Candid

MARCH 6, 2023

The champions transform local attitudes and behaviors related to nutrition, help foster collaboration, and engage decision-makers. Their development was shepherded by one of the largest, most global organizations out there. Photo credit: Peter Caton, Action Against Hunger , Kenya The post Is it a movement or a moment?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Kisii, Kenya: Storymakers 2017 NetSquared Kisii. Friday, September 8, 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

She caught my attention because she founded an organization that works with orphaned and disabled children in Kenya. Having friends in Kenya, she came up with the idea to provide summer schools in Kenya. " The organization works directly with local ngos and volunteers matching them by interest, need, and skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

I’m just back from a trip to Kenya and London and as they say in the UK, “cream crackered&# (really tired). But before I rest, I wanted to let you know that it’s Tweetsgiving time again, a global celebration of gratitude and giving lasting 48 hours to support the work of EpicChange. .

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But did you know that our work is global? That's why TechSoup created NetSquared , our global network of volunteer-led Tech4Good meetups. Our NetSquared leaders are currently holding free events in 24 countries and meet with their local TechSoup partners to collaborate on how to best support nonprofits in their country.

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Forum One

JUNE 18, 2009

A couple of weeks ago a group of Seattle global health data experts met at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute to continue a conversation we started earlier this year on global health data. We'll continue to explore that key question in a couple of months when we meet again.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2014

As part of Storymakers 2014, we offer a slate of interactive events including our global tweet-chat on September 4, 2014 and NetSquared meet-ups this August and September with storytelling workshops and presentations in your local community. Global Tweet-Chat. Join our global-tweet chat on September 4, 2014 at # Storymakers2014.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I just had to take that chance." - Jensine Larsen Jensine Larsen is the Founder and CEO of World Pulse , a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice. Jensine Larsen: World Pulse is a global media enterprise fully devoted to bringing women a global voice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. Since 2009, Zynga.org has enabled millions of players to contribute nearly $20 million to more than 30 nonprofit organizations globally. You can register here. Players, who collectively average about 30 years old in the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Every month, our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 70 cities. Busia, Kenya: Netsquared Kenya Joins MLH Hackathon 3 December 2016. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Storytelling 2016. Africa and Middle East.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a global-wide community of hackers and social leaders with the common goal of building open technology for a better world. Serbia) in partnership with TechSoup Global and Zasto ne (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Another project at the Saturday Hackathon 4 Good was Qeyno , which is described as Khan Academy.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

We want to give people an opportunity to really develop, innovate, and preserve their own culture." -- Tom Aageson, co-founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship A week, or so ago I interviewed my Dad, Tom Aageson, for a special Father's Day show on the Big Vision Podcast. I've posted an edited transcript of the interview below.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

These global leaders are coming from Uganda, Australia, London, and Florida. Don't worry, there are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Busia, Kenya: Open Data Day. Newest Groups.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Find your local #Tech4Good group. Every month our global network of community organizers hosts Tech4Good events in more than 70 cities. Busia, Kenya: Net2 Kenya Subregional Conferences — Kisumu Busia and Kakamega. Busia, Kenya: Fast, Affordable, Safe, and Transparent — FAST Africa Campaign 2016.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

And they’re certainly not exempt from a global pandemic. responding to a global pandemic is a matter of doubling-down on what they know. That network supports local leaders in improving education policy through advocacy. Local communities were. We had to work closely to support local clubs in navigating this.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

TechSoup Global’s Dara Westling attended the recent Global Donors Forum in Washington, D.C. She is our vice president of development alliances and global media for TechSoup Global’s domestic and international programs. We connect the local with global resources.” Dara Westling.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

There are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. We''re a [global movement]([link] with chapters in 20 countries. Busia, Kenya: Beyond Today’s Internet Experiencing: Smart Future Conference Kenya. Thursday, March 26, 2015.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. So far we've scheduled events in Kenya and Uganda, and will be adding more cities throughout the fall. New York, New York: #GivingTuesday: Creation of a Global Giving Movement. Feeling overwhelmed? and the globe.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient, local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. So give your local organizer a hug next time you see them! We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Newest NetSquared Groups.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

TechSoup's NetSquared is a global network of nonprofit technology meetups. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Global Game Jam — Guatemala 2015. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Busia, Kenya: Safer Internet Campaign: February 10th - March 25th. Keeping resolutions is hard.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Find my piece, “ Will Facebook’s Internet.org Bridge the Global Digital Divide? The service has 17 million users and is transforming the way wealth is distributed in poor countries, which now include Tanzania, India, and Afghanistan as well as Kenya. Smart Watches. Another post-PC device to buy and pay attention to.

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Candid

OCTOBER 22, 2024

People organized across North America, aligning themselves with CCF, writing articles and forming local chapters. We took the movement global, which led to the creation in 2022 of the CCF Global Council , of which I am a member. Through CCF chapters, the CCF Hub, and conferences, we disseminate our knowledge and resources.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

But while global experts search for solutions to bridge the worsening digital divide for women, it turns out the answers are at our fingertips. At World Pulse we trust that local women community leaders will reveal the way forward. We know there is enormous potential in bringing more women online.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

To kick off a series of profiles on leaders in nonprofit technology, we thought we’d start close to home by featuring our TechSoup Global founder, Daniel Ben-Horin. CompuMentor in due course turned into TechSoup when it became a national nonprofit, and TechSoup Global in 2008 after it had become an international organization.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. We can tap into local knowledge because our reports are coming from the source.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2006

Jessica is the co-founder and a board member of Kiva , a nonprofit that is using the Internet to connect people through loans to alleviate global poverty. Jessica has worked in rural Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda with the Village Enterprise Fund and Project Baobab on impact evaluation and program development.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

mobile payment system in Kenya that allows people there to text each other money. Charity Digital News , Wired , and several other UK tech publications recently reported on Nominet Trust 100 , or NT100, which is a new comprehensive global list of promising applications of digital technology for social good. Oyster costs $9.95

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

Fundacja TechSoup in Poland, in a close partnership with Dokukino and other local organizations from the Western Balkans, has launched open challenges for the best technology-based social projects that address transparency and accountability issues in the the Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Sustainability is still a real challenge, but the cost to value ratio of a school computer lab is shrinking to the point where you are starting to see governments and local communities invest more on their own to promote ICT access. . I’ve been working or interested in the space of ICT for Development (ICT4D) for about a decade now.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Fundacja TechSoup in Poland, in a close partnership with Dokukino and other local organizations from the Western Balkans, has launched open challenges for the best technology-based social projects that address transparency and accountability issues in the the Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

He now lives in rural Kenya working on eye care. Andrew’s focus is on curing blindness: 80% of the people he sees in rural Kenya can have their blindness reversed. I explained Benetech’s efforts to grow the impact of our Bookshare library globally, specifically discussing partnerships with groups in India and Kenya.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

She notes, "I started in Kenya working with a water users association, living in a thatched hut!" In Ethiopia, she did organizational capacity building work for a local network of NGOs. The tools can be useful for in-country connections, in local languages, or north-south connections. Through my blog I see what???s

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2008

KickStart is a nonprofit that develops and markets new technologies in Africa that help local entrepreneurs to establish small businesses. Martin Fisher: The problem we're trying to solve is global poverty. Unless we solve this problem of global poverty, the other problems won't be able to be solved.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

Melinda Kramer: Women's Earth Alliance is a global organization and we work around the world uniting women who are on the front lines of environmental causes. While many of the women had traveled the world, many of them had also devoted their lives to local solutions. MK: One of the highlights for me was the Global Peers program.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

So we wanted to primarily address that issue: how can we pursue creative, innovative ideas for getting food out there that's affordable, that's local, that's fresh, and health-supportive, and then provide under that a foundation of education. These are a lot more of the sort of peripheral aspects of this problem.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. I was in high school, I was 17 and my first trip to Africa was to Kenya with my family, just on a picture safari. Kjerstin Erickson is one of those people "shiny" people who lights up a room.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 8, 2006

Anna: "Grub" is our word for food that's local, that's sustainable, and that's grown with fairness from all along the way, from the seed to the table. So "grub" became our kind of catchall term for those three things, for kind of the values of local, of sustainable, and of fairness.

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