Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Though many of the countries we work in are talked about in the news (DR Congo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan), some aren’t as well-known (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Nigeria) and we often need to explain why operating in these countries is important.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2007

This tremendous growth is due in large part to the continued use of Martus by our partners working in Guatemala with the National Police Archive, and projects gathering data about Burma, Iraq and the Philippines.

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See3

DECEMBER 7, 2011

This animation presents a visual timeline of Iraq that asks a lot of the viewer both in patience and in imagining the destruction which the [.]. Reconciliation Through Healing | 4:58 Preemptive Love Coalition The histories of foreign countries are frequently lost, glossed over, or un-engaged by media.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2008

I was surprised a little later to realize that we were flying over Iraq. I had slept through the night and into the late afternoon in the Middle East. We flew over snow-capped mountains in Turkey.

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See3

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Change the world, one video at a time.Team Rubicon | 1:51 Team Rubicon As most of us know veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afganistan face many challenges in returning to civilian life. Team Rubicon is an innovative and dynamic example of positive veteran reintegration and a lesson that sometimes the law of unintended [.].

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

My mentee, Musa, talked about his efforts to help communities in Iraq, including getting blind schools what they needed in terms of equipment (something I’m planning on helping him with), and ended with a rap. Prince Haakon of Norway kicked off the session, along with our moderator, Angel Cabrera, the dean of the Thunderbird Business School.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Similarly, Snapchat’s geolocation features have been used to collect images and videos from the frontline in the Iraq War. For example, when fitness tracking app Strava released a map in 2017 of users’ activity, it accidentally revealed the location of several US military bases, showing where soldiers had been running laps around airfields.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 19, 2011

Over the past few weeks, we received over 250 applications from bloggers around the world – from California to Kenya, and from Mexico to Iraq. "We are so excited to announce the winners of the “Women Bloggers Deliver&# competition!

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

After massive leaks of documents on the Iraq and Afghan wars and diplomatic cables from around the world, Wikileaks has demonstrated that it is a formidable threat to American legitimacy and power. Now, thanks to the tactical success of Operation Payback's DDoS attacks, they are.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2011

In 2003, when the Iraq war started, I joined a group of folks who promised to fast for one day a week until the war ended. Of course even then, we didn't think the war would go on for 8 years! My personal fast ended late in 2004, when it seemed then that the war would go on for a very long time.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2011

In 2003, when the Iraq war started, I joined a group of folks who promised to fast for one day a week until the war ended. Of course even then, we didn't think the war would go on for 8 years! My personal fast ended late in 2004, when it seemed then that the war would go on for a very long time.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

Nooruldeen “Noor” Agha, a serial e-commerce entrepreneur, founded Flip in 2019 after emigrating to the United States from Iraq. Today, the Los Angeles-based company closed on a $28 million Series A led Streamlined Ventures. He had previously lived in Dubai, where he built some companies in the e-commerce space.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Founding partners include United Nations Foundation, DonorsChoose.org , Mashable, Blackbaud, charity: water, GlobalGiving, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), Kiva, Darden Restaurant Group, Groupon, Unilever and VENTURE3Capital.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2010

Mousa and I talked about his dream of helping centers for blind people in Iraq get the tech equipment they need. Conversation Two I had agreed to act as a mentor to a Global Changemaker, in this case Mousa Mousawy, an Iraqi teenager now living in Jordan.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

The Rucksack" -- a cutting-edge project that I led recently for the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) -- is an especially powerful example of an organization using technology in a strategic and transformative way.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Fawzi, Samir and Nacoud knew each other from Iraq and studied together in college in Sweden, which is where they met Steiner. PideDirecto , a Mexico-based company, is developing a platform that enables local businesses in Latin America to sell directly to their consumers and deliver orders in less than 30 minutes.

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DataRobot

AUGUST 11, 2021

and I said, ‘Gosh, it may have been graduate school at Princeton that enabled me best of all.’” ” It was an honor to have this unique discussion with General Petraeus, and have him elucidate his views on AI, intelligence, and how we can all prepare for a more intelligent tomorrow.

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The Verge

MARCH 8, 2021

The game, which takes place during the Iraq War’s Second Battle of Fallujah, has come under scrutiny for seemingly portraying a US-centric focus on a campaign in which an estimated 800 Iraqi civilians were killed, according to the Red Cross.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

Kannah, who had fled Iraq as a refugee, saw family members going through trade schools that were lacking technology infrastructure and modern software tools. CourseKey currently works with over 200 career colleges, including the Paul Mitchell School and the Institute for Business & Technology, among others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

In deck above, you will see a graph that shows that the Ice Bucket Challenge had more search volume than other news such as Ferguson and Iraq during the last few weeks. This shows the importance of timing and playing off current events. 2) Playing on Memes: The campaign took advantage of social media narcissism for a good cause.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2021

During her career, she’s produced for CNN International, served as a humanitarian spokesperson in Iraq, and led award-winning nonprofit and corporate communications teams. She works with executive directors and fundraisers to tell their stories in ways that create healthier, more stable funding for their missions.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Walker and Clinton met at West Point before being deployed to Iraq together, while McMahon’s background includes time spent with the General Services Administration.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2014

I was a part of the 418th Civil Affairs Battalion in Belton and deployed to Iraq in 2008. Nathan : Great question - honestly I think the best network I found was joining the Army Reserve in Kansas City. Not all of us are in KC anymore (we all returned home safely!) but that''s been a network I still benefit from to this day.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2009

Also working with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America to help get them the respect and services they deserve, working on reform of the VA. A: For me specifically, government and social media (and not just Washington), social media, the Sunlight Foundation ( on government accountability and transparency, data.gov, etc.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America , founded in June 2004, is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. San Francisco to teaching reading in Atlanta, to rebuilding homes and lives in the Gulf coast communities.

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2010

We are also engaging with the Government of Iraq through the development of new web portals that will assist with project management and connecting with citizens of the country.

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The Verge

AUGUST 31, 2020

I don’t know how to describe my body without sounding like an a **e, but basically: I’m an Iraq combat veteran with a posture that goes with my background. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. I’m a 35-year-old, white, slightly balding man living in Portland, Oregon. I stand up straight. My torso looks pretty solid.

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NTEN

MAY 2, 2011

With "The Rucksack", Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) have actually managed to build an online community that works. We all want it. We know we need it. Making it happen?

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The Verge

APRIL 12, 2021

Facebook moves swiftly to deal with coordinated campaigns to sway politics in wealthy countries like the US, South Korea, and Taiwan, while it de-prioritizes or simply ignores reports of similar activity in poorer nations like Afghanistan, Iraq, Mexico, and much of Latin America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association. The list of partner charities at launch include: US Fund for UNICEF. The Wilderness Society. Ronald McDonald House Charities. Jumpstart for Young Children. Feeding America. Do Something. The United Way. Mercy Corps. American Heart Association.

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NTEN

MAY 11, 2009

But simply having the list may drive more interesting traffic, like, oh, Barham Salih, Iraq's Deputy P.M. Sample tweet: " We must finish paper on Iraq economic vision- but assumptions made so far risky and not verified with available data!" As it turns out, they're pretty boring.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2013

We are working with refugees on the ground in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. The fundraising objective is to raise revenue for our Syrian Children’s Relief Fund in order to support our responses to ongoing and urgent needs as a result of the conflict. Even small donations can make a difference.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

One grandmother, a diehard among people avoiding the Internet, became an avid online user when her grandson was stationed in Iraq. She quickly set aside any qualms about going online; her grandson took priority. In my own family, my parents, siblings and other relatives are scattered across the U.S. and other countries.

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See3

MAY 25, 2007

Gore suggested that if the net was as powerful six years ago as it was today, that maybe we wouldn’t have had so many yes votes for the Iraq war because the press would have been pressured to tell the American people more directly that Iraq was not responsible for 9-11 (which 70% of Americans believed and 50% still believe.)

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 12, 2010

She told us about her husband’s injuries from a roadside bomb in Iraq. Lee Woodruff spoke yesterday afternoon here at the AFP Conference. She had some good points and some poignant moments, but one stuck with me. She talked about the importance of living in the moment.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 7, 2007

CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq. You can see which Congresswomen voted for and against the Iraq War here. You can learn about joining or hosting a CODE PINK Mother's Day event here, and read an interview with their Local Groups Coordinator, Rae Abileah, here.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2008

blogging job activism

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