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Open Challenges Harness Local Knowledge for Local Change

Tech Soup

In the last six years, Community Boost_r , ReStart Challenges , and Things Camp have used an open community challenge model. These open challenges help activists, nonprofits, journalists, techies, and community members identify, refine, build, and launch technology tools to solve pressing local and regional problems. spanhidden.

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So, You’re Thinking About Blogging? How To: Create a Blog for your Organization

Amy Sample Ward

Last year, I had the unique privilege to help facilitate The Local Philanthropy Workshop with the TechSoup Romania team. The social media/technology landscape in Romania is very interesting – with a diverse set of issues, struggles and opportunities. Create Community Dialogue. So, you’re ready to get started – woohoo!

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Live Blogging ONG Web 2.0 Conference in Romania sponsored by the Soros Foundation in Bucharest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I am here in Romania for a conference hosted by the Soros Foundation as part of their pilot advocacy through blogging program. Social Media, NGOs, and Romania View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. A rating of 100 or more is considered good in Romania. Goal is to provide web presence for most ngos in Romania.

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Scrappy VS Strategic: Is there a generational divide in nonprofits around how to innovate using new technology?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As of this writing, there are 13 responses (ok, two are from me) from people who work (in some cases lead) the Morino Institute, Random Hacks of Kindness, TechSoup Romania, CROS, Meedan, the Gates Foundation, Beth Kanter, Campus Party USA, Vulcan Labs, and Fundacja TechSoup/Warsaw Social Hackathon.

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TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge Global Tweet Chat Recap

Tech Soup

Romania: TechSoup Romania took over to discuss how to tell your story in six words with Georgiana Ilie , journalist and storytelling trainer. The answer for smaller organizations is to look for open source software as suggested in the Cambridge portion of the tweet chat.

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Turning City Data into Apps with Apps4Warsaw

Tech Soup

What happens when you combine local government, open data, and creative and tech-savvy citizens? Led by TechSoup Europe , Apps4Warsaw challenged Warsaw's tech-for-good community members to create useful technology for their neighbors using city open datasets. Apps4Warsaw. A Contest Built on City Data.

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The Future of Fundraising, Part Two

Tech Soup

Surprisingly, 35 percent of respondents to a Nielsen study indicate being open to making online payments on their smartphones. The Restart Romania challenge resulted in citizens proposing technological solutions to a range of real world problems such as corruption in the medical system. according to the Pew Research Center.