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Happy New Year: What’s Your Theme for the Year?

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This past year I had the honor of facilitating an intense training in Tunisia in January for Women Entrepreneurs that included leadership, entrepreneurship, business planning, and communications. Learn: Learning is not just for kids or students. Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Wins 2013 Terry McAdam Nonprofit Book Award.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Right now, I'm in Kyoto, Japan, to speak at the Science and Technology in Society forum (STS). This is the group charged with advising the Department of Education on the adoption of the new digital standard for electronic textbooks for students with disabilities. and we're excited that Bookshare.org is part of this effort.

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Meeting the Geeks of Arabia at N2Vlabs Talks in Amman, Jordan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

E-Mediat is working with more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Yemen. This post is brief re-cap about what I learned about technology innovation investments to develop new social media platforms and apps for the Arab World. I’m looking out my hotel window at the Dead Sea in Jordan. What Happens at n2vlabs.

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E-Mediat Day 4: What does it mean to be a social media trainer?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The project is being managed by IIE and builds on a highly successful program launched in the Middle East five years ago, Women in Technology that trained over 10,000 women from 9 countries in the Middle East and in collaboration with over 60 training partners. Next, the other two participants take turns being the trainer or the student.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, if you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology in March, join me, John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard for a session on designing effective technology training. So, expect to see regular reflections on good instructional design and delivery for any topic, but especially digital technology and social media related.

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Multi-Country Rollout of Salesforce to Support Workforce Development in the Middle East and North Africa

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Technology plays an inherently important role for organizations, such as EFE, connecting offices worldwide through a central system. The solution allowed EFE staff to carry out their day-to-day activities more efficiently and strengthen student, donor, and partner management. From Spreadsheets to Salesforce.

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The 5 Best Social Impact Games of 2010

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4 Interro-bang Since the dawn of the YouTube and Twitter age, we've seen people do some amazing things with this technology. The most surprising group to create, share and promote original content is middle and high school students. Interro-Bang challenges young players with tasks that are centered on making a difference in the world.

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