The Networked Nonprofit in Kenya
Ushahidi Board Meeting at iHub in Kenya I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi, an organization that builds tools for...
View ArticleFree Agents in UK: Militant Optimists and Positive Disruptors
I arrived in London yesterday on my way back from Kenya to give a couple of talks about The Networked Nonprofit. Some of the first nonprofit and social media I connected with through blogs five years...
View ArticleNetworked Nonprofit at the Guardian in London
I stopped in London on my way back to the US from Kenya for a couple of book events. This morning I did an interactive session at the Guardian hosted by its new voluntary sector network – a new...
View ArticleThe Networked NGO: Translating the Networked Nonprofit and 1-11-11 Club
Networked NGO View more presentations from Beth Kanter. This year my birthday (Jan. 11) was very special indeed and not only because the date had all ones: 1-11-11. But, I’ll get to birthday fun in a...
View ArticleE-Mediat Day 4: What does it mean to be a social media trainer?
Beirut Diary: I’m in Beirut for the week as part of The E-Mediat project, a capacity building project that leverages a networked approach. I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver...
View ArticleBridging Social Technologies and Sustainable Development: Social Squared
Note from Beth: Earlier this month, the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, hosted the USRIO 2.0 Preparation Conference where policy-makers, practitioners, and innovators discussed how to use...
View ArticleSupporting NGOs in underserved countries, and recommending consultants
Packard Grantees from Pakistan, with In-Country Team Note from Beth: I’ve just returned from leading an intense “Networked NGO” training for Packard Foundation PRH grantees from Pakistan. The...
View ArticleThe Networked NGO in Pakistan
Day 2: Certificates Awarded To Senior Staff Attendees This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. Last week,...
View ArticleAkilah Institute for Women: Social Media Workshop
Akilah workshop View more presentations from Beth Kanter After the ACE leadership training, I had the opportunity to spend a day in Kigali. I volunteered to do a Social Media and Professional...
View ArticleGeneration Rwanda: Two Stories
As part of the ACE Leadership Training, we had several site visits to bring some of the real world into our discussions. The group visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial. The site was established...
View ArticleThe Networked NGO in India
This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and...
View ArticleTechCamp: Empowering Women Through Technology
Note from Beth: With all the travel I’ve been doing, I was hoping that I could sync my schedule with attending TechCamp, a program under Secretary Clinton’s Civil Society (CS) 2.0 initiative – an...
View ArticleThe Triple Bottom Line in India: Software, Quality Education, and Early Learning
Visiting the Sujaya School with Rufina Fernandez After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend...
View ArticleUsing Pinterest To Raise Awareness About Violence Against Women and Girls in...
Happy Fourth of July! I was going to write something patriotic about social media, but I got an email from Mari Tikkanen with story about her recent experience working with maternal/reproductive...
View ArticleSome Reflections About Civil Society 2.0 and Why I’m Not On A Plane To...
The post I had originally planned to publish before leaving on a plane for Tunis, Tunisia was going to be all The Women’s Enterprise for Sustainability (WES), funded through the U.S. Department of...
View Article[Reflection] Mashable #sgsGLOBAL: How Do We Get From Collective Conversation...
I was in NYC over the weekend and Monday to attend and speak at the Mashable Social Good Summit, a three-day conference featuring discussions and presentations with global social activists,...
View ArticleRaise Your Hand for Girls on October 11, 2012
October 11 has been declared the “International Day of the Girl” and the launch of an international campaign called “Because I am A Girl” by the Plan, one of oldest and largest children’s development...
View ArticleReflections from Social Good Brasil and a New Word: PhilanthroTeen!
I’ve just returned from keynoting the first Social Good Brazil conference that took place in Florianapolis, sometimes referred to the “Silicon Valley” of Brasil and where the nonprofit, social good,...
View ArticleHappy International Women’s Day!
Today is International Women’s Day which has been observed since the early 1900s (here’s a good history). On March 8th every year, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire and...
View ArticleHow the Head of UNDP Uses Twitter To Engage Around Development Policy Goals
Love this! RT @CMLoNigro: .@HelenClarkUNDP now taking questions on #post2015 – use #2030Now in your tweets! pic.twitter.com/W25OihgjEz #WEF — Caleb Tiller (@CMTiller) January 14, 2014 As global...
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