Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

We see tremendous innovations in social enterprise, but these are merely part of larger, global changes in the ways in which society organizes itself to create public goods. When I first started pursuing the idea of using technology to solve challenging social problems, it was a pretty radical idea.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

Benetech is hiring new Vice Presidents for our Global Literacy and Human Rights programs. You are the leader we are looking for if you see the combination of social good and businesslike management as the answer to pressing problems throughout the world. We must help ensure that every report of abuse is a tool for justice.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. Open source champion Brian Behlendorf spoke at the event, encouraging the hackers to focus on finding an interesting problem to solve rather than worrying about building a sustainable model. Leonard Library.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 28, 2022

An important part of what we do at Salesforce.org is to convene those who can push the needle on improving the state of the world, and Davos was an ideal opportunity for us to engage inspiring speakers on pressing issues such as mental health, climate change, inequality, and global health. Jack Harries understands the power of storytelling.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

The Bookshare story Bookshare is a real example of the confluence of how all of these exciting developments were able to drive an innovative new way of addressing a social problem, and demonstrating the potential of what ebooks can do. For me, it started in late 1999 noticing a new icon on our home PC. And, the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. That’s why braille is an important focus for us in Benetech’s Global Literacy Program — we know that we must keep braille relevant and make it more available. This allows a much broader group of experts to keep working on the problem.

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Forum One

JUNE 18, 2009

A couple of weeks ago a group of Seattle global health data experts met at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute to continue a conversation we started earlier this year on global health data. OK, these are hard problems to solve. We'll continue to explore that key question in a couple of months when we meet again.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2013

This map is one of a series of 80 global maps describing the state of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine habitats. It is the result of a collaborative data and data visualization project undertaken by the Nature Conservancy scientists, working with governments, scientists and conservation organizations around the world.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

As part of the Transforming Communities project, we had the opportunity to explore apps targeted toward youth as well as apps developed by youth. Transforming Communities is a Microsoft-funded initiative that builds on what TechSoup and Microsoft already learned through the first App It Up project.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Majora realized that creating green projects and jobs empowers communities to see themselves in a different light, and that beautiful things happen in neighborhoods where people feel invested in their own economic and environmental well being.

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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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Global Giving

MARCH 7, 2019

Part of being “GlobalGiving” is making sure we’re helping members of our community literally give globally! The euro is the second most-used currency in the world, so adding the option of donations in euros had the potential to allow many more people to contribute to their favorite projects on GlobalGiving. Want more tips like this?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

The Ordyslexie program, in combination with Les Ateliers du Bocage, has helped more than 1,500 dyslexic French students become more independent and confident in school. This program has improved academic performance and is loved by both students and parents. A Simple Solution for a Complex Problem.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

Military Assistance Project. continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. It wasn’t simply about throwing money at an international issue - it was about listening to local problems, local solutions, and local thought. Local problems, local solutions. As part of a.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Through technology, data, and resource-sharing, Community Boost_r seeks to empower Balkan citizens to voice their opinions, demand solutions to everyday problems, and stay informed on accountability and transparency issues. The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

It was the last keynote of the day and it was a long day, so I improvised a movement exercise that involved some Samba movements to keep them engaged (see my post over at the Chronicle ). Now, I can’t wait for my international projects in 2013! Teens As Free Agents. ” Philantroteens. Now that’s a powerful idea.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured IT to further their missions. I have a soft spot for nonprofits that tackle really hard problems, and autism is certainly one of those. Childhood Cancer Support in Canada.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Millions of low-income students rely on free or low-cost school meals. During the school year, federal programs like the National School Lunch Program help close this nutrition gap by providing free or reduced cost meals to low-income students. Lack of Food Isn't the (Whole) Problem. A Range of Nearby Summer Meals.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

A hackathon is an event where programmers, developers, designers, and leaders come together to collaborate on an app, website, or software projects. The hackathon model is ideal for nonprofits and libraries because it brings together motivated volunteers to expedite a project on a limited budget. meets LinkedIn for students.

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Tech Soup

JULY 27, 2011

A competition that challenges students from all corners of the globe to develop technological solutions to social problems. Providing technology training to United States military veterans looking to transition to civilian jobs. They are all initiatives of Microsoft Citizenship. and Facebook.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. The First Crowdfunding Platform for Nonprofit Technology Projects. nonprofit organization is invited to post their technology project on the website.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. I have a soft spot for nonprofits that tackle really hard problems, and autism is certainly one of those. Want to share.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project Mobile Connections to Libraries study, 13 percent of patrons have visited a library website or accessed library services via a mobile device. The problem could be that many library websites are simply not designed with these devices in mind. Responsive Web Design.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

story chronicled a middle school student who built an app to help him. young people are developing their own creative solutions to problems. Not only did the piece showcase the uniqueness of this particular student, but also the opportunity to cultivate creativity through technical. Forage Oakland project.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

She enjoys camping, reading, adventure travel, and clean socks… and I should mention is starting a nonprofit called Pando Projects. 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.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

I did a post a few weeks ago on youth programs in TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map and decided I hadn’t covered this resource nearly enough. demonstrates what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup Global software donations to further their missions. Our Local Impact Map.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 11, 2013

continuing series, we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. It suggests that they "will face immense, complex social problems in their lifetimes, requiring them to be both generous and smart in their giving." Says one, "we are more excited about projects than we are about place. posted by Patsy Kraeger, Ph.D.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 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. Gen Z Uses Digital Tools for Social Good, Not Social Currency.

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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." " Year Up therefore takes a holistic approach to preparing its students for the workforce.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Last winter, after Harry and I had a conversation about global warming (and quite a conversation it was for a then eight-year old), and we collaborated on a series of green videos. This new genre of video games are about solving real world problems such as environment, global hunger, poverty and disease.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2016

A few weeks ago, we aligned with the YW for a skills-based volunteering project with one of their partners, Independence High School in Manhattan. My colleagues and I spent an afternoon of job shadowing at our office with ten students from the high school. The students were quite interested in this.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

It's a sister company of Geneva Global: Performance Philanthropy. Here's the scoop on their SpeedGranting program: "SpeedGranting is a tool for the Facebook community to help spread the good by getting funding for worthy projects. It's pretty simple.we (Razoo) set the dollar amount, the theme (e.g.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

One of their most current philanthropic projects is Connect 2 Compete , which in a big new digital inclusion program that aims to provide a PC and broadband Internet in every U.S. TechSoup Global has had a long association with PCRR. low-income household with children. InterConnection is our Seattle-based nonprofit refurbisher.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. Ashoka 's mission is to shape a citizen sector that is entrepreneurial, productive and globally integrated. If you do the math, that's $1 million donated to these organizations.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

At in-person sessions in New York City and San Francisco, and virtually on Youtube Live , Demo Day brought together nine social entrepreneurs to explore solutions for problems they’ve experienced. Both nonprofits are using tech to help students of color gain access to educational resources, readying them for high-paying careers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Support Peace Work Around the World Peace Project Fellow, Alison Long Photo in Flickr, Used with Permission. Peace Fellows are graduate students who work with Advocacy Project 's community based human rights partners around the world. The GRO Foundation: Global Relief Outreach. FreeGeek in Portland solves two problems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. Solicitation on the streets for programs at the k-12 level to train students to use cyber tools for science. MacArthur Foundation.

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