Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 16, 2011

Canada, Europe and India. For example, all residents with the qualifying disabilities in Australia, Denmark and Qatar, to pick just three examples, now have free access to Bookshare thanks to our joint efforts with local and national disability groups in these countries. These include 6 of the top 10 publishers in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

Neo is the fastest growing company I have seen in Canada…” he wrote via email. “I I believe Neo has a shot at owning at least 10% of the aggregated $550B banking sector in Canada (ie. Maple is based in San Francisco, but focuses on investing in founders with Canadian roots.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

There are local leaders in Australia, Canada, Latin America, Mexico Chile, and Singapore organizing on the ground to expand the reach and spirit of generosity. Giving Without Borders: The idea has spread beyond the US and North America.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan will sing the national anthem, while The Weeknd will perform in the halftime show. Via cable, antenna, or satellite: If you’re feeling old-school, you can tune in to the big game through your local CBS channel, either via cable or using an antenna.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

State/Local / #MCNAC16 / @SmartNonprofits. State/Local. It’ll open with candid stories about the ups and downs of working in social good and close with an afternoon of action and volunteering with local nonprofits. State/Local / #MadisonNonprofitDay / @nonprofitday. State/Local. 2016 Alliance National Conference.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2013

NetSquared Local members meet monthly in 50 cities around the world with the goal of helping each other solve their tech challenges and finding a tribe of people who shares our passions. Saturday, June 1 is the National Day of Civic Hacking and Net2 organizers in Honolulu, Boston and New Haven are jumping into the fray! Event Reports.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

People’s Action Institute is a national network of state and local grassroots power-building organizations united in fighting for justice. For the past two years, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Canada has promoted its annual Day of Care on Slack. In the 2020 U.S.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. National LGBTQ Task Force / Detroit, MI / $500. State/Local.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

We are brainstorming a new solution to a widespread challenge in many countries: How to develop a self-sustaining, independent local tech ecosystem. We propose that governments should systematically support funding for their diaspora founders, not just founders locally. Many countries’ governments (Canada, France, etc.)

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

Airspace Link’s novel platform addresses drone operators’ and communities’ concerns, enabling pilots to safely fly while complying with local airspace restrictions. Going forward, the company is looking to expand to Australia and Canada. Image Credits: Airspace Link.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Unesco has a paper and a call to action for international and national policies and regulatory frameworks to ensure that artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies benefit humanity as a whole. Whenever people or institutions fail, we assume they are simply lacking the appropriate algorithms or upgrades.”

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The Verge

APRIL 25, 2022

The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Canada Union, Local No. 401 has applied to become the “certified bargaining agent” for a group of staffers at Keywords Studios, which offers game development support services for things like making art and doing localization and QA testing.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

To mitigate the impacts of this pandemic on girls and secure a better future, we’ve found that supporting locally-led initiatives works best. Profound Change Starts With Local Partners. The broadcasts air weekly and deliver multilingual lessons on literacy, numeracy, and STEM. with radio-based education during the pandemic.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Even after spending months in a new country, they struggle to get a credit card from local banks, and end up paying a premium to access a range of other financial services. Other than a credit card, you also get a local bank account and a debit card. The startup now plans to replicate this model for customers from other nations.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

February is Black History Month in many countries in the United States and Canada, an annual observance dedicated to honoring and acknowledging the valuable contributions of Black people in both nations. Take the time to educate yourself about the contributions of Black communities to the history of your nation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2016

There are 164 local and independent Goodwill nonprofit organizations in the United States and Canada. Last year, Goodwill placed 312,000 people in employment in the United States and Canada. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national unemployment rate was at 4.9 According to the U.S. percent in July.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Pathways to Education Canada is taking part in #GivingTuesday again this year. Pathways to Education Canada has also effectively used video as a way to thank their donors. The National Brain Tumor Society has a guest blog post from a cancer survivor with an unselfie, encouraging people to take part in the campaign.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

An annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda. And steps were taken to give Indigenous peoples and local communities a stronger voice in conservation matters.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

The West African country is the most populous on the continent and the most populous black nation globally. Canada, the U.K., That’s what Decagon hopes for by training and connecting engineers to work remotely with both local and international companies. and Germany. So the issue really is supply.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Additionally, representatives from local nonprofits shared their experiences with social media at the various forums. TechSoup Canada. In addition to its social media resources, TechSoup Canada covers a variety of tech tools pertinent to nonprofits and libraries. So you mastered social media? TechSoup for Libraries. NetSquared.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

“Dropit has set out to solve a macro problem created by the retail industry’s duplication of inventory and lack of ability to combine local store presence with last-mile delivery,” Cabili told TechCrunch. “One of our key strengths is unifying data and systems.

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The Verge

JANUARY 13, 2022

These include Twitter opening a local office in Nigeria, addressing concerns over its tax payments, and “managing prohibited publication in line with Nigerian law.”. Many nations, including the UK, Canada, the US, and EU members condemned the ban. Nigeria has lifted its ban on Twitter, first instated on June 5th, 2021.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2014

Nonprofits, faith-based organizations, libraries, and networks such as the NetSquared Local should be leading this movement as they are already committed to social good. AirBnB will allow hosts to donate to local causes; will add smoke detectors, will work on joint campaigns with the city and improve disaster preparedness.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

The company works primarily with small fisheries (or ones that have boats with about one to two metric tonnes of capacity) and focuses on sustainability, helping suppliers adhere to the United Nations Goal 14’s targets. The platform currently has about 20 product categories and will use its funding to expand into more.

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Images backed up to iCloud Photos will now be matched against a database of known child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) if more than a certain number of images match. But Android devices are basically kind of just a local version of your Google cloud.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 2, 2021

The startup has already paired Coastal Community Bank — a local bank serving the greater Puget Sound community — with One, a new digital banking platform, and Ellevest , a new fintech. . Currently Synctera has about 50 employees, including about two dozen engineers, most of whom are located in Canada, Hazlehurst said.

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Candid

APRIL 14, 2022

While almost a third of grants went to organizations in Ukraine, recipient countries reflect giving to local chapters of the Red Cross and other international relief organizations, or to their Geneva-based headquarters. $47,000,000. National Christian Foundation. $12,071,840. 6,780,000. 5,879,225. 4,160,200. 2,075,850.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

will start curating content for News Showcase, many of them local newspapers that do not have the same resources that many larger, national papers have to invest in their digital transformation. Beyond the UK and Argentina, Google says it’s also readying to launch News Showcase in France, Canada, and Japan.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

GivingTuesday is a movement to create a national day of giving , kicking off the giving season. And w e would like to spotlight a few in the TechSoup community who have joined us in championing this second annual national day of giving : InvestED has launched a volunteer and donation program specially designed around Giving Tuesday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

I also discovered that I could use listening to build collaborative connections to other organizations via the social web, both locally and nationally. Our team also worked with the Mental Health Commission of Canada to develop a youth mental health strategy. I no longer felt alone.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

The London-based startup has worked extensively with the UK’s National Health Service to make check-ups with local doctors faster. It launched in Canada last March. The firm’s app provides a number of services, including chatbot-based diagnoses of basic ailments and video consultations with doctors via its “GP at Hand” feature.

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

Over the last 10 years, Sarah has worked on issues related to food sovereignty, genetic engineering, and local food security. He has contributed to integrated conversion efforts on behalf of nonprofits in the US, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Eric serves on the board of directors of two national nonprofit organizations.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The only nonprofits on TV were the large, child sponsorship organizations running direct response ads --or, if they got lucky, a local organization covered on the local news. You only have to be a registered charity in the US, UK, Canada, or Australia to be eligible. YouTube is the biggest video sharing site. for social change.

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Google Research AI blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

These boundaries are shown for large fires in the continental US, Mexico, and most of Canada and Australia. They are displayed, with additional information from local authorities, on Google Search and Google Maps , allowing people to keep safe and stay informed about potential dangers near them, their homes or loved ones. μm and 11.2

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

have managed and supported their local 2-1-1, a vital service that connects callers to a range of human and social services. population and most of Canada. We’ve also generated quite a lot of buzz: two have trended nationally in the U.S. For the past 20 years, United Ways across the U.S. million impressions of the hashtag.

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The Verge

AUGUST 3, 2021

Like many strangers who had connected over Facebook, Sanjana had decided to buy a few joints of ganja (a local word for weed). Cannabis has a complicated history in the island nation. This leads to a shortage of fresh, local weed. A handful of them said they use KG since local ganja is hard to find. Most users wrote KG.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

The marriage of refurbishment and accessible technology started in the early 1980s with the founding of the National Cristina Foundation. There are local government based nonprofit programs like Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities in Ohio, and ARC Broward. national web site for Assistive Technology.

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