Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 18, 2011

I get to spend most of my time talking to people about social good: what we're doing with technology, what our partners are doing and what the many cool people we get to meet are doing along the way. D-Rev wants to create solutions to help the poorest people in the world. My job is so much fun!

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Uganda Africa Proposal Survey 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. I am currently raising funds for a story that I believe needs to be told about the 2011 people’s uprising in Madison, Wisconsin. Now, fast forward to 2012.

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Wisconsin Platform Fund Ghana 99

CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

Since 2012, thousands of nonprofits have run campaigns on CauseVox ’s fundraising platform. I’m not one to jump into a freezing cold lake, but I know plenty of people who are thrill-seekers and adventurers who would love to have a polar plunge checked off their list. Yes, people will jump into ice cold water for your cause!

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Charity Ideas Fundraising St. Louis 98

ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 10, 2013

Kony 2012 turned slacktivism on its head. Jason Russell, the man behind the campaign, not only asked people to spread the word via social media, but to also get off their butts and do something about it. In the end, Kony 2012 made some noise and was a success, but it was still considered slacktivism. But does that really help?

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Change Namibia Phoenix Conservancy 81

Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2013

At the same time, smartphone cameras are getting better and better and more people are using them as their primary picture-taking gadget. On October 29, 2012, Microsoft released Windows Phone 8 , an update to its Windows Phone platform. Capture and Share Events with Mobile Apps. Windows Phone Evolves.

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Mobile Trend Camera Phone 61

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Being only a small recurring donor to the Clinton Foundation, I was excited to find myself sitting across the desk of the former president at his New York office and hearing firsthand about the impact of the foundation's work in East Africa. A Highlight at the Recent Clinton Global Initiative Meeting.

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Virtual Impact Africa Tanzania 36

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 26, 2014

The European Union (EU) is the largest economy in the world and home to over 500 million people who discard vast numbers of electronic devices each year. In 2012, EU countries discarded 10.9 The summit provides an opportunity for people working in computer reuse and recycling to meet and learn from each other. and Canada.

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Europe Green Burkina Faso Ireland 53

Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had a few months to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. We did that in our survey, so we hope we sorted things out in regard to what cloud services people are actually using.

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NGO Survey Global Adopt 62

Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

to report on Tech for Good trends and also to find out how things are going in one of the most challenging areas of philanthropy: providing much needed help and support to people in the Muslim world. One of the things TechSoup does well is to bring relevant tools and resources to the needs that people have on the ground. Dara Westling.

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Philanthropy Challenge Global Mozambique 45

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

In this case, it's a recap of some of the big nonprofit technology stories of 2012. Top Nonprofit Technology Buzzwords of 2012. "Hackathon" was, in fact, one of Lucy Bernholz' top 10 philanthropy buzz words for 2012. By the way, Lucy Bernholz' top buzz word of 2012 was " data."

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Review Technology Africa South Africa 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. You can also use it get a better understanding of people’s experience in the room.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I was very fortunate that in October 2004 in South Africa, there was a meeting of social change market places that was convened, and I met Buzz Schmidt, Founder of GuideStar. Emails and messages were sent to NGOs, explaining the type of video we wanted, and people replied in two days via WhatsApp.

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India NGO South Africa Profit 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

It includes international trade and development, security, micro-finance, LBGT rights, renewable energy advocacy, water policy, security, human rights for indigenous people, terrorism financing, refugee protection policies and rights, law enforcement, trafficking, peace in conflict areas, and poverty reduction. CERN (@CERN) July 4, 2012.

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Policy Social Media International News 103

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

What challenges do women who tech in Africa and Middle East face? Her vision to create an opportunity for these young people share their authentic voice about their work. All in all, an inspiring start to the WomenWhoTech Summit 2012. Are these similar or different than in the US? Originally from Kenya, she earned a B.A.

Tech 100

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. FINCA :: @ FINCA.

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Conservancy Nicaragua Kenya National 279