Women Who Tech Around the World View more presentations from Beth Kanter Yesterday, I had the honor of participating in the 4th annual Women Who Tech TeleSummit that brings together women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. Created by Alyson Kapin four years ago, WomenWhoTech is a network for thriving community of women in technology professions by giving women an open platform to share their talents, experiences, and … [Read more...]
Net Smart: How To Thrive Online
NetSmart is Howard Rheingold's latest book. It synthesizes his 30 years of experience if being a model digital citizen and what he has learned from asking other this simple question: How to use social media intelligently and mindfully? Lately, I have been working in far flung places which means long, very long airplane rides without Internet access! This book has been my companion lately - not only because it is so rich (check out the table of contents) but it has given me a lot to think … [Read more...]
Getting Around Internet Censorship: VPN
Last month I did a Networked NGO training in Dubai for Pakistan NGOs where I experienced Internet censorship first hand. The government blocks certain sites, including access to any group organizing features on social sites (shared photo pools for example), skype out, and tools like VPNs that can help you get around government censors. Eventually, I was able to install a VPN and get to the sites I wanted to use. This week will be our first peer call to follow up from the training which … [Read more...]
Packard OE Strategy Session: Laying Everything Out on the Table
Note from Beth: In March, I had the pleasure of co-presenting at the GEO Conference (Grantmakers for Effective Organizations) with Kathy Reich, Director, Organizational Effectiveness Program at the Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, Director of Evaluation at TCC Group, that helped OE analyze its “goldmine” of grantee data. The learning in public (slides and resources here). During the conference, “a small army of guest bloggers [and] grantmakers, who [attended GEO] posted their … [Read more...]
Generation 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 in 2004 on the 10th Anniversary of the genocide in partnership with the Rwanda Government, Kigali City Council, and Aegis Trust, a charity in the UK dedicated to the prediction, prevention, and ultimately elimination of genocide. The site operations a Genocide Archive, a Museum, Education and … [Read more...]
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