Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

We now have a free, open source reading app for you called Go Read. And more than 20,000 of our users now use Read2Go , our reading app for iOS introduced in 2011. DIAGRAM This increase in accessible images would not have been possible without great tools. Have an Android device? What if you’re a U.S. Or all three?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

Martus is Benetech's free and open source software package designed for human rights activists to collect stories and data about human rights abuses. Our mandate, broadly speaking, was to engage in “blue-sky dreaming” and learn from our shared experiences to make Martus a more robust tool.

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Global Group Thailand Burma 157

NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2012

Unique about that report was that we also asked survey participants to grade their data ecosystems , which is what we call that network of tools organizations use to carry out their work. We re-visted this topic this summer for the 2011 Nonprofit Data Ecosystems survey, and are happy to release the report today (free for NTEN members). >

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2012

Unique about that report was that we also asked survey participants to grade their data ecosystems , which is what we call that network of tools organizations use to carry out their work. We re-visted this topic this summer for the 2011 Nonprofit Data Ecosystems survey, and are happy to release the report today (free for NTEN members). >

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Survey Report Data NTEN 55

Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2011

Peter Cheer shares the upcoming 2011 da Vinci Awards celebrating global excellence in assistive technology, slated for September 22 in Dearborn, Michigan. There is also the Accessibility Unconference in Boston on September 17, 2011. Tools for Free. And it's free, to boot. and Ottowa.

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Accessibility Voice Community Michigan 44

Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

Online tools like Twitter , Ushahidi , Google Person Finder , CrisisMappers , and the work of nonprofit organizations like Crisis Commons. and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. Image: AlphachimpStudio.

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Disaster Digital Haiti Effective 61

NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

The 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference kicks off tomorrow and one of the key elements to Community Day is the Science Fair. This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out nearly 100 exhibirors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector.

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Ipod Amazon Green NTC 47

NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

Read the rest of the issue when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] When we started, we were creating an internal tool for project management and quality assurance. Mid-stream we realized something phenomenal: We could make this platform 100% open to the public and not hold our performance data behind a curtain.

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International Project Org Technology 60

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

She is a favorite on TechSoup for Libraries because she is always open to new technology. For instance La Conner has been using thin clients since 2008, and recently installed an open-source integrated library system. Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi. 1 USB Hub.

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Library Case Study Studies Instruction 40

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

She is a favorite on TechSoup for Libraries because she is always open to new technology. For instance La Conner has been using thin clients since 2008, and recently installed an open-source integrated library system. Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi. 1 USB Hub.

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Library Case Study Studies Instruction 40

Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

be referred to as "the mobile" in this post) is an important ICT tool for. technological tools for what we need increases and the mobile is no. It is an extraordinary example of one of these tools. Begin by planting free saplings offered by Greenpeace. word "phone" be dropped from its title.

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Mobile Phone Develop Pakistan 52

Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

We’ve had multiple celebrations of the web in recent years: the 20 th anniversary of the first public web page in 2011 , another 20 th anniversary webpage anniversary in 2013 , and this month, the 25 th anniversary of the idea of the web. People are comparing this venture to Google’s Project Loon. The World Wide Web Turns 25.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Recently, I dug under the web’s couch cushions to understand which content management tools nonprofits are currently using to manage their websites. 52 of the tools found were only used to manage a single website while another 14 only managed 2 separate websites in our study. LESSON 3: Top 5 tools running 62% of nonprofit sites.

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