Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Universal City Studios, Inc., The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. of America v. copyright law.

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NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Additional resources: Digital Skills Framework — a taxonomy of digital skills, plus further learning resources to help build skills in each area, aimed at global nonprofits. For example, the University of Kentucky publishes this skills checklist with a list of basic computer skills you could adapt to your context.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Global Fund For Children. They work with colleges, universities, and other organizations that embrace equity in higher learning, with a focus on historically underserved populations, including nontraditional and incarcerated students. . Global Fund For Children. Funding Priority: Education. Mellon Foundation.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The broadcasts air weekly and deliver multilingual lessons on literacy, numeracy, and STEM. With the support of Salesforce’s tools, Malala Fund has invested $22 million in global education programs that have ensured countless girls get the equal access to education they deserve. with radio-based education during the pandemic.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Third, the print book is not universally accessible. I believe in the power of books to change the world. And, the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 20, 2010

My latest post on HuffPo is now up: Going to Davos to Redesign the Planet , about my proposal to the WEF's Global Redesign Initiative. What would you propose to global leaders to make humanity better off? What about literacy and education? We need university leaders incented to value the social applications equally.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

To most patrons, HDL merely delivers titles and page numbers as results, but the University of Michigan’s Library, one of the HathiTrust members, does allow access to the full text of copyrighted works for people with qualifying print disabilities. It allows users to search book content that contains a match for their search terms.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Ken is currently working as the Worldview Literacy Project Manager at The Institute of Noetic Sciences. Pierre holds a Master's degree in engineering from the University of Michigan and has completed several executive education programs at the Stanford Graduate School of Management.

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sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2024

Universities across the globe face challenges with successful digital transformation and what it means for their fundraising and alumni data, legacy systems, data literacy, and access to skills. It cannot and should not be all about fundraising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2006

Youth Connection, Part I: Field Building with University Students Moderated by Katie Salen (Parsons, the New School of Design) Description: Aside from creating "future leaders," let's talk about what University students are already contributing to social change gaming by creating a new kind of gaming environment.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

" Dr. Valerie Hill is an adjunct instructor at Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Science and is also a librarian herself. She came to the Nonprofit Commons to share her areas of expertise in media literacy, human-computer interaction, and the impact of the digital revolution on education and libraries.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Anyway, Blogwell was held at the University of Texas, ie right in Convio’s backyard. Create a training program to ensure social media literacy. From Texas Instruments , social media is global and we must keep that in mind. Thus I had the great opportunity to attend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2008

Two years ago, with funds from the Long Island chapter of the American Association of University Women, we were able to replace their highly arsenic contaminated well with a huge rainwater collection tank and delivery system to supply safe drinking water. Now Beng Krom??? I want to thank everyone who has contributed so far.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in June to expand the Universal Lifeline program to include broadband, following a public comment period. The Obama administration means to make universal broadband happen, and it has just one year left to do it. is doing more down-to-earth things to close the digital divide.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

The term social enterprise is in common use globally to describe enterprises that have a social welfare intent. Universities have programs on learning how to run social enterprises. Once universities have courses in a subject area, it would seem clear that the term is quite generic. Social enterprise is descriptive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

Emphasis is on digital literacy. Grantees - like Global Kids - found the right group to fund. It will be different for universities than smaller nonprofits. Interested in games for learning and social change. Partners in Learning program -- gave stats. Program is world-wide. They have been a leader. TakingITglobal is a grantee.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

s Program in Instructional Technology at the University of North Florida. tools and my outlook on literacy, available information, research, and cross-referencing opinions has changed completely. Multicultural and global education is a must in this century. s webmaster. Why did you start Langwitches blog?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Benetech's newest project is a software tool called Miradi that helps environmental practitioners design, manage, monitor and learn from their projects to more effectively meet the needs of global biodiversity. Route 66 Literacy was put on the back burner last year because it ran out of funding.

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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! Nonprofits like the Nature Conservancy , Union of Concerned Scientists , American Association of University Women , and NRDC do, too.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

Silicon Valley entrepreneurs are building on the foundations laid by people like Bill Hewlett and David Packard, who long supported global issues and whose foundations continue their work today. Increasing literacy for women? What's your issue? Stopping domestic violence? Curing a specific disease?

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women. Kavita Ramdas is the President and CEO of the nonprofit, the Global Fund for Women. I think it's worth it (: Kavita Ramdas: The Global Fund for Women is the largest independent, publicly supported grant-making foundation to advance women's human rights internationally.

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