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WORTH Trust Solves Tech Woes to Help More Kids in India

Tech Soup

India is home to 70 million people with different needs and abilities. WORTH, which stands for Workshop for Rehabilitation and Training of the Handicapped, aims to create opportunities for vocational training and avenues for employment for people with different needs in India.

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Social Media and the Bottom of the Pyramid

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The phrase “bottom of the pyramid” is used in particular by people developing new models of doing business that deliberately target that demographic, often using new technology. I shared the story of how Pratham Books used Twitter to help get children's books to children in rural India. Tags: india.

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Active Training: To Get Nonprofit Audiences Engaged, Keep Them Moving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are many creative ways to engage participants at a training - both face-to-face and online. One technique is to incorporate movement – from mini-stretch breaks, to self-assessment exercises to switches in the delivery model. In India, I designed the first one to celebrate the local culture: It was called “Bollywood Moment.”

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. I’ve also use this for keynotes, but it requires doing a survey before to gather up the stories. Begin Connections.

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The Purpose Prize

Have Fun - Do Good

SFGate had a story yesterday about the Purpose Prize. As education-committee chairwoman Nancy Benkof explained: "In struggling regions such as Africa, rural India and the Middle East, the sale of locally produced folk art can provide income to feed families, educate children and stabilize lives disrupted by war and dislocation."

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Empowering Women Artisans: An Interview with Rebecca Kousky of Nest

Have Fun - Do Good

"She stood up in our meeting and said that was exactly why women are afraid of taking loans in India, but with Nest, because it's interest-free and they can repay in their necklaces, they didn't have that kind of fear. Britt Bravo: What is one of your favorite Nest success stories? How do you have fun and do good in your work ?

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7 Nonprofits Leading the Fight Against Human Trafficking

Saleforce Nonprofit

Integrations with Quickbooks, HelloSign, and Google Apps allow staff to easily manage invoicing its customers, storing associated contracts and files, and new signups from its website contact form. Mission: Named after the North Star that guided slaves to freedom in the U.S.,

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