Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

By Elizabeth Ngonzi , is an Adjunct Faculty at New York University Center for Global Affairs where she teaches Digital Storytelling, Innovation and Fundraising. She has worked with Candid, Cornell University, the United Nations, and Vital Voices Global Partnerships, among others.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2009

Guest Blog from Amy McNeely, Bookshare Librarian This past week, April 12th through April 18th, was National Library Week. That global connection is a huge way that worlds connect at Bookshare. Bookshare is also picking up steam in India. Every year, the American Library Association picks a different theme for the occasion.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

The Association Laboratory Research Alliance is comprised of global, national, and state societies for association executives, including such well-known names as AAMSE, CESSE, Association Forum, AMC Institute and more (complete list below).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

This topic was center-stage at this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum. Gallucci noted that there was one statistic that matters to him: “There are 39 million girls globally that should be in secondary education, and who are not.” It provides returns for decades.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! The Treaty was signed on the spot by over 50 countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

The Nasscom Foundation in India is the epicenter of nonprofit technology and social innovation. They are hosting the Global CSR track at the Indian Leadership Forum in Mumbai Feb 9-11. This year they have a record registration of 1650 delegates from India and other countries from around the world. Tags: india.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! The nexus for this work is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations agency that deals with such matters. I’ve been to national meetings in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

If our Bookshare team is trying to help a blind student in India get a book she needs for university, make it easy for us to do that. Rely on national law in each country to qualify the nonprofits that can use these exceptions to help people with disabilities. That’s so 20th Century (or 19th?)!

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MAY 18, 2008

The main reason for my visit to South India was the National Seminar on Print Access For All, which was organized by the dynamic Mr. Krishnaswamy. I enjoyed giving my 20 minute talk on Bookshare.org and building a global library.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

Soon afterwards in 2007, we won our first major award from the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), which, in turn, allowed us to build Bookshare into a national asset. We first extended Bookshare services internationally in 2008 with the launch of Bookshare in India.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Reflections on an internship with Bookshare.org in Chennai, India Made possible through support from the Amherst College Center for Community Engagement Anna Reid, religion major, class of 2010 Anna Reid with employees of Worth Trust, a South Indian organization that provides vocational training and employment for people with disabilities.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

In the mid-19th Century, the East India Company needed a physical space to store their piles and piles of ledgers, forms and other important artifacts that managed their transactions all over the world. Local businesses became national. Then a global pandemic hit and everything changed again.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 23, 2007

The event here in Zurich is the Schwab Social Entrepreneur Summit, where roughly a hundred social entrepreneurs get together with global leaders to advance the movement. On Monday we were joined by a dazzling array of global leaders who are interested in social entrepreneurship.

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JULY 17, 2024

For 20 years, the global communications firm Edelman has studied the influence of trust across government, media, business, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Here are five takeaways about global trends in the public’s trust in NGOs: 1. By comparison, business was trusted in 15 countries and distrusted in two.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2012

New Delhi, India – December TBA. New York City, NY – November TBA. Vancouver, British Columbia – March 2013 TBA.

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. India is of course one of the world's oldest civilizations, and is also the largest democracy in the world. It is one of the BRIC nations with its economy growing at 8% annually.

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JUNE 1, 2010

It was a lightning visit of only two days (Sunday and Monday), with a focus on attending the World Economic Forum's Global Redesign Summit 2010 (the GRI). James Moody, also from Australia, presented a concept for a Global Social Responsibility license focused on humanitarian applications of patents and technology.

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AUGUST 7, 2013

Although it might seem like a complicated document , we’re really excited about it because we think it will greatly improve global access for people with bona fide print disabilities. First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. How Does the Treaty Meet this Goal?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Mission: To improve access and quality of education for 4 million children living in underserved communities in India. Mission: To ensure corporations respect human rights in their global operations. Mission: To provide free surgeries to the world’s neediest nations on the world’s largest civilian hospital ship. United States.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2006

According to a recent article in Muncie, Indiana's Star Press , "the National Retail Federation expects the average consumer to spend $791.10 Global Girlfriend is an online fair trade store that sells handmade gifts made by women's non-profit programs and cooperatives. this holiday season, up from $738.11 last year."

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

For example, I'm planning on going to India and Bangladesh next month for the first time, and to Uganda and Sudan next year. Bookshare.org Goes International This year marked my first attendance at the Clinton Global Initiative. CGI puts great emphasis on getting each attendee to make a new commitment to global society.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

Global Fund For Children. Their grantmaking aims to ensure that American public education prepares all students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to fully participate in democracy and thrive in the global economy. Global Fund For Children. Areas served: US, India, South Africa. Mellon Foundation.

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JULY 29, 2022

Correction error: In the podcast, I suggest the East India Company first moved into their office in Britain in the 19th Century, when it was in fact the 18th Century. Local businesses became national. One disgruntled employee even diarized his distaste for the East India Company when it did away with the “yearly turtle feast.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

national experience. The Amazon Text-to-Speech issue This one has gotten a lot of press, especially since the National Federation of the Blind and the Reading Rights Coalition has formed to fight the soundproofing of books on the Kindle2. It’s what makes our Bookshare service legally possible. copyright law.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Objective : Get the word out about National HIV Testing Day. Objective : 1) Measure the effectiveness among 18-45 year olds of event sponsorship and advertising in real-time and 2) Measure this audience’s interest in green issues raised by the global concerts and sponsors. But, for creative juices, let’s show off some coolness.). *.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

We want to give people an opportunity to really develop, innovate, and preserve their own culture." -- Tom Aageson, co-founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship A week, or so ago I interviewed my Dad, Tom Aageson, for a special Father's Day show on the Big Vision Podcast. I've posted an edited transcript of the interview below.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families. Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Elliot Harmon, regular TechSoup blogger and staff writer, was chosen to " Blog [His] Way to Hyderabad " for the Ashoka and Lemelson event, Tech4Society , taking place in Hyderabad, India this week. Thanks to a series of happy coincidences, I got to spend today at NASSCOM's India Leadership Forum (they're TechSoup Global's partner in India).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

Six key lessons surfaced from our interviews with more than 35 global nonprofits. 7000 kilometres away in India, Haiyya is training the next generation of community organisers. In Beyond the First Click: How today’s volunteers build power for movements and NGOs , we report on effective strategies for engaging high-level volunteers.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Maximizing each partners’ strength, global reach and diverse experience, we are coming together to tell the story of progress (and lack thereof) for girls and women against the promises guaranteed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Maximizing each partners’ strength, global reach and diverse experience, we are coming together to tell the story of progress (and lack thereof) for girls and women against the promises guaranteed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Women are underrepresented in the field of technology, and it’s a global problem. Symantec has made corporate grants to the National Center for Women & Information Technology and Vital Voices. Symantec’s grant is applied toward their Global Partnership Businesswomen’s Network in the Middle East and North Africa.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. It is one of the rapidly emerging " BRIC " economies, along with Russia, India and China. It's the largest country in South America and it has the fastest growing economy in the region.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. MedShare is a national charity that collects surplus medical supplies and equipment and distributes it to healthcare facilities in the developing world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

The current population of Gen Z is estimated to be about 2 billion, or 27 percent of the global population. While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China, and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z. They are not content to just sit and click.

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MARCH 17, 2014

To kick off a series of profiles on leaders in nonprofit technology, we thought we’d start close to home by featuring our TechSoup Global founder, Daniel Ben-Horin. CompuMentor in due course turned into TechSoup when it became a national nonprofit, and TechSoup Global in 2008 after it had become an international organization.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

In India, one out of two SAP employees is volunteering on a community project focused on improving educational opportunities through tutoring or enhancing school infrastructure and resources. Although one million people may seem like an enormous number, consider this: on October 31, 2011, the global population reached 7 billion.

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