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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. After the introduction, I gave my brief presentation.

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Open Challenges Harness Local Knowledge for Local Change

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Chris Worman, senior director of alliances and community engagement at TechSoup, founded TechSoup Romania and was heavily involved in ReStart Romania and TechSoup's other open community challenges. He estimates that the projects have a 70 to 80 percent survival rate, which is much higher than many purely hackathon-driven models.

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Harnessing Office 365 to Send Every Child to Preschool

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OvidiuRo's story began in 2001, when Maria Gheorghiu and Leslie Hawke were helping poor women from the ghettos of Bacau, a small city in Romania. Their school dropout rate decreased in comparison with the national statistics. Last year the NGO accessed Office 365 for nonprofits with the help of TechSoup Romania.

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Harnessing Office 365 to Send Every Child to Preschool

Tech Soup

OvidiuRo's story began in 2001, when Maria Gheorghiu and Leslie Hawke were helping poor women from the ghettos of Bacau, a small city in Romania. Their school dropout rate decreased in comparison with the national statistics. Last year the NGO accessed Office 365 for nonprofits with the help of TechSoup Romania.

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Blogging and Streaming My Layover in Heathrow

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm doing a whirlwind in 7 days - Boston - Miami - London - Romania - Miami - Boston. After my time was up, I took the bus back to Terminal 5 and eat something and then boarded my flight to Romania. If you ever go to Romania, and need to take taxi into town - don't let any "official tax drivers" fool you. Any advice?

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Personal Democracy Forum 2012 Discount for TechSoup Community

Tech Soup

We’re especially proud that TechSoup’s own Chris Worman , Director of Communications and Special Projects, TechSoup Europe, will be speaking about his experience organizing the successful Restart Romania social justice technology challenge project. TechSoup members can get 20% off the non-profit and government rate.

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The Future of Fundraising, Part Two

Tech Soup

Online video consumption rates are now as high as television viewer rates globally. The Restart Romania challenge resulted in citizens proposing technological solutions to a range of real world problems such as corruption in the medical system. The Growth in Smartphones and Social Media.