Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

My two closest peers in California have both gotten MacArthurs (Victoria Hale this year and David Green two years ago). Under our new CTO, Patrick Ball (see my last President's letter), we are building a tech team to work on our incredibly varied list of projects in literacy, human rights and the environment.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Even though Benetech doesn’t have donor funding for this, our VP of Global Literacy, Betsy Beaumon, and I thought it would be worthwhile to attend this meeting.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

On February 16th in Los Altos, California, I shared these thoughts on Robin Seaman’s impact on the world with her family and friends at her Celebration of Life. Robin was beloved by the hundreds, if not thousands, of people who had the honor of coming into direct contact with her. That's the Robin we all collectively know personally.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2010

The next day, I find out via a tweet from Lara Long, Benetech's literacy product manager, that my talk is online at the TEDxVolcano livestream , at about 46 minutes in. Photo credit: Steve Francis So, I got to tell the TEDxVolcano attendees my personal experience of my favorite explosion, the Percheron Rocket: my first job out of school.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Now, all students and schools can achieve the level of success experienced by one of our student users, Tyler Norwood, a seventh grade student at the Corte Madera School in Portola Valley, California. Route 66 Literacy was put on the back burner last year because it ran out of funding.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

We have a highly efficient system for creating technology that solves problems and delivers value far beyond the confines of Northern California. Increasing literacy for women? I'm putting the text of the op-ed below: Silicon Valley has become rich by selling our products around the world. What's your issue? Stopping domestic violence?

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

California Community Foundation. Literacy, particularly from birth through 3rd grade, is their primary focus because reading skills form the foundation for all childhood learning. California Community Foundation. Areas served: Los Angeles/California. Kars4Kids Foundation. Lumina Foundation. The NEA Foundation. Robin Hood.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2006

ET Panelists and influential audience members will include: Dr. Mizuko Ito , Research Scientist, Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Southern California, studying new media. Eric Zimmerman , CEO and founder, gameLab, working to develop new games to support media literacy and design skills in young people

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. Pogo Park is transforming three neglected parks in Richmond California into magical play spaces for 8,000 at-risk children. " Program is creating new distribution channels for affordable produce to low-income people.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

project is focused on teaching digital literacy to young people so they can be prepared for 21 st. Because technology access varies in different communities, HP picked three diverse areas to start Digital Villages: a Baltimore neighborhood, the Southern California Tribal Community, and East Palo Alto, CA. Microsoft's YouthSpark.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2014

Bringing mobile devices into adult library programs can be an excellent way to promote library e-media and teach digital literacy skills. Ann Awakuni will share her experience planning multiple e-reader fairs while working at the Mountain View Public Library (California). Join us next Wednesday, July 30 at 11 a.m. Pacific time (2 p.m.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Darius is currently a law student at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is Editor-in-Chief of the Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy , and an Editor of the California Law Review. a nonprofit organization that promotes youth literacy. While in Florida, Darius created Books All Around, Inc. ,

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2016

Everyone On is a national nonprofit working to eliminate the digital divide by making high-speed, low-cost Internet service and computers, and free digital literacy courses, accessible to all unconnected Americans. This organization has essentially proved the concept of what low-cost broadband can do.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2016

Everyone On is a national nonprofit working to eliminate the digital divide by making high-speed, low-cost Internet service and computers, and free digital literacy courses, accessible to all unconnected Americans. This organization has essentially proved the concept of what low-cost broadband can do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

Photo by James Jordan I'm actually in the clouds, flying to California on Virgin America using the (not free) wifi listening to Mark Pesce's keynote via Mike Seyfang delivered the other day at Connecting Up Australia the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Australia (see web site for details). I keynoted the conference last year.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Junior Achievement USA is an organization with over 100 local Areas that empowers the next generation by providing lessons in financial literacy, work and career readiness, and entrepreneurship.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. The LIM reaches TechSoup’s global network of resources that spans over 80 countries. Interesting proposition. But, besides the tablet, what’s in it for me? The winning story will be promoted through all of TechSoup’s channels.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

She also stated that while San Francisco is a highly educated region overall, two thirds of the city's highly educated residents are from outside of California. Gadget instruction is an incredibly important component of digital literacy as more people are accessing the Internet from their mobile devices. More Resources.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The Highland Street Foundation is committed to addressing the most pressing needs and concerns for children and families in Massachusetts and California. Areas served: Massachusetts, California. They provide access and opportunities in education, housing, mentorship, health care, environment, and the arts. Oregon Community Foundation.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. We are offering a Dell Latitude 10 tablet refurbished by our friends at CDI to the best “ Digital Connector ” story lead. The winning story will be promoted through all of TechSoup’s channels.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Our winners represent a little glamour from the Russian River Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, plus some creativity from Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and Literacy Services of Wisconsin. Our Silver Prize — a free one-year membership to Adobe Creative Cloud — goes to Yerba Buena Gardens Festival in San Francisco, California.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Los Angeles, California: November Conversations and Connections with Tech4Good. Los Angeles, California: November Conversations and Connections with Tech4Good. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2022

She cites an example from her work helping communities adopt deep energy retrofits in San Diego, California. As Jones pointed out, education around climate issues in low-income communities is fraught with constraints, like spotty internet access or literacy challenges. It will sit on a shelf and nothing will happen.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

As Mira explained: The goal is for students to experience presidential decision making, and then debrief, discuss, and share, utilizing historical and civic literacy skills. While I tend to agree with Dan, I suspect that school boards across California may not share our enthusiasm.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Dd co-founder and executive director Emily Jacobi recently showcased some of Dd's projects at an event hosted by the Center of Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) in Berkeley, California. Empowering Marginalized Communities Using Technology.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2006

that's published by the California Department of Education, that's really good, and the California School Garden Network just came out with a new web site that has all kinds of curriculum resources, all the trainings in the area. Lifelab is a group that has been doing this for a long time. They publish curriculum and books.

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 6, 2021

It’s getting dramatically worse and I live in California. Maybe you have a financial literacy program with super high impact rates, but nobody wants to show up to them. Many of you have probably seen this graph and I think it goes without saying, that if you look at climate change and CO2 emissions, we are not making progress.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

"Affordable connections to the Internet are critical, but if we don't also address issues around affordable devices and, critically, the digital literacy and life skills to use those devices to go online, we will do nothing but change policy, and not impact the digital divide. This thing restores and enhances memory function.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

A graduate of UNC Chapel Hill, she returned from a four-year stint in California to enjoy the more community-oriented atmosphere of Durham, NC, where Megan volunteers with the Durham Literacy Center and local running clubs. She also hosts a weekly podcast focused on local marketing and storytelling.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We’ll be in California in January, we just left. So, if I provide 10 English as a second language or 10 computer literacy programs a year for 10 people, let’s just say that’s 100 pieces of content, that’s service. So we’re going to dive in. Mandy is on the left of your screen, and I am on the right.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

According to a survey by the University of California at Santa Cruz , the number of working African American business owners fell more than 40% during the pandemic—a much steeper drop than other racial groups. Black-owned businesses often face unique challenges and they’ve also been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! Originally from California, Harriet Chalmers Adams lived a life that saw her travel through South America, Asia, and the South Pacific.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

The software applications WordQ + SpeakQ provide writing assistance and speech recognition help for people with disabilities, new language learners, and those who are learning literacy. The people at this Berkeley, California based nonprofit are among the most knowledgeable people I've ever come across, and so is their resource list.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation / Redwood City, CA / $350. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. The Reading, Literacy and Learning Conference. General / #corpswork / @TheCorpsNetwork. The Value Proposition - Purposeful Action in a Changing World. General / @npp_erie. 10/29/2019.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Toronto, Canada: Toronto Net Tuesday: Digital Literacy for Nonprofits. San Francisco, California: Let's Learn About Building a Stellar World! San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Washington, DC: DC Action Data Sprint.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

American Literacy is Iffy. Among the speakers will be anthropologist Margaret Mead, college president Dr. Robert Maynard Hutchins, and California governor Pat Brown. They’re either looking for something specific or hoping to stumble upon something unexpected and exciting. The average American adult reads at an 8th-grade level.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

The California Wellness Foundation. The California Wellness Foundation. The vision of this foundation is for every resident of California to enjoy good health and experience wellness. Areas served: California. Foundation for Women. Kellogg Foundation. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. New Venture Fund.

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