Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

At Benetech, we agree that braille is an essential literacy tool and that every child who needs it has the right to be taught braille. One major roadblock is the affordability of braille reading tools. and critical for the inclusion and empowerment of people in developing countries. This is important here in the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

It aims to provide a gateway towards empowerment, educational, and employment opportunities to lead a fulfilling, prosperous, and purposeful life. Smooth Transition will continue to work throughout the Inland Empire to provide flexible training and resources for those who don't fit the traditional education model. spanhidden.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

But in the nonprofit realm, my perspective on helping nonprofit organizations with technology issues has a lot to do with client empowerment, learning based on what’s needed at the moment, and active collaboration. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it? I learned a lot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2010

Are the sponsors and competition model in alignment with our personal values? Are the sponsors and competition model in alignment with our organization values? Will the contest provide a meaningful opportunity for stakeholder empowerment? Do we have a relationship? Do they get social media?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

The report analyzes many examples of networks and provides tools and tips for Network-Centric Grantmaking. Diana Scearce, who I’ve had the pleasure of working with on the Network of Networked Funders project, is the report author. Don’t assume that models of organizational effectiveness can be applied to strengthening networks.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

We've see this model succeed at the MAH and at other community-centered organizations around the world. We want to share the methods and tools that make it work. The model we landed on was movement building. We'll provide tools to help organizations meet their goals step by step. We explored opening a training center.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Enter the Nonprofit Common Data Model (CDM) , originally stewarded by Microsoft as a founding creator and ongoing community sponsor. The Nonprofit CDM is a single tool, and more are needed at all levels of nonprofit technology use. The post The Nonprofit Common Data Model as an Equity Tool appeared first on NTEN.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 9, 2010

When I say “give permission,&# in this post, I’m really saying that you should balance the herding and collecting of the community with the encouragement and empowerment for the community to go wherever it wants with your message or information. You have to trust that the community will take your communications or mission forward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

The first shift of volunteers arrived on site at 7:00 am and we were given an orientation and an overview about how computer refurbishing can be an economic empowerment tool for the homeless and save the environment. Since Mark works solo, this is a useful tool. The good folks at Event360 kept us warm and powered with coffee !

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

People don't need empowerment to make a difference; they need vehicles for action. This is what has made MoveOn so successful, and a powerful model for museum exhibit/program designers who want to inspire action. The projects highlighted above strike me as particularly successful (and, luckily, simple) because they follow this model.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

If you’re just starting this process, consider the creation of a logic model. A tool that can help you evaluate the effectiveness of your program, it forces you to identify your desired outcomes. Once set, all future actions can be compared back to the model.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

The first shift of volunteers arrived on site at 7:00 am and we were given an orientation and an overview about how computer refurbishing can be an economic empowerment tool for the homeless and save the environment. Since Mark works solo, this is a useful tool. The good folks at Event360 kept us warm and powered with coffee !

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

NNEDV has been an invaluable subject matter expert, collaborator, and friend to TechSoup's Caravan Studios as we develop the SafeNight app , a tool individuals can use to fund emergency shelter as a tax-deductible donation. Empowerment, Shelter, and Support. NNEDV has a packed month this October. Brighter Tomorrows, Inc.:

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I used this an opportunity to reflect on my experience as a free agent over the years and while the tools have changed, the principles effectively using social media to fundraising for a cause have not. And while the small nonprofit, The Sharing Foundation , benefited from the prize money, there were also other benefits.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 25, 2012

The Model: The “non–nonprofit” organization: Twin Cities Rise! an intensive, year-long empowerment and skills-based training for the returning men, coupled with a marketing strategy of recruiting business customers to hire graduates of the program. iv The HuCap returns the original investment, plus four percent to the investor.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Their business intelligence products let organizations create interactive reports and presentations, while their cloud-based tools help enable group decision making. movement, a world of 7 billion has implications for sustainability, urbanization, access to health services, and youth empowerment. Tech for Good.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

data and governance, profiting from social change projects, and access to data and tools. ” Jeremy Heimans, Purpose, Australia, while he argued that micro payments are a better funding model than plain charity, for social change. Broadly, the topics discussed included democracy, value of. “Leadership must be strategic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

What I loved about this exercise, is that after Stephanie and I modeled taking photographs and sharing on our Facebook Group or Twitter, participants started to also document digitally. Participants made name badges using selecting tool names for their first and last name. We were able to thoroughly document the exercise here.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Gartner predicts that by 2026, developers outside formal IT departments will account for at least 80% of those using low-code development tools. Think of how often you use productivity tools such as email rules in Outlook or Gmail. There are now even natural language prompts powered by AI. Did you know you’re doing this stuff already?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

I love this stuff because, to me, data done right is empowerment. The field of Business Intelligence (BI) is growing by leaps and bounds as technology tools make getting, combining, and visualizing data easier than ever before. You need IT folks who understand how data is structured, what queries are possible, how data modeling works.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Helps people get tasks done: Digital platforms can be a toolkit that help users get things done by providing assets like models, datasets, ir even templates . Images of Empowerment. Images of Empowerment was created in 2015 and was extended in 2018. Grand Challenges Awards Repository.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Social Media for NonProfit Rockstars submitted by Ed Schipul Nonprofits wanting to enter into the Social Media arena are faced with endless new networks and tools to try, but a few have kicked some major butt. This panel will explore and discuss the impact of tools like Twitter, Qik, Utterz, Ustream, and more on current and future elections.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Similarly, Salesforce Long-Term Case Management can be used by human services organisations to provide high-quality, hands-on services with tools and features that help to streamline processes. Affiliation models differ from organisation to organisation, but alignment tends to be a recurring challenge. Aligning Across Affiliates.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

I realized, in thinking about all of this, that the model of technology support that makes the most sense to me is to think of it similarly as a teacher-student relationship. Certainly, if you are a technology provider that values empowerment of your clients, this is probably a good model to consider. Second, Empowerment.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2007

The way that World of Good has really gone about this is, we have done it in a two-part model. So the pricing models are all based on commodity pricing. In handmade items, you don't have that same kind of model; you don't buy and sell a bushel of embroidered skirts. It doesn't work that way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

While I faced a difficult decision culling winners from the forty focused initiatives described in the entries, I selected the following based on their innovative and courageous approaches to a variety of social issues, from new types of housing for the underserved, to animal welfare, to women’s empowerment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

So Bhatia’s business partner, Robert Chatwani , used social media tools to implement a Help Sameer campaign. Employ empowerment marketing. If you want to win this copy, leave a comment that answers any of the following: The Dragonfly Model is: Focus, Grab Attention, Take Action, and Engage. Tell your story. Act, then think.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Virtual Parent/Family Education - Richard Wollenberger This tool will provide video chat help for parents with children aged P-5/6; Trained parent educators will provide research-based support for specific early childhood issues via video chat. Looking for a business process/model for moving tech to each department.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 12, 2022

Grantmakers should provide tools to guide philanthropic organizations in their transitions from extractive models that perpetuate power dynamics toward transformative approaches that seek to redistribute wealth and democratize power. Within the report, explore the five principles these strategies follow.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Patients expect healthcare to offer the same convenient online tools they are used to using when shopping, banking, and entertaining themselves. Empowerment and equality: Changes in patient expectations and the democratization of medical information are pushing physicians and institutions to shed paternalistic mindsets. i] [link]. [ii]

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

During our conversation, Seane talked about what inspired the creation of Off the Mat, Into the World, her trip to Cambodia, the connection between your inner work and your outer work, and the tools Off the Mat, Into the World uses to help people determine how they are being called to be of service. 20,000 is a lot of money to raise.

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