Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The nexus for this work is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations agency that deals with such matters. I’ve been to national meetings in the U.S. My experience with the international publishers was such that I expected there would be a way to work through this issue.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America , or go international with events in. Kisii, Kenya: Storymakers 2017 NetSquared Kisii. Mombasa, Kenya: Storytelling in Mombasa NetSquared. Kakamega, Kenya: Stand for Sharing Your Story — NetSquared Kakamega. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Through projects like the Games and Learning Publishing Council and the National STEM Video Game Challenge ( [link] ), the Cooney Center explores the power of games to advance learning and engage vulnerable students. Another nonprofit furthering research behind games and learning is the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. Around Gender.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2013

This meeting will be at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The intention of the event is to join industry and government in putting into action some of the principles developed at the 2012 United Nation’s Pan-African Forum on E-Waste in Nairobi, Kenya. Africa now has more mobile phone users than either the U.S.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

The event's purpose was to join industry and government in putting into action some of the precepts developed at the 2012 United Nation’s Pan-African Forum on E-Waste in Nairobi, Kenya. To identify industry leaders in Africa willing to be early adopters of international standards. Images courtesy of Caroline Bowley.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2010

This post comes from GuideStar International chair Buzz Schmidt. Originally publised on the GuideStar International Blog. This week, several TechSoup Global staffers are participating in Foundation Week in Brussels. read more.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Paris, France: Forum National des Associations et des Fondations. Center photo : Chrispin Okumu / NetSquared Kenya / CC BY. Right photo : Chrispin Okumu / NetSquared Kenya / CC BY. Africa and Middle East.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 8, 2005

Patrick Ball is in Colombia for most of the next three months teaching the techniques of human rights statistics and information processing at the National University there. And all this is on top of Martus work we're actively engaged with in Kenya, Nigeria and Egypt. Africa is definitely getting more attention from us.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

50CAN is an organization that drives the creation of stronger, more equitable schools in every state and community within its national network. As a national organization, it has just over 4,700 local clubs in nearly every community across the country. In terms of how these organizations are communicating with their stakeholders (e.g.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. It originally appeared on NetSquared. Is Open Data Just A Flash in the Pan Movement?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Austin, Texas: National Council of Nonprofits — Google+ Hangout. Busia, Kenya: Beyond Today’s Internet Experiencing: Smart Future Conference Kenya. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

This was originally posted on the GuideStar International Blog. International Economic and Policy Stakeholders Recognize the Internet’s Increasing Role. The 6th Internet Governance Forum will soon bring multiple stakeholders to Kenya to discuss key policy and governance issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

But even more fun was this video interview with the good folks at the Gifts In Kind International who I ran into in the lobby and they pulled out their copy of the book and shared a few thoughts about they’re applying the ideas. National Summer Learning Association – Networked Nonprofit Workshop on November 9th.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2008

Yesterday's Huffington Post article, 500,000 Iraqis Refugees in 2007 , reported that, "A half-million Iraqis fled their embattled country in 2007, the third consecutive year more Iraqis were displaced than any other nationality." That's a statistic you don't often see in the news. Today, there is a total of 11.4 Follow their Twitter feed.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

And, in our initial six pilot countries (which include Colombia, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Senegal) we plan to take a deeper look, using national data, research and story-gathering to understand where progress is being made and where it is lagging. . The future for Equal Measures 2030.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

And, in our initial six pilot countries (which include Colombia, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Senegal) we plan to take a deeper look, using national data, research and story-gathering to understand where progress is being made and where it is lagging. . The future for Equal Measures 2030.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

From this moment on, I truly felt an emotional connection to the foundation's work in Kenya and Tanzania and appreciated the reality of these everyday problems that are so often looked over in favor of more dramatic conflict. I don't think I have been more blown away by a technological advance than this one.

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JUNE 18, 2009

This session we focused on issues of health data collection--represented by the form shown here, which is a brand-new data collection instrument from Kenya (brought to the group by PATH's David Lubinski). This form is emblematic of the profound challenges in gathering accurate, reliable, consistent data at the field level.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

GuideStar does have Jumo International listed as a nonprofit organization but very little information is shown and likely won’t be until they file their first 990 with the IRS. Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&# Two of the questions were “Which of these places would you most like to visit? So What and Who Cares.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 31, 2006

In June 1975, during the the International Women's Year, governments and women from all over the world met in Mexico City for the United Nation's First International Wonmen's Conference. At the time, Maathai was a member of the National Council of Women of Kenya (NCWK).

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This is similar to the success of projects like Restart Romania in which social activists got help to develop online tools to address corruption in high places, and also a national website for tracking medication shortages in Romania. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. Social Media.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

FORGE serves 60,000 refugees in three different refugee camps in Southern Africa, and is an official operating partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR ). We bring communities together to identify their top problems, needs, and priorities, and solve them internally. Now 26, Erickson is still FORGE's Executive Director.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

American Edmonia "Wildfire" Lewis is considered the first woman of Native American and African descent to achieve international fame as a sculptor at a time when artists of color were hardly celebrated and slavery was still legal. Wangari Maathai was a renowned environmental political activist in Kenya. Edmonia Lewis. Roxane Gay.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

This offer is international. It’s a new international charity classification system that will pave the way for better grantmaking, especially online and international philanthropy. based National Center for Charitable Statistics and adopted by the IRS back in the pre-Web 1980s. Find eligibility information here.

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MARCH 4, 2021

South Sudanese Friends International did a great version of this in their community garden campaign. They shared with the community that they wanted to install six new gardens in Kenya this year. The Faith in Action National and Network Federations is working with a woman named Rosa to keep her from being deported.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Last week at the United Nations General Assembly , Equal Measures 2030 launched a multi-country policymaker survey that explored perceptions of progress on gender-related issues and access to and use of data to inform decisions.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

GuideStar does have Jumo International listed as a nonprofit organization but very little information is shown and likely won’t be until they file their first 990 with the IRS. Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&# Two of the questions were “Which of these places would you most like to visit? ford Thanks, Steve.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This is similar to the success of projects like Restart Romania in which social activists got help to develop online tools to address corruption in high places, and also a national website for tracking medication shortages in Romania. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. Social Media.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

CompuMentor in due course turned into TechSoup when it became a national nonprofit, and TechSoup Global in 2008 after it had become an international organization. After that he was a freelance journalist, writing for The New York Times , The Nation , Harper's Weekly , Mother Jones , Redbook. among many other publications.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Marsha Wallace: Dining for Women is an international giving circle, and our mission is to support and empower self-sufficiency for women and girls who live in extreme poverty in developing countries. We had a group that went to Kenya to visit BOMA Fund , and we went to Uganda to visit the BeadforLife program. It was wonderful.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

SOS Children’s Villages International :: @ SOS_Children. Girls Education International :: @ GirlsED. Girls Education International strives to expand and support educational opportunities for women and girls in remote regions of the developing world. National Marine Life Center :: @ MarineLifeCtr. 10×10 :: @ 10x10Act.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

One of the women that stands out is actually someone who participated in our 2008 training, which took place in Kenya. You're sitting here, beaming and smiling, like the happiest people doing international development work I've ever seen. Literally, relationships were formed that will last a lifetime. Her name is Solame.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

” Using a webinar and conference call platform, we were able to bring in participants from San Francisco, Rwanda, Kenya, Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt. Originally from Kenya, she earned a B.A. Originally from Kenya, she earned a B.A. and Kenya, where Akili Dada is based.

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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. The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative. Met with a major international human rights defender group about our Martus technology and digital security more generally. Nairobi, Kenya Next I headed to Nairobi, Kenya. So, we fill in for them. This time, I had the benefit of help.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

of total philanthropic resources each year that actually directly go to benefit women and girls, and that includes both domestic and international grant making. It works in over 160 countries around the world. Therefore, we are the only foundation I know of that will accept requests in any language, and in any format.

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