Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

There was tremendous optimism about the value of training engineers and scientists and how that would benefit all of humanity, especially in the southern California of a century ago which was reshaped through the wonders of technology. I want to advocate for “giving the sleeves off your vest” strategy!

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

That’s changing (thanks to training and education from places like the ASU Lodestar Center ), but it’s a place where I knew I could contribute. My journey began with a nonprofit called TechnoServe where I began utilizing my consulting skills as a volunteer consultant in East Africa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2012

I’m headed to Rwanda to participate in a training for the ACE project, a network of African Women’s Leadership organizations in the Sub-Saharan region. Over the next two weeks, I will be sharing what I learn about the connections of networks, networked approaches, and social media for Women’s Rights NGOs in Africa.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The link need to be like so: Africa. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Vancouver, British Columbia: Agile Project Management for Nonprofits. Africa and Middle East.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2015

Created in 1992, Ateliers du Bocage (the name roughly translates to forest workshop) was founded as a project of the Emmaus Social Movement , a postwar European humanitarian movement organized to nonviolently defend and support the most destitute members of society. The organization collects office waste discards nationally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2009

(Since Google didn't include a link on the page, I've included a list with links below) I'm curious how they came up with the list - a small committee within Google or did they crowdsource names internally?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

From left to right: panelists Enrique Piracés, Iain Levine and Sam Gregory As I went around talking to human rights groups like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International , however, I learned there already was a Witness project in the human rights field. Dave suggested we rename our idea Martus, the Greek word for “witness.”

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community. Our mighty army of volunteers hosted over 500 free nonprofit technology trainings last year, and we're on track to reach even more organizers this year. You like numbers?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

The link need to be like so: Africa. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Seattle, Washington: Project Scheduling for Successful Outcomes. Austin, Texas: National Council of Nonprofits — Google+ Hangout.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The UN Foundation’s Aaron Sherinian was next up for the opening keynote where he gave an overview of different global projects that through the power of social media and networks offer scale to social change issues. Teens As Free Agents. ” Philantroteens.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa. monitor supply levels at pharmacies throughout Africa. monitor election results in Mexico and India.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

Currently, she is a project manager (design and architecture) for Foko. Africa the next Chapter??? when TED Fellow Andriankoto and his fellow bloggers Mialy , Lova , and Joan combined their talents and never ending activism to start the FOKO project , to help support Madagascar???s s development. Environmental program.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 19, 2007

This is the first time it has been held in Africa. The blog is a partnership between The PANOS Institute West Africa, and Fahamu. World Social Forum Africa Nairobi activist The venue has installed a wireless connection which participants can access for the week for $15. Hopefully there will be good coverage by bloggers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

FORGE serves 60,000 refugees in three different refugee camps in Southern Africa, and is an official operating partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR ). The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2010

For example: if you purchase to “ train a midwife ” it tells you this “Help[s] train a midwife working in rural communities to provide prenatal care and birthing support to pregnant women. Defenders of Wildlife Adoption and Gift Center – Here you can adopt animals from Sea Otters to Tigers to Snowy Owls.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 7, 2007

We, the women of one country, Will be too tender of those of another country To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.'" Friday, May 11th will be the 3rd annual Mother's Day "Peace of the Pie" National Action Day as part of The Peace Alliance's campaign for a U.S. Department of Peace.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 31, 2006

They are donating the proceeds from next month's dinners to Maathai's project, Women for Change. At the time, Maathai was a member of the National Council of Women of Kenya (NCWK). For $27/month you provide one woman with the funds for basic necessities for her family and for job training. The Green Belt Movement was born.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

His clients have included a “who’s who” of nonprofits, among them, World Vision, The Children's Society (UK), Oxfam, The ONE Campaign, American Red Cross, UNCF-the United Negro College Fund, Jewish National Fund, National Wildlife Federation, Open Doors, Turning Point and Habitat for Humanity.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

So yes, awareness around Fair Trade is growing, but it's growing slowly basically because the resources are still insufficient to tackle the job in a major national way. We've seen students, for example, take on the project of getting Fair Trade coffee into their dining halls. our budget this year is $10 million.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

Gmail users can drag a message into their primary folder to "train" Gmail to do that in the future. This Clinton Foundation project includes a low-cost solar powered health center, a solar powered fish farm, and school. Find a Clinton Foundation update on the project here. Open Data in Africa.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Craig is a summer associate exploring new applications for Miradi, Benetech’s user-friendly conservation project planning and monitoring software. She hopes to use the tools she learned at Benetech – including new programming languages, codes and statistics – to work on human rights projects around the world.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

." - Amira Diamond Women's Earth Alliance (WEA), unites women on the front lines of environmental justice causes by coordinating training, technology, and financial support for thriving communities and the Earth. We do that by coordinating training, technology, and advocacy support. The problem that we are addressing is a great one.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 29, 2022

In 1990, four months after being released from prison, Mandela visited Madison Park High School in Boston to address the community , and he expressed his deep concern about school dropouts both in South Africa and the U.S. The organisation personifies Mandela’s words, but also acts as inspiration for his legacy to live on in Africa.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 18, 2010

Patrick is working with a UN human rights project. Chebeya, who also directed a national network of DRC human rights groups, died of unknown causes after being summoned on June 1st to meet General John Numbi, the head of the national police force.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

She utilizes her national platform to bring awareness to the HIV/AIDS crisis. It could be the environment, it could be educational issues, political issues, international, national. On one level, Off the Mat, Into the World is bridging the yogis and activism through training programs. It really didn't matter to us.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

In the Voices of Genocide Prevention interview , Christine Karumba said that Honorata now works for Women for Women International training other women to, " understand their role in participating in rebuilding of their community. Denise of the Denise in Africa blog visited one of the program's facilities in Kigali.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

And then another program is Reclaim the Future, which is one our newest projects, that is addressing green-color jobs and building opportunities for low-income people, formerly convicted people, and communities of color in this new green economy. We introduced rooibos and honeybush from South Africa, which was never heard of in America.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2007

We say, one way to do that is to kind of focus on Oakland, and make sure that there are people who are being trained, who are peered, to be a part of this new green economy right here in Oakland. What the Green Jobs Corps will be, it will begin training urban youth, Oakland's youth, in the jobs of the future. How do you do that?

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