ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The observations presented in this blog post deal with some of the things we have learned while founding and then running a small community development NGO in an indigenous Guatemala village of about 1,500 families, called Chocolá. We consulted the Guatemala NGO Network in Antigua for guidance and attorney/accountant referrals.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 30, 2013

This may be the most overused and least accurate phrase we hear nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) utter in Guatemala. But if the NGO’s goal is to create a sustainable new stove program that can be run by local people, create jobs and grow, the NGO will need to include training and teachers that can go beyond building stoves.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2014

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Naranya en Guatemala - proyectos con moviles. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of local members. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Tecnologia y educacion - Evento - 7 de agosto - TEC. Wednesday, July 30, 2014. New York, NY: Intro to Google for Nonprofits. Sunday, August 3, 2014.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Campaña de Unicef temas Vituales de Niñez en Guatemala 2016. Austin, Texas: Google Analytics for Dummies. Africa and Middle East. Monday, June 6, 2016.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

But don't be afraid — huddle up for warmth and knowledge with your nonprofit tech friends at a local Tech4Good meetup. Find your local #Tech4Good group. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Guatemala City, Guatemala. Charla con Scripps Networks Interactive en Guatemala.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

Our local paper, the San Jose Mercury News, did two great pieces on Benetech, a business section feature story and an exceptional column by Mike Cassidy entitled An Executive Does Well By Helping Others. My new favorite is how the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office of Guatemala (PDH is the Spanish acronym) uses our Martus human rights software.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2021

Von Ahn grew up in Guatemala City, where he saw firsthand the wretched state of public schools in impoverished countries. Yet, instead of taking up tenure at the tech company, he stayed local in Pittsburgh and became a computer science professor at his alma mater. CAPTCHA’ing a market.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Don't worry, there are NetSquared groups in 75 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Guatemala City, Guatemala: 7 Days of Genius Guatemala. They're going to try and recruit you. But what if you can't make it to NTC this year? Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2014

And if you don’t have a local group, we’ll help you start your own. Guatemala, Guatemala: Apoyo a CTI 2014 del CampusTec. Guatemala: Lanzamiento de e-comunidad de Google del Tec. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of local members. Upcoming Events. Saturday, June 14, 2014. Mukono, Uganda.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2008

Epic Change uses their donations to provide interest-free loans to local partners to finance their community improvement efforts. Education And More : Has a mission to help educate the children and reduce poverty in Guatemala. Epic Change is the lucky winner of my Reader Appreciation Day Charity Giveaway (Beth's Big Give!).

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

TechSoup's NetSquared meetups will bring local nonprofits free digital storytelling workshops in more than 40 cities between August and October. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Here at TechSoup, we're big on stories. Mukono, Uganda.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Guatemala City, Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala. Mukono, Uganda: Second Net2uganda Computer Training Meetup for Poor Rural Primary School and Communit­y. Friday, October 31, 2014. Busia, Kenya. Kakamega Maker Party. Maker Party Western Kenya.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2015

There are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Spaceapps #Guatemala 2015 — #USAC. Guatemala City, Guatemala: GirlsinICT 2015 Guatemala. Central and South America. Saturday, April 11, 2015.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 30, 2012

She has vast international experience since she was born in El Salvador and has lived in California, Arkansas, Mexico, Guatemala, and Arizona while also traveling to several other countries. Today she works for the ASU Lodestar Center as a Research Aide for Arizona Scope of the Sector and Compensation Studies.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Pechakucha Guatemala — Historias Digitales Vol. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Feeling overwhelmed? and the globe. Tuesday, October 31, 2017.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Hackathon de TechforGood Guatemala Pepitalabs. Guatemala City, Guatemala: wordswelivein Guatemala. Wednesday, July 13, 2016.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Don't worry, there are NetSquared groups in 50 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Guatemala City, Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Evento de Ciudades Inteligentes — #smartcityhack.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2016

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Conversatorio de temas de la Propiedadintelectu­al via @delvallegt @acmchapter. Guatemala City, Guatemala: #coretic2016 #innovacionfinancie­ra. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Pechakucha Guatemala Vol.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2015

What if there was a place for your nonprofit to get free technology support from local experts? Guatemala City, Guatemala: Hackathon #VIHInfogt #Yorespeto #Yomeinformo. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Tec Networking Day — Quieres hacer negocios en El Salvador? Well, there are! Thursday, August 27, 2015.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Global Game Jam — Guatemala 2015. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Ferias de Hardware 2015. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night (weekly). Central and South America. Friday, January 23, 2015.

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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. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Coretic2015 via @abg_ebg. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Spaceapps Guatemala 2015 — #USAC.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Co-founder Sacha Michaud believes these markets are currently underserved, and Glovo has found the right opportunity to work with local restaurants, bringing them online to reach new customers in a bid to “make everything, within all towns and cities, available to everyone.” million people.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Los Angeles, California: Using Technology in Local Activism. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Internetgt Carta Magna de Internet en Guatemala. Las Vegas, Nevada: AdWords Basics.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Expouvg #Computacion 2017 Coloquio. Guatemala City, Guatemala: PechaKucha #Fieldoffice #Cayala #Guatemala. Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Monday, May 1, 2017.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Tec Day 2014 con el apoyo de Fundacion Telefonica. Busia, Kenya: Turning Information into Action — Net2 Kenya Mombasa Local Network. Vancouver, British Columbia: NGO Ho Ho: A Holiday Party for Vancouver's Nonprofits. Central and South America. Tuesday, November 11, 2014. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Tec Day 2014 con el apoyo de Fundacion Telefonica. Busia, Kenya: Turning Information into Action — Net2 Kenya Mombasa Local Network. Vancouver, British Columbia: NGO Ho Ho: A Holiday Party for Vancouver's Nonprofits. Central and South America. Tuesday, November 11, 2014. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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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! Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Friday, December 11, 2015.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

NetSquared groups focus on topics that address their unique local tech challenges, but once a quarter, we select a common theme. In the US, the Chicago and Portland groups visited their local Microsoft stores to learn how to leverage the Office 365 donation. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Find your local #Tech4Good group. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Charla con Scripps Networks Interactive en #guatemala. We hold free weekly webinars on topics like GrantStation and how to develop a tech training plan. In-person workshops are your preference?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

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. Find your local #Tech4Good group. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Upcoming Tech4Good Events. Reform Copyright.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

What if there was a place for your nonprofit to get free technology support from local experts? NetSquared groups held 23 Storymakers events, helping local nonprofits use video strategically. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Sesion de coordinacion.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Illuminate India and Clubhouse Guatemala both completely cover the cost of many of the children in their programs with monthly sponsors. Here are just a few really good, real life examples: Draft Gratitude relies on their Monthly Giving Team to cover about half of their monthly expenses for the horses.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Those things take time, and he came to the city with a plan: work hard for five years and save enough money to buy a house in Guatemala City. Single ladies, delivery worker Eliseo is looking for a girl to take back to Guatemala.”. Chavez has no history of activism and no interest in being a leader. Chavez teases him on his livestreams.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2013

In August, Ryan Deer* will head out with his baseball team and NEXT Worldwide to “Live the Mission” by working with church planting leaders in Guatemala who equip and assist local pastors with planting or strengthening new churches.

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The Verge

MARCH 3, 2022

After leaving the space, she floated around for a bit until she wound up in Hawaii, where she met locals who were interested in cryptocurrency. He spent time studying Thai massage and lived an itinerant lifestyle, with stops in Ecuador and Guatemala. She was the third person at MetaMask and wore an oversized T-shirt as a minidress. “I

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Candid

OCTOBER 22, 2024

People organized across North America, aligning themselves with CCF, writing articles and forming local chapters. Council members currently include representatives from El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Canada, Kenya, and across the United States.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2013

Find your local #nptech tribe by joining a NetSquared Local group. Guatemala: Feria de Tecnologia aplicada a Turismo / Inguat. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? Don’t be afraid! August’s NetSquared Events. Thursday, August 8.

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