Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

OCTOBER 2, 2009

From the UN Dispatch : Over the weekend a deadly tropical storm slammed into the Philippines, causing severe flooding in urban areas and affecting tens of thousands. Tuesday, a powerful underwater earthquake triggered a tsunami with waves 15 to 20 feet high that crashed into the Samoa islands, destroying homes and taking lives.

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Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

OCTOBER 2, 2009

From the UN Dispatch : Over the weekend a deadly tropical storm slammed into the Philippines, causing severe flooding in urban areas and affecting tens of thousands. Tuesday, a powerful underwater earthquake triggered a tsunami with waves 15 to 20 feet high that crashed into the Samoa islands, destroying homes and taking lives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2008

"    She invited me to contribute one sentence for a social media fundraising project she's leading to support female entrepreneurs in the Philippines.   She is hoping to raise $10,000 for a group of female entrepreneurs in the Philippines. Some of the contributors so far: Anita Pahor , Women???s

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Iowan helps provide high-tech eyes of disaster relief in Philippines | Des Moines Register Staff Blogs : Harwath is one of four Global DIRT members currently on the ground in the Philippines.

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Tech Soup Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Relief organizations and first-responders are mobilizing to provide aid to those affected by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. The Philippine Red Cross is on the ground providing relief to those in affected areas. Help Habitat for Humanity re-build the Philippines after Haiyan destroyed over 3,438 houses (as of November 10).

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

They rescue abused, abandoned and neglected children in the Philippines and provide a home and future for them through rehabilitation and education. Tammy Fairweather is a 2021 graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University. She is the executive director and co-founder of Arise Ministries.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 23, 2013

According to the DEC (disaster emergency committee) , a UK based coalition made up of 14 charities who band together in times of crisis, 6 million british pounds were raised via mobile donations after the Philippines was rocked by the typhoon that occurred earlier this year.

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fusionSpan

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In the Philippines, where I was born, it’s common to name a child using an amalgamation of their parents’ first names. She enjoys yoga, espresso, learning new tech, and obsessing over her Siberian cat named Winston. What is a fun fact about yourself that people might not know?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Join me to discuss charitable giving in the Philippines, #GivingTuesday, and how I’m inviting Conan O’Brien to “ get out the give ‘ for #GivingTuesday on Wednesday 11/13 at 1 p.m. I think Conan should join the #GivingTuesday movement and get more followers. EST. Join the Conversation here: [link].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

I’ve been fortunate enough to be hired to provide three social media trainings to their nonprofit partners in Malaysia (photo above), Singapore, and the Philippines. Ultimately their goal is help nonprofits become better equipped at fulfilling their mission by building their technological capacity.

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NTEN

MARCH 13, 2015

Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines in November 2013, killing more than 6,000 people. Innovation and adoption of new technologies is not without controversy. For example: How does your nonprofit leadership feel about unmanned aerial vehicles?

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

We had humble beginnings 40 years ago in the Philippines and our founders Bill and Kathleen Magee. He had heard that in the Philippines, there was quite a few kids that needed cleft palate or cleft lip surgery and cleft lip and cleft palate surgery is a specialty. Bill is a retired plastic surgeon.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 25, 2008

The Philippines has had cell phone banking for years. Other great comments from users of M-Pesa directed at traditional banks: You closed our accounts and chased us like dogs. Don't bark at us. The sly person is in trouble when the fool gets smart. And, Kenya is not the only country to discover this opportunity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Using photos for online organizing is not limited to the US, it is global. Here is a recent example from Global Voices Online reporting on how activists in the Philippines used selfies to protest train fare hikes. This campaign combines the popular selfie with the time honored hold a sign meme. Family is Familia.

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Tech Soup Blog

AUGUST 11, 2014

The high Internet growth countries are now India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Mexico, and Philippines. Here's what I found: Internet growth: 2.6 billion people are now using the Internet worldwide, 618 million of them are in China. Global Internet adoption growth is actually slowing compared to previous years.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

New York City, Colombia, the Philippines, and Nepal. Today, the program works in Washington, D.C., You can listen and subscribe to the Big Vision Podcast via iTunes , or on the player above. If you have suggestions for people I should interview, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com.

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AFP Blog

JULY 22, 2014

''Using technology to do good'': Disaster Tech Lab - Independent.ie : An Irish NGO has brought emergency communications systems to disaster-stricken countries like Haiti, The Philippines, and Sandy-hit Long Island since setting up in 2010.'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2007

This tremendous growth is due in large part to the continued use of Martus by our partners working in Guatemala with the National Police Archive, and projects gathering data about Burma, Iraq and the Philippines.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 11, 2015

For kidney’s sake, take to drinking (water) | Inquirer Lifestyle : "To mark World Kidney Day (WKD) on March 12, the Philippine Society of Nephrology (PSN) is encouraging netizens to take up the challenge, which would require them to take their photos while drinking a glass of water and posting the pictures on Facebook, Twitter or other social media (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 27, 2005

Because it relates to blogging and because part of my extended family is from the Philippines (as well as Cambodia) here goes: By way of Global s Online , a Google Bombing campaign to change the online image of women from the Philippines and take back the keyboards flipina and Philippines. Add the image to the post.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 14, 2012

Microsoft launches TechSoup in PHL | GMA News Online | The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere : As Microsoft Philippines celebrated NGO (non-government organization) Connection Day, it simultaneously launched TechSoup Asia which aims to help organizations acquire technology information and resources.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Cebu, Philippines. I hope you’ll pause at each one and think about the way water is changing the lives of those in the pictures and community around the world: 350 Rising Sea Level Campaign at Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. 350 action in Oman Dive Center. Hulhumale Maldives. Find more pictures and stories from #101010 and 350.org

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

I was born in the Philippines. So the cover photo had 35 people from many different countries: Israel, Peru, the Philippines, China, Guatemala. I sent a film crew to Philippines to film my mom – so it''s intense because I''ve seen more of her editing the footage in these past four months than I have in 20 years. Uh, Facebook."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 20, 2004

The presentation by Smart Communications of the Philippines was especially cool: they are turning the cell phone into a wallet for the poor. Earlier this year, I remember buying roasted cashews from a woman on the street in Maputo, Mozambique, who had her wares balanced on her head.

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Tech Soup Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

12,000 specific geographic locations were coded in 42 Sub-Sahara African countries, 27 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as Indonesia, and the Philippines (a selection of Africa-wide projects were also coded). This can have a significantly positive impact on efforts to improve accountability and aid effectiveness.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The UN commissioned the Digital Humanitarian Network to track the real-time effects of Typhoon Pablo in the Philippines. Google’s Superstorm Sandy Crisis Map tracked the course of last winter’s storm, with video footage, evacuation routes and emergency aid centers.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

The organization operates in Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Laos, Dominican Republic and India and also has offices in three donor nations: United States, Australia and New Zealand.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 10, 2012

Fred Uytengsu , CEO of Philippines-based Alaska Milk Corporation said, "I am taking part in the CEO Endurance World Championships as yet another opportunity to challenge myself physically and mentally."

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Tech Soup Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2013

NetSquared Manila in the Philippines. Newest Net2Local Groups. We’re a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Check out our newest groups: NetSquared Chepe in San Jose, Costa Rica. NetSquared Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Don’t have a Net2Local group near you? We’d love to help you start a new meetup.

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Tech Soup Blog

JANUARY 10, 2012

We’ve also launched a NetSquared Local in Singapore, and are working to include the Philippines and Thailand in the near future. TechSoup Asia currently offers product donations from our donating partners Microsoft, Symantec, and SAP, as well as relevant and useful content to NGOs in Singapore and Malaysia.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

She is currently a Kiva fellow serving a three-month tour in a rural section of the Philippines. Sloane Berrent, a cause-based marketing consultant who works with nonprofits and social cause organizations. Schlemminger, a strategic marketing communications professional who integrates best practices in branding, PR and social media.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Social media keep flood victims connected: "(09-28) 18:49 PDT -- With their homes and offices flooded, landlines overloaded and electricity knocked out, residents of the typhoon-stricken regions of the Philippines managed to report news of their plight to the world by using cell phones and social networks."

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Tech Soup Blog

MAY 31, 2013

They are all part of TechSoup Asia , which serves charities in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand — and now Vietnam and Indonesia. We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2006

SaveGuimaras is a group of individuals who are dedicated to raising awareness on the recent oil-spill tragedy in Guimaras, Philippines. Friendster is a very popular social network in the Philippines. Mobile technology is more popular in the Philippines and we are looking into how we could use this platform. BTW, we are the no.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2005

Born in Roxas City, known as the seafood capital of the Philippines, she graduated from the University of the Philippines with a degree in mass communications. She has been blogging about her work and life at Sreisaat Adventures in Cambodia since January, 2004. She moved to Cambodia in April, 2000.

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Tech Soup Blog

APRIL 3, 2015

Manila, Philippines: Social Media Surgery. Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Singapore: Office 365 for Nonprofits. Monday, April 20. Melbourne, Australia: Content Marketing for NFPs: Get Results! Tuesday, April 21. Wednesday, April 8, 2015. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Social Media Surgery — Hands-on Help with Social Media.

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Tech Soup Blog

JUNE 22, 2015

In December 2013, drones from the NGO Direct Relief were put to work assessing damage and participating in search and rescue operations in the super typhoon Haiyan-stricken Philippines. In the U.S., firefighters now use drones to spot wildfires and gauge their movement. There is potential to use them fight fires as well if the FAA permits it.

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