Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

For LGBTI individuals—like courageous Ugandan activist Richard Lusimbo, who was outed on the front page of a Ugandan tabloid—the availability of Martus and our in-field support is life changing. Bookshare is helping Kevin— who had suffered a brain injury—to keep up with his school work.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 3, 2012

Developing deep, engaging, inspired and inspiring relationships with my nearest and dearest is one of the great joys of my life. It sounds “old-school” but I love to go to my local library every Saturday to wander up and down the stacks. Finally, telling the truth or living an authentic life, keeps me having fun and doing good.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

It is roughly 25 times more environmentally beneficial to extend the life of used, three-to-five year-old computers than it is to end-of-life recycle them at that age. Three- to-five-year-old computers are fast, powerful, and adaptable enough to meet the needs of organizations and individuals who need them.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

It is roughly 25 times more environmentally beneficial to extend the life of used, three-to-five year-old computers than it is to end-of-life recycle them at that age. Three- to-five-year-old computers are fast, powerful, and adaptable enough to meet the needs of organizations and individuals who need them.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

because this tool has transformed my life as a nonprofit fundraiser, and I believe it will do the same for you… Have you ever been faced with writing something and wished that you had an assistant to do the work for you? is the growing library of writing models(skills) specific to nonprofits and fundraising. The Fundwriter.ai

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys. " I have to add that one of my favorite and most prescient predictions from 2006 was by TechSoup for Libraries contributor, Phil Shapiro. This is about as certain a prediction as you'll find in this post.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

The Baby Steps Video Competition makes one big statement… that engaging with a child in the first five years of life, regardless of the activity, is the single most important step parents, care providers and educators can take to helping that child succeed. Baby Steps | A Community Competition.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

” So we have in our brains, the amygdala, the fear center, where you have flight, fright, and freeze as the emotional reactions to things that’s scare you. David Dunlop, who many of you will know as from Cornell University, spent his life there, took 13 years to get a $100 million-plus gift. And I was in a room with him.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

It might take a minute to get your brain around that idea, that the donor is more important to you and your organization than their donation. Build a story library and add to it every time you hear or experience a story that grabs your heart. In donor-based fundraising, you value the donor more than the donation. . Lots of stories.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

When we launched the annual challenge four years ago, nonprofits and libraries were just picking up on the power of digital stories. Crowd favorites included thinglink , which helps you create and discover rich images and bring them to life with music, video, and text; and Vine, which we covered recently on the TechSoup blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

According to the Washington Post article, If It Feels Good to Be Good, It Might Only Be Natural , another study found that when, "volunteers placed the interests of others before their own, the generosity activated a primitive part of the brain that usually lights up in response to food or sex. A Candy-Colored Life. Give blood.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Well, that 80%, 60% of that money goes to large institutional organizations like hospitals and universities, and large cultural institutions, like museums, zoos, and libraries, and religious organizations. that’s just life. Because I’ve spent the last four years talking with Jenny and she knows my whole life story.

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