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Storytelling in the Digital Age: Lessons from the SOCAP12 Conference

Tech Soup

Nonprofit leaders, impact investors, and philanthropists from all over the world gathered in San Francisco's Fort Mason Center this week for SOCAP12. The example he used was the hero myth: an underdog starts from nothing, becomes educated or stronger by way of a mentor, and then saves the world.

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Virgin America As Connector

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Since March, I've been commuting between Boston and San Francisco. Behind me was Nicholas Reville, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Miro , a HD open source video player. Miro Logo. One of the best things about the commute is Virgin America airlines in flight experience.

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Bay Area Nonprofit Collaborative Pilots High-Tech Social Service Referral System

Non Profit Quarterly

May 29, 2019; San Francisco Chronicle. Now, San Francisco Chronicle business reporter Carolyn Said writes that Benetech is “almost halfway through a six-month pilot with six Bay Area social-service agencies to collaborate on maintaining their crucial databases of local resources through an open-standards data exchange.”

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Why Tech Nonprofits Are Building Digital Tools for Racial Equity and Justice

Non Profit Quarterly

At in-person sessions in New York City and San Francisco, and virtually on Youtube Live , Demo Day brought together nine social entrepreneurs to explore solutions for problems they’ve experienced. Fast Forward, a tech nonprofit accelerator, highlighted a few such organizations during their Demo Day 2022 event.

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