Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

This is the problem that Foundation Center, GlobalGiving, GuideStar, and TechSoup have set out to solve by creating BRIDGE (Basic Registry of Identified Global Entities). These can be nongovernmental organizations, programs, and projects or other entities in the social sector, including schools and churches. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

This hackathon took place at San Francisco State University's Paul J. 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. San Francisco Day of Civic Hacking. Leonard Library.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

The Basic Registry of Identified Global Entities (BRIDGE) is a new collaborative project that aims to revolutionize information sharing, in order to better understand the flows of philanthropic dollars and enhance transparency and effectiveness in the global social sector. Read on to learn more about the project.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. Big Data and Global Development. It was originally published on NetSquared. Data Resources.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Third, the print book is not universally accessible. By this, I am not just talking about the publishing business, but also the nonprofit libraries committed to universal accessibility. Together with the World Blind Union and other campaigners, we set out to get a global treaty that would not only replicate the U.S.

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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. This software includes assessment tools for evaluating students’ ability to problem solve, explain the relationships in complex systems, and comprehend informational texts and diagrams. You can register here.

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

These partnerships have the ability to minimize duplication of efforts and competition for limited resources while increasing their ability to problem solve. million dollars to help aid nonprofits budgets that were drastically impacted by this global crisis. Are there too many nonprofits?” is a question asked often in the sector.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

AI was founded in 1961 on the inspiration of British lawyer Peter Benenson, whose article “The Forgotten Prisoners” launched the first Prisoners of Conscience campaign, which ignited overwhelming global support and marked the birth of AI.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 14, 2013

Unfortunately, most companies won’t pursue projects without the promise of big profits and the people who need tech tools the most often can’t afford them. I believe there’s a growing recognition that the world has become a global village and it’s our responsibility to see to it that all “villagers” can improve their lives.

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Education was her way out, but when she signed up for graduate studies at New York University, she returned to live with her parents and became involved in and reacquainted with her neighborhood. open source design or DIY manufacturing) to create customized products in small batches and the global reach of the Internet to sell them.

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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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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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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 11, 2013

They are called "next gen major donors," and according to a recent report issued by the Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University and 21/64 , they will "have tremendous influence on the direction of and support for efforts to improve local communities and solve global problems over the next several decades.". Bentley, R.J.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. It was originally published on NetSquared. Data for Public Service Delivery. Big Data for Development.

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Global Giving

JULY 25, 2017

Jessa holds an MBA from the University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business and was recognized as the Beyond Yourself Fellow. A: We often start the conversation with the “solution”—meaning we start with the talent and go in search of a problem. Why is that important to the success of these projects?

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

Military Assistance Project. Working with an intelligent and experienced staff of a Phoenix-based nonprofit involved focused on global issues, I was encouraged to ask questions of development organizations and to think through a lens of international aid. Local problems, local solutions. Executive Director. As part of a.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

I worked for the Chalkboard Project fresh out of university, a nonprofit organization founded and fueled by Foundations for a Better Oregon, a coalition of foundations in Oregon focused on collaborating to make a meaningful impact to issues in Oregon – in the case of the Chalkboard Project, that focus was on public education reform.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

The new project is called the Mobile Giving Alliance. Nonprofit Quarterly quoted president Global Healthy Living Foundation, Seth Ginsberg, on the affect on charities: “The transformative power of Facebook — like the popularity of the site itself — is neither preordained nor guaranteed going forward.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 27, 2011

This blog post originally appeared on the TechSoup Global Blog. The Tech Awards , an annual event that honors projects which use "technology to significantly improve human conditions," just unveiled their laureates for this year. With subtitles video content is more searchable and sharable.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 27, 2022

With Salesforce and Cloud for Good, Indiana University Advancement is: Enabling donors and alumni to complete giving transactions in under 30 seconds. Indiana University Advancement (IUA) has partnered with Cloud for Good to completely overhaul its online giving experience utilizing Salesforce technology.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 20, 2017

In this example, Center for Global Impact centered their campaign on a major gift that was earmarked as a match. No problem! Hertford College , which is part of Oxford University stood up a Virtual event to provide alumni with the opportunity to fundraise from wherever they happened to be located. Project Based Fundraising.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2011

During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. If cloud computing is going to be as ubiquitous as some of the analysts and commentators believe, then the future is going to be very different from previous projections. How Does Big Data Intersect with the Cloud?

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Derrick Feldmann is the lead researcher and creator of The Millennial Impact Project, a multi-year study of how the next generation supports causes. Derrick is on the Leadership Faculty of the Points of Light Corporate Institute and a guest lecturer at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. John Haydon.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Richard Heeks of the University of Manchester, and one of the premiere scholars in the ICT4D space, describes this shift aptly as a transition from ICT4D 1.0 With voice, many solutions for issues like the “market price” problem can be human engineered, as that information is now only a phone call away to a trusted source in a bigger market.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

We also shine the light on the potential security problems of smart toys, predict the end of the digital divide, and discuss a health-related wearable that can't get here fast enough and some intriguing 10 year-old predictions that just happened to come true. Communications and Marketing. ConnectHome is another new U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

David Saski from Global Voices summarized her presentation: Dee Dee's 10 minute introduction to why she blogs and what she got out of it put a big smile on my face. The day before the conference, I spent some time at the Open Institute , the NGO that hosts the KhmerOS (Open Source Software) project. Dee Dee with the BlogHer bag!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

" There's also another article on a similar theme that focuses on the describing the problem -- or why nonprofits, designers, and techies can't talk to each other. Ethan Zuckerman gives a summary of Pros/Cons of facebook Activism , a presentation by Imran Jamal and the Burma Global Action Network. re working with???something

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

I met Janet Salmons many years ago while I working on various arts and technology projects in New York State for the New York Foundation for the Arts. I started in the Cornell University Center for Theatre Arts , where I founded and directed two programs: Cornell Theatre Outreach and the Community-Based Arts Project. Find it!

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Forum One

MARCH 10, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University.

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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. Grantees - like Global Kids - found the right group to fund. Interesting projects that are not the historical type.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 21, 2005

Mean was only recently introduced to blogs and the organization got the idea of doing a blog projects from one of Cambodia's better known bloggers, Ex-King. We did started this email interview several weeks ago after I first heard about his project. How did you start working with Cambodians on technology training projects?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 24, 2017

In philanthropy, one way you see leadership is in someone’s response to a problem or issue – instead of saying, “Who will fix this?” When you put that tapestry together, you have a powerful way to solve problems and advance social change. Of course, this “powerful way to solve problems” has its power when it’s put into action.

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Forum One

JULY 29, 2008

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

This post was based on a post developed by Rob Paterson three weeks ago, as we seek to design a pilot project in support of an important multi-constituent project Rob is helping to guide. Deepak Sahasrabudhe, Project lead . . Courtesy of Jon Husband, publisher of Wirearchy. Collectively come up with a strategy for adoptionl.

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