Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

Even before our current health situation arose , technology has been the leading method of engaging employees in today’s society. The challenge – how do companies create meaningful volunteer opportunities for their global employees that engage, connect , and create impact? Skills-Based Volunteering.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

At SXSW and facilitating a panel called A Global Discussion About Networked Nonprofits and Free Agents , I introduced myself with this photo of me and Lena, the master trainer from Yemen for the E-Mediat Project. It was always peer learning – I’d share about the technology and they’d teach me about their work.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured IT to further their missions. The school combines traditional Hindu education with modern technology under the care of monks of the Ramakrishna Religious Order.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2013

NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Newest Net2Local Groups.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. TweetsGiving is a global celebration of gratitude and giving on November 24-26. Find out more in the interview below! What is Epic Change? What is TweetsGiving?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. TweetsGiving is a global celebration of gratitude and giving on November 24-26. Find out more in the interview below! What is Epic Change? What is TweetsGiving?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. The school combines traditional Hindu education with modern technology under the care of monks of the Ramakrishna Religious Order.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

As part of the Transforming Communities project, we had the opportunity to explore apps targeted toward youth as well as apps developed by youth. Transforming Communities is a Microsoft-funded initiative that builds on what TechSoup and Microsoft already learned through the first App It Up project. School and Job Preparedness.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

By Edward Granger-Happ, Global CIO, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Pick one that fits your size and mission, and addresses technology. Share your technology experiences and frustrations. Training on a hoard of ICT topics is available on-line and in the classroom. NTEN and TechSoup list a few.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

In 2010, Mr. Masson came up with a brilliant idea: to establish an innovative project that catered to the needs of dyslexic children. Mr. Masson persuaded Air France to donate its pilots' tablet PCs to projects like Ordyslexie. " Connecting Through Technology: The Work of ADB Solidatech and TechSoup Global.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

I connected with her through her amazing photos of Cambodia on Flickr when I was covering the Cambodian blogosphere for Global Voices over five years ago. Somewhere around 2006 or 2007, I got a call from Michaela asking for advice on a career path for Nonprofit Technology. She did a fantastic job.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Every day, American nonprofits, charities, and libraries rely on TechSoup's product donation program for the information they need to make smart decisions about technology. But did you know that our work is global? It's how you use technology that makes all the difference. However, access to the tools isn't enough.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2008

Global issues like poverty are extremely complex and seem huge.   So, that's why I wanted to focus on the The Uncultured Project. The project started by a college student named Shawn whose wants to make the world a better place one small personal action at a time.   s why this project is called ???uncultured???

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Nonprofit Technology, and more! Nonprofit organizations have moved well past the time when technology and data were treated as standalone entities. And like those other core functions, we must examine our technology and data strategies to properly evaluate and prioritize our needs and successfully build our digital capacity.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Beth has over 30 years working in the nonprofit sector in technology, training, capacity building, evaluation, fundraising and marketing. The current population of Gen Z is estimated to be about 2 billion, or 27 percent of the global population. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z. They are not content to just sit and click.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

What's different is that the backchannel is being used in non-technology conferences. At this conference in 2005, the backchannel was projected on the screen behind the speaker. I remember in 2005 the Global Voices Summit used IRC as a backchannel -- no so much for people in the room, but for remote participation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2008

Global Giving's " Giving Made Green " launched last week and was written up in the New York Times. possibly related classroom projects??? from DonorsChoose.org at the bottom of posts, so that readers can find opportunities to take action to help classrooms around the world. Competitions, Awards, and Recognition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2006

I met Janet Salmons many years ago while I working on various arts and technology projects in New York State for the New York Foundation for the Arts. Ever since, our paths have crossed several times in nonprofit technology circles online, most recently via the Digital Divide Network listserv and the online forums at TechSoup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. Henry Jenkins notes that it isn't about the tools and that it was more about the culture growing up around the technology. "We know very little about the learning that is happening outside of classrooms."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

If your nonprofit is based in the DC area, NpowerDC reminds us that the deadline for their annual Technology Innovation Award is two weeks away. According to the NTEN Blog , Blackbaud , a provider of services designed for nonprofits, has launched Blackbaud Labs , a sandbox for projects in the pipeline. Global NpTech. Using Web2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Anything people might want to learn, from hands-on activities such as painting to more classroom-type settings such as Spanish lessons. However, if you want to hold a global scavenger hunt, open to anyone in the world, you have that option will virtual scavenger hunts. 5) Online classes.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2007

Sibley's company has developed virtual world projects for CBS, AOL, the NBA, Reuters, and many others. But it represents technology that has the potential to be a bigger part of Museum 2.0 But it represents technology that has the potential to be a bigger part of Museum 2.0 The Globally Accessible Museum.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

We are poised to grow not only Bookshare.org, but all of our projects. We're sure we can do this because our technology allows us to cost-effectively and rapidly scale Bookshare.org. The project has been so successful at raising student reading skills that they hope to provide similar services to their non-disabled students as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Collaboration on student projects or other ways. Do this before before a classroom blogging project or external organizational blog which is more visible. Photo Sharing around an organization's programs/mission - Global and National Youth Day. Take a look at the Horizon project for some excellent examples of this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2012

Transparency is crucial because tracking, profiling, and behavioral marketing to users has become a widespread, global practice that often leaves us befuddled. When it comes to selecting service providers and partners for projects and collaborations, make sure they are just as committed to privacy as you are. Trusted third parties.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

They are Optimistic Millennials grew up during a period of rapid change: the Cold War ended, the Internet went mainstream – changing the way we connect with the world and each other – and the world became a truly global market. Surges in technology made virtually anything seem possibly if we just give it enough time and effort.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

USAID contractors collect enormous amounts of valuable data as part of research, project implementation, and monitoring and evaluation activities. The net effect of this is that pilot projects launch with poor usability and design issues, which impair their performance and undermines their value. [Vote for this Idea].

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Candid

APRIL 21, 2021

Some 20 years ago, when working as vice president for peace and social justice at the Ford Foundation , I was approached by the Vera Institute of Justice about a global initiative focused on prosecuting the police. My own experience with police reform. it was next to impossible in many other countries.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 29, 2022

When we talk about the Global Goals as the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all people and the world by 2030, we’re also talking about future generations of leaders who will continue this work beyond 2030. Many of them volunteer and contribute to Malaika in different ways so it was a moment of pride for them too.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Impact Circles - Birgit Pauli-Haack Executive Directors meet to open the Pandora''s Box of technology and take the beast to serve their organization''s mission and save time and money. Includes computer labs, classrooms, video recording studio, and current technology accessible to the community.

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Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Costello: So, in his new book, Reich is joining with some other adults and, like any good parents, they’re trying to steer the aspiring techies in their classroom toward a healthier and wiser destination. But we need a set of democratic institutions that are really up to the task of governing technology.

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