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Stick To Our Knitting? What Is TechSoup?

Tech Soup

More than 80 such projects are available on the platform with open-source code to enable replication. Our network partner in Indonesia runs Kitabisa.com ("We can"), a Kickstarter-like crowdfunding platform.

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Unlocking Data for Philanthropy: Notes from Global Philanthropy Forum Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He referenced that there are over 371 platforms for social change data. The UN is a neutral platform, trying to learn in the ground, setting up labs in partnership with government. It is not just the software and technology platform, it is the data. How do we weave it together?

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The Steep Challenges of Philanthropy to the Muslim World

Tech Soup

The most populous Muslim country is Indonesia , followed by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Egypt. Mideastyouth.com is creating platforms and web applications that amplify diverse voices advocating for change throughout the Middle East and North Africa using digital media. The Challenge of Philanthropy to the Muslim World.

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#4Change Chat Wrap-Up: Community Building

Amy Sample Ward

Note on platform : During last week’s Twitter chat, not unlike previous chats, we dealt with some major issues around lag and load time. 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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Creating a Movement, Addressing Inequality

Achieve

She spent half of her senior year traveling the world again, backpacking through places like Indonesia, Thailand, and Southeast Asia. Using the Crowdrise campaign platform, she was able to tell friends, share the experience with her consumers, and spread the message through social media. World Clothes Line.

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. All other platforms are in the low single digits. There are now 2.4 billion Internet users around the world, and Internet growth continues to be brisk, especially in developing countries.

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

Have Fun - Do Good

There are many different platforms for both doing podcasting and blogging that are easy or difficult. 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.

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