Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2011

As I mentioned in my previous two blogs about my Africa trip of last July, I had the pleasure of meeting many interesting people and learning about numerous exciting, cool projects during that three week long visit to Kenya, Tanzania and Ghana. The good news is that trachoma can effectively be eliminated.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 5, 2010

Last year, using the theme of gratitude and TweetsGiving, Epic Change catalyzed the global community to help build a school in Tanzania. Towards that end, Epic Change has created an online collaborative art project to honor moms across the globe called To Mama With Love.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

To celebrate all of the good going on around us, they’ve created a huge, global image gallery of people, organizations and businesses doing good this holiday on their Facebook page – because they believe that #GoodSpotting is everywhere, and something everyone can do. I just uploaded a screen of John Haydon dong some good!

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. TweetsGiving is a global celebration of gratitude and giving on November 24-26. Find out more in the interview below! What is TweetsGiving? Where do the funds go?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. TweetsGiving is a global celebration of gratitude and giving on November 24-26. Find out more in the interview below! What is TweetsGiving? Where do the funds go?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2014

Perhaps that explains the appeal of community Giving Days or participating in global giving days like GivingTuesday. We are starting to see a rise of crowd funding projects done by and for kids, perhaps as part of the trend of “ PhilanthroTeens ” or “PhilanthroKids.” Raising Money To Fight Food Insecurity.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

Her students consistently score at the top of over 120 schools in the Arusha district of Tanzania. Mama Lucy is an Epic Change fellow, and has been an invited speaker at the European Summit for Global Transformation. Build your own heartspace, share the campaign, and share your love!

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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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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

These global leaders are coming from Uganda, Australia, London, and Florida. We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Check out our newest groups: NetSquared Tanzania in Tanga, Tanzania. London, United Kingdom: Crowdfunding Your Community Projects. They're going to try and recruit you. :-).

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2015

We''re a [global movement]([link] with chapters in 20 countries. Check out our newest groups: * [NetSquared Tanzania]([link] in Tanga, Tanzania * [501 Tech Club Austin]([link] in Austin, TX * [Nonprofit Neighbors Tech Club]([link] in Kansas City, MO --> Upcoming Events. Join them every month for a dose of community invigoration!

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

by Dinesh Venkateswaran, Manager - Global Data Acquisitions, TechSoup Global. data and governance, profiting from social change projects, and access to data and tools. should enable power in members and facilitate a global impact of highly local activity.” This was first posted on the GuideStar International blog.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

That's why TechSoup supports a global network of tech trainers called NetSquared. In Peru, the group explored how Azure can help NGOs and in Tanzania , people learned about the concept of cloud productivity services. Boston, Massachusetts: Monthly Pitch Night | BostonSpeaks/Impact Hub Open Project Night. How Do You Use It?

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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. Dianna Schwartz , Public Allies Arizona Alumna. Executive Director. As part of a.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

This is a guest post from Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared’s Global Community Development Manager.&#. To connect with supporters, organizations and individuals working on projects will need to be sure that data gets back to them. to which New York Times reporter Stephanie Strom tweeted back “No kidding.”.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

The project is controversial in that it definitely has digital inclusion aims, but also is in the critical path of Facebook’s business objectives to grow its user base. Find my piece, “ Will Facebook’s Internet.org Bridge the Global Digital Divide? It’s one of the fastest growing crowdfunding sites on the web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 29, 2020

2019 Global NGO Technology Report :: Download. 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report :: Download. Please take the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Survey !]. Please take the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Survey !]. Published by Global Web Index. 2019 Fundraising Effectiveness Project :: Download.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2021

2021 Global NGO Technology Survey & Open Data Project :: Take the Survey. 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report :: Download. 2019 Global NGO Technology Report :: Download. 2019 Global NGO Technology Report :: Download. 2021 Fundraising Effectiveness Project :: Download. For Nonprofits Worldwide: 1.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2006

Jessica is the co-founder and a board member of Kiva , a nonprofit that is using the Internet to connect people through loans to alleviate global poverty. Jessica has worked in rural Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda with the Village Enterprise Fund and Project Baobab on impact evaluation and program development.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Actions and messages were contextualized based on the issues and discussions taking place at both the global and local level. Whether it was 350 or ACE, or a group like Epic Change and their annual To Mama With Love projects. Regional and local leaders were supported and given the opportunity to shine. And that’s hard to ignore.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 1, 2006

Jane Goodall Institute's Geoblog : The Jane Goodall Insitute has created a geoblog, the Gombe Chimpanzee Blog , Using Google Earth, the geoblog allows readers/viewers to view Gombe National Park in Tanzania while they read entries by Emily Wroblewski, a field researcher who is studying the Gombe Chimpanzees.

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Candid

AUGUST 3, 2021

Since 2010, Human Rights Funders Network (HRFN) and Candid have partnered on research that maps funding for human rights globally. Over this time, we have had a glaring omission: our research has not captured funding related to race or ethnicity, despite significant and global human rights work in this area.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Having project managed TechSoup Global's 2012 Global Cloud Computing Survey , I can heartily agree with that. TechSoup Global conducted a huge global cloud survey of NGOs in over 80 countries in March of 2012 and released the results in September. We gathered so much data! Now what to do with it.

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