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6 Technology Concepts Nonprofits Need to Understand in 2018

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Wikipedia. NTEN: Restoring Trust in the Nonprofit Sector with Blockchain. A defining feature of a cryptocurrency, and arguably its most endearing allure, is its organic nature; it is not issued by any central authority, rendering it theoretically immune to government interference or manipulation. – Wikipedia.

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12NTC: Nonprofits and the Future of Internet Rights

Tech Soup

You might recall a day earlier this year when you were greeted with an odd blackout message instead of the Wikipedia entry for poutine. Many became aware of the movement against the Stop Online Piracy Act after the January 18 service blackouts started by Wikipedia and Reddit (with support from Craigslist and Google ). Future Threats.

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The Digital Divide Doesn't Exist

NTEN

Brett Meyer, NTEN. Under the guise of non-profitability hundreds of millions of these laptops will be flogged off to our governments. And who needs libraries when we have Wikipedia and Kindles? Tags: digital divide Newsletter NPTech NTEN. The digital divide doesn't exist. We can just bridge the gap, right?

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Data and Storytelling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

NTEN

And chances are your nonprofit, government agency, foundation, or research institution has gobs of it just sitting around. David zeroed in on two relevant data points to tell the story - the number of hours Americans spend watching TV in a year, and the total combined man hours needed to create all of wikipedia: 4.

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The Math Is Starting to Add Up: The Promise of Mobile

NTEN

This resulted in us creating a “sneaker-net” approach to providing basic asynchronous ICT services to rural villages: a complete offline Wikipedia that fit on a CD-ROM, and severely restricted bandwidth throttling to allow community radios to access the Internet (via prepaid RBGAN) for $2-3 a day. .

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

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. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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Influence | Forum One: Internet Strategy, Social Media, User Experience and Web Site Development

Forum One

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. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.