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Reflections on Twitter Chat Facilitation Techniques

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also learned about this NGO from Pakistan that is using social media efficiently to communicate with its stakeholders. I also clicked through to people who were participating by re-tweeting the tag or other people’s answers and specifically @reply to them to draw them out. Tags: Engagement.

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Opening Session at NASSCOM and Social Innovation Winners

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The opening session started with the lighting of a lamp and welcome from NASSCOM officials to the crowded ballroom fill with 1600 conference attendees from 27 countries, including a delegation from Pakistan. Tags: india. In the US, many of IT conferences are often silos of these different audiences.

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Menu for Hope: Holiday Gift Giving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She posted this about the Menu for Hope , a little fundraiser by food blogger, to help people affected by the earthquake in Northern India and Pakistan. Technorati Tags: nptech , net2 I love seeing how grassroots fundraising translates to blogs. Even better, according to a comment, they've raised $5,600 so far.

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Volunteers show a generous face - The National Newspaper

AFP Blog

Volunteers show a generous face - The National Newspaper: "When Lola Lopez founded Aid in Motion, a Dubai-based NGO, last year to collect and donate clothes to poor rural communities in Kenya, Myanmar and Pakistan, she needed help. Tags: NPVolunteer NPFacebook NPtech. Before she knew it, 3,000 volunteers had.

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A Free Agent and Nonprofits Working Together To End Homelessness

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Shawn Admed , another free agent , a Canadian citizen, does his on the ground work in developing countries. We are also seeing the rise of “ non-state actors &# doing humanitarian work in places like Pakistan. Tags: Free Agent. The computer room in the First Steps for Families Shelter.

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The Faces of International Development

Forum One

Tags: International Development. I love hearing such inspiring stories and participating in any development initiative -- my heart lies in the pursuit of helping others, but how you define that help and the priorities of those in need, have to be well assessed and taken into consideration.

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Guest Post from ThinkSocial: Building A Movement in An Interconnected World - A Conversation with Jacqueline Novogratz

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In Part 2 of this talk Jacqueline talks about Pakistan and the opportunities to create a global community around the people who are trying to create positive and lasting change in the country. Tags: movement building. Building a Movement in an Interconnected World: A Conversation with Jacqueline Novogratz (Part 2).