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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

Tech Soup Blog

The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. From Serbia. The goal of OBJEKTIVno bolje is to stop hateful graffiti in Serbia. This past spring, FTS was on the ground in the Western Balkans, helping organize the Community Boost_r Challenge. Niš 2.0

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Happy Birthday! The Charitable Deduction Turns 100

ASU Lodestar Center

On June 28, 1914, political assassins killed Austria’s archduke and his wife, leading to the Austro-Hungarian invasion of Serbia and the beginnings of war across Europe. posted by Mark Hager Associate Professor ASU School of Community Resources and Development. The United States was drawn into the war in the spring of 1917.

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Face-to-Face Communications with Zoom Help NGOs Around the Planet

Tech Soup Blog

TechSoup's staff also uses it to facilitate philanthropic support to tens of thousands of nonprofits, from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma to the Tax Busters in Serbia. TechSoup uses Zoom to help staff members coordinate to deliver resources and education. We Shopped Around, and Zoom Is a Great Solution.

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Face-to-Face Communications with Zoom Help NGOs Around the Planet

Tech Soup Blog

TechSoup's staff also uses it to facilitate philanthropic support to tens of thousands of nonprofits, from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma to the Tax Busters in Serbia. TechSoup uses Zoom to help staff members coordinate to deliver resources and education. We Shopped Around, and Zoom Is a Great Solution.

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5 Ways to Gain The Upper Hand in Facebook’s Newsfeed

Connection Cafe

Facebook recently announced a test in Sri Lanka, Bolivia, Slovakia, Serbia, Guatemala, and Cambodia. So the Newsfeed algorithm tries to predict what each user wants to see in their Newsfeed. But no algorithm is perfect. So they test and tweak. Users in these countries can only see Page posts that their friends comment on or share.

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Diversify Your Year-End Campaigns: How To Be Mindful And Inclusive Of Cultural Traditions

Bloomerang

’ Ukraine, Georgia, Serbia, Greece, Cyprus, Montenegro, Russia, Moldova, The Republic of North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Belarus are all Orthodox countries and all of them have healthy communities in the US. In the Orthodox Church, Christmas is a time to find peace, unity and ‘heal the soul.’

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

Tech Soup Blog

Serbia) in partnership with TechSoup Global and Zasto ne (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Community Boost_r is a project that inspires, enables, and promotes tech for civil participation in transparency and accountability initiatives in the Western Balkans. The project is run by Fundacja TechSoup and Dokukino. The ReStart Challenges.

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