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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with a group of Population and Reproductive Health grantees from Pakistan on a peer learning group called “ The Networked NGO ,” based on the ideas in my book, The Networked Nonprofit. The four-day intensive face-to-face training was for senior level staff and their social media staffers.

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Tips for Remote Presenting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the past, I have presented remotely using skype audio and video. Last year I audio-skyped into a conference in the UK to present with Steve Bridger. I thought we could use the chat back channel but since there was only laptop in the room we needed another system for backchannel communication.

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Celebrating Chinese New Year with Skype, Flickr, Stickers and Paper

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I told them that after circle we would use SKYPE internet phone to call Nick in Hong Kong. The day before, I had worked with the school's IT Director to get access to their wireless network and get ports cleared so we could I jack in my laptop and get beyond the firewall. I was not able to get on with my laptop.

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Video Conferencing Apps: Take Virtual Meetings on the Road

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ReadyTalk Mobile (iPad) makes it easy to jump in on a meeting if you left your work laptop behind. stands out because it lets you video chat over 3G, 4G, and Wi-Fi networks (some video chat apps restrict how you connect). And like Tango, it can operate over multiple networks. TechSoup Donor Partners. Like ooVoo, Fring.

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Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The camp was organized by Thai Fund Foundation in partnership with Opendream , , Thai Netizen Network , Frontier Foundation and Tactical Technology Collective. The camp took place in Cha-am, Petchburi, Thailand. The theme for the training was “ Data, Data.” kanter we have wifi connection interuption here.

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The One Secret To Better Virtual Meetings: Empathy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Since many of the participants were from organizations that worked with networks or many partners or had affiliates in different places of the world, many of their meetings tended to be hybrid meetings.

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Wireless Networking Card Mac Address? Help!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I didn't want to mess with installing (and unstalling) SKYPE on the computer so I could call Nick in Hong Kong as we view his flickr photo set and he could answer questions. I found the screen that gave me the properties of wireless networking card connection and there is a physical address. Is that the MAC address?

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