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- Samasource: Red-hot: Samasource growth thaws a frigid San Francisco Summer - Pamela Pavkov recounts her Associate time @samasource http://bit.ly/ddTpUf
- Samasource: RT @arrington: Crowdsourcing Disaster Relief http://t.co/RWJ8Gns via @techcrunch
- Samasource: @leila_c in @techcrunch on how @samasource uses data to make disaster relief more effective: http://tcrn.ch/dymCZB #givework
- Samasource: We are getting excited for Samasource's 2nd Annual Give Work Gala! Happens 11.11.10 - email gala@samasource.org for more info!
- Samasource: Tech For (And By) Africa http://t.co/SwwQUwI via @techcrunch
- Samasource: @samasource Stipend Haiti Field Associate position, begin in Sept. careers@samasource.org w/resume 4 info! http://bit.ly/c8yiiK @RAMhaiti
- Samasource: Leila Chirayath Janah on Samasource bridging the digital divide and creating a global meritocracy... http://fb.me/EYeshXJo
- Samasource: A comprehensive article on Leila Chirayath Janah @leila_c and Samasource: http://bit.ly/9U5rRl #givework http://fb.me/zgyP2ebi
- Samasource: @IncMagazine features @samasource in slideshow "6 Cool Crowdsourcing Business Tools" check it out here: http://bit.ly/cXcH83
Category Archives: Nonprofits
Samasource Associate Christine Shepherd Shares Her Experience in Haiti
As a business and international relations graduate student, I knew that choosing to spend my summer in Haiti working for Samasource would open my eyes to the challenges of operating in a third world environment. Intense heat, power outages and lack of running water are commonplace here, and of course do their part to try [...]
Summer at Samasource
We are well into our Summer Associate program at Samasource. We have four full-time Associates spread across Haiti, India, and Kenya and five more Associates in our San Francisco office – Samasource’s largest Associate class ever. Our roles vary as much as our experience. We tackle marketing, fundraising, quality, client management, and engineering, and plenty [...]
Samasource in Haiti: It’s funny how things turn out sometimes
Anar Simpson, Samasource Program Director, reflects on our evaluation of potential Haitian partner 1,000 Jobs.
Leila represents Samasource at the African Social Enterprise Forum
The African Social Enterprise Forum has tons of the hardest working social entrepreneurship organizations such as Acumen Fund, the Rockefeller Foundation, Endeavor, Ashoka and Social Private Equity South Africa - and of course Samasource.
See Leila speak about the challenges of using microwork to help people in Africa make their own livelihoods online. Dignified digital jobs for the next billion.
What is “reasonably priced” for a not for profit?
What is a "reasonable price" for a NFP to pay for a software or service? Should they pay market rate as if they were a profit making venture? Should they get a discount? Should businesses, especially lower marginal cost businesses like software companies make a habit of donating licenses to not for profits?
Rethinking Outsourcing
I thought I’d share an Op-Ed I wrote that was published in The Star, a Malaysian newspaper, on Tuesday this week — it’s called Rethinking Outsourcing.
A positive social label could do much to change consumer perceptions of outsourcing to poor regions
IT’S a tough time for the outsourcing industry – 69% of Americans think outsourcing hurts [...]
My Experience with Samasource
I am a very optimistic person, optimistic to the point where most think I’m a little crazy. I have tried the “In a mad world, it’s only the mad that are considered sane” approach to assuage my need to fit in with the mostly glass-half-empty lot that most of my acquaintances are, but, it doesn’t [...]
Red-hot: Samasource growth thaws a frigid San Francisco Summer