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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We will use SKYPE out which is more rebust for monthly conference calls, scheduled for business hours in Pakistan so participants can use the Internet connection at their offices.

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Getting Around Internet Censorship: VPN

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last month I did a Networked NGO training in Dubai for Pakistan NGOs where I experienced Internet censorship first hand. Last month I did a Networked NGO training in Dubai for Pakistan NGOs where I experienced Internet censorship first hand. Stephanie put together this awesome resource list of services.

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TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey: What We Found Out and What to Do About It Part Two

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We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had a few months to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. Many NGOs Find Cloud Computing Confusing: Why? Cloud Contradictions in the NGO Sector.

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What is working wikily? How can funders catalyze and support networks? Join the conversation #netfunders on April 5-6th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How to support NGO leaders who want to work with a network mindset but run into obstacles, like their board? Measuring the strength of our networks, how they change over time, what theory of change to develop, what longer term outcomes might be achieved through networks, etc.

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Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The camp took place in Cha-am, Petchburi, Thailand.

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Update from CDI Mobile Telecentre and How You Can Help

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For at least another day the telecentre will stay in Lota to later move on to the next town and NGO. Skype has made an in-kind donation, allowing CDI to let people make free Skype-to-phone calls. Javier offered these poignant thoughts on why it's essential to support local NGOs in a time of disaster: read more.

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E-Mediat: Networked Capacity Building in the Middle East

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The implementation team was in the conference room in San Francisco for the first time, plus we had in-country leaders on Skype and phone. Our first day of meetings devoted most of the morning for team building and orientation. My friends from SMEX.org, Jessica Dherre and Mohamad Najem shared this post about their visit to SF.

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