Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

SocialCoding4Good will be attending Mashable’s Social Good Summit in New York September 22-24, and A Billion+ Change’s Envisioning the Future of Corporate Service event in Los Angeles on October 1. We envision a thriving community committed to leveraging technology for good and bridging sectors for lasting, transformative impact.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 29, 2024

He is most remembered in the nonprofit sector for his work with Habitat for Humanity International and for founding the Carter Center. We are deeply saddened by President Carters passing, and our prayers are withthe Carter family, Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity International, said via a statement.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Background on this can be reviewed at the Knowledge Ecology International website. If the question at hand was a global treaty setting “fair use” as a global norm, I would expect the same objections. The message of the skeptics is that we don’t need things like exceptions. Society’s interests can be addressed on an ad hoc basis.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

I'm not a woman, but I am a wholehearted celebrant of International Women's Day. More About International Women's Day. International Women's Day came about in its current form in 1975. Jane Meseck , senior director of global programs at Microsoft Philanthropies. International NGO Leadership.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

Two days ago, on Tuesday, June 10, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York made a major ruling that emphasizes the legality of fair use for book digitization. This fair use victory is crucial not only for our present work, but also for our social mission at large and for the future of our work under our Global Literacy program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2017

I have my go-to global organizations that do a great job at relief efforts on the ground, set up funds for long-term rebuilding, or do a terrific job of vetting local charities to support. This article in the New York Times provides some good advice. For example, Global Giving. Local Charities. Hispanic Federation .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Globally, 1 in 3 girls around the world is denied an education by the daily realities of poverty, violence and discrimination. Every day, girls are taken out of school, married far too young, and subjected to violence in school.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Carnegie Corporation of New York. Global Fund For Children. International Paper Foundation. Carnegie Corporation of New York. Global Fund For Children. The Global Fund For Children believes that educating children and youth is the key to building a more peaceful and just society. Robin Hood.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 2, 2015

Global Giving 2005. International Committee of the Red Cross 2015. International Committee of the Red Cross 2005. New York Public Library 2015. New York Public Library 2005. GlobalGiving 2015. globalgiving.org. web.archive.org/www.globalgiving.com. Hermitage Museum 2015. hermitagemuseum.org.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

It funds primarily organizations that serve the New York City metropolitan area or New York State. This first grant allowed us to pilot a Bookshare outreach project in the New York metro area, with a de facto focus on senior citizens with vision loss. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2011

The 8th Annual Games for Change Festival takes place on June 20 – 22 in New York City. As the leading global advocate for making and supporting games created for social impact, we want to share some of the exciting events at this year’s Festival that we feel will resonate with nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2017

Upwardly Global, also known as "UpGlo," is working to combat this disparity. Currently operating in Chicago, New York, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Silver Spring, Maryland, Upwardly Global also supports clients across the U.S. It provides skilled immigrants to the U.S. through its Job Seeker Services Program.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

“I’m increasingly inclined to think that there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish. I’m not sure even the global scientists, engineers, and futurists have a full sense of where we’re heading with AI. Ashley Madison.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I just had to take that chance." - Jensine Larsen Jensine Larsen is the Founder and CEO of World Pulse , a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice. Jensine Larsen: World Pulse is a global media enterprise fully devoted to bringing women a global voice. That wasn't fulfilling me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

You’ll learn from global marketing leads at Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Toyota, the UN Foundation and charity:water at the We First Seminar. Such accountability will give the brand confidence to commit to the partnership and help them sell it internally. com for details). Or, two non-profits can share the cost.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. Since 2009, Zynga.org has enabled millions of players to contribute nearly $20 million to more than 30 nonprofit organizations globally. In 2013 alone, the organization ran over 100 hours of programming in New York City.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

2) Amnesty International Store :: shop.amnestyusa.org. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are. 9) Global Goods Partners :: globalgoodspartners.org. 17) Serrv International :: serrv.org. 13) NPR Shop :: shop.npr.org.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

One of PresenTense's core activities is the Global Summer Institute , held in Jerusalem. PT currently has fellowships in Boston, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem -- and will be expanding next year to Europe and other cities in North America. . So how does this "incubator" work? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 17, 2012

In 2012, the themes of inequality and the “forgotten one billion” permeated nearly every discussion about the global community. We featured her as a guest on our Facebook Live program at WEF interviewed by New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof. In 2010, 35 year-old Gabe Canales was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

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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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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

New York Public Library: Find the Future. Purpose: Engaging existing audience on a deeper level, recruiting a new generation of fans. Taking It Global: Millennium Development Goals match game. Purpose: Education. In this game, you match two tiles and then have to answer a trivia question correctly to progress.

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

McGruder, the Ford Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer, oversees Ford’s global operations and finances for its offices in New York, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. With M.O.B.B. United, I’ve been in the driver’s seat of building a nonprofit from the ground up and trying to create a path to funding.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 17, 2022

By: Monica Bowie, Field Marketing Manager and Global President of BOLDforce and Vatora Godwin, Marketing Associate/Video Content Producer and Global VP of BOLDforce. Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me is a New York Times bestseller, written as a letter to his teenage son. Today is Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Hunger is a global issue that affects everyone, everywhere. An estimated 811 million people are hungry globally. Supporting them is not only essential to the global community’s food supply, but also to the day-to-day well-being of the communities in which they work and live. Why Small-Scale Farmers?

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Every nonprofit, big or small, stands to gain from working towards a common global goal. From a place of political neutrality, Sweden found that environmental pollution could be an issue of potential cooperation between members of the UN, and hosting a conference on that topic would help boost the UN’s global perception.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

organizations that qualify as nonprofits are exempt from federal tax liability under the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) 501(c). Get involved with this global day National Philanthropy Day serves as a reminder of the importance of giving, volunteering, and charitable acts. In the U.S.,

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Pando Projects is a nonprofit that empowers people—in particular Millennials—to step up as leaders and develop new, local solutions to the problems in their communities. The initiative seeks to support ordinary people in accomplishing extraordinary things by helping them to tackle national and global challenges.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2009

Even though I've had to cut back on a lot of my donations this year, I've continued to sponsor a woman survivor of war each month through Women for Women International. women philanthropy education rights New York Times Why am I so focused on this organization? To change the planet by helping women and children."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

As I was listening to the panels surrounded by global social innovators, the multiple meaning of the word “social” struck me. On one end the social spectrum, we have the version best expressed in a New York Times op ed written by Thomas Friedman on the revolution occurring in Silicon Valley.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

TechSoup Brazil teamed up with the UN Foundation, IBM, BrazilFoundation, and others for the Social Good Brazil International Seminar held on November 6 - 8 in Florianopolis, Brazil. Social Good Brazil followed on the heels of Mashable and the UN Foundation's Social Good Summit , which was held in New York City in September.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 6, 2011

For those of you not familiar with Games for Change , we are the leading global advocate for making and supporting games for social impact. We are less than two weeks away from registration closing on the 8th Annual Games for Change Festival. Each year, we host a festival to celebrate, promote, and share what our community is doing.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

He has played a leadership role in a number of companies including FundraisingINFO.com (FRI), WealthEngine and Wealth ID, as well as serving as a fundraiser in New York and Washington and a grantmaker with the federal government. One of the most remarkable booms in this year’s report is the increase in international support.

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Forum One

JUNE 9, 2021

Organized by the International Awards Associate (IAA) , a group of industry innovators, creators, designers, and communications professionals deeply committed to recognize and honor the outstanding performance, talent, and effort of the best digital and creative professionals around the world. The Vilcek Foundation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 26, 2009

If you'd like to learn more about national and global hunger issues, check out the national and international organizations listed below. (You don't have to be a blogger, or live in the Bay Area to take the Challenge). For a local perspective, peruse the list of food bank blogs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

You can buy beautiful, handmade gifts made by artisans from companies and organizations like World of Good , Be Sweet , Global Girlfriend , The Amber Chand Collection and New Mexico Creates. Heifer International gives poor families a sustainable source of food and income by buying them livestock with your donation.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a global-wide community of hackers and social leaders with the common goal of building open technology for a better world. Microsoft's International Women's Hackathon challenged female developers to combat issues like human trafficking through new mobile apps and web programs.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

It is a big story, and one that we at Forum One and many of our clients are paying attention t o fo r three main reasons: 1) Influence: In many of the topics we work on - environment, global development, health, food policy, economic relations - China is becoming a dominant force.

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