Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Digitization and globalization are giving rise to growing publishing markets that promise new business opportunities. The investments that Amazon, Apple and Google, among others, are making in aggregating Spanish-language digital content signal their priority on developing the Spanish-language markets in Latin America.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

Their systems and processes help them pivot when an unexpected turn of events (a global pandemic or a tidal wave of social activism, for example) turns their operations upside-down. Data director Eric Dayton says their transformation work set them up to pivot strategically in 2020 when COVID-19 challenged every aspect of their model.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

Linear models of growth neglect the realities of the changing world around us and lull us into a false sense of security. Gordon Food Services , the largest family-owned and managed food distributor in North America, successfully went through SRT, and they also showed that large companies can be agile and adaptive.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The weekend event was organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , Code for America , Random Hacks of Kindness , and many other organizations and companies. TechSoup Global's Ale Bezdekian attended another San Francisco event, but it was much different from the one at San Francisco State.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! The Treaty was signed on the spot by over 50 countries.

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

McGruder, the Ford Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer, oversees Ford’s global operations and finances for its offices in New York, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Oxfam America. Brings a strategic focus on addressing the policies and systems that perpetuate global poverty . Feeding America. Teach For America.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

The dual shocks of COVID-19 and an oil price war have roiled global markets. Uncertainty is likely to continue as the dual shocks on the global economy are increasing the probability of recession. Remember the global financial crisis (GFC), aka the Great Recession, of 2007-2010? We have to look at the financial markets.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

The Summit welcomed some of the most impressive individuals and organizations in the nonprofit sector, including Boys & Girls Clubs of America , Mary’s Meals, World Central Kitchen, the Ford Foundation, Greenpeace, Save the Children, and more to speak at the event’s global mainstage, in breakout sessions, and on thought leadership panels. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

” Next up was an armchair discussion with Lela Janah, Founder and CEO of Samasource with Noah Wintroub, Global Head of Internet and Digital Media at JP Morgan. Samasource is an enterprise digital services through a unique Microwork model that harnesses the untapped potential of the world’s poor. Sama” means equal.

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Everyaction

JUNE 20, 2018

They have since expanded to become a leading advocate for resolution of global refugee crises by world leaders. Their model of empowerment amplifies the voices of refugee communities, allowing them to act as their own champions. Asylum Access.

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2023

In 2018, USAID received a 10/10 in Innovation in the “Results for America” study of Federal Agencies. Global Development Lab, one of the premier Innovation Labs in the development industry, that she helped create in 2014. She previously served as the Chief of Applied Innovation & Acceleration in USAID’s U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

of America v. The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. This ruling by the Supreme Court in Sony Corp. copyright law.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

They created the BMore Gives More campaign and set out to become the most generous city in America. million raised and the title of the most generous city in America. Henry Timms, founder of the movement, often speaks about the many missions of Giving Tuesday—its evolution in becoming a global learning lab around generosity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The initiative brings together an array of existing, new and enhanced global programs and partnerships that connect young people with better education, employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. Peter has extensive international experience in Latin America and Africa and discussed the problems and solutions he sees from the ground.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Until Salesforce.org’s newly-released Grants Management tool, there was no comprehensive grantmaking product that fit our unique model and approach. With the support of Salesforce’s tools, Malala Fund has invested $22 million in global education programs that have ensured countless girls get the equal access to education they deserve.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

But supporting a rapidly expanding global network of volunteers is difficult, so we've enlisted seven of our most engaged organizers to act as Regional Ambassadors. We've been testing the Ambassador model for the last two years, and it has been been instrumental in the growth of NetSquared. Central and South America.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Priscilla Chomba Kinywa is a digital transformation strategist with twenty years of experience working with large non-profits in 55 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, Americas and the Pacific. “As Now with C40 Cities, she supports cities in the global network to develop and implement inclusive climate action plans, policies, and programs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

4) Feeding America – 12 Days of Giving (Annual Campaign) Campaign: This year-end campaign leverages the holiday season spirit by matching donations over 12 days, maximizing fundraising efforts. Urgency & Specificity The Red Cross and Feeding America have urgency and specificity built into their organizations. The good news?

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2022

Globally-minded giving – it’s a small world after all . The outpouring of support for Ukraine from the global crypto community is just one example of this global mindset. Another macro trend that has caused increased crypto adoption is the fact that the U.S. printed 40% of the total monetary supply during the pandemic.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. That’s why braille is an important focus for us in Benetech’s Global Literacy Program — we know that we must keep braille relevant and make it more available. This allows a much broader group of experts to keep working on the problem.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 10, 2020

HMG Strategy’s Live New York CIO Summit of America was held on August 20 as a two-hour event geared toward reshaping the future through past models. Hewlett Packard Enterprise hosted its industry-leader showcase, the HPE Discover Virtual Experience , designed as its first-ever global virtual event. 2020 HMG Live!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

The hackathon model is ideal for nonprofits and libraries because it brings together motivated volunteers to expedite a project on a limited budget. Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a global-wide community of hackers and social leaders with the common goal of building open technology for a better world. or Code for Oakland ).

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

From time to time we like to spotlight some of the great environmental nonprofit organizations that are involved with TechSoup Global. They're one of a growing roster of organizations with a lot of affiliate members benefiting from TechSoup Global's National Accounts Program. Longwood Gardens.

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Classy

AUGUST 25, 2021

Spoiler: A hybrid fundraising model for nonprofit events combines the comfort and safety of engaging donors virtually with the personal touch of live interactions. 8 ideas for an event with a hybrid fundraising model . 8 ideas for an event with a hybrid fundraising model . How Hybrid Fundraising Models Elevate Nonprofit Events.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

The goal of the project, called ConnectSCC , is to come up with a sustainable model for a mobile plan for homeless and low income people. While there have been numerous studies done on mobile phone use in the developing world, very little work has been done in understanding mobile use among homeless in America. An Opportunity to Learn.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

TechHire spans the corporate, nonprofit, government, and educational sectors and has the ambitious goal to "give Americans the opportunity they deserve, and the skills they need to be competitive in a global economy." "It's not just about training the young adults; it's about making them relevant to corporate America."

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 25, 2012

Although, we serve members around the world, our average member works in the human resources department of a large company (5,000+ employees) in North America. Under this model, our revenue stream was bumping along for many years at a very consistent clip. Obviously, it was a huge hit— due mostly to the recession.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

It's called Bullseye Gives, a special Facebook page inviting folks to decide how they should allocate $3 million among ten large institutional charities, including: Parent Teacher Association Feeding America The Salvation Army American Red Cross National Parks Foundation Breast Cancer Research Foundation St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

As our Industrial Institutions fail to cope and to help people, we are seeing a new model for coping where people are connecting to each other to find networked and personal solutions to problems. . This new model is the antithesis of the model that it may replace. Clear signs of what this new model are all over the place.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

We will be launching the full version of the site in March at NTC, at a hackathon we are co-producing with Code for America. Google dominates most of North America, Europe, south Asia and the south Pacific. Facebook is the most popular site in the Spanish-speaking parts of the America, also the Middle East, and North Africa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

I was honored to be the keynote speaker for the Bay Area Microsoft/TechSoup Global Connection Day on Monday. He works for an NGO in Australia and we met on Twitter (via Eddie Harran ) prior to his visit to America to attend the Wisdom 2.0 I start with a crawl-walk-run-walk framework for staffing models for nonprofits.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Oxfam America wants supporters to send an email to President Obama asking him to, "make the US a leader [ during the United Nations Climate Change Conference ] in crafting an equitable global treaty that provides substantial financing for poor and vulnerable communities to adapt to climate change."

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 10, 2020

HMG Strategy’s Live New York CIO Summit of America was held on August 20 as a two-hour event geared toward reshaping the future through past models. Hewlett Packard Enterprise hosted its industry-leader showcase, the HPE Discover Virtual Experience , designed as its first-ever global virtual event. 2020 HMG Live!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 11, 2017

Now in is its third year of production, the Global NGO Technology Report is groundbreaking in that it is the only research project dedicated to studying how charitable organizations worldwide use web and email communications, online and mobile fundraising tools, and social and mobile media to engage and inspire their donors and supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director of Global Community Affairs for Microsoft kicked off the day with an interactive presentation about the trends in technology. Photo by Microsoft Global Citizenship. How Feeding America Uses KPIs to Measure Social Media. Actionable Social Media Listening for Nonprofits.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Clinton called America, "The" Service Nation, and said that service has never been more important than it is today. "As Thad Cochran (R-MS), and Sen.Christopher Dodd (D-CT)) that she is a part of who will be pushing the Serve America Act of 2008. "We The Academy would be modeled on a military academy. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Sen.

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