Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

I think most people have heard of the One Laptop Per Child little XO portable computers that are designed for the rural developing world, but I suspect far fewer people have heard of the great work that the San Francisco, California based nonprofit, Inveneo , is doing in this area of nonprofit computing.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. They also carry on the work of visionary founder and board member, Van Jones, especially in the area of developing green jobs training programs for low-income youth.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 28, 2009

While preparing to teach a social media webinar recently, I discovered quite a few environmental/green nonprofits that have YouTube channels. YouTube green environment nonprofit Inspired by the post, 80+ Environmental Organizations to Follow on Twitter on Planetsave , I thought I'd share the list with you.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Using TechSoup products or educational resources to stay GREEN ? Not sure which products from TechSoup qualify as "green tech"? Check out our Green Technology Page. Using a TechSoup product not mentioned above for green tech? The April 2015 TechSoup Green Tech Story Challenge (the "Challenge").

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Using TechSoup products or educational resources to stay GREEN ? Not sure which products from TechSoup qualify as "green tech"? Check out our Green Technology Page. Using a TechSoup product not mentioned above for green tech? The April 2015 TechSoup Green Tech Story Challenge (the "Challenge").

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Impact Investing 101: Panel Discussion. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Tuesday, January 3, 2017.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In you are in DC please join us (I'm co-hosting) for a great discussion by the United Nations and Screen on the Green at 1331 G St, NW, Suite 900 from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM. San Francisco Meetup 7PM PT 9/24. Following the Meetup there will be a happy hour at Laughing Man Tavern. RSVP here: [link].

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

San Francisco, California: Mobile Apps for Change Demo Day. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Skill Extension: Maps (on the Green Line) | Sponsors: Maptime MSP Meetup, CARTO. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

I had a chance this week to preside over TechSoup’s booth at the latest Social Capital Markets conference (SOCAP) in San Francisco. I hope you'll pardon me if I start with a green tech thing. Stand is a San Francisco Bay Area domestic violence nonprofit. It’s one of the premier social enterprise.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2006

I've been to the Green Festival in San Francisco for the past four years and each year I look forward to it. The Green Festival is October 14-15 in Washington DC , November 10-12 in San Francisco , and April 21-22, 2007 in Chicago. green women festival

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways June PDH Lunch — Incorporating Green Infrastructure. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels and Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Blogging for ChangeWriters View more presentations from Britt Bravo Tomorrow I'll be speaking about Blogging for ChangeWriters at the 2010 Writing for Change Conference in San Francisco. I'll be showing examples of "changewriter" blogs and sharing Ten Tips for ChangeWriter Blogging Success.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Born and raised in San Francisco, Drew is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Today, Stephen continues to be active in the community, serving as a Green Dot Public Schools Ambassador and an inaugural board member(board chair) for MENTOR California.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2009

NEWS This week, Echoing Green partnered with Jobs for Change on a new Be Bold Podcast. Green Blogger Convention To Kick Off In Los Angeles Next Month on Eco razzi. Bay Area folks can go to the 29 Gifts book launch party in San Francisco November 14th. It's been a been a busy few weeks! Early registration deadline is Nov.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2016

Caravan Studios , a division of TechSoup, hosted a breakfast in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood for nonprofits, app developers, and anyone interested in changing the world for the better. Open Data San Francisco. The lineup began with an overview of San Francisco's OpenData Program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2014

Here is a case study of Red versus Green. Testing different combinations allows you to maximize the results you want to get. Images: Images convey more than mere text, shapes, and colors. They help set the tone — serious, playful, clinical, provocative —instantly establishing an emotional connection with the viewer.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 4, 2016

Join Box.org and peers like the ASPCA, Charity:Water, Team Rubicon, and many other nonprofits at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California from September 6 – 8. Use the promo code 16bworgmember to register today. Why do so many nonprofit leaders return to BoxWorks year after year? Here are the top four reasons: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

My last full-time, Monday-through-Friday job was as an outreach director for a small international development organization in San Francisco. Finally, if they need to spend $50 for a premium Tumbler design or $25 a year for Flickr Pro, they have the green light to do so.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 18, 2015

I sat down with Emilyn Green, Executive Director of the Community Science Workshop Network , to learn more about their history, design, and engagement strategy. The first one was started in 1991 by a San Francisco educator, Dan Sudran, in his garage. The Mission location is still a useful hub for San Francisco school programs.

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Care2

AUGUST 4, 2011

And at month's end she and Robyn, Care2's Editor in Chief, will be presenting the Care2 Environmental Impact Award to filmmaker Alexandra Cousteau (granddaughter of renowned oceanographer and filmmaker Jacques Cousteau) at the Women In Green Forum. Women In Green Forum Santa Monica, CA. Dreamforce '11 San Francisco, CA.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

The San Francisco Bay Area has earthquakes, and our old data center was in a similar earthquake zone to our main offices here in San Francisco. An earthquake that interrupted services in San Francisco might also have affected our old data center south of the city. Why We Moved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2011

Yesterday, the Social Media for Nonprofit Conference series kicked off in San Francisco yesterday in War Memorial Green Room with support from Microsoft.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

August’s Online Community Meetup featured Zoey Kroll of Hayes Valley Farm , an urban farm located in San Francisco. Appearing as her super hero alter ego, complete with green cape, Super Green, Kroll spoke about how online activity can be used to inspire offline action. Photos: SusanChavez.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2017

Using the dots, they will indicate if they would "Like" (blue), "Share" (yellow), or "Comment" (green) on the post. John is an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco and Sonoma State University. The cards are collected, mixed up, then each person is given one card.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 4, 2005

The other social entrepreneurs profiled are David Green and Victoria Hale, two folks I greatly admire. Victoria and David lead efforts that are the closest in spirit and philosophy to Benetech, and we're all in the San Francisco Bay Area, even though we are all focused internationally.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2015

Little Green Light. Little Green Light is a cloud-based donor management system designed for nonprofits. Little Green Light helps you keep track of donors, volunteers, event attendees, board members, and more. This donation program gives you $425 worth of credit to spend on a subscription to Little Green Light.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2011

While preparing for the “ Leveraging Social Media Masterclass “, I reviewed social media presences of over 260 arts organizations looking for interesting “ living case studies.&# I discovered how the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus is using QR codes to encourage audiences to download program books onto their mobile phones.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

This month, Forum One and Autodesk hosted a panel titled, "Social Media for Social Impact" during Social Media Week in San Francisco. Amy Skoczlas Cole from eBay explained how a grassroots employee effort for office-wide green initiatives grew to an online movement around the environmental impact of reused goods.

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NTEN

APRIL 9, 2009

Flickr Photo by Green Moon Penguin Day is coming to San Francisco on Saturday, April 25, 2009, right before the NTC. Penguin Day San Francisco is happening at the Odd Fellows Hall at 7th and Market Street, in the heart of downtown. Full details about this opportunity to explore open source software are at [link].

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2009

One free video conferencing service is Gmail voice and video chat that has been evaluated below by Monica Skinner , who is a San Francisco-based LEED architect , environmental designer, and GreenTech volunteer. Tags: Green Office Web 2.0 I pondered the idea and decided to test it out and few clicks later I was up and running.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2008

" We'll also be at the, "Blogging Birds of a Feather Meet-Up: Green/Social Change" on Friday, July 18th at the BlogHer Conference in San Francisco and I'll also be on a panel on personal fundraising.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 28, 2008

We'll also be at the, "Blogging Birds of a Feather Meet-Up: Green/Social Change" on Friday, July 18th at the BlogHer Conference in San Francisco along with BlogHer Green Editor , Green LA Girl. I'll be teaching a "Nonprofit Blogging 101," and a "Nonprofit Podcasting 101" session. blogging conference Beth Kanter

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Tech Soup

APRIL 15, 2016

It's not so much that I've been a writer on green technology at TechSoup over the years. In our own office in San Francisco, we now collect and recycle all glass, metals, plastics (yes, every kind of plastic), paper, and anything compostable (mostly food scraps). That's getting pretty far out there.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2012

Business and commutes were at a standstill in the San Francisco Bay Area yesterday after an extreme fire in West Oakland put the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) commuter train system completely out of service between San Francisco and cities in the East Bay. Carpocalypse.

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NTEN

JANUARY 29, 2009

Jon Stahl has some awesome pants: the front and back of each leg is a different color -- red, green, blue and yellow. Amazingly, he still fits in them -- and he's bringing them to San Francisco in April. I first saw them back in 2002, when the NTC was still the Roundup.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

Our recently completed 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest winners and finalists are an impressive group, showcasing the broad reach and impact of TechSoup member charities doing environmental work. Sunstone Montessori School is a certified green nonprofit school in Portland, Oregon that serves toddlers through sixth graders.

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NTEN

APRIL 20, 2009

Flickr Photo: Green Moon We're less than a week away from the really big show. There are a lot of tweets out there using the #09NTC hashtag -- including an announcement about this gathering for exisiting and potential Blackbaud partners: Blackbaud Connect Partner Network briefings at the 09NTC - Blackbaud Suite at the Hilton San Francisco.

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