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E-Mediat: Reflections from the Conference in Fez, Morocco

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The conference in Morocco was a “tri-lingual event” and was translated into French, English, and Arabic, although the content and instructional design were identical to the event in Jordan. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs.

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SXSW Reflection: Using Social Media to Facilitate A Global Back Channel at a Panel Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Over the past month, I have been thinking about a couple of different ideas and how to incorporate them into training design to facilitate learning. My questions are: 1. Debra Askanase has a terrific blog post that captures the many pearls of wisdom that were shared as a result of the design. The Back Channel.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. If you want to keep up with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), check out the wiki. Someone tagged the NGO-in-a-Box with nptech just today. The site was developed by Democracy in Action.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It will be interesting to see how this evolves given the technology platform came before the social design , but as online community pundits note, web2.0 He notes they were all taken with a Sony Picturebook mini-laptop with built-in camera. the integrated philanthropy model in honor of National Corporate Philanthropy Day.

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Top 2015 Tech Trends

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We expanded this year to be able to provide product donations to pretty much any NGO in the world — 236 countries and territories to be exact. It enables users to designate a percentage (between 10 and 100 percent) of their sales to charity from their phones or tablets. It was a big year for TechSoup itself. One last thing.

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