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The Commons Introduces Grassroots Mobile Survey

Saleforce Nonprofit

They needed a mobile app that worked offline. It’s not just useful for offline situations like interviewing people in rural India. SK: I have been involved in this project since I met Trish in India in 2018. So, I started sharing my idea at different networking events. TP: It’s the flexibility of use.

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Social Media and Community-Building Tips from Not For Sale's Sarah Potts

Tech Soup

Not For Sale operates in Peru, the Netherlands, India, South Africa, and Romania. " She recommends spreading the responsibility for social media across several people to occasionally give your social media person a break (do, of course, train these other folks so that your organization's social media voice is consistent).

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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti

NTEN

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. Immediately after the earthquakes struck Haiti, the Ushahidi team adapted the platform for crisis reporting and mapping for the area.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

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. This proved to the Ushahidi team that their tool would be valuable to communities around the world. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS.

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. This is important for both online and offline instructional delivery.

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

And so I have more than five years of experience creating online and offline communities to support social and environmental causes as Steven said and I worked a lot in Latin America. I can see someone said that they work in India. WhatsApp is huge in India. They can send you a voice note. So it’s working.

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Nonprofit Technology News for September 2013

Tech Soup

The UK NPTech website, Charity Digital News reports that the Royal London Society for the Blind and IBM are creating a new voice controlled screen reading application called the Chatty Web. And here they are: The end of offline – no more unplugged vacations or mental health breaks. Accessibility. Move over Gates Foundation.

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