Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

The winner was Lethal Sheethal who was about to leave for six months on her Kiva Fellowship in Peru. Before leaving, she did a fundraiser and raffled off her copy of the book. That was a networked approach to leveraging the ideas in the book.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Last year the Rwandan government completed a $95 million fiber optic cable network reaching every district in the country to encourage new economic growth through ICT. Silicon Valley is made up of solely one industry: technology, whereas countries in emerging markets have existing industries, around which entrepreneurs are innovating.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The tools integrate with company data in real time and leverage neural networks for simulations to increase return on investment of promotions while also maintaining or increasing sales. Currently, Kuona operates in the United States, Mexico, Peru and Ecuador and just opened an office in Brazil.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

Millions of tons of cargo are transported each year via the Pan-American Highway and its branches across Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Paraguay. Bolivian angel network SC Angeles , which Ortiz co-founded, also participated. .” Why Latin America’s freight-forwarding opportunity is still attracting capital.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I just returned from doing two days of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit training in Mexico City with Oxfam Mexico and participants from offices throughout Latin America, South America, and Caribbean. The first day focused on networks and strategic use of social media along with some practical skills in content creation and measurement.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Right now it’s live in nine cities across Latin American countries Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, as well as Poland and Austria in Europe. Based out of New York, where it launched last month JOKR plans to roll out across cities in the U.S., Latin America and Europe. JOKR launches in New York with a different take on on-demand delivery.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

million in Series A funding to continue developing its app that takes grocery orders through local social networks. Favo enables under-employed entrepreneurs to create new income streams through steady sales commissions from their own local network. Favo launched in Peru in 2020 and then Brazil.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

As a mobility startup, WhereIsMyTransport maps formal and informal public transport networks. WhereIsMyTransport also launched its first consumer product Rumbo, which provides network information from all modes of public transport in Mexico with more than 100,000 users delivering over 750,000 real-time network alerts.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 2, 2020

“The learned deep neural network that specifies the flight controls is wrapped with an appropriate safety assurance layer to ensure the agent is always driving safely. Across our simulation benchmark we were able to not only replicate but dramatically improve our navigation system by utilizing RL.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

Orchata does this by operating a network of micro fulfillment centers — it is already operating in two cities — with technology for efficient picking and hyperfast delivery. Garcia is also eyeing Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Chile for future expansion. Online food delivery sales in Latin America are projected to reach $9.8

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

It opened campuses in Mexico and Peru, for example. ” He expects to see 5,000 students join this year, up from 500 in 2019, and see the network expand with new schools in the U.S., A number of students also accused the school of not giving them the education it had promised. Europe, LatAm and Africa.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

social networking services. “ And, finally from our startups coverage today, Peru-based Leasy just raised $17 million – in a mix of cash and debt – to provide car loans to ride-hailing drivers in Latin America. MWC, or Mobile World Congress, is a yearly tech confab that has become, Heater notes, “the smartphone show.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

RecargaPay originally had operations in various Latin American countries, such as Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Brazil, as well as in Spain and the U.S. Cell phones caught on quickly in Brazil because it has traditionally been difficult to obtain a landline — an ordeal that often took several months to solidify.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

” The initial markets will be in Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda and Vietnam, where Apeel’s tech will treat avocados, pineapples, asparagus and citrus fruits like lemons, limes and oranges. . “The value is not just in the longer-lasting produce, it’s in the market access for that longer-lasting produce.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Astranis signed a $90 million agreement with Latin American telecom company Grupo Andesat to deliver broadband internet access to rural Peru. Tomorrow is aiming to operate a network of weather satellites and an intelligence platform for customers. Image Credits: Ursa Major (opens in a new window). Other news from TC and beyond.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Prendea: Peru-based startup that offers live, online after-school classes for Spanish-speaking kids. However, the pandemic did show how much community and network enhances a school experience. Only two of Y Combinator’s 14 edtech investments are from the United States, with the highest concentrations in South America and India.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2006

The newest Big Vision podcast is up , and it is an interview with Ilyse Hogue, the Global Finance Campaign Director for the Rainforest Action Network and one of the founders of SmartMeme , a non-profit collective of long term organizers, strategists, trainers and communications professionals.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Since 1997, in Spain , Mexico , Brazil , Chile, Ecuador , Colombia - and soon in Peru - Paco and his team have been serving up their magic brew. It's not a. political party, and it's not Spring Break, and it doesn't happen on. campus, it's. Well, ask anyone under 30 who lives in a Spanish-speaking country about Campus Party.

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

Using the expertise of its Chef Network, WCK works to empower people to be a part of the solution with a focus on health, education, jobs, and disaster relief. Last year disaster relief once again became the main focus of our organization as we activated and served over 4 million meals in Peru, Houston, Puerto Rico, and California.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

Execs from the two startups say the combined company will have processed over $5 billion in payments and built a network of over 500,000 connected businesses by creating B2B DeFi payment networks in both the U.S. This will now be offered to 22 fintech companies across Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru. and Mexico.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 1, 2011

I’ve coached a massage therapist from Japan and a jewelry designer from Peru. The women are from all over the world and each faces various challenges like language barriers, cultural differences, being a single parent, and more, yet they continue preserve toward their dreams.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

They operate a network of around 500 collection points. The e-Waste Association of South Africa ( eWASA ) is building a network of e-waste recyclers and refurbishers in the country. Four countries in Latin America now have e-waste laws or rules: Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, and Brazil. percent, the highest in the world.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

This charity also has offices in India , Nepal , and Tanzania operates its own projects and supports partners in Tanzania, India, and Nepal and works on behalf of children in places like the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Peru, Cambodia, China, and Bangladesh. It has just 20 UK-based staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

His list of benefits include: Video is a powerful storytelling medium and has the potential to engage people and build relationship, particularly if using some of the video/social networking sites. " ( I'd like to add that I found this great resource that might be useful: The Fair Use Network). Then check with a lawyer."

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TechNode

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The city used to be known for Chinese olives and white tea but is now the scene of 200,000 JETOUR cars rolling off the assembly lines each year, to be shipped around the world from Peru to South Africa. It aims to expand its footprint to 80 markets with an overseas network of 1,600 dealerships and more than 1.1

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 9, 2017

Due to the muted, auto-playing nature of Facebook videos (and nearly all social networks), videos must work with sound off. Using a handful of photos and video clips shot entirely on a mobile phone, ShelterBox created a video days after the landslides hit Peru and Colombia in an effort to drive donations in the wake of the devastation.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

That's why TechSoup supports a global network of tech trainers called NetSquared. In Peru, the group explored how Azure can help NGOs and in Tanzania , people learned about the concept of cloud productivity services. New York, New York: First-Generation College Graduate Networking and Philanthropy Conversation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2008

All in all. gnomedex is a must-attend conference.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

This was before The Social Network movie came out. I had previously friended him on Facebook and when I saw the trailer for The Social Network, as much as I love Sorkin, I had a bad feeling in my stomach: "This movie is going to be about bad tech people ruining the world." They asked where I''d find them. "Uh, Uh, Facebook."

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Google Research AI blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

million to support more than 30 collaborative research projects and over 3,000 Hispanic students and faculty across a network of Hispanic-serving institutions. Another example is our collaboration with the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI) to provide $4.8

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

Towards that vision, they are creating a networked community of cultural entrepreneurs, cultural investors, and cultural entrepreneurship educators. For example, I'd seen potters in Peru whose tradition was to make clay water jars for their community. They'd bring them into the market, and sell them.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2006

Before I left for Peru, I did an interview for the Big Vision Podcast with Jonah Sachs, the Principal of Free Range Studios , an advertising and marketing firm with offices in Washington DC and Berkeley, California that specializes in non-profits and socially responsible businesses. But I think the work is out there.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2008

It's got a lot of interesting design challenges, but you can have the very best technology in the world, and if you don't get it out there and market it, if you don't have a distribution network, then it doesn't have any impact. I applied for a Fulbright Fellowship to go back to Peru. You're not going to Peru."

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I just had to take that chance." - Jensine Larsen Jensine Larsen is the Founder and CEO of World Pulse , a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice. We have such a large community, our network is over 40,000, who is depending on us. She can join the community and find resources and network.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

And nonprofit organization Solana officially integrated the chatbot into its network with a ChatGPT plug-in geared toward end users to help onboard into the web3 space. Several major school systems and colleges, including New York City Public Schools , have banned ChatGPT from their networks and devices. What does GPT mean in ChatGPT?

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Engadget

MARCH 18, 2025

Meta built Zuckerberg a special room to protect him from Zika Facebook took extreme measures to protect Zuckerberg from Zika during a visit to Peru for the APEC conference. Zuckerbergs desperate attempts to talk to Xi Jinping Wynn-Williams spends a lot of time delving into Facebooks plans to bring the social network to China.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 6, 2025

The stop in sharing data was “due to funding constraints that have caused the Department to turn off the underlying network” read the statement, which added that embassies and consulates were directed to keep their monitors running and the sharing of data could resume in the future if funded was restored. .”

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