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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. Collective intelligence - The written press can no longer lie.

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Update: Philanthropy’s response to Ukraine crisis

Candid

These countries are, in the main, ones that share a border with Ukraine: Poland, Romania, Hungary, Moldova, and Slovakia. Candid collects data from publicly available sources, including press releases, websites, membership reports and surveys, and local reporting. According to the UNHCR , these countries are currently hosting 4.9

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Open Challenges Harness Local Knowledge for Local Change

Tech Soup

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. Video : TechSoup Romania. Making Everybody Part of the Process of Problem-Solving. " Spreading the Word about the Open Challenges.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

Tech Soup

The IT press was buzzing in late April about the free portable WiFi embedded by Microsoft in select May 6 Forbes Magazine print issues. The IT press has been covering lots new developments lately in paying by mobile phone. Strange News. Yes that's right. Microsoft has placed an Office 365. Digital Wallets.

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TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative: You’ve Come A Long Way Baby

Tech Soup

To be specific, they are our partners in Australia , New Zealand , Germany , France , Italy , India , Poland , and Romania. We believe that a well-developed computer reuse field could help solve two pressing social issues: toxic waste and the digital divide. Our French and Italian partners run their own in-house refurbishment programs.

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

Tech Soup

This is similar to the success of projects like Restart Romania in which social activists got help to develop online tools to address corruption in high places, and also a national website for tracking medication shortages in Romania. The IT press has been covering lots new developments lately in paying by mobile phone.

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