Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’re thrilled that today’s rapid changes in technology are opening up tremendous new ways to address the problems they face. To do so, we definitely need your help. To help now, please use the Donate Form on Benetech''s website and give whatever you can. Are you excited about technology benefiting the world?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

The tough question that ran through my mind was: How can we as technologists in Silicon Valley help prevent this kind of atrocity? Delivering my opening remarks at the Martus'' 10th Anniversary A decade later, in 2003, Benetech —the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead—launched our Human Rights Program to address this very question.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

That’s why we invited NetSquared organizers and ambassadors to participate in the TechSoup Africa and TechSoup Europe Summits. TechSoup will only be able to achieve our mission (which is to help you achieve your mission) when we're able to give you the tools, skills, and community to leverage technology effectively.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

It found that if they needed help and couldn’t reach 9-1-1, one in five would try to contact responders through a digital means such as e-mail, websites or social media. Several websites were set up to help family members find out information about each other in the chaos. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Now, we have a nice little letter thanking them, explaining that we only help people with bona fide disabilities, that it’s legal, that we’ve worked with the big publishing associations and with authors groups, and wouldn’t they like to help us in the future by adding more of their books voluntarily to our collection. Wonderful stuff.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2013

This week check out the launch of the new Global Open Data Initiative, the pursuit for the release and use of open data in Latin America and thoughts on open data and democracy in Africa. Their network will help with trouble shooting and data training. Open Source disaster recovery data big data'

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