Documentation and Communication Workshop Organized by CAP – 25th July

Documentation and Communication Workshop Organized by CAP – 25th July

We (Lakshmi & Vasumathi) attended a Communication and Documentation Workshop organised by the Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy - CAP  at YMCA, Mumbai on the 25th of July, 2013. As for all the CAP workshops, the seats were already full, when we decided to register. This did not come as a surprise at all, we only cursed ourselves for not being the "early enough birds" to register.  But we were glad to receive a call from Martina just a few days before the workshop telling us that there was a room for two participants and we jumped at this proposition.…
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Social Media Workshop for NGOs, organized by iVolunteer Mumbai. June 29, 2013

Social Media Workshop for NGOs, organized by iVolunteer Mumbai. June 29, 2013

We have been using Social Media for the last few years, and it has been through these that we have reached out to so many of you. And many of you have helped us reach out to more. Which is exactly what Social Media are for and we know it all - right? Well - for all that we know about anything, we discover there is more to know. And that made me (Vasumathi Sriganesh) attend this workshop. With a small group of just 5 - 6 participants, we all got an intense learning experience. Neha Shrivastava of  iVolunteer later…
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Event: MBBS Students of DY Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai – on Public Health Challenges

Event: MBBS Students of DY Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai – on Public Health Challenges

Networking with students and recent graduates (Yes - Social Networking being a predominant part) sometimes "takes me places". I recently got introduced to Anita Kumar who is a III MBBS Student at the Dr DY Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai. She invited me for an event that she and her colleagues organized today at the college. The team - "The Student Scientific Committee" in collaboration with the Dept of Community Medicine, presented a program "Public Health Challenges: Young Minds at Work" I had no clue what it was about, and Anita had  not given me details.  And it happened to…
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