Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Penguin, he points out, is a growing power in China, India and Brazil, while Random House is pervasive across Spanish-speaking Latin America. Our goal is to provide accessible books to many more people worldwide, rather than make the maximum financial return.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 11, 2014

billion people are now using the Internet worldwide, 618 million of them are in China. This is good news for those of us invested in digital inclusion: the Internet is slowly becoming more accessible for low income people, developing countries, small nonprofit organizations, and more. The latest edition has lots of NPTech insights.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

For years I have grumbled about the fact that Facebook doesn’t allow organizations to access the email addresses of their own Fans. Grab the trial code at the bottom of the post! —– Background: What’s ActionSprout. This campaign has sees similar referral rates and but with much higher overall numbers.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

We received more than 600 submissions from 35+ countries, including mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong for the first time. Boost gives members access to special products and discounts offered through TechSoup. The Storymakers 2016 campaign surpassed all of our expectations. Honorable Mentions.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Many attendees are also excited at the prospect of accessing valuable deals on trips they may not otherwise spend money on but choose to bid on because they know it’s for a good cause. Search for experiences in countries known for their cuisine, like Italy, France, China, and Mexico. Cruise Around 35.7

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Every year, birth defect rates and the percentage of children with special needs entering institutional care in China has increased. Sports 4 All began as a one-woman show to promote full access to sports for people with disabilities. And while you’re at it, c heck out PEC’s and InvestED tech stories on the LIM.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

WireLurker was only isolated to users in China. Privacy should be accessible to everybody! The Microsoft-Dropbox partnership will allow users to access their DropBox files within Office mobile apps. When downloaded, it would install malicious apps on the iOS device. " Phew! Free Editing for Office Mobile Apps.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Its mission is to offer products and services that help telecenters become self-sustainable while providing low-cost public access to computers and the Internet. It is one of the rapidly emerging " BRIC " economies, along with Russia, India and China. ATN is an NGO association of over 2,000 telecenters.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

WireLurker was only isolated to users in China. Privacy should be accessible to everybody! The Microsoft-Dropbox partnership will allow users to access their DropBox files within Office mobile apps. When downloaded, it would install malicious apps on the iOS device. " Phew! Free Editing for Office Mobile Apps.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

movement, a world of 7 billion has implications for sustainability, urbanization, access to health services, and youth empowerment. Thanks to an interactive population dashboard that SAP designed and built for UNFPA, anyone anywhere can access and interact with this information using UN data.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

On the fundraising front, social networks dramatically expand our access to new prospective donors at almost no cost. Individuals are also more accessible on these platforms than they would be by email, mail or phone. Completely! 5 years from now we’re all going to look back and say __?

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Forum One

MAY 20, 2009

Above the clattering of China plates covered with hot stuffed chicken and long grain rice were conversations rich in stories, pursuits, and initiatives around the world. But wait, are people in developing areas, and even rural areas, even getting access to the web and/or to mobile technology? How can the end goals be achieved?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

We recently saw this in the Google/China case where Chinese crackers (bad hackers) broke into activist Gmail accounts. For more info, web search for: hacking "inside job" (As of late, the China/Google scandal commandeers at least the first three search pages. Are my staff members sharing too much information online?

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

In the early years, we were working in China, Nepal, Cambodia, and Ethiopia, where we now purify water for over 200,000 kids daily. We had this idea that we would put all of the field data online somehow—it could be updated easily from any of our sites, and we would have immediate access.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

Speaking of impact, London, England-based Childreach International works in partnership with local communities in the developing world to help improve children’s access to healthcare, education, child rights, and protection.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2011

In 2022, a consortium of nations, NGOs, and companies established the Global Technology Assessment Office, providing easily accessible, real-time information about the costs and benefits of various technology applications to developing and developed countries alike. Technology innovations in energy and water also take prominence.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We provide accessible ebooks that can be spoken aloud, turned into Braille or large print. If any single publisher or author of any one of the more than 130,000 accessible books in our library gets antsy, they can send a notice to VISA and MasterCard and say, stop money from going to Benetech and Bookshare. government or even (heavens!)

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Media Cause

APRIL 13, 2023

Most recently, their CEO went before Congress to answer questions about data collection and the platform’s ties to China. A ban would mean a loss of access to the absolutely enormous audience found on TikTok and a loss of a fast and effective way to spread brand awareness. So, why has Congress decided to consider a TikTok ban?

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

zerostrategist : Q3: I think Access 2 the net, uncensored information, being unmonitored or not fearing reprisals for being an active are important. zerostrategist : Google / China comes to mind! I used that tactic locally 2 move others to act. engagejoe : ‘An element that’s integral 2 a campaign’s success?’

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

" I did manage to get Internet access on my nokia N95 and couldn't resist Twittering his quip. Disaster Relief: Described their efforts for Tsunami and Katrina and mentioned efforts for Burma and China. Access is only the first part of the equation. was about access and Web 2.0 Mike Seyfang responded.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Aylward is responsible for operationalizing cross-sector partnerships to address infectious diseases and played a key role in standing up COVAX , a global alliance whose goal is to ensure that people in all corners of the world get access to COVID-19 vaccines. In February 2020, he led the WHO-China Joint Mission on COVID-19.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

AFP Blog points a story about a blackberry service outage that left millions of users without wireless e-mail access. Social Media and Nonprofits Anshe Chung Studios in China has been quietly building a Second Life space, managed by TechSoup, for non-profits. You could hear crackberry addicts screaming from miles away. Freecharity.org.uk

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

Because we're becoming so dependent on product from China and other countries, it's imperative that we have more farmers. Two, social equity is becoming very important to me, the whole class structure about how some people have access to the food, and some people don't. It would be a lot of people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We provide accessible ebooks that can be spoken aloud, turned into Braille or large print. If any single publisher or author of any one of the more than 130,000 accessible books in our library gets antsy, they can send a notice to VISA and MasterCard and say, stop money from going to Benetech and Bookshare. government or even (heavens!)

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Care2

DECEMBER 3, 2011

If Facebook were a country, it would rank at third most populated country after China and India. People using mobile devices to access Facebook rose about 200% between 2010 and 2011 from 63M users to 200M users. Will Google+ shake things up? Yes, FB would beat the US. This is an important number for nonprofit campaigners to look at.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

Besides the latest and greatest smartphones and tablets, the conference is a forum for innovation, ranging from green technology to accessibility. Accessibility. Another accessibility innovation from MWC is SeeMore by ArcherMind , a customized Android interface for the visually-impaired. Windows Phone 8. SmartVision.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

We love people that look for fair trade for the farmers overseas, and supporting a bamboo village in China. There is access to transportation. There are a lot of companies that give to international causes, which is great. We love it. That is all good and great. On top of that, we expect you to give to your community here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

She lived in China for 8 months with her 2 young children. She chronicles the program's start up on her personal blog ) She shares why she started her NGO, "The economic situation is far worse in Kenya than China so volunteer teachers were the only option. We access all orphanages via the internet.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

She is the co-founder and co-director of Women's Global Green Action Network , a nonprofit that cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental leaders by providing access to communication tools, support services and networking capabilities. Below is a transcript of an interview with her from the Big Vision Podcast.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

And another thing, make your communication accessible and inclusive. I mean, this is an example that I’ve also faced is right now I work with a lot of organizations in China, for example, and China doesn’t have social media. Naira: You have access. What about accessibility? Can you please send me this?”

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2011

The demand for electronics in emerging markets will put a higher demand on rare earth minerals, which are currently mined mostly in China. Meanwhile, we keep throwing our stuff in the trash, and the landfill isn’t going to prove an easy place to source these materials if our access to them is cut off.

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NTEN

APRIL 18, 2014

In the last month, NTEN staff have rested and recuperated (Jessica even traveled to China!), This is just a start, of course, and we are very much interested in other ways to create accessible entry points for all those that want to participate. and debriefed a whole lot of the NTC. We also read through all of the NTC evaluations!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

Women are walking hours each day to access clean water; therefore, they're not getting access to education, and an opportunity to create a livelihood for themselves. The greatest challenge we face is the challenge of access. billion people are without clean water. More than half of those people are women and girls.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

" For example, World Wildlife Fund ran a campaign in China to encourage people to drive less. It sometimes make sense to give people access to all of the data that you have (as opposed to an infographic where you use just carefully selected data to tell a story ).

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

" For example, World Wildlife Fund ran a campaign in China to encourage people to drive less. It sometimes make sense to give people access to all of the data that you have (as opposed to an infographic where you use just carefully selected data to tell a story ).

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. The access to information drives knowledge. The access to information drives knowledge. Today, a China official said the internet is a new battlefield without gun powder. Even in China? So, the answer is yes as a tool.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. billion smartphone subscribers in the world; the majority of them are in China. Get ready for Internet-connected smart devices that you’ll wear on your wrist or face or access in your car in 2014. billion souls.

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