Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2016

Nonprofit Organizations Advocating for the Lifeline Expansion. Here are some that deserve special mention for their organizing to encourage the FCC Lifeline expansion. The National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) has organized a prominent U.S. nonprofit and library digital inclusion consortium.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2016

Nonprofit Organizations Advocating for the Lifeline Expansion. Here are some that deserve special mention for their organizing to encourage the FCC Lifeline expansion. The National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) has organized a prominent U.S. nonprofit and library digital inclusion consortium.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2015

Technologists and consultants will find opportunities to put your expertise to social good, as well as the potential for lasting relationships (be they paid or volunteer) with leading organizations in your community. Naples, Florida: How to Prepare Your Organization and Your Network for #GivingTuesday. Tuesday, September 1, 2015.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. Pogo Park is transforming three neglected parks in Richmond California into magical play spaces for 8,000 at-risk children. " Program is creating new distribution channels for affordable produce to low-income people.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

project is focused on teaching digital literacy to young people so they can be prepared for 21 st. Because technology access varies in different communities, HP picked three diverse areas to start Digital Villages: a Baltimore neighborhood, the Southern California Tribal Community, and East Palo Alto, CA. Microsoft's YouthSpark.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

TechSoup's mission is to build a dynamic bridge that enables civil society organizations and changemakers around the world to gain effective access to the resources they need to design and implement technology solutions for a more equitable planet. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2013

She also stated that while San Francisco is a highly educated region overall, two thirds of the city's highly educated residents are from outside of California. With Microsoft's support, these organizations, can further bolster the programs they already have in place to help young people learn 21 st century skills.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The nexus for this work is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations agency that deals with such matters. Even though Benetech doesn’t have donor funding for this, our VP of Global Literacy, Betsy Beaumon, and I thought it would be worthwhile to attend this meeting.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Darius is currently a law student at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is Editor-in-Chief of the Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy , and an Editor of the California Law Review. a nonprofit organization that promotes youth literacy.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

2019 Nonprofit Organizations Institute. 2019 Nonprofit Organizations Institute. Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation / Redwood City, CA / $350. Nonprofit organizations have moved well past the time when technology and data were treated as standalone entities. Fundraising & Grants.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

My two closest peers in California have both gotten MacArthurs (Victoria Hale this year and David Green two years ago). Under our new CTO, Patrick Ball (see my last President's letter), we are building a tech team to work on our incredibly varied list of projects in literacy, human rights and the environment.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. Use the “Story” section of the form to tell us the great things your organization has been able to do with the help of TechSoup. Limit one submission per organization.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

Dd co-founder and executive director Emily Jacobi recently showcased some of Dd's projects at an event hosted by the Center of Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) in Berkeley, California. Dd only works in areas where the organization has some sort of expertise or local connection or knowledge.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. That sounds great. How do you plan on doing that? Enter your story by 5:00 p.m.

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 6, 2021

I’ve helped to support the innovation processes for a number of organizations successfully and I have helped found a number of organizations and I want to use the insights I have gained from those experiences and, hopefully, help you all in your innovation processes. It’s getting dramatically worse and I live in California.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, honoring the countless contributions women have made and continue to make in our country and around the world, it’s important to recognize the many organizations whose focus and missions revolve around helping women. The California Wellness Foundation. Foundation for Women. Kellogg Foundation.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, honoring the countless contributions women have made and continue to make in our country and around the world, it’s important to recognize the many organizations whose focus and missions revolve around helping women. The California Wellness Foundation. Foundation for Women. Kellogg Foundation.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

Many of these organizations operate loan programs as well as assessment and training to use the devices. The software applications WordQ + SpeakQ provide writing assistance and speech recognition help for people with disabilities, new language learners, and those who are learning literacy. Additional Technology Resources.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

American Literacy is Iffy. And in our defense, it’s because we think about our organizations a lot more than our audiences do!). Among the speakers will be anthropologist Margaret Mead, college president Dr. Robert Maynard Hutchins, and California governor Pat Brown. The average American adult reads at an 8th-grade level.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

"Affordable connections to the Internet are critical, but if we don't also address issues around affordable devices and, critically, the digital literacy and life skills to use those devices to go online, we will do nothing but change policy, and not impact the digital divide. This thing restores and enhances memory function.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2022

Organizers and leaders should use equity frameworks and seek out local voices to authentically vet new solutions. She cites an example from her work helping communities adopt deep energy retrofits in San Diego, California. Principle 1: Seek Community Validation. It will sit on a shelf and nothing will happen.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2006

Welcome to the Big Vision podcast where we talk with individuals and organizations who are creating positive change. They understand why organic farming is important or why school gardens, why they should be a part of education. Now, here's my interview with Abby Rosenheck, founder and Executive Director of Urban Sprouts.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! Originally from California, Harriet Chalmers Adams lived a life that saw her travel through South America, Asia, and the South Pacific.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Now, all students and schools can achieve the level of success experienced by one of our student users, Tyler Norwood, a seventh grade student at the Corte Madera School in Portola Valley, California. Route 66 Literacy was put on the back burner last year because it ran out of funding.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We’ll be in California in January, we just left. And if you’re in the room today, chances are you are part of a nonprofit organization or, what I like to call, a purpose-driven organization. Maybe you want an emotional response that leads to being an ambassador for your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

Photo by James Jordan I'm actually in the clouds, flying to California on Virgin America using the (not free) wifi listening to Mark Pesce's keynote via Mike Seyfang delivered the other day at Connecting Up Australia the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Australia (see web site for details). I keynoted the conference last year.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

I have noticed that smaller nonprofits especially, don’t always have the organization or funding to develop programs that appeal to corporate donors; or they worry that they’re not big enough for corporate dollars. Many organizations list sponsors on their home page. Others only bring a few options to the table.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

We have reality tours where we take people out to other parts of the world, kind of reverse Club Med, "get your butt off the beach and meet real people," see the development projects, the literacy campaigns, the women's groups, the political opposition parties, the trade unions, but focused on positive, build the next system kind of things.

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