Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

We are working very closely with Dr. Yasmeen Qazi who is the Pakistan Country Advisor and her very talented team members, Dr. Iftikhar Soomro and Seema Zameer — all of whom understand capacity building programs. On the first day, we all sang “ Dil Dil Pakistan ,” a well-loved song that most people from Pakistan know.

Pakistan 111

Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

Once we mapped the network on the wall before our eyes, we reflected on the following questions: * What are the points of connection? There are two different lens to think about network mapping. ” I don’t like the term, but it describes when you create a network map of your professional network.

Professional 101

Professional Network Learning Lebanon 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Post-It Note Facilitation of A Network Map - 2012 Pakistan NGOs. What’s in your facilitation toolkit? Mine includes markers , sticky notes , index cards, and flip chart paper. But wait, paper??? And, I’m not alone.

Facilitation 139

Facilitation Arts Pakistan Exercise 139

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Relatively new technologies in the report include GPS tracking, mapping, crowdsourcing, cloud technology, portable networks, and drone technology. After the immediate crisis, GPS and mapping technology could provide actionable data, laying the foundation to rebuild. The Difference Technology Makes. These technologies (and many more!)

South Africa 50

South Africa Disaster Hurricane Pakistan 50

Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

I did a post a few weeks ago on youth programs in TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map and decided I hadn’t covered this resource nearly enough. Our Local Impact Map. Read more stories on our Local Impact Map from around the world that show the impact of technology donations on organizations and communities like yours.

Donation 52

Donation Japan Program Benefit 52

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2006

Rod Beckstrom, prominent Silicon Valley tech executive, was in Pakistan during the great quake (although not in the quake zone when the big one hit). Their could be different layers for roads, schools, hospitals, patients, water, etc. - [could] a wiki could somehow intersect with a GPS mapping system to enable richer data sharing.

Pakistan 100

Pakistan Disaster Wiki Google 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. I’ve also done this with groups of organizations who have collectively created their network maps on the wall.

Experiment 116

Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116