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Human Rights Trainings in Nigeria

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We told the NHRC staff and the MacArthur Foundation, a long-time supporter of the Benetech Human Rights Program, that we would be happy to return for more training when the NHRC was ready. The MacArthur Foundation provided key support for the project by not only financing our work, but also funding computer literacy training for NHRC staff.

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CommunityOne West and JavaOne: Free Event in San Francisco for Open Source Developers and Other Techies for Good

NTEN

The co-located conferences CommunityOne West and JavaOne are shaping up to be a great opportunity for techies for good to get some information, inspiration, and maybe even some hands-on training at these FREE events in San Francisco next month. developers.sun.com/events/communityone/2009/west/deep_dives.jsp.

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Convio puts the money where their mouth is for 09NTC

Amy Sample Ward

In the nonprofit technology community, I’ve heard stories of cut backs on “nice to have&# items and expenses such as travel and training so that organizations can focus on their most critical goals first and cut back on what they deem not to be completely necessary. See you in San Francisco in May!

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Great reads from around the web on September 19th

Amy Sample Ward

" nonprofitmapping.org - I would love to see this go beyond the San Francisco Bay Area - but fascinating! The 2009 Global Fundraising Confidence Survey, carried out by training and consultancy firm the Management Centre, is based on the views of 126 fundraising directors and sector experts around the world."

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Inspire with Your Own Ignite Session at the 2009 NTC!

Tech Soup

But this year, in San Francisco , April 26-28, you can grab the spotlight to show off all the amazing work you do — in the form of an Ignite Session. Tags: Tech Planning Training. At NTCs past, new nonprofit tech projects have been highlighted at the Innovation Plaza.

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Hosting Harkin at the Hub

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Now that the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports regularly on the employment situation for people with disabilities, there is strong evidence that it has gotten disproportionately worse for workers with disabilities since 2009. million to 6 million by 2015. This is not quite Benetech’s area of expertise, but I took up to the challenge.

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NTC Just Over One Month Away: Register Now!

Tech Soup

Coming up from April 26-28, NTEN's Nonprofit Technology Conference (or NTC) 2009, is the go-to event every year for nonprofit professionals. to networking opportunities galore, get yee online to register to attend and join us in San Francisco for the three-day event. From panels, plenaries, and presentations (oh my!)

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