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Social Media, Networking, and African Women’s Leadership Training in Rwanda

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For the past ten days, I’ve been in Rwanda, Africa. My experience so far has been to develop curriculum – mostly focused on technology that is adapted in different countries by local organizations. Most of the training days took place in rural Rwanda on Lake Muhazi – which was a beautiful place.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas, including homelessness , equity in education , and climate justice. Each of these groups provided insights into the challenge, determined a focus area where technology can help, and developed a solution.

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Some Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To Tunisia Right Now

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I believe that social networking can do better by thinking about network structures, understanding roles of people, making organizations more sociable and blending social media. What is the role of nonprofits/NGOs in contributing to more resilient networks that can scale to build a stronger civil society?

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Improve Your Fundraising Approach and Skills at NetSquared Meetups

Tech Soup

Seattle, Washington: Fall Nonprofit Technology Speed Geek. Matloding, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. Morogoro, Tanzania: Role of ICT for Farm Management. Morogoro, Tanzania: Technology for Livelihood Improvement. Left photo : Gregory Munyaneza / NetSquared Rwanda / CC BY. Tuesday, October 17, 2017.

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Deadline Approaching for $10,000 Pizzigati Prize

Tech Soup

"Open source software developers like these fill an indispensable role," says Joseph Mouzon, the Tides Foundation chief of staff, a Pizzigati Prize judge, and the former executive director of Nonprofit Services for Network for Good. The winner will be announced at the next Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in April 2012.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

In some of the places where we work, women are very often not in professional roles whatsoever, much less the media. Our office in Rwanda was supposed to be our next office opening anytime now, but because of the war in the Congo, visas and business licenses and things like that have been put on hold. We are pushing an envelope there.

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

Desai came to the Women of Color Resource Center from a Deputy Director role at United for a Fair Economy. BB: I read in one of your bios that you received a Fulbright grant to go to Rwanda and study the reconciliation process. AD: W hite allies have held a huge role for the Women of Color Resource Center historically.