Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Our goal is to empower human rights and social justice groups to leverage their information assets for maximum impact: For current and near-term advocacy and for larger scale truth telling when the time is right. Interestingly enough, our 2013 budget projection for the Martus project is larger than the combined group was in 2012.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The online protest event was organized by the DC area based advocacy nonprofit, Demand Progress. Safer Internet Day. The centerpiece of the campaign is Safer Internet Day that kicked things off on February 11 th , the same day as The Day We Fight Back. Joining the Safer Internet Day Twitter party.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

The fact that the $78 million awarded for technology funding in 2011 declined to $61 million in 2012 and $58 million in 2013 does not necessarily indicate a trend. New data will be added to the platform on a weekly basis, and the totals for 2013 and 2014 are likely to increase. What the Data Reveals.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

It is an advocacy group that will be “a strong voice in determining how mobile develops to best meet the needs of mission awareness, donor acquisition, engagement, and payments.” They are working on ways to harness these microbes to power Internet of Things type sensors. The new project is called the Mobile Giving Alliance.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Kudos to Erin Palmer over at TechSoup's NetSquared Project for this: "The Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that, as of early 2012, 88% of American adults had a cell phone. 2alert : Send instant alerts to let constituents know about events, promote advocacy, and notify members about emergencies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

This year I facilitated several labs, including one for the Brainerd Foundation to rethink 21 st Century Advocacy. One happy, healthy habit I started in Oct, 2013, was to integrate more movement into my work day. I strapped on a Fitbit and started walking 15,000 steps a day. I walked away 40 pounds, but something else happened.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

This time I’ll review a yet another massive new digital inclusion initiative, the launch of a new free mobile phone calling and text plan, new technology in encrypted web browsing, a new NPTech news source find, scary stats on the looming Internet of things, and the coming of the bionic eye. It now of course has its own acronym: IoT.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

With 90% of your nonprofit’s supporters and donors now accessing the Internet on multiple devices every day , nonprofits really need to prioritize mobilizing their Web content. Slow dial-up Internet access required that websites be as simple as possible for faster loading. Feature E-advocacy Campaigns.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2013

Social Media: You''re Probably Doing It Wrong" THURSDAY, MAY 9TH, 2013 at 2PM ET In this webinar you''ll learn: How to build a multichannel campaign calendar to leverage social media with other online communications and outreach. She has also been a featured speaker on web design, Internet marketing and social media at national conferences.

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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. 2013: A Year in Social Media.

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Care2

JUNE 28, 2013

The Courage Campaign, a progressive grassroots advocacy organization based in California, created a compelling video campaign for Prop 8 to be repealed. On June 11, 2013, TweetChat.com confirmed that the service would shut down due to Twitter''s API changes. What''s going on with TweetChat.com?

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Care2

JUNE 28, 2013

The Courage Campaign, a progressive grassroots advocacy organization based in California, created a compelling video campaign for Prop 8 to be repealed. On June 11, 2013, TweetChat.com confirmed that the service would shut down due to Twitter''s API changes. What''s going on with TweetChat.com?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Here’s what the buzz seems to be for 2013 from a nonprofit technology viewpoint. TechSoup's online community manager, Michael DeLong, also predicts that nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs will increasingly integrate an overall mobile strategy into their work in 2013. Mobile chip sales will overtake PC revenues in 2013.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Back in 1995, in the early days of the internet, a San Francisco innovator named Craig Newmark started a small email distribution list for friends, highlighting local events across the Bay Area. Click here to download this article as it appears in the magazine, with accompanying artwork.

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