Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

Address on receiving Caltech’s Distinguished Alumni Award May 18, 2013 Caltech was founded to give back to society through science and engineering, to discover knowledge and apply that knowledge. I want to advocate for “giving the sleeves off your vest” strategy!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! Facebook is the most popular site in the Spanish-speaking parts of the America, also the Middle East, and North Africa. Google dominates most of North America, Europe, south Asia and the south Pacific. See the map here.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

A couple weeks ago, I posted about an upcoming e-waste and refurbishment standards conference in South Africa that I was co-organizing. To explore ways to integrate the already large informal recycling sector in Africa in ways that provide income and also ensure personal health for these workers, and environmental health for Africa.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. The social good impact of this field to encourage wealth distribution in Africa is immense. Ginny's Pick: Environmental Mobile App of the Month in Honor of Earth Day 2013. NPTech Online Fundraising Trends.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Net2Local, TechSoup Global’s grassroots #nptech community-building initiative has almost reached the end of 2013. Our current crop of Ambassadors are based in Douala (Africa and French-speaking countries), Cambridge (UK and Europe), Wellington (Australia and New Zealand) and Guatemala City (Latin America and Spanish-speaking countries).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2014

Only 32 countries, mainly in Africa and Asia-Pacific, do not have any Twitter presence. In September 2013 the State Department started to follow 22 other foreign offices.Being mutually connected on Twitter allows these leaders to direct message each other and to have private conversations.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2015

ADB's Clic Vert Program fosters digital inclusion in French West Africa while contributing to a responsible end-of-life of computers and mobile phones. Clic Vert is a significant international environmental and ICT for development project that is not well known outside of France and Africa. International.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Johannesburg, South Africa. Portland, OR: Mini Sessions from Locals Who Presented at 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Johannesburg, South Africa: Open Data for Nonprofits - an Introduction. Number of countries with active groups: 20. Number of NetSquared meetup members: 17,590. New Groups. Digital Storytelling Challenge.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

According to 2013 Pew research : 91% of American adults have a cell phone, 55% have a smartphone, and 42% own a tablet computer. web traffic is from mobile devices, and this percentage is significantly higher in Africa and Asia ( Mashable ). Mobile by the Numbers. Over 15% of U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

It was the last keynote of the day and it was a long day, so I improvised a movement exercise that involved some Samba movements to keep them engaged (see my post over at the Chronicle ). Now, I can’t wait for my international projects in 2013! Teens As Free Agents.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2011

By "near" he is talking about 2013 or 2014. According to the UN Telecommunications Union , mobile phone adoption is rapid with nearly 5 billion mobile phones now in use worldwide, including widespread adoption in Africa and Latin America, while PC adoption lags far behind.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

We have partners in Asia, Africa, and all over Europe. 2013 winner, Missing Treatment , is a tool through which individuals can report when vital, and government-promised medicines do not arrive in their local pharmacies. Technology for Good Goes Global. TechSoup's efforts are global-reaching. The ReStart Romania. Initiative.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

Portland, OR: Mini Sessions from Locals Who Presented at 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Johannesburg, South Africa: Open Data for Non-Profits - an Introduction. Find your closest NetSquared Local group on our map ! Wednesday, May 1. Friday, May 3. Adelaide, Australia: Adelaide HootUp with HootSuite, Yelp and #socadl.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2014

Since the fall of 2013 when Microsoft made its product donations available to 501(c)(3) faith-based organizations including churches, synagogues, and mosques lots of faith-based organizations have been discovering TechSoup. and Africa. What TechSoup Offers Faith-Based Organizations. Some Little Known Faith-Based Technology Resources.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

In December 2013, drones from the NGO Direct Relief were put to work assessing damage and participating in search and rescue operations in the super typhoon Haiyan-stricken Philippines. In Africa, conservation drones are being used to locate rhinoceros poachers. Rescue workers on the ground then knew exactly where to go. In the U.S.,

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Josh: I was recently inspired by Kickstarter’s 2013 Year in Review , and I’ve had a lot of ideas related to their design. However, getting good, quality pictures of the day-to-day work on the ground in Africa is a definite challenge. I’m going to say a proper lunch. Seriously, a full stomach always begets better design.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends. Open Data in Africa. All that and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month. Now, here's the latest: Email.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

This time I’ll review some new developments in digital inclusion, smart watches, accessibility technology, apps in Africa, crowdfunding resources, and digital trends to expect in the next five years. Lloyd Gedye’s great “ 10 innovative apps which are reshaping Africa ” report is definitely worth looking at.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

Africa is the poorest region in the world and there is comparatively little going on there in the way of dealing with e-waste, but there are actually some promising developments in Africa. The e-Waste Association of South Africa ( eWASA ) is building a network of e-waste recyclers and refurbishers in the country.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Smartphone adoption in Africa is expected to roughly double in each of the next three years. Finally, have a look at our Jayne Craven's TechSoup Community Forum 2012: Year in Review and Predictions for 2013 to see what our online community has been talking about. And then there are the apps that power mobile devices.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

The nonprofit technology news this month reports on the reinvention of the wheel in India and Africa, how nonprofits are leading the wearable computing field, the privacy threat you may not have heard about yet, and plenty more. Reinventing the Wheel in India and Africa. was designed for Africa and costs more. This 25 th.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2014

billion in 2013 and nonprofit fundraisers using crowdfunding platforms and techniques continues to explode (according to this infographic from Craig Newmark). Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. Crowdfunding in general has raised more than 5.1

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

This breakthrough instrument was negotiated in 2013 and has now been signed by over eighty countries. This means that LGBTI groups in Africa, Tibetan groups in exile, indigenous groups in Latin America, and activists fighting gender-based violence globally will all have better and more secure tools in 2016.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

Many recycled phones go to developing nations, such as Africa, where mobile is seeing a significant growth. For more on the latest tech for good trends, check out these blogs from the TechSoup Global Network: Nonprofit Technology News for March 2013. Tech for Good at CES 2013. More Resources. Image courtesy of Nokia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Social channels continued to show strong growth over the past 12 months, with top social networks adding more than 135 million new users in the course of 2013. 2013: A Year in Social Media. toilets4all pic.twitter.com/AlMaxiwR14 — WaterAid UK (@WaterAidUK) November 19, 2013. Global Conversations.

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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.

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