Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Interestingly enough, our 2013 budget projection for the Martus project is larger than the combined group was in 2012. We have also begun searching for a new senior executive to lead our Human Rights Program. This is a rare chance to operate at the forefront of the intersection of technology and human rights.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 19, 2024

Online or digital fundraising is the process or means of raising money through the internet. Give Lively was founded by people with a passion for social good who saw the need for an internet-based method of raising funds that didn’t require offline contributions. This fundraising is usually done via a donations page.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Kudos to Erin Palmer over at TechSoup's NetSquared Project for this: "The Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that, as of early 2012, 88% of American adults had a cell phone. Mobile websites are designed for optimal download speed, so they load faster on phones and tablets. Improved search.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The online protest was to raise awareness on NSA mass surveillance practices and also to promote ‘Aaron’s law’, a response to the 2013 suicide death of activist Aaron Swartz who was convicted of hacking data on an academic website and getting a sentence of 35 years in prison. Safer Internet Day.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

They provide you with viewable, interactive, and mostly hands-free Internet just above your right eye. Google Glass is by far the most famous of them and is a set of cyborg looking eyeglasses (now in five colors) that like many wearable devices, works in cooperation with an Android phone or iPhone. You can do Google searches by voice.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

This time I’ll review a yet another massive new digital inclusion initiative, the launch of a new free mobile phone calling and text plan, new technology in encrypted web browsing, a new NPTech news source find, scary stats on the looming Internet of things, and the coming of the bionic eye. Well, the time is upon us.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends. And it doesn't have to be another phone interface (a Bluetooth headset does that much better). Now, here's the latest: Digital Inclusion.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

My greatest hope for 2013 is that nonprofits evolve beyond the “free” mentality to a strategy that gives the time and financial investment necessary to make the Social Web work for your nonprofit. And the Google Search App and Bing Search App are very useful and now empowered with voice search.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

My greatest hope for 2013 is that nonprofits evolve beyond the “free” mentality to a strategy that gives the time and financial investment necessary to make the Social Web work for your nonprofit. And the Google Search App and Bing Search App are very useful and now empowered with voice search.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Director of Search Marketing. There are a ton of social media platforms on the Internet. Videos can provide your nonprofit organization with a low-cost way to engage your viewers and easily spread your message on the Internet. Read Colleen Dunbar''s, " It’s 2013: Where’s your nonprofit’s social media policy? ".'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

With 90% of your nonprofit’s supporters and donors now accessing the Internet on multiple devices every day , nonprofits really need to prioritize mobilizing their Web content. Slow dial-up Internet access required that websites be as simple as possible for faster loading. Opera Mini, and Safari searches conducted on smartphones.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

I’ll review Mary Meeker and Liang Wu’s annual report on the Internet, a new NTEN report on nonprofit technology assistance providers, Facebook’s new guidelines for nonprofits and causes, charities losing control of Hactivism, Google’s new micro-donation app, and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month.

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