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Martín Burt’s Best Kept Secret

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He will serve in this position until Franco finishes his term in August 2013. Fundación Paraguaya was the country’s first microfinance program and first development NGO. So I was recently taken by surprise when I discovered by mere coincidence that he had become the Chief of Staff for the Interim President of Paraguay, Federico Franco!

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

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2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. The much-heralded wearable computing era arrived with a crop of smartwatches during 2013. A 2013 survey from The Millennial Impact. Smartwatches. Green Technology.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. Accessibility. Social Media.

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Nonprofit Technology News for October 2013

Tech Soup

As always, I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends. Last month it was Facebook’s Internet.org initiative to develop very low-cost Internet on mobile phones for people in developing countries. All that and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month.

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Nonprofit Technology News for March 2013

Tech Soup

It's time to catch up on some of the nonprofit technology trends and news out in NGO-land. Since we're three months into the new year, you're welcome to revisit my new-and-improved list of 2013 forecasts for hot nonprofit technology trends as well. Here are a few of them for 2013: Flatter is better.

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

Tech Soup

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. Social Media.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

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Even though I’m a Skoll Award winner, it really made me think about my organization, Benetech, and what we are trying to accomplish. I always refer aspiring social entrepreneurs to the article when they ask me how they can win a Skoll Award. Blind people were dependent on sighted people for access to books.

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