play in understanding and using technology for development.

Philanthropy 36

Philanthropy Develop Technology Government 36

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2005

Although he's only been there a few years he's helped to create all kinds of cool things like the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market --the largest international folk art market in the United States. I want to send a special thanks out to my Dad for being a great role model and a great dad.

San Francisco 40

San Francisco Bangladesh New Mexico Artist 40

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Activist, journalist, and singer, Marisa Handler , chronicles her activist journey, and the role spirituality played in it, in her 2007 memoir, Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist. Can you talk a little bit about what role meditation plays in your activism, and in your creative process? MH: It's been really crucial for me.

Interview 40

Interview South Africa Iowa India 40

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

World Food Program USA (WFP USA), the US affiliate of the 2020 Nobel Prize-winning United Nations World Food Programme, has beautifully adapted the story of Rani—a precocious student in India who receives meals fortified with micronutrients—for their blog, Facebook, and Instagram.

Channel 247

Channel Sierra Leone Story Digital 247

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. In some of the places where we work, women are very often not in professional roles whatsoever, much less the media. I have a story that you have to hear.'" The goals of the organization are three-fold.

Interview 40

Interview Nepal Journal San Francisco 40

Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

From her Berkeley-based office, Melinda Kramer facilitates an international network of women leaders. Melinda Kramer: Women's Global Green Action Network is an international organization that is linking and empowering women working in environmental sustainability around the world. We do it in a number of ways.

Green 40

Green Global Action Network 40

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

"She stood up in our meeting and said that was exactly why women are afraid of taking loans in India, but with Nest, because it's interest-free and they can repay in their necklaces, they didn't have that kind of fear. Her name was Lolita, and her husband had committed suicide during the financial collapse that also hit India.

Interview 66

Interview India Artist United States 66

Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2007

Holly has now been out meeting with the International Labor Organization and thinking about different ways that you really help create empowerment for women who work in informal markets. Now, this year actually, it is moving forward to a process through IFAT to hopefully become adopted as an international standard around fair trade pricing.

Gift 40

Gift Marketing Create Interview 40

Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2011

At this month's packed Online Community Meetup (also referred to as #OCTribe), Jen Burton , director of Community and Support at Causes.com , spoke about Facebook's largest fundraising platform and its role in supporting nonprofits. Another example, Give India , shows off the community features provided by a Causes page.

Causes 64

Causes Community Online Fundraising 64

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 19, 2006

The 3rd Annual Artivist Film Festival & Awards ' mission is to strengthen the voice of international activist artists and raise public awareness of global issues. Barbra Streisand. This year's festival is November 9-12, 2006 at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, California. Send me a review if you go! artivist art activism film

Award 40

Award Senegal San Francisco India 40

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 7, 2013

I''m an engineer and social entrepreneur, trying to make the world a better place for people with disabilities, and I rarely step into the role of vocal advocate. For years, international negotiations have been moving forward on what many have come to know as the " Treaty for the Blind." Here is what is happening.

United States 166

United States Law Copyright India 166

Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

When we look at environmental challenges, we can't avoid the question of women's role within designing the solutions. The next area, where Women's Earth Alliance works, is in India , where we learned from our colleagues on the ground that support around creating sustainable agriculture would be the best thing we could do to help.

Director 40

Director Ghana Africa North America 40

Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2021

And recently, for the last five years or so, I’ve really moved more into helping people communicate more effectively internally and interpersonally, because that’s where I saw the most need. So I’m working with someone and he has an organization based in India. My first job was in 1992. There, I said it. So thank you.

Product 71

Product Video Donor Structure 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

Through my work with Packard Foundation and with IIE and the State Department, I have have the opportunity to work with NGOs from places like Pakistan, Rwanda, India, and the Middle East. In her dual roles, Wanjiru divides her time between the U.S. What challenges do women who tech in Africa and Middle East face?

Tech 100

Tech Rwanda Tunisia Kenya 100

Forum One

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

AMEX played a role in connection people with project ideas with “fulfilling” organizations who would lead the execution. AMEX gave away $2.5m Some of what I found interesting about the project: -They designed and have run it as a collaborative *online* effort with their cardholder members.

Interview 52

Interview Project Experiment Contest 52

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

And, at a time when the international women's movement is facing challenges, it would be great to have a reminder that good news is going on, that good work is being done, that progress is happening. I thought, in a world so full of bad news, maybe it would be heartening to have good news like this.

Photography 40

Photography Interview Zimbabwe Change 40

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Met with a major international human rights defender group about our Martus technology and digital security more generally. Met with the UN Foundation about a major grant they are giving us to bring Bookshare to India. Met with a big NYC disability services provider about a possible Bookshare partnership. Visiting the Hon.

New York 100

New York Boston Washington Africa 100

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Many of them do really meet our basic criteria of being women-led, of reflecting the work of a group of women, rather than just one or two individuals, and of really tackling critical human rights challenges and societal challenges in which women are playing key roles. It works in over 160 countries around the world.

Global 44

Global Fund Interview United States 44