Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 22, 2010

As I head off to the WEF Summit in Davos, I'm also excited about the Social Enterprise Alliance Summit coming up in San Francisco at the end of April. Hope to see you in San Francisco for the SEA Summit (and if you're an SEA member, today's your shot at getting your double discount on the conference!).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2021

SF New Deal began with a vision of San Francisco as a world class city that provides an abundance of support, opportunity, dignity, respect, and appreciation for small businesses and neighbors in need. SF New Deal launched in March 2020 as a rapid response to the COVID pandemic in San Francisco.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2009

Check out the article about TechSoup in Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle. TechSoup CEO's are interviewed as well as some local Bay Area organizations who've benefited from TechSoup's programs. TechSoup might be shy about blowing its own horn but since I'm a volunteer, I have no such reservations.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2010

Sun Microsystems, a partner of TechSoup Global, recently embarked on a local donation project to address this at one elementary school in San Francisco. McKinley Elementary is a K-5 public school with about 300 students in the Duboce Park district of San Francisco.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

11NTC Day of Service Volunteers Now in its thirteenth year, the Day of Service provide an opportunity for nonprofit techies to give something back to the local community where the Nonprofit Technology Conference is held. If you haven't heard, the 2012 NTC will be held in April 3-5 in San Francisco.

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VisionLink

MARCH 11, 2010

This partnership focuses on powerful client management tools, including a shared disaster client and resource information database, working across nonprofit and faith-based organizations in the ten county area around San Francisco.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 5, 2011

After the session, she asked to reuse the game locally and I asked her to just let me know how it went: I recently facilitated a day long meeting with a group of 7 different community media centers in California. The room was full, and participants came up with some terrific examples and options for their organizations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In the local context, Kenyan’s give an extremely high proportion of their earnings as donations (cc. The lack of trust between NGOs and local Kenyans and the expectancy that NGOs are funded from outside Kenya are the key reasons for limited local fundraising towards NGO in Kenya.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2013

That’s what NetSquared Local is for! San Francisco, CA: Open Source Tech Can Improve Your City & Your Nonprofit, & A Conversation w/ SAP. Don’t have a local NetSquared Local group? What have NetSquared Local groups been up to recently? You betcha! This Week’s NetSquared Events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 6, 2013

I’m teaching a master class today in San Francisco for arts organizations for Theatre Bay Area. My master class here in San Francisco will be video taped and shared in other cities by a local facilitator using a lesson plan that I have developed.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Now that TechSoup’s Local Impact Map has officially launched , let's discover one of great new organizations featured there. TechSoup’s Local Impact Map is a great thing because it gives nonprofits like the Luciano Barreto Júnior Institute a way to get some wider attention for their good work.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

In San Francisco, sometimes one can feel a bit cynical about the influx of frivolous technology with billion dollar valuations. They're also a useful way for nonprofits to connect with local developers if they're interested in building an app. This project began as a Code for America project in Detroit.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In addition to the build itself—where they might put in extra hours to ensure it’s ready on time—homeowners volunteer at their local HabitatReStore or local Habitat office. It takes a lot of volunteers to create an affordable place a family can call home. It was right after the 2016 election. Racial tensions were high. Hyperlocal.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 25, 2021

Materials distributed in San Francisco Chinatown on how to report Asian hate crimes, written in English and Chinese. Currently living in San Francisco and unable to travel due to COVID precautions, I feel trapped, unable to be with them during these particularly scary times. Photo Credit: Aaron Molo.

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2017

The Community Webs project is working with partners from Queens Public Library , Cleveland Public Library , and San Francisco Public Library. This support will help librarians develop expertise in creating collections of historically valuable web materials that document their local communities. About the Author. spanhidden.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

After graduating with a BFA in drama & music from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Ellen spent ten years bringing joy to audiences nightly as one of only ten lead performers in the longest running musical revue in the world—San Francisco’s “Beach Blanket Babylon.” 32) Fred Northup, Jr.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 14, 2009

Will you be in San Francisco on April 25th? "At local Penguin Days non-profit organizations explore the range of issues and options involved using Free and Open Source Software (F/OSS)." " Penguin Day Agenda - pd.aspirationtech.org - Are you heading to the NTC this month? Why not check out Penguin Day! "At

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 27, 2006

Hey Have Fun * Do Gooders--I've started posting over at WorldChanging: San Francisco about local WorldChanging happenings. I wrote the post below for them, but thought I'd post it here too 'cause Shop Local First Week is a national program. Want to support local businesses in the Mission and save money?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 22, 2012

I'm a recent transplant to California, and just finished my first year as an NLCSD Fellow in the Joint Doctoral Program for Special Education at UC Berkeley/San Francisco State. I've been a longtime fan of Bookshare's services, and this summer, I'm thrilled to be working with the people that develop these amazing resources.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 6, 2012

San Francisco seeks Hellman’s philanthropic successors | Dan Schreiber | Local | San Francisco Examiner : The death of San Francisco philanthropist Warren Hellman was felt across The City by the organizations he helped and the people who benefited from his generosity.

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

Each year, individuals worldwide take the opportunity to do better for our planet with actions such as planting trees, cleaning local communities, and raising awareness for environmental causes through peer-to-peer fundraising pages. How I Love a Clean San Diego Takes Action on Earth Day. SF Parks Alliance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

" Earlier this week, I wrote about giveMN.org as an example of local and regional online giving initiatives.  Match Days have been used by community foundations to stimulate local charitable giving.  They   They are done in a condensed time period - 24-48 hours and local nonprofit rally for donations.  

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

What’s the point in using “global” tools (social media) for local organizing? From @amoration: I find we’re always both global & local, so many of us travel frequently that virtual organizing tools are essential even for “local&# endeavors. Social media used to engage local supporters to act globally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Local Oakland Tweeter @trafficologist Standing Beside Her Profile Pic in the Twitterstream. The San Francisco Bay Area has seen some extraordinary museum openings over the past several years. The “superfriends” on stage at OMCA’s California Futures at the Massive Reopening Celebration.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 6, 2012

Adam De Rose, Interfaith Worker Justice Blog Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) advances the rights of workers by engaging diverse faith communities into action, from grassroots organizing to shaping policy at the local, state and national levels.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2010

Jen Newmeyer, Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina I had a few assumptions I decided to test by talking to some organizations that work locally using social media. Discovering Your Local Connections Even in the smallest of communities, you can't know everyone's business -- but social media can make it all a lot more explicit.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 18, 2010

During my first visit to the Nigerian capital of Abuja last April, I learned that a member of the NHRC who had been monitoring local elections had been beaten and unlawfully detained. I flew into Abuja from Kinshasa, and my colleague Rahwa Tareke joined me from San Francisco.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

My name is Jared Paul and I’m the founder of a one and a half year old, San Francisco nonprofit called A Good Idea (AGI) that recently made the top 100 in the Chase Community Giving contest. Does these contests really help build capacity of nonprofits and bring innovative solutions for social to the forefront or not? What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Building those [local] leaders is the secret to the way that we organize.&# " Tags: roundup bookmarks business casestudies climatechange collaboration corporations facebook gardeningbook innovation list lists marketing nptech organizing postalicious resources socialmedia sustainability. Its seven other backers include Yahoo!,

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Evening Sustainability Unconference. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Las Vegas, Nevada: More Site Visits!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

Through this initiative, we are supporting a group of dynamic, next-generation leaders in the social justice field in the San Francisco Bay Area as they retool their organizations for greater impact. The Bay Area, after all, is renowned as a cradle of innovation – both for technology and social movements.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 4, 2023

Advancing Human Rights: Working towards Global Independence Organizations like Women’s March San Francisco underscore the importance of every individual’s right to be heard and recognized. This organization goes beyond simply advocating for women’s rights locally. Our voices matter. .”

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

On Wednesday, March 28 in San Francisco – and live-streamed online – TechSoup Global will screen and award the top photo and video entries. You’ll get to meet some of our local judges, see dozens of the best videos and photo stories, and connect with fellow digital storytellers. This is a “red carpet” event! Pacific time.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

You can take part in a live brainstorming session by attending a local Mozilla Ignite Idea Jam. If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, register today for a Mozilla Ignite Idea Jam on August 9 at 5 to 8 p.m. If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, register today for a Mozilla Ignite Idea Jam on August 9 at 5 to 8 p.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Room to Read , a San Francisco based non-profit, will help us make that happen by bringing libraries and literacy to the world's poorest regions. For Twitter to be at its peak in utility, people who would have never had access to the world's information need to be able to not only receive it but engage with it, too.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2016

But don't be afraid — huddle up for warmth and knowledge with your nonprofit tech friends at a local Tech4Good meetup. Find your local #Tech4Good group. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2014

TechSoup’s NetSquared community organizers connect nonprofits with local technology experts. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night (weekly). San Francisco, California: Let’s Help 826 Valencia Launch Their Tenderloin Location! San Francisco, California. NPTech Social.

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