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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for Latin American NGOs

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was lucky enough to be working with the digital strategy coordinator, Maria Rubi , from the Mexico office. She is not only fluent in English (and four other languages in addition to her native Spanish), she is also an excellent trainer and facilitator. We had a lot of content and process to go through during the two-day training.

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

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I feel that art is able to translate beyond language, and communicate a much larger vision of personal connection. We are also planning a trip to Peru! What is the path that brought you to this work? If you want to support Afghan women and girls, make a Traveling Postcard and send it to us. We have come a long way!

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Interview with My Dad, Tom Aageson, Co-Founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship

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That can mean, for example, language; it can mean architecture; it can mean food; it can mean artisan work, or artistic work. For example, I'd seen potters in Peru whose tradition was to make clay water jars for their community. They also enrich the community's culture, and they use cultural capital.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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I learned to speak the language fluently, and was there at a really intense time in terms of the civil war, and a lot of the political uprisings that were going on. We are also in discussions in Peru, in Burkina Faso, and in Botswana as well. BB: What is the path that brought you to this work personally?

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Drive Attention and Gain Donations on Facebook with Video Storytelling

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Using a handful of photos and video clips shot entirely on a mobile phone, ShelterBox created a video days after the landslides hit Peru and Colombia in an effort to drive donations in the wake of the devastation. Video should be a language with which you become very fluent if Facebook is an important platform for you.

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Jennifer Lee, Right-Brain Business Plan: How I Have Fun, Do Good

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The women are from all over the world and each faces various challenges like language barriers, cultural differences, being a single parent, and more, yet they continue preserve toward their dreams. I’ve coached a massage therapist from Japan and a jewelry designer from Peru.

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Online Storytelling & Cause Marketing: An Interview with Jonah Sachs of Free Range Studios

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Before I left for Peru, I did an interview for the Big Vision Podcast with Jonah Sachs, the Principal of Free Range Studios , an advertising and marketing firm with offices in Washington DC and Berkeley, California that specializes in non-profits and socially responsible businesses.