Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

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. Goal is to provide web presence for most ngos in Romania.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 11, 2022

All donations to WCK leverage local restaurants to provide warm meals to Ukrainian refugees in Poland, Romania, and the surrounding areas, as well as to five Ukrainian cities for those staying in the country where food access is scarce.

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Candid

AUGUST 20, 2021

Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced a $31 million investment in the Partnership for Healthy Cities and the addition of six cities to the initiative to create safer and healthier urban environments: Bucharest, Romania; Cairo, Egypt; Córdoba, Argentina; Dublin, Ireland; Greater Manchester, United Kingdom; and Warsaw, Poland.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Last year, I had the unique privilege to help facilitate The Local Philanthropy Workshop with the TechSoup Romania team. The social media/technology landscape in Romania is very interesting – with a diverse set of issues, struggles and opportunities.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

" Tags: roundup bookmarks cee facebook fundraising future giving internet list net2-recommends nptech philanthropy postalicious resources romania technology trends video women. And Michael Wolff explains why the new breed of media titan is forsaking the Web for more promising (and profitable) pastures."

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Through Laureus’ Sport for Peace and Humanitarian Action Fund, we’ve partnered with organizations supporting young Ukrainian refugees in Poland, Romania, and elsewhere in Europe. The role sport can play in society is greater than ever. Sport, play, and physical exercise help these children overcome some of the stresses they carry with them.

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Tech Soup Blog

APRIL 20, 2016

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. Video : TechSoup Romania. Making Everybody Part of the Process of Problem-Solving. Image 1 : Things Istanbul / CC BY-NC-SA.

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Tech Soup Blog

JUNE 17, 2015

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. In Romania, the monthly child allowance, which is unconditional, is €10, so this significantly increases the amount a destitute family has for food.

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Tech Soup Blog

JUNE 17, 2015

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. In Romania, the monthly child allowance, which is unconditional, is €10, so this significantly increases the amount a destitute family has for food.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2012

As of this writing, there are 13 responses (ok, two are from me) from people who work (in some cases lead) the Morino Institute, Random Hacks of Kindness, TechSoup Romania, CROS, Meedan, the Gates Foundation, Beth Kanter, Campus Party USA, Vulcan Labs, and Fundacja TechSoup/Warsaw Social Hackathon.

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Candid

APRIL 14, 2022

These countries are, in the main, ones that share a border with Ukraine: Poland, Romania, Hungary, Moldova, and Slovakia. Grants that specify areas served not including Ukraine account for 2% of grants and 1% of dollar value. According to the UNHCR , these countries are currently hosting 4.9 million Ukrainian refugees. Recipients.

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Tech Soup Blog

APRIL 25, 2013

Romania: TechSoup Romania took over to discuss how to tell your story in six words with Georgiana Ilie , journalist and storytelling trainer. Making an impact also requires giving your audience a story in a format they can consume.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

Whether you live in San Francisco, Australia, or Romania, we’d love for you to join us! You’ll get to meet some of our local judges, see dozens of the best videos and photo stories, and connect with fellow digital storytellers. Light refreshments will be provided (for those who join us in-person). >>

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

I've played the game outside of the US - bringing it to Cambodia, UK, Australia, and Romania. My version of the game includes "life happens" cards where groups gain points if they solve certain problems like staff resistance or define metrics. My cards all have US data. I have seen the framework used in other countries.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

To all those that I had the distinct pleasure to work with in England (William, Richard, Sarah and others), Romania (Chris, Ruxandra, Zoltan and others) and Poland (Nick, Kris, Adam, Svetlana, Ellen, and others). To those working on content and knowledge sharing with Lea, Shab, Elliot, Becky and many others.

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Tech Soup Blog

JUNE 6, 2012

Previously, she produced the North American Social Media Marketing and Monitoring conference series for Our Social Times and Influence People and started a web development and social media business, which leveraged an international team across India, Romania, and the US. Dawn Michelle Andreas.

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Tech Soup Blog

JULY 10, 2012

Our annual Digital Storytelling Challenge , Restart Romania , and NetSquared challenges are just a few examples of how we get our community members engaged at multiple levels. Here at TechSoup, we know that contests and challenges are an excellent way to marshal the enthusiasm and talent of our community.

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Tech Soup Blog

MARCH 15, 2012

Whether you live in San Francisco, Australia, or Romania, we’d love for you to join us! You’ll get to meet some of our local judges , see dozens of the best videos and photo stories, and connect with fellow digital storytellers. Light refreshments will be provided (for those who join us in-person). RSVP on Meetup or Facebook !

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Tech Soup Blog

MAY 31, 2012

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. Getting the Discount.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 24, 2017

And if you prefer your media in audio-visual form, here are two videos from recent talks about the book: A 12-minute talk about The Art of Relevance for a broad audience at TedXPaloAlto A 30-minute talk plus Q&A, with a slant towards science centers at ECSITE in Portugal Finally, I'll be sharing stories of relevance live and in-person this fall (..)

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Tech Soup Blog

JANUARY 17, 2012

Get great content curation tips in Susan's recap of the TechSoup and TechSoup Romania's tweet chat. Cynthia Adams, President and CEO of GrantStation, reports on the results of GrantStation's survey about grantseeking challenges facing nonprofit organizations. From the Nonprofit Commons. From NetSquared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

On the road again for the next couple of weeks, including a trip to Romania. In Romania, the version I'll create will be for blogging strategies. Center for Nonprofit Excellent Workshop View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: nptech nonprofits ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Previously, she produced Our Social Times and Influence People’s North American Social Media Marketing and Monitoring conference series and started a web development and social media business, which leveraged an international team of programmers and designers across India, Romania, and the US.

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Tech Soup Blog

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last month, TechSoup and TechSoup Romania's hourlong tweet chat explored content curation and the best tools for it. Technology has made it easier than ever to access a wide range of information, but what’s the best way to sort through it all? What Is Content Curation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

I'll be adapting my Social Media Strategy workshop which has traveled to Romania , Australia , and Cambodia. Then onto teaching two workshops. Been researching and asking for referrals for NGO examples in India. The second workshop is for CSR practitioners -- and I will adapting the workshop I did for PopTech and for OSI.

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Tech Soup Blog

AUGUST 1, 2012

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 power of technology and social media to create change is real as evidenced by movements like the Arab Spring. Harness Technology and Social Media to Raise Money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2011

I’ve had the opportunity to work in Canada, Australia, Cambodia, Romania, India, UK, and Africa and enjoy the extra dimension of understanding different cultures as part of the instructional and learning process. One thing I learned is that is okay to do “real-time translation,&# and to be transparent about.

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Tech Soup Blog

JULY 30, 2012

The chat participants drew on experiences from notable nonprofit challenges such as the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge , Restart Romania , and Twive and Receive , among others. The chat, facilitated by by TechSoup online community manager, Michael DeLong, included helpful advice learned by participants who have run contests.

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Tech Soup Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

We got to know Charles Brennick much better in the course of working together on a Microsoft IT equipment donation to NGOs in Romania a couple of years ago. Building Quality Refurbished Computers with Volunteers.

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Tech Soup Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Previously, she produced the Our Social Times and Influence People’s North American Social Media Marketing and Monitoring conference series and started a web development and social media business, which leveraged an international team of programmers and designers across India, Romania, and the U.S.

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Tech Soup Blog

MAY 12, 2014

In Romania, Let’s Do It: [link] people used TrashOut to map all illegal dumps and mapped also dead horse: https://www.trashout.me/illegal-dump/6599659631935488. Depending on the level of leadership and involvement, there have been some impressive successes. More than 100 illegal dumps were cleaned. illegal-dump/6599659631935488.

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Tech Soup Blog

APRIL 21, 2016

Because of TechSoup Europe's involvement in other app challenges, such as Restart Romania and Community Boost_r , the organization has experience in this work. "It wasn't by accident that we were approached as a partner for this project," says Alicja Peszkowska, communications specialist at TechSoup Europe.

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Tech Soup Blog

MAY 7, 2013

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.

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Tech Soup Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Read a recap of TechSoup and TechSoup Romania's Tweet Chat , which explored content curation and discussed the best tools for it. TechSoup's Nonprofit Social Media 101 Wiki is designed to be a starting place for organizations just getting started on social media. What is content curation and why should your organization try it?

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Tech Soup Blog

APRIL 2, 2013

The ReStart Romania. The Community Boost_r site recently got a makeover — visit it and read up on how technology is used for good in Eastern Europe. The ReStart Challenges brings developers, activists, public, and private sector folks together to kick-start social change in the Balkans. Initiative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2008

The week before I went from Boston to Miami to Romania and flew back to Boston via Miami to present at the TAG Conference. The day before I had come in from Romania and attended the plenary session which provided an excellent primer and audience research. TAG Conference Presentation View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

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