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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We are working very closely with Dr. Yasmeen Qazi who is the Pakistan Country Advisor and her very talented team members, Dr. Iftikhar Soomro and Seema Zameer — all of whom understand capacity building programs. On the first day, we all sang “ Dil Dil Pakistan ,” a well-loved song that most people from Pakistan know.

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Remote working means this startup can use brains in emerging markets to disrupt management consultants

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It claims its on-demand, remote analysts (from countries such as Colombia, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates) can be deployed within 24 hours, and save companies 80% on recruiting and advisory budgets. It’s now set to launch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Lagos, Nigeria next month. “We

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Daily Crunch: PayPal Ventures leads $50M Series B for Egyptian fintech Paymob

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That subsequently led to 4x monthly volume growth, and it is expected the company’s expansion into Pakistan will yield even better results. Wall Street’s downward spiral continues, but not everyone is feeling it : The stock market was still showing red as we wrote this, so it might be good to hold off on checking your investments for a bit.

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Six Tips for Evaluating Your Nonprofit Training Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I have written a lot about how it is important to understand how the brain works, how people learn by using learning theories to guide the design of your workshops. Certificate Awards - Pakistan NGOs. Use Learning Theory. to define the four levels of training evaluation. Learner Culmination and Celebration. Closing Circle.

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Daily Crunch: PSG, Battery Ventures invest $100M in open source password manager Bitwarden 

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Our brains are melting in the heat, so here’s some truly god-awful puns to match our current mental age: What’s a pirate’s favorite growth metric? The EU’s AI Act could have a chilling effect — “if a company were to deploy an open source AI system that led to some disastrous outcome (…) it could sue the open source developers.”.

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How To Think Like An Instructional Designer for Your Nonprofit Trainings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Whatever the structure for your learning activities, they should use four different kinds of activities that help the brain learn rapidly and identify your discussion questions. When participants move, oxygen to the brain increases, thereby enhancing both learning and memory. Talking and hearing (Auditory).

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In conversation with Bingbing Zhao: How London has become a top target for tech companies from China and beyond

TechNode

In industries such as augmented reality, brain-machine integration, and quantum computing, the technology field is also showing significant progress. Data indicates that the total financing amount for global artificial intelligence startups reached nearly $50 billion in 2023, a 9% increase over the previous year.

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