Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

We spent Day 2 of the E-Mediat Train the Trainer sessions on “ Translating The Networked NGO in the Arab World.&# To localize Networked Nonprofit concepts to an Arab NGO context, as appropriate, for improved project outcomes. The specific learning objectives: To understand the principles of “being” a Networked Nonprofit.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

More and more nonprofit, library, and NGO offices worldwide will need to accommodate personally-owned tablets and smartphones on wireless networks in order to work and communicate. Another big trend in the IT press forecasts is the much heralded decline of the traditional PC – laptops and desktop computers. The Decline of PCs.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

The Mifos X Platform is free open source cloud software for running a microfinance organization that provides small loans, savings accounts, and micro insurance to very poor people. The name is an acronym of "micro finance open source." The First Universal Software Platform for Financial Inclusion Launches.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. It is open source software, but we're experimenting with a revenue model to sustain the project over the long term. We've just launched Miradi.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. A quick review of the results of Isovera Survey of Open Source Content Management Satisfaction in Nonprofit Organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools! If you want to keep up with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), check out the wiki. Someone tagged the NGO-in-a-Box with nptech just today. Freecharity.org.uk Can cell phones ensure a free vote? Check out Greenlight Nigeria and Mobile Monitors.

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