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TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge Global Tweet Chat Recap

Tech Soup

A lot of helpful and insightful digital storytelling advice was shared; below are some of the highlights: India: NASSCOM Foundation, TechSoup Global partner, led the way with How to Create High Impact Stories. Although video is popular issues like bandwidth speed, which affect many communities, photo may be the best storytelling option.

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Shouldn’t the Word Phone Be Removed from Mobile? The Use of the Mobile by Nonprofits for Development

Tech Soup

For those nonprofits working on health issues - In Uganda the Electronic Mobile Open-source Comprehensive Health Application (eMOCHA) has been developed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education and it enables health workers to build HIV awareness and provide prevention information in rural areas. MP3 player.

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Vote for the Best Social Change and Technology Projects at Netsquared!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Community Technology Centres for Children And Young Adults in Low and Moderate Income Communities in Madurai India. Open Source, Open Standards Video. Community-Owned Telecenter Project in Malawi. Digital Divide Data's Project: A Networking Resources for Disadvantaged People in Cambodia and Laos.

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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.

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The Social Media Response to Disaster in Haiti

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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.

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Nonprofit Technology News for March 2014

Tech Soup

The nonprofit technology news this month reports on the reinvention of the wheel in India and Africa, how nonprofits are leading the wearable computing field, the privacy threat you may not have heard about yet, and plenty more. Reinventing the Wheel in India and Africa. DoGooder Video Award Winners.

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Collaborative Technologies for Social Impact: How Survivors Connect leverages the web and you can, too!

Amy Sample Ward

I myself was also almost a human trafficking victim for the purpose of forced marriage in India. Share stories and updates, sometimes photos or videos, publicly. WordPress is an open source blogging platform that lets you have any number of authors. The tool to try: Just communicate by email, privately.