Candid

DECEMBER 23, 2021

I was hired to work for Ford Foundation in 1991 as a program officer in Brazil, when Frank was still President. On that same trip Frank and Susan took to Brazil, we had organized a series of events and workshops so that they could meet grantees and understand the challenging transition Brazil was undergoing from dictatorship to democracy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

10am BRT (Rio de Janeiro): Doare (Brazil). Schedule of Twitter Takeovers on September 26: 10am AEST (Melbourne): Pro Bono Australia. 9:30am IST (Ahmedabad): NGOBOX (India). 11am IST (Dublin): Digital Charity Lab (Ireland). 9am PDT (Long Beach): Funraise (United States). For help with time zones, RSVP on Facebook or use TimeandDate.com.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2009

TechSoup Brazil , a collaborative effort of Associação Telecentro de Informação e Negócios (ATN) and TechSoup Global, was launched has just officially launched after many months of planning. If you work with nonprofits or NGOs in Brazil or want to learn more, check out their site (in Portugese). Welcome, Brazil! but not quite.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 15, 2010

As I headed out the door, I ran into Scott Rains and we had a picture taken of Scott in his Brazil jersey (after the U.S., I'm a big Brazil fan too). Tags: Rains Brazil Bookshare. Scott is helping with the Bookshare volunteer community as a Benetech Fellow. I can tell World Cup fever is really hitting!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2012

From November 6-8 – 2012 I will be in Florianopolis, Brazil to keynote the Social Good Brazil – The Seminar , which brings together influential minds, social entrepreneurs and innovators, and connecting people from all walks of life to share ideas and actions to make the world a better place using technology, social media and innovative thinking.

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Charity Village

JULY 8, 2021

The report sheds light on the reality of the jobs market for those aged 45-60 in seven countries – Brazil, India, Italy, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the […]. The post Unemployed aged 45 and above face ageism and career challenges globally appeared first on CharityVillage.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

These partners include the Norwegian Library of Talking Books and Braille (NLB), the Hoerbuecherei des OSBV Talking Book Library in Austria, and the Dorina Nowill Foundation in Brazil.? Benetech looks forward to working with all these groups to provide the latest books, especially textbooks (primarily in English). ?These

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Mission: To promote the right to education and to preserve the environment and cultural heritage of Brazil. Mission: To improve access and quality of education for 4 million children living in underserved communities in India. Fundação Roberto Marinho ● frm.ong. Grassroots Pakistan ● grassrootspakistan.ngo.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Natalia’s family is originally from Brazil and she lives in Carmel Valley, California, with her husband and two small children. She is passionate about staff training and development, storytelling and working toward creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive sector.

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Givinga

MAY 4, 2021

The 2021 awards feature entries from across the globe, from Brazil to Denmark to Vietnam. A panel of eminent Fast Company editors and reporters selected winners and finalists for the World Changing Ideas Awards from a pool of more than 4,000 entries. There is no question our society and planet are facing deeply troubling times.

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

Panelists from Brazil, Kenya, and Jamaica discussed the importance of empowering communities in the African diaspora. At the opening plenary brunch, Susan shared that together we are “transforming philanthropy so it empowers the leaders and organizations that build power in Black communities.”

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Using Mobile Phones to Map the Slums of Brazil | PBS: "A new project by Rede Jovem, a Brazilian non-profit that loosely translates to 'Youth Net,' seeks to change that. MediaShift Idea Lab. o, Cidade de Deus, Morro do Pava?

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Global Giving

DECEMBER 30, 2021

In Brazil, the Receita Federal holds nonprofit registrations in dense files alongside information about every taxable entity in the country. When you also consider that France is one of the oldest countries in the world and its nonprofit sector predates its for-profit sector , you can see the breadth of available information.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

” The students were later connected to 2 SAP employees in Brazil via SAP’s video conferencing software and Cisco equipment. Grace Harpole, ITWorks program manager, added that, “The students really enjoyed seeing some of the things they are learning about during the data center tour and the MCC tour.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 21, 2010

Hot issue this week are the now four proposals on solving the problem of access to print by people with print disabilities globally: The TVI: the treaty sponsored originally by the World Blind Union and supported at WIPO by Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay and Mexico. [I I was one of the co-drafters of the treaty language] The U.S.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

I’ve just returned from keynoting the first Social Good Brazil conference that took place in Florianapolis, sometimes referred to the “Silicon Valley” of Brasil and where the nonprofit, social good, innovation, and technology community is leading the social change movement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2014

On the overall rating Brazil is actually the 90th most generous country of the world.” As Joao points out, “ Unlike developed countries such as the United States and England, Brazilians do not give as a habit and the country figures in the 72nd place of giving amongst 135 countries in the latest World Giving Index.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The Urgent Action Fund for Latin America and the Caribbean demonstrated this in 2019 when it awarded Articulação Nacional das Pescadoras Bahia a grant of $5,743 to strengthen women’s grassroots organizing in Brazil.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 23, 2014

It was also fun to have João Paulo Vergueiro sharing how Brazil was joining the Giving Tuesday celebration. Matching Funds Thanks to the generosity of Jon Biedermann , a long-time NTEN Member and Vice President of Fundraising Products at DonorPerfect, we ran a very successful 48-hour matching fund drive last week.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Since 1997, in Spain , Mexico , Brazil , Chile, Ecuador , Colombia - and soon in Peru - Paco and his team have been serving up their magic brew. Campus Party Brazil in February, 2012 is already sold out - 7,000 Campuseros. It's not a. political party, and it's not Spring Break, and it doesn't happen on. campus, it's.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

I worked remotely full-time during much of 2014 when my husband and I relocated to Brazil for nine months. During my time in Brazil, I participated in meetings as much if not more frequently than when I am in the home office. In this series of blog posts, TechSoup staff will share our telework experience.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 28, 2021

We may provide virtual events for our clients, but every day we log onto Slack is a virtual event where colleagues from India to Brazil and right back to the Nation’s Capital crack jokes, share ideas, and build masterpieces.” ” The post What Pride Month Means To Our Team appeared first on Accelevents.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We’ve since welcomed virtual Sprinters from 25+ countries around the globe, including Australia, Japan, Senegal, Ethiopia, and Brazil. So as travel began to pick up and in-person events resumed, we wanted to find a way to combine the spirit of face-to-face collaboration with the inclusive access that virtual provides.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 31, 2014

I came back to Brazil in July, and I am doing a lot based on what I have learned at the NTC. It was a big conference with the best content on marketing, development strategy and technology solutions I have been a part of in the USA. Can you give an example of how you applied what you learned from the 14NTC to your daily work?

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2014

In countries such as Brazil and Nigeria, with younger populations and solid smartphone penetration, two-thirds of respondents say they are continuously connected,” according to the report. Kearney found that more people are spending more time online than ever. The respondents who are continuously connected tend to be younger and single.”"

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

This was first introduced (to my knowledge) in the Stakeholder's Platform discussions, which were the quickly ginned-up alternative option created in response to the original introduction at WIPO of the Treaty for the Visually Impaired ("TVI") by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (and now co-sponsored by Mexico). The concept of TIs uses U.S.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2011

The online event is hosted by our TechSoup Global Network Partner in Brazil, Associação Telecentro de Informação e Negócios (ATN). Join participants from at least a dozen countries on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 for the online TechSoup Jam. From the event site: What is a "jam"?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

This effort was realized thanks to more than 10 months of work by a team of 43 volunteer translators based in Brazil, France, Mexico and the US. WiserEarth.org , a nonprofit that offers social networking for the international sustainability movement, launched today in French , Portuguese , and Spanish beta versions.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

A View of the Cloud from Brazil In the first of our series of dispatches from our international partner organizations, TechSoup Brasil 's Valter Cegal reflects that Internet affordability is still a major stumbling block for Brazilian NGOs. Week 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

But it is more than the technology, it is also their passion to do good in the world. I recently keynoted the Social Good Brazil Conference in November. The media has dubbed this generation “ Qwerty Monsters ”; they send hundreds of text messages a day and don’t even like to use their phone for calls.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 27, 2011

Through negotiations, four competing proposals have been merged into a single document supported in June by the Latin Americans (led by Brazil), the U.S., There has been a major breakthrough recently on international copyright negotiations in Geneva around improved access for people who have print disabilities. the European Union and others.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Penguin, he points out, is a growing power in China, India and Brazil, while Random House is pervasive across Spanish-speaking Latin America. In a recent blog post , Ed explains why growth markets are key to this proposed merger of two of the publishing world’s biggest players.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Molly’s background spans nonprofits and direct service, including work with small farmers in northeastern Brazil and upstate New York. Molly is a senior data science consultant at Atrium, a data consulting firm and Salesforce partner.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2009

Yesterday, Microsoft launched Microsoft Security Essentials Beta , a free set of security tools for validated users of Microsoft XP SP2 or SP3, Vista, or Windows 7 in the US, Israel, China, and Brazil. In what looks to be the successor to OneCare , it is said to be faster and less resource intensive.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 28, 2007

Of course, I caught the 2 am train and ended up in the lounge of the Schatzalp talking about the OLPC (One Laptop per Child) project and getting a CD of Amazonian music from my Brazilian buddies (the big column in Brazil's major Sao Paolo paper was entitled (Jungle Boys go to Davos!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Orkut , for example, is still popular in Brazil, while Renren and Qzone dominate the Chinese market (where Twitter and Facebook are banned). Use the right platform. Not everyone in the world uses the same social network. Not every network is text based: Pinterest is primarily image-based, while some focus on video.

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