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5 takeaways on trust in NGOs to manage new innovations and technologies 

Candid

Respondents in 12 countries trust in NGOs ‘to do what is right’ More than 60% of respondents said they trusted NGOs “to do what is right” in 12 out of 28 countries: India, Kenya, Nigeria, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa.

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Taking Social Media to Saudi

Amy Sample Ward

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to travel to Saudi Arabia to teach a course at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology as part of the Winter Enrichment Program.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He has developed the lab in Amman and is replicating it on other countries in the region like Saudi Arabia. The projects brought into the lab by these fellows are a wide range of mobile, social, and online applications and platforms that leverage existing web 2.0

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

Have Fun - Do Good

Any woman who is just coming on from Kashmir has access to some kind of connectivity to either an Internet cafe, or a cell phone, or a computer at her work. They came from Sudan, from Saudi Arabia, from all over, some of the most unheard places of the world. It's just accessible. I love that it's accessible to anyone.

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When Your Office Is Everywhere: How to Telecommute (Part 2)

Tech Soup

And I do mean remote, with people working as far away as London, England and Saudi Arabia. If you don't have access to informal conversations and accidental knowledge, you can only learn about upcoming projects and opportunities for collaboration via official channels. Telework Headaches. Telework also brings some headaches.

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David Perlmutter Talks Blogs, Interactors, and Jon Stewart - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

When an issue hits the news I try to go specialty blogs (Saudi Arabia, Supreme Court, etc). My next book is definitely not Oprah-accessible. I try to skim the major political community/multiblogs across the spectrum (Kos, MyDD, Redstate, Townhall) but I also like to hop around, find new blogs. I never saw Colbert.

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David Perlmutter Talks Blogs, Interactors, and Jon Stewart - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

When an issue hits the news I try to go specialty blogs (Saudi Arabia, Supreme Court, etc). My next book is definitely not Oprah-accessible. I try to skim the major political community/multiblogs across the spectrum (Kos, MyDD, Redstate, Townhall) but I also like to hop around, find new blogs. I never saw Colbert.