Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. But, some companies want to empty the library shelves and insist that only books that can’t be purchased are allowed to be stocked in such libraries. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 5, 2013

After all, Benetech’s Bookshare initiative is the largest online library serving people with print disabilities in the world. And once the United States Senate ratifies the treaty, it will be possible for libraries like Bookshare to get more content for Americans from sources outside of the United States and in more languages.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Rather than trying to create a smaller or lighter CD player, or one that held multiple discs, or one with longer battery life, or one with slightly better sound quality (see also: a faster horse) Jobs gave us the ability to hold our entire music library literally in the palm of our hands!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

Here's peek into what we've been up to: TechSoup Global has two new posts on the Markets for Good blog, an effort by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Liquidnet to improve the system for generating, sharing, and acting upon data and information in the social sector.

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As people become digitally connected, they gain access fundraise from empathetic individuals around the world. And the government of Bangladesh announced plans for a nationwide mobile payments system by early 2018.This Biometric data to enable government benefit transfers. 1,171,000,000.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

The digital divide doesn't exist. Given the difficulty in unpacking all of the socio-economic, cultural, political, educational, and other mutually-reinforcing components of digital inequality, simple metaphors can't carry the weight. Better, perhaps, to allow that the digital divide most closely resembles, well, the world.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 10, 2013

The more we use technology in our education and health systems, the more data we collect about how people learn and what keeps us healthy or makes us sick. million downloads of accessible books through its online library, to over 200,000 people with disabilities such as blindness and severe dyslexia.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

The big recent digital inclusion news is the Federal Communication Commission's ( FCC ) proposal to extend the Lifeline Program , which has supplied discounted phone service to low-income people since 1985. digital divide than anything I can think of since the invention of the Internet. The National Digital Inclusion Alliance.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

However, Page and Brin believed that they could create a better system to rank the relationships between websites. The new system was initially called BackRub because of the backlinking. As exciting as those early years were, inevitably, there were unforeseen events that happened as the world became almost entirely digitized.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

TechSoup's RCI program provides warrantied factory refurbished commercial grade computer systems to charities across the country, so we need the best suppliers we can find. digital inclusion, is certainly one of the leading nonprofit PC refurbishers. Meet our newest Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) partner, PCs for People!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. Why Community? So, why community?

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

I challenge anyone to try to get through the INS process in one hour, the time limit many public libraries put on Internet use.). Other government programs are following the lead of the INS and providing some services or information only via the Internet. Their two choices (if they're lucky) are: in the school or at the public library.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2010

Our own Tim Suttle was there only a couple of weeks ago volunteering for a local organization: Just last week I was in [Haiti] to setup a computer lab at a library (Bibliotheque du Soleil). The library also hosts after school programs and summer camps for children in the neighborhood of Carrefour-feuilles.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

At TechSoup, we believe in digital inclusion and using technology for social good. While such a program currently exists as a government benefit, Lifeline, many homeless or severely low-income people haven't heard of it or aren't using it. "What will it take for them to switch?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 10, 2016

It's a system for creating signs, zip-tied to existing traffic/lightpoles, that direct people to points of interest, special experiences, and surprising encounters. I'd choose repeated physical presence over a fancy digital interface any day. facebook) or create very compelling whole worlds unto themselves (i.e. Pokemon Go).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2011

digitized economy. The new economy is a digital economy. that many of the goals and metrics outlined in the European Commission's new Digital Agenda. – public Internet use, availability of government services over the. Just as government agencies offer services and make transparent their. We are also.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

We can develop custom solutions and integrations to expand your website’s functionalities and ensure it connects seamlessly with your Blackbaud system. Sign up for DNL+ to receive ongoing support that includes website monitoring, strategic assistance, additional training sessions, and access to our library of educational resources.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

Judy started her career providing support for nonprofits after retiring from UNC-Chapel Hill, where she helped introduce the university to the Internet as a documentation and training specialist for campus information systems. They set out to create a digital bulletin board service for the local community.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 26, 2022

At Forum One, we work with a great many nonprofits and government agencies that run their websites on Drupal. As Drupal 7 aims to sunset in 2023, the latest version of Drupal 9 ships with new features including a built-in media library and content workflows, as well as a new layout builder. Maintain up-to-date documentation.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

AI systems are composed of modules that can be independently developed and replaced. Humans are influenced by biases and emotions, while AI systems are objective. AI’s bias may not have emotional origins, yet there is both evidence and fear that human prejudices are inherent in AI systems. Humans see the big picture.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 23, 2014

So what does this mean for nonprofits, charities, and libraries? Reset the Net is an effort to fight back against government surveillance on all devices, including mobile (here are five ways to get started). We've been covering a range of mobile topics, from fundraising to digital content strategies. Or helpful?

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Forum One

APRIL 20, 2021

At Forum One, we work with a great many nonprofits and government agencies that run their websites on Drupal. As Drupal 7 aims to sunset in 2022, the latest versions of Drupal 8 and 9 ship with new features including a built-in media library and content workflows, as well as a new layout builder. Maintain up-to-date documentation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. It was the ultimate digital media multi-tasking experience. MacArthur wants to know: How is digital media changing the way that children learn and develop and what are the implications?

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Develop a basic scoring system for each key stakeholder to use when reviewing and ranking each proposal. Digital marketing strategy development and support. Our expertise across all facets of nonprofit tech and digital strategy (plus our network of partners) gives us an edge on practically any project. Review their proposals.

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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." Artis said that TechHire is the first initiative to ask, "What are the systemic problems?

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

At the intersection of digital and mission-driven work, 2023 was a year of significant changes, big decisions, and growth for many organizations in the nonprofit and government space. Here are this year’s big winners in our world of digital impact. For us, it was no different! This project took home six awards this year!

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The annual 24-hour giving day, created to counter the retail-heavy push that begins with Black Friday, has thousands of nonprofits, businesses, city governments, and other institutions participating in a drive to highlight generosity and partnership for good. All Systems Go.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

What do libraries look like in the future? Emphasis is on digital literacy. Government funders have a congressional mandate for evaluation of anything that is funded and to use quantitative methods and research analysis. There won't be one system of assessment - and there different types of dispositions.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

For many at the intersection of digital and mission-driven work, 2023 was a year of significant changes, big decisions, and growth. For us, it was no different! This long-standing client and Forum One team won two awards this year and is a great example of the impact that can be made when great teams come together to collaborate!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

One way to create a major donor program or donor perks system is to replicate one from another organization. A digital member badge that can be shared on social media. Certificates of appreciation (digital). Access to exclusive digital content. Joining the board (which is an opportunity to govern).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 18, 2021

They are helping us refine and modernize our systems for the future, and together we are working on something that goes well beyond the technology backbone that serves the inner workings of the Gavi secretariat. The result was that Salesforce was building the country engagement platform on a pro bono basis.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

The other axis represents systems change: does the world work better and differently now as a result of these efforts? They put most nonprofits in the direct action without systems change box: groups that do a good (or even excellent) job of delivering services under the existing system. The authors present a two-by-two matrix.

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Global Giving

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Rather, the trust is distributed across the entire community, which makes it impossible for a single actor to compromise the system’s integrity. What if societies could use a shared public record of election results to confirm that an election was carried out fairly instead of having to trust an opaque government-run commission?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 11, 2014

It must be protected from governments, organized crime, and others who may misuse it. The power of open source means that we work with and build upon best-of-breed technology components, such as strong crypto libraries, the Tor anonymity tool, and others. How can one app address the requirements of multiple social enterprises?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

More and more, today’s communities are striving to become digitally inclusive. From searching for a job, to applying for government benefits, to getting an education – the Internet has become critical to getting things done. Many look to the library for access. It’s a trend taking hold across the country.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It did herald the coming of something called augmented reality — overlaying digital images on the real world. We can talk to our cars with voice command systems like the Ford SYNC. Probably gesture-controlled systems like the Fibaro Swipe that let us control our homes and offices with hand gestures. The next frontier?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2013

In his best selling book he offers a provocative critique of how digital design is shaping society, for better and for worse. He imagines what a future will be for us in light of social networks, cloud-based data storage systems, and Web 2.0 Ross Braden, Senior Systems and Network Engineer. Buckminster Fuller.

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