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Conservation Planners Use Benetech's Miradi Software to Help Save Reefs in Guam

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Elaina learned how to use Miradi while working on a Guam watershed plan with CMP member The Nature Conservancy. Now she’s a Special Project Coordinator for the Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans Guam Coastal Management Program where she uses Miradi to prioritize threats to Guam ecosystems.

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Guam and the Consortium

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The final stop for my Micronesia trip was Guam, a U.S. Arriving on Guam felt like coming back to the United States, although it's more like Hawaii than the mainland! Guam has a huge American military presence: the armed forces control about a third of the island. The military and tourism are Guam's two big industry.

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Bookshare.org milestones

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We spent time talking with OSEP and our new partners from the University of Guam. We'll be working for Guam to help set up a system for assistive technology and media for disabled students with nine Pacific island entities.

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Nonprofit Audit 101

The NonProfit Times

We cover a lot of ground in the guide, including: Types and formats of audits Common misconceptions Three stages of an audit What happens if fraud is discovered Red flags for your auditor How technology can ensure a smoother audit What happens if fraud is discovered First Name * Last Name * Company * Email * Phone * Address * Street Address Address (..)

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Schools using social media but not for fundraising

Robert Weiner

I spent the last 3 days at the CASE District VII conference, for schools in AZ, CA, Guam, HI, NV, and UT.

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Social Enterprise: Black Pearls from Nukuoro Atoll

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

By the way, Mike and Mary work for the University of Guam at the Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Education, Research and Services (CEDDERS), who manages the Pacific Consortium for Instructional Materials Accessibility Project (CIMAP), which is the whole reason I'm here in the Pacific! And, the product is beautiful.

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Reflections on Micronesia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Guam has special building codes for typhoons, kind of like California's earthquake-inspired building codes. But the dried version I had on Guam was better, and gives you a warm feeling. I couldn't find out much about them, other than that they were relatively recently wrecked (don't know if that means ten years ago or thirty).