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Trainer’s Notebook: #Tech2Empower Peru

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Greetings from Cusco, Peru! I am honored to be working with Wake International on their Tech2Empower Program in Cusco, Peru. Our group of advisors includes 20 impressive women from 8 technology companies who are sharing their skills and expertise with local women entrepreneurs help them to scale their businesses.

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3 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals to Build Resilience

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. I use the themes to guide my professional work and writing. What gave me joy?

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Tech2Empower: The Llama Pack Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week I was got to work on a week-long service trip in Cusco, Peru as part of Wake: Women’s Alliance for Knowledge Exchange #Tech2empower program where womwn in who work in technology volunteer to share their professional skills and knowledge with women-run business owners.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

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This charity also has offices in India , Nepal , and Tanzania operates its own projects and supports partners in Tanzania, India, and Nepal and works on behalf of children in places like the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Peru, Cambodia, China, and Bangladesh. It has just 20 UK-based staff. It also uses both.

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for Latin American NGOs

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They also created network maps for each country as well sharing examples using online networks using technology tools. I like to teach a combination of online technical skills and leadership professional development which worked really well with this group.

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Need Hands-on Help? NetSquared's Free Workshops Are in Your Community

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Technology helps nonprofits deliver on our missions more effectively, but it can also be fiendishly complicated. In Peru, the group explored how Azure can help NGOs and in Tanzania , people learned about the concept of cloud productivity services. Burlington, Vermont: Project Management Professional Training in Burlington, Vermont.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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In some of the places where we work, women are very often not in professional roles whatsoever, much less the media. We are also in discussions in Peru, in Burkina Faso, and in Botswana as well. She has been able to use this opportunity to uplift herself professionally. We are pushing an envelope there.