Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

Improving childhood nutrition. I explained Benetech’s efforts to grow the impact of our Bookshare library globally, specifically discussing partnerships with groups in India and Kenya. Andrew’s challenge wasn’t an empty one: his team could measure the effectiveness of interventions we might try and see how well they work.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

These new UN Sustainable Development Goals are the de facto agenda for global philanthropy, and they have a new dimension: technology targets to enable implementation. In 2012, UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon launched the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) to mobilize global scientific and technological expertise.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

And, as we learn more, we’re discovering that these applications are remarkable research assistants, too. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Thanks & Giving Campaign (Ongoing) Campaign: This long-running campaign uses celebrity endorsements and patient testimonials to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer research.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 12, 2022

Child labour is a violation of every child’s right to a childhood. And even as these dire consequences are known, child labour has increased globally to 160 million. Read more about the global effort to end child labour in this joint report by the ILO and UNICEF Opens new window. Achieving Universal Access to Social Protection.

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Everyaction

MAY 16, 2018

The Village Network considers itself a not-for-profit with a for-profit mentality, in the sense that they use sound business principles such as research-based leadership to build a forward-thinking and constantly developing model for helping youth rise above adverse childhood experiences to lead healthy and positive lives.

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Awareness Organization West Virginia Homeless 74

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Redefining Philanthropy - Dwayne Rice Build a Salesforce application to facilitate a culture of philanthropy around education reform by providing a platform to track constituent engagement to lead people up the engagement ladder. Design solutions for collaboration, empowerment, global views, and self awareness.

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