Mobilizing Online Communities in the Face of Disaster: Tips from NetSquared...
This post was originally posted on the NetSquared Blog by Alicja Peszkowska, Network Coordinator, Community-Driven Innovation at TechSoup Global On the 12th of March, one day after the tragic...
View ArticleEnter to Win the European Open Data Challenge
This was first posted on the NetSquared blog Are you interested in using open data for good in Europe? The Open Data Challenge is designed to encourage interesting ways of reusing public data for the...
View ArticleShouldn’t the Word Phone be Removed from Mobile? – The Use of the Mobile by...
Photo: Sascha Pohflepp under Creative Commons 2.0 Generic by Keisha Taylor Can you remember when a huge mobile phone was a brand new and exciting phenomenon and something that only a privileged few...
View ArticleMay Net2 Think Tank Round-up: Improving Lives in Rural Communities with ICTs
May 17th marked the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD). To celebrate, NetSquared used this year’s WTISD theme, “Better Life in Rural Communities with ICTs” to guide their Net2...
View ArticleData, Data Everywhere — But How Does It Relate to You And Your Work?
By Keisha C Taylor As Internet and mobile access grows, more data is made open online. It is being used and analyzed by the media, the private sector, governments, and civil society organizations to...
View ArticleA Review of the Guardian ACTIVATE Summit (London)
by Dinesh Venkateswaran, Manager – Global Data Acquisitions, TechSoup Global Guardian’s ACTIVATE is an annual conference that aims to bring together leaders in Media, Government and Technology to...
View ArticleDon’t Be Fooled by Abstract Jargon: Internet Governance and ICT Policy Affect...
by Keisha C Taylor Most civil society organisations (CSOs) and citizens don’t use high-level jargon such as “Internet governance” and “ICT policy.” For them, it’s about having reliable and fast...
View ArticleMediating Voices And Communicating Realities
By Keisha Taylor. This was originally posted on the TechSoup Global blog. This report by Evangelia Berdou speaks about the benefits of using open source tools like the Ushahidi platform and...
View ArticleBuilding Better Solutions Together, Faster
You’ve probably heard about hackathons, but have you heard of the ‘Weekend Movement’? Glenn Fajardo at TechSoup Global talks about the Weekend movement that is gathering steam in Malaysia in a recent...
View ArticleTechnology, Data, and Indian Nonprofits: Enabling Philanthropy
By Keisha Taylor, communications manager at TechSoup Global & for its GuideStar International program. This was first posted on the Techsoup.org blog Technology product donations, training, and...
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