AFP Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Facebook sets up $500,000 foundation to deliver services in East Palo Alto, Belle Haven - San Jose Mercury News : Facebook is delivering on its promise to create a charitable foundation that will distribute $500,000 to community nonprofits serving East Palo Alto and Menlo Park's Belle Haven neighborhood.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Ads that let you check in at your favorite billboard - San Jose Mercury News: "Foursquare, a rapidly growing social network, lets people use their mobile phones to announce their location to friends.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Location : San Jose, CA. Date : February 15-17, 2011. Topic : Technology and Social Impact. I’ll be speaking, facilitating and assisting with the event.

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Volunteer Hub

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

San Jose, CA is ranked #1 for recruiting volunteers who are millennials. Volunteers are worth on average $28.54 an hour according to an Independent Sector Study. Volunteers are almost twice as likely to donate to a charity than those that don’t volunteer according to The Corporation for National & Community Service.

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AFP Blog

MAY 29, 2009

O'Brien: Lessons on innovation from nonprofits - San Jose Mercury News: "Those lessons were on display last week when I stopped by the annual NetSquared conference at the Cisco Systems campus.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

Giving Circle : I helped co-found and am co-leading the San Jose Business Women for Good Giving Circle. I also have been training facilitators on how to incorporate the use of generative AI tools for meeting design and facilitation to support their work.

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Mercury News interview: Rey Ramsey, president and CEO of TechNet - San Jose Mercury News: "WASHINGTON — Rey Ramsey is the first to admit he's an unconventional choice to lead the high-tech lobbying group TechNet, having spent his career far from the office parks of Silicon Valley.Ramsey has dedicated much of his adult life to building more affordable (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Giving Circle : I helped co-found and am co-leading the San Jose Business Women for Good Giving Circle. In 2021, I was honored and very surprised to be awarded the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Lifetime Achievement Award. I continue to serve on the advisory board of Leadership Learning Community and Wake.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

Location: Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA. See you in San Jose! Hear from session-leaders share use studies of mobile-technologies and projects that are solving real-world problems, and discuss the possibilities of what an increasingly ubiquitous mobile network means to the future of business and 21st century activism.

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2023

For example, the government of San Jose created an after-hours chatbot, available in multiple languages, to serve what they recognized as a need from Spanish- and Vietnamese-speaking populations who could not take time off work to meet at a government office during business hours.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Where: San Jose, CA. Why we like it: beside the more than 70 Idea Labs, two Keynote speakers, Snap Learning sessions, and Ignite sessions, early risers will also love Sunrise Sessions , which include a "photography safari," early morning yoga, and an experiential dance workshop. Nonprofit Technology Conference (16NTC).

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MAY 5, 2020

in History from San Jose State University in 2017. He grew up with a passion for baseball and basketball, becoming one of the captains of his varsity basketball team. He earned a B.A. in History from Arizona State University in 2008 and earned an M.A. He enjoys working in the nonprofit world and giving back to those less fortunate.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2013

Her work has been featured in media outlets including Redbook , Ladies Home Journal , KQED's The California Report , The San Francisco Chronicle , and The San Jose Mercury News , as well as in national blogs including The Nation and The Huffington Post.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2009

I’m so excited to see a Mobile Tech 4 Change event coming to London - but super disappointed I can’t be here to participate (I’ll be at N2Y4 Mobile Challenge Conference in San Jose). If you are interested in mobile technology and its application for social change projects, this is definitely an event to check out.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Areas served: San Jose, St. They fund artists and arts organizations that create, present, and provide access to artistic excellence and inspire engagement. Their investments focus on authenticity/inclusion, transformation, and the development of talent and organizations. Paul, Detroit, Akron, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Macon, Miami.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 20, 2007

We issued our first official press release about the award and immediately had a great article in the San Jose Mercury News. I think we've signed up more schools and students for Bookshare.org in the last three weeks than in the last three years! We're hiring like crazy: we have more than ten job openings posted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2005

but left my laptop power source in Massachusetts. luckily Santa Clara has stores that sell universal power adaptors that fit my laptop. I'm famous for forgetting to pack something important on every trip. Usually it is something cheap to acquire like a toothbrush. It could have been worse, could have left my laptop home.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2015

Next year's Nonprofit Technology Conference (March 23–25, 2016) will be in our own backyard — San Jose — so TechSoup will be there with bells on!*. It's time for the annual community voting on #16NTC sessions. We are looking forward to engaging with the #nptech community.

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John Kenyon

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The SafeChat Silicon Valley Domestic Violence Collaborative, made up of four nonprofits who provide services in the San Jose, California area, launched this online chat service in August 2016, successfully completing its two-year pilot phase in August 2018.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2015

Both in attendee feedback and in our own debriefs, we''ve identified a number of points that we want to formally share back out here to gather additional feedback and share some of our thoughts as we look ahead to 2016 (in San Jose, March 23-25). Looking forward to seeing you in San Jose for 16NTC March 23-25!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Last night I had the privilege of attending the Breakthrough Philanthropy event put on by Peter Thiel's foundation, covered in the local press with articles like "Silicon Valley billionaire backs futuristic philanthropy" from the San Jose Mercury News. The foundation spotlighted eight unusual nonprofit groups.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

This year's #16NTC Nonprofit Technology Conference is in San Jose, right around the corner from TechSoup's San Francisco office. at our donor partner Adobe's San Jose office. Activating the Advocates at Adobe's San Jose office. And we can't wait to see you there! – 5:00 p.m.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2010

The occasion for getting to know Adobe better came with the launch of Adobe's new wind turbines at their headquarters building in San Jose. From time to time, we get a chance to find out firsthand what some of our TechSoup donor partners are doing in the area of green technology and corporate social responsibility. read more.

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Care2

MARCH 17, 2016

Another awesome 16NTC conference starts next week in San Jose. There's going to be some terrific panels aimed at nonprofit advocacy, fundraising, tech, and leadership teams. Every year we go through the program to help you focus on the top 10 sessions to attend. Digital Outlook: Ready, Set, Go… Wait, Where Are We Going?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

It's rare for me to drive further away than San Jose, San Francisco or Berkeley. So, I can pretty much count on being able to make a round-trip to these destinations when I'm not taking the train into San Francisco. And for me, it's turned out great.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2009

The small conference room in San Jose, California, was dimly lit and buzzing with intensity, while being relatively silent, except for the tapping of keyboards and the occasional chuckle or sigh.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Goodbye Checkbook, Hello Tablet: Fundraising Goes Mobile - The Network: Cisco''s Technology News Site : At a recent fundraising party in San Jose Calif., there was a signature cocktail selling for $20, tasty appetizers paired with designer wines, and an iPad, making its way around the room.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 18, 2006

Great article today in the San Jose Mercury News. Palo Alto company's innovative software uses photos to teach the developmentally disabled. We really appreciate our local partner, C.A.R., in testing Route 66 and giving us lots of great feedback. We enjoy working with Benetech's funders, who share our passion for changing the world.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2015

It was recently recognized by the City of San Jose for raising awareness of computer science among teens. Although it started initially as a high school project, MathAndCoding is now a full-fledged program and a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

You'll find reviews of iPhone apps from the Olympics , National Center for Missing Children , the San Jose Museum , and others. The Extraordinaries has also been doing a good job of tracking nonprofit iPhone apps over at their blog.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 11, 2007

My tradition is to make smoked lobster for my wife, Virginia, and the local newspaper, the San Jose Mercury News, was kind enough to print this fact in an article titled: What notable business leaders are doing for Mom. What does this have to do with lobster? Not much, other than the fact that tomorrow is Mother's Day.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

Areas served: San Jose, St. They fund artists and arts organizations that create, present, and provide access to artistic excellence and inspire engagement. Their investments focus on authenticity/inclusion, transformation, and the development of talent and organizations. Paul, Detroit, Akron, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Macon, Miami.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Conference 2009 – O’Reilly Conferences, May 19 – 21, 2009, San Jose, CA – Check out the video and presentation slides, too! "Indians The students sent their first tweets from the TweetsGiving classroom built from your gratitude." " Indigenous Mapping: Emerging Cultures on the Geoweb: Where 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Conference 2009 - O’Reilly Conferences, May 19 - 21, 2009, San Jose, CA - Check out the video and presentation slides, too! "Indians The students sent their first tweets from the TweetsGiving classroom built from your gratitude." " Indigenous Mapping: Emerging Cultures on the Geoweb: Where 2.0

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

The San Jose Mercury News just published my op-ed today entitled Build great companies, then help build a great world. Bill Coleman, founder and chairman of BEA Systems of San Jose, and his wife Claudia, have backed the University of Colorado Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities.

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John Kenyon

JUNE 26, 2017

It involved four domestic violence service providers near San Jose, California. Below I share the lessons we learned, the challenges and the benefits of having nonprofits collaborating on a technology project. This was the project the developed the SafeChat Silicon Valley crisis counseling service.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 22, 2012

Kelli Lee I recently graduated from Foothill College with an Associated Arts degree in Business Administration and will be attending San Jose State University in the fall. As I am disabled, I have used several programs that Bookshare/Benetech provides for their consumers.

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