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Refugee Response: TechSoup's New Online Technology Resource for NGOs Helping Refugees

Tech Soup

Refugee Response is an online technology informational resource that provides technology-related support for NGOs that serve refugees. That displacement has happened mostly as a result of the wars in Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Why NGOs and Humanitarian Workers Need Technology. spanhidden

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The Convergence of Social Activism, Donations, and Social Media: Episodic Giving In A Post Truth World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Our world – politically, economically, socially, technologically – is changing before our eyes. From Syria to China to Mexico, mass economic and politically-driven migration and refugee crises are triggering social tension, the rebooting of nationalisms and the emboldening of old prejudices. Mass migration. Future shock.