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The Triple Bottom Line in India: Software, Quality Education, and Early Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

After I finished teaching an intensive Networked NGO workshop for Packard family planning grantees in Delhi, I headed to Bangalore to visit my friend and colleague, Rufina Fernandes where I conducted a social media workshop for staff and teachers and got see a start up education company and its CSR program, close up.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Well, I just got my first one out in 2008! Benetech Update: Summer 2008 I'm thrilled to be writing you this update, because this year is unusually exciting even by Benetech standards. You can imagine the impact of Bookshare.org going from a $1 million per year enterprise in 2006 to over $7 million in 2008.

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Meet Michaela Hackner: BlogHer and Nonprofit Techie

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was asked to participate on a panel proposal at SXSW 2008 with several nonprofit colleagues. Michaela is now working as the Online Manager for a nonprofit focused on International Student programs , called World Learning and had attended SXSW where she felt that there needed to be more nonprofit panels. I wrote it in advance).

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