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Updates to TechSoup.org
The TechSoup team are hard at work continuing to add updates, new functionality, and usability to techsoup.org - here's a message from co-CEO Marnie Webb with more details:
At TechSoup Global we’ve been working hard on a new round of improvements to the TechSoup.org website.
I’m excited to update you on our progress and hear your feedback. A little over a year ago, we unveiled the first phase in a series of improvements to the site, including a new homepage design and enhanced search functionality. Those visible changes to the site also represented significant improvement to our back end systems — both hardware and software.
The Local Philantropy Workshop Experience
The second day of the Local Phliantropy Workshop, kept in Odorheiu Secuiesc Romania, put on the same table NGO and IT mentors. NGO, found about a lot of tools that will solve the IT problems. There were 4 contents: Communication, Social Media, Web Site Building, Productivity. All the NGO's exposed their problems, and IT mentors, tried to come with the best solution. I were at the Socia Media "table", and we spoken about Facebook, Twitter, Linked, Blogs, and how this tools will improve your popularity. He have a great fun here, and also learn about a lot of interesting things... See you later
Net2 Think Tank: Finding Volunteers
Let's face it: finding good volunteers is tough. A good volunteer can be a priceless addition to the team, but the process of matching the expertise and timing needs of the project to the skills and availabilities of potential volunteers can take time and resources away from your organization. This month's Net2 Think Tank is exploring ways that organizations can use the internet to make finding volunteers more efficient and effective. Share your tools, tactics, and best practices with the NetSquared Community!
Topic:
Community project proposal
I would like to see marked tourist routes in Bucharest, that would contain monuments, important places, buildings etc... Also marking monuments and other important places is very necessary. Also, maps should be available in important places.
IT solutions for NGOs
Do you know what drupal or civicrm are? Or how IT volounteers can help your organization?
During the last session on the day one of the Local Philathropy Workshop in Romania we were trying to find out and define the ways in which Romanian ITC volounteers could help local NGOs using specific tools that they have the knowlege about and experience in using.
Listen to Piotrek Szostkowski from CiviCRM talking about this program as a great example of how ITC can support NGOs
a day at the local philantrophy workshop
A good day at this workshop, found out alot about other programs, organisations, and networked with alot of "geek" persons.
The first day mainly for getting to know each other and discuss alot about theoretical and ideal philantropy and charity; and after those discutions i realized that alot of us are good, charitable persons, but we all see it as just being a good person, as being polite, or just doing what we feel is good.
It had a great start, from my point of view, with an interesting exchange of oppinioins.
See you later.
EID MUBARAK -Wish the peace, prosperity, sustainable living and environmental justice for organism in universe
Eid Mubarak
Wish the peace, prosperity, sustainable living and environmental justice for organism in universe
Annihilation, eradication of corruption – criminal, crook, deceiver, swindler
AIMED AT SUSTAINABLE LIVING, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Dear Friends
Scholars, Intelligentsia, outstanding professionals from government, business, finance, journalism, NGOs and other fields......................................................
Please get together - Help the sasrai-Movement within Your limit
Keep a hand written sasrai-Movement Poster --- in any discussion area
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000537708627#!/group.php?gid=8450962401&ref=ts
Please have initiative to serve the cause through your network
Are NGO people responsible and caring or just crazy?
How would you describe a perfect citizen? Where is the line between being kind and being socially engaged? What can we can philanthropy?
A Voter Participation Starter Kit for Nonprofits and Social Service Agencies
Nonprofit Vote has recently created a toolkit help you improve your organization's voter engagement activities. It's designed to help you get started in planning and carrying out simple, effective, and nonpartisan voter engagement - and all of the content is free and available online.
Improving Water and Sanitation Resources Online: An Interview with Akvo's Peter van der Linde
I recently had the opportunity to connect with Peter van der Linde, the co-founder and director of Akvo. Akvo is a platform dedicated to realizing drinking water and sanitation projects in developing countries across the globe.
The Local Philanthropy Workshop: The state of civil society in Romania
I'm here in Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania, for The Local Philanthropy Workshop run by the OdorheiuSecuiesc Community Foundation and TechSoup Romania. This three-and-a-half day event will really kick off tomorrow morning and lead well into the weekend, bringing together NGO and IT participants to work together, share needs and expertise, and build capacity to move Romania and our communities further towards the civil society and engaged philanthropy environment we all want. There will be plenty of conversations, workshops, and learning opportunities here at the conference facility, but our goal is to share out throughout the event so you can join the conversation!
Support Social Justice with the FACT Challenge
The FACT Social Justice Challenge opened for submissions last week (and will continue accepting your ideas until October 4th). There are already some great ideas in the mix and we wanted to take a minute today to help get you thinking about new Projects you could submit or maybe highlight a Project you are already working on that aligns with the Challenge topic. So, just what does “social justice” mean?
What is "Social Justice"?For our purposes, let's start with FACT's "About" statement, at least as a starting point to lead the discussion:
japanese communication tool for disabilitie's people
Good News: Panasonic deside continue product 'disabilitiy people using famous japanese communication tool "LetsChat"' today. industry company "FUNCOM" produces "LetsChat" has come to end its history this June(2010), and people using this tool was on the edge of losing their communication, but now OK! please read this blog with "LetsChat" http://is.gd/eLyve . and be fun of 'LetsChat' funpage http://bit.ly/letschatfb .
Net2 Recommends - August's Interesting Posts From Around The Web
The NetSquared team reads and shares lots of different blog posts, articles, reports, and surveys within our team. We have a lot of fun sharing within the team and it occurred to us that we should start sharing them with you, too! Net2 Recommends is a monthly series of news and blog posts from around the web that we found interesting or inspiring, mind-bending or opinion-changing, fun or just plain weird.
Attend the Women Who Tech Telesummit for Women in Technology
On September 15, the Women Who Tech Telesummit will bring together talented women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy to transform the world and inspire change. Hundreds of women from across the US and abroad in the non-profit, political and business world will be participating and Panelists include women on the forefront of social change and technology.
NetSquared Camp Vancouver - Event Recap
Held August 14, the NetSquared Camp in Vancouver brought together nonprofits, activists and social entrepreneurs with their friends and allies in the world of technology and communications in an offline event dedicated to learning and sharing. The Camp, one in a series of Camps Pilot events, aimed to provide an environment for learning, networking, and collaboration -- and it was a huge success! Learn more about the event including resources, stories, and media from the day:
NetSquared Campfire Paris - Event Presentation
As we reported in the Camfire Paris event recap, the event in Paris was a huge success! Recently, the organizers put together a slideshow summarizing the event. This slideshow includes loads of resources from the day, including key stories, outcomes, and interesting findings:
NetSquared Campfire Paris - Event Presentation
As we reported in the Camfire Paris event recap, the event in Paris was a huge success! Recently, the organizers put together a slideshow summarizing the event. This slideshow includes loads of resources from the day, including key stories, outcomes, and interesting findings:
Growing Lourish.com: A NetSquared Cambridge Event Wrap-up
The August NetSquared Cambridge (UK) event was led by Dave Bower, a software developer who is the driving force behind Lourish.com. Lourish is a newly launched website designed to facilitate swapping of home-grown fruit and veg in the local community.
