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Innovative Geocoding Project Maps Aid Data

Tech Soup

The people at AidData (a program of Development Gateway ) have teamed up with the World Bank Institute to complete the first stage of a groundbreaking geocoding project (Mapping for Results Initiative). This can have a significantly positive impact on efforts to improve accountability and aid effectiveness.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

I did a post a few weeks ago on youth programs in TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map and decided I hadn’t covered this resource nearly enough. Our Local Impact Map. Read more stories on our Local Impact Map from around the world that show the impact of technology donations on organizations and communities like yours.

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Improve Your Fundraising Approach and Skills at NetSquared Meetups

Tech Soup

Jakarta, Indonesia: Web Hosting. Bath, United Kingdom: Tech for Good Community Mapping. Singapore, Singapore: DataJam! Tuesday, October 10, 2017. Wellington, New Zealand: Set Your Email Newsletter on Fire | Net2Welly Oct '17 Meetup. Sunday, October 15, 2017. Europe and U.K. Tuesday, October 3, 2017. Wednesday, October 4, 2017.

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#4Change Chat Wrap-Up: Community Building

Amy Sample Ward

But for now local is still something I use a map and a tank of gas to determine the limits of. Successful and Unsuccessful Examples: From @davidahood: Greenpeace internationally had great success recently with the Nestle campaign getting Nestle to end deforestation in Indonesia for palm oil.

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

When I did a little digging, I realized that aside from threatening our water supply in Austin, Texas, they had sufficiently done that in Indonesia, and the Philippines and pretty much all over the world. And interestingly, there was a group of women who really had put that on the map as well. This is about our community.

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