Tech Soup

OCTOBER 19, 2009

While they note that their use of social media tools is behind countries like Nigeria, Uganda, or South Africa, there are promising signs that individuals like journalists and students are using such tools to monitor and report on the ongoing elections. One blogger in particular, Patricia Maganu, notes that: read more.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 13, 2008

I started 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa with the simple goal of working fulltime on Social Actions by July 1st. Tags: socialmedia. Peter Deitz is the man behind Social Actions and here’s is how the $20.09 fundraising campaign started: For the last 2.5

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

And then, we dashed off to get some fondue, dress up for the big South Africa party, and stay out ‘til 2 listening to great music and talking shop (just a little). Tags: WEF social entrepreneurs Davos Schwab Foundation.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2010

Representatives from Connecting Up Australia , Frontier Foundation (Taiwan), Hong Kong Council of Social Service , NASSCOM Foundation (India), and NGO Pulse (South Africa) were in attendance. Tags: Digital Divide.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

A group of us touring, studying, and volunteering in Cape Town, South Africa Seriously! Tags: Have Fun Do Good Guest Posts guest. You can find her on twitter @ajlovesya , on facebook , or visit her at allisonj.org Allison Jones, Millennial Leader: How I Have Fun, Do Good How do I have fun and do good?

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 3, 2009

Eric spent 2 weeks in March on an assignment in South Africa. Tags: Life. March is our crazy month, and this year was no exception. Call-on Congress was hugely successful this year, and we’re just doing more (but still with less). With everything else and a puppy that still wants lots of attention, I about lost my mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 10, 2009

Its fun to look at the petition and see people signed up from Djibouti to Brazil There is a cell phone component to the campaign that has caused it to really take off in South Africa. Tags: network effectiveness. Check it out, [link]. . . . Stephanie McAuliffe is the Director of Human Resources at the Packard Foundation.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2009

He finds that currently in places like South Africa, "you can buy an A-brand refurbished desktop with a faster processor (1 GHz), bigger screen (15inch+) and larger hard drive (20GB) than a new netbook, for under US $100. But what about the future?

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Forum One

JANUARY 21, 2009

Arnold Christianson from the National Health Laboratory Service and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa will be PRB's guest for the discussion. Tags: Global Health. Consider the topic for tomorrow, 1/22, at 1:00 EST: " Birth Defects: A Hidden Toll for Developing Countries."

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. This proved to the Ushahidi team that their tool would be valuable to communities around the world.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Make a donation to Breadline Africa. Breadline Africa is a South Africa based organization working to alleviate poverty in Africa. Tag/invite five other bloggers to join the campaign. Invite your friends and readers to donate to Breadline Africa. Here's how it works. Join the campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

2) Consult with the bridging organizations as key informants and perhaps engage them in initial convening to form a GRI South Africa network; and. Tags: scholar. 3) When creating a leadership group or board, make sure you engage the nodes of each group. . A lot of the ideas resonate with.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Tags: Collaboration Community Mobile Newsletter NPTech NTEN Social Media Communications.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

I heard from CEOs whose center is the only one in their entire country (Chile), educators who work with students who have never encountered a computer before entering the science center (South Africa), and web managers whose sites are locked behind federal government firewalls and draconian restrictions (Australia).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Pro tip: tag your top donors in the post as a shoutout. If S/HE raises $3,000, S/HE could qualify for a trip to one of their programs in South Africa! People need that reminder and extra nudge to take action! While email is key, keep chugging along on social media.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

He plans to start a search fund (a vehicle for entrepreneurs to raise funds from investors) to find businesses – and intellectual property – that have a social focus to help out developing countries, particularly South Africa. Tags: Benetech internships human rights Miradi fellowships MBA environment Bookshare.

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See3

OCTOBER 17, 2009

Lots of love from South Africa! Tags: webcast new media. I am a student of Kabbalah and this service is simply beautiful, I am so thankful for the year I had and also so thankful for having internet and being able to see you all! This is beautiful! I cannot describe how grateful I am for finding you on the internet.

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