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The Art of the Backchannel at Conferences: Tips, Reflections, and Resources

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I remember in 2005 the Global Voices Summit used IRC as a backchannel -- no so much for people in the room, but for remote participation. to come out of 2008's SXSW Conference was for moderators of panels to use Twitter (or back channel tool) to poll the audience upfront and monitor it in real time. One of the reflections.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Now for indirect content or Mash-ups.

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

Tech Soup

This has been a steady upward trend since 2008. The doll takes a child's words and sends them over the Internet to cloud based voice-recognition software that can create the perfect response. If we want to get our story out there in a form that will get attention, videos are the ticket. This past year, U.S. Privacy and Security.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

In January, Cristi was named one of the 21 Leaders of the 21st Century for 2008 by Women's eNews. Our age ranges in all of our global training sites range from 19 to 56. It was written in very scribbled Nepali, her literacy skills were incredibly rudimentary, but what she ended up writing was a piece of journalism.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women. Kavita Ramdas is the President and CEO of the nonprofit, the Global Fund for Women. I think it's worth it (: Kavita Ramdas: The Global Fund for Women is the largest independent, publicly supported grant-making foundation to advance women's human rights internationally.

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