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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

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International NGO Leadership. Janet Mawlyoo , executive director, Kenya Community Development Foundation. Cecily Walker , systems librarian at the Vancouver BC Public Library. Nonprofit Technology Leadership. Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross from NTEN. Karen Graham and Laura Quinn from Idealware. Law and Advocacy. Religion Tech.

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Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way

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and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. Disaster relief is one of the primary activities of the NGO sector, and crowdsourced volunteer digital disaster work is an important and expanding part of it.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

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This virtual desktop solution connects to a nonprofit or school’s existing computer system very quickly and allows older computers to run Windows 7 and Windows applications as well as new PCs. According TechSoup’s Global NGO Cloud Survey , cloud storage and back-up is one of the most useful cloud technologies out there.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. The report also talks about a new growing form factor called "ultramobiles." Social Media.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

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He did his degree in NGO Management, and will be graduating this coming June. I was in high school, I was 17 and my first trip to Africa was to Kenya with my family, just on a picture safari. He showed so much leadership and promise that we ended up sponsoring him to a university through our FORGE education fund.

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Supporting Nonprofit Tech Educators Across the Globe

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Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Ho Ho: A Holiday Party for Victoria's Nonprofits. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: DIY Donor Management System Selection. Busia, Kenya: Netsquared Kenya Joins MLH Hackathon 3 December 2016. Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Storytelling 2016. Friday, December 2, 2016.

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Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities

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It’s a new international charity classification system that will pave the way for better grantmaking, especially online and international philanthropy. Back in 2012, in order to better meet the needs of the global philanthropic sector, the Foundation Center began an extensive review of their Philanthropy Classification System.

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