Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2022

While the company plans to grow its headcount in the months ahead, for now it’s cutting “less than 1%” of its 180,000-person workforce as it focuses on “realigning business groups and roles.” Airlift shuts down : Airlift, one of the top startups in Pakistan, shut down suddenly this week.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

Rali_cap is particular about startups in large markets across these regions — Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa in Africa; Brazil and Mexico in Latin America; and Pakistan and Bangladesh in South Asia. “But we’re always open for exceptions,” said Simmons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

This is a common experience when you attempt to facilitate global presentations, discussions or peer groups. Through my work with Packard Foundation and with IIE and the State Department, I have have the opportunity to work with NGOs from places like Pakistan, Rwanda, India, and the Middle East.

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NTEN

MAY 3, 2011

Our shared stories define our social group. We created two random 300K groups and pitted two versions against each other: Version 1 : Written using a more general, institutional approach that outlined the organization's accomplishments and need. Stories shape our identities. The stories we tell about ourselves shape who we are.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Even Google, hedging its bets, wanted to make sure it played a strong role in the feature phone segment even as Android grew its market share, and so it became a strategic partner to KaiOS, investing tens of millions of dollars in the startup. . But things haven’t played out as expected.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

There are several learning cohort groups, including one on better understanding network impact. A group of individuals has more knowledge for solving a problem than any single individual. The design might include a sequence of: - Open call for submissions, public vote/commenting and a group expertise select the finalists.

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The Verge

JULY 23, 2021

Throughout the past week, we’ve seen story after story about a company called NSO Group, and a piece of spyware called Pegasus. Here’s what we know about the NSO Group and Pegasus so far. What is Pegasus, and who or what is NSO Group? In short, NSO Group makes products that let governments spy on citizens. It seems to.

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TechCrunch

JULY 31, 2022

In an emailed statement, a Lemonade spokesperson told TechCrunch that it was “able to offer a role at Lemonade to about 80% of the Metromile team,” but that as the deal was “synergistic” it is able to “operate with fewer people than were needed to staff the two standalone.” Sequoia backs fintech Dbank in maiden Pakistan investment.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

And today, the company is announcing that it’s just closed a $6 million seed round led by Global Founders Capital that included participation from firms such as Soma Capital, Graph Ventures, Adapt Ventures and OldSlip group. Notably, angel investors hailing from corporate spend giants in the U.S. Sign up here !

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Activist, journalist, and singer, Marisa Handler , chronicles her activist journey, and the role spirituality played in it, in her 2007 memoir, Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist. It may be a bigger group, but the emphasis is on diversity and creativity. Loyal to the Sky received a Nautilus Book Award for world changing books.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Leaked documents reveal a huge, opaque system At the end of 2019, the group of Facebook employees charged with preventing harms on the network gathered to discuss the year ahead. But given Facebook’s key role in civic discourse — it effectively replaces the internet in some countries — the disparities are cause for concern.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

What Facebook group you’re encouraged to join is a freedom-of-reach question. The company also suspended accounts associated with white nationalist groups after some advocated bringing weapons to the current wave of anti-racist protests. A Facebook page operated out of Pakistan shared one of the more popular videos, which got 1.6

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