Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2011

In 2003, when the Iraq war started, I joined a group of folks who promised to fast for one day a week until the war ended. Of course even then, we didn't think the war would go on for 8 years! My personal fast ended late in 2004, when it seemed then that the war would go on for a very long time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2011

In 2003, when the Iraq war started, I joined a group of folks who promised to fast for one day a week until the war ended. Of course even then, we didn't think the war would go on for 8 years! My personal fast ended late in 2004, when it seemed then that the war would go on for a very long time.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2017

That displacement has happened mostly as a result of the wars in Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq. According to Pew Research Center , more than 60 million people or nearly 1 in every 100 people on earth have been displaced from their homes. Why NGOs and Humanitarian Workers Need Technology.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Global Fund for Women GlobalGiving Good360 Goodwill Industries International Goodwill Industries of Akron GRACE Greater Twin Cities United Way Healthy Schools Campaign Healthy Teen Network Helen Keller International Immigration Equality Interfaith Worker Justice Ipas Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America IREX Irving Cares LeadingAge League of Women (..)

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2017

Although that plant was considered a model employer for refugees at the time, Jane met employees who included a former engineer from Iraq and a surgeon from Bosnia. The organization was originally founded to fill a specific gap in immigrant and refugee services after Jane Leu, UpGlo's founder, took a tour of a poultry plant.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

After massive leaks of documents on the Iraq and Afghan wars and diplomatic cables from around the world, Wikileaks has demonstrated that it is a formidable threat to American legitimacy and power. Now, thanks to the tactical success of Operation Payback's DDoS attacks, they are.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2007

This tremendous growth is due in large part to the continued use of Martus by our partners working in Guatemala with the National Police Archive, and projects gathering data about Burma, Iraq and the Philippines.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Though many of the countries we work in are talked about in the news (DR Congo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan), some aren’t as well-known (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Nigeria) and we often need to explain why operating in these countries is important.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2010

Mousa and I talked about his dream of helping centers for blind people in Iraq get the tech equipment they need. Conversation Two I had agreed to act as a mentor to a Global Changemaker, in this case Mousa Mousawy, an Iraqi teenager now living in Jordan.

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NTEN

MAY 2, 2011

With "The Rucksack", Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) have actually managed to build an online community that works. We all want it. We know we need it. Making it happen?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

My mentee, Musa, talked about his efforts to help communities in Iraq, including getting blind schools what they needed in terms of equipment (something I’m planning on helping him with), and ended with a rap. Prince Haakon of Norway kicked off the session, along with our moderator, Angel Cabrera, the dean of the Thunderbird Business School.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 12, 2010

She told us about her husband’s injuries from a roadside bomb in Iraq. Lee Woodruff spoke yesterday afternoon here at the AFP Conference. She had some good points and some poignant moments, but one stuck with me. She talked about the importance of living in the moment.

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NTEN

MAY 11, 2009

But simply having the list may drive more interesting traffic, like, oh, Barham Salih, Iraq's Deputy P.M. Sample tweet: " We must finish paper on Iraq economic vision- but assumptions made so far risky and not verified with available data!" As it turns out, they're pretty boring.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

The Rucksack" -- a cutting-edge project that I led recently for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) -- is an especially powerful example of an organization using technology in a strategic and transformative way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Founding partners include United Nations Foundation, DonorsChoose.org , Mashable, Blackbaud, charity: water, GlobalGiving, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), Kiva, Darden Restaurant Group, Groupon, Unilever and VENTURE3Capital.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America , founded in June 2004, is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. San Francisco to teaching reading in Atlanta, to rebuilding homes and lives in the Gulf coast communities.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2014

I was a part of the 418th Civil Affairs Battalion in Belton and deployed to Iraq in 2008. Nathan : Great question - honestly I think the best network I found was joining the Army Reserve in Kansas City. Not all of us are in KC anymore (we all returned home safely!) but that''s been a network I still benefit from to this day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

In deck above, you will see a graph that shows that the Ice Bucket Challenge had more search volume than other news such as Ferguson and Iraq during the last few weeks. This shows the importance of timing and playing off current events. 2) Playing on Memes: The campaign took advantage of social media narcissism for a good cause.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Included is an image of Dustin on tour in Iraq, wearing an ambiguous expression and surrounded by a dusty landscape. This is a smart choice because while gripping, the photo from his tour in Iraq on their blog has a more complicated tone. They included one hashtag, #UnitedInService, for The Mission Continues’ September campaign.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

That’s the day Iraq invaded Kuwait, an event that would start a domino effect that has lasted more than 20 years. Author: Kent Gilliam. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was the only thing on the news on August 2, 1990. I was just 19 at the time and not really sure what I wanted to do with my life.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2008

The Dispatch also reports that the reason for the increase is the war in Iraq. Today, there is a total of 11.4 million refugees outside their countries, as well as 26 million others displaced internally by conflict or persecution at the end of 2007."

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

The Iraq War was raging. In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." " The year was 2005. TechSoup was then called CompuMentor. Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. The buzzword then was Web 2.0,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

We are working with refugees on the ground in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. The fundraising objective is to raise revenue for our Syrian Children’s Relief Fund in order to support our responses to ongoing and urgent needs as a result of the conflict. Even small donations can make a difference.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2009

Also working with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America to help get them the respect and services they deserve, working on reform of the VA. A: For me specifically, government and social media (and not just Washington), social media, the Sunlight Foundation ( on government accountability and transparency, data.gov, etc.)

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See3

MAY 25, 2007

Gore suggested that if the net was as powerful six years ago as it was today, that maybe we wouldn’t have had so many yes votes for the Iraq war because the press would have been pressured to tell the American people more directly that Iraq was not responsible for 9-11 (which 70% of Americans believed and 50% still believe.)

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 7, 2007

CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq. You can see which Congresswomen voted for and against the Iraq War here. You can learn about joining or hosting a CODE PINK Mother's Day event here, and read an interview with their Local Groups Coordinator, Rae Abileah, here.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Jake Wood is cofounder and CEO of Team Rubicon and a former Marine sniper with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. It was a bittersweet moment that seemed to bring some closure to many of the veterans around the campfire that night. It certainly did for me.

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2010

We are also engaging with the Government of Iraq through the development of new web portals that will assist with project management and connecting with citizens of the country.

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See3

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Here’s the one I got today about the upcoming debate on Iraq: Share and Enjoy: Leave a Reply Get Tips and Best Practices Sign up below to get our newsletters highlighting the latest in online marketing and communications for nonprofits.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

One grandmother, a diehard among people avoiding the Internet, became an avid online user when her grandson was stationed in Iraq. She quickly set aside any qualms about going online; her grandson took priority. In my own family, my parents, siblings and other relatives are scattered across the U.S. and other countries.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

The project is active in Iraq and Kenya. These involve detection and interruption, identifying individuals involved in transmission, and changing social norms of the communities where it occurs. Perhaps most impressively they are working in Syrian civil war.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association. The list of partner charities at launch include: US Fund for UNICEF. The Wilderness Society. Ronald McDonald House Charities. Jumpstart for Young Children. Feeding America. Do Something. The United Way. Mercy Corps. American Heart Association.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 30, 2011

I’m thinking about my grandfathers, both of whom were proud of their military service, my friends who have returned from their fourth and fifth tours, and the recent NPR piece I heard about a couple who deployed to Iraq together but didn’t return that way.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2007

2008 resolution New Year activist activism Photo of sign from 2003 Iraq war protest by me. I need to be a bit more balanced in the fun department in 2008, spend more time with my family and friends, read silly as well as serious stuff, and take time to enjoy all the things that are going well in my life and in our world.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2008

blogging job activism

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

A Guest Beneblog by Anita Gohdes, Jeff Klingner, Megan Price and Patrick Ball The recent release of almost 400,000 secret US military files on the war in Iraq through Wikileaks has attracted wide media coverage. This new evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that IBC’s press data underreport small events in Iraq.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 28, 2006

Hamid, the Founder and Director of New Horizon for Woman, was particularly moving: "To all sisters and to all friends, What you hear from the media is little of the chaotic situation in Iraq. The reality is more tragic in Baghdad; killing and kidnapping take place day and night. No one feels safe anywhere.

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