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Smart Canes: Bringing High Tech to a Common Assistive Tool

Tech Soup

What Makes a Cane "Smart" Wired recently published a story about a prototype smart cane called the XploR , which is being built by a research team at Birmingham City University in the U.K. Selene Chew developed the BlindSpot as a project for her senior thesis at the University of Singapore. Other Smart Cane Models.

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Senior Volunteering: Burden or Benefit?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Kelly Proulx , MNpS Student & Research Technician, Arizona State University. Kelly is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, with a bachelor's degree in English and Anthropology. 108. ^ [3] Corporation for National and Community Service. 2011. ^ [4] National Volunteer and Philanthropy Center.

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NetSquared Volunteers Help Nonprofits Like You Master Technology

Tech Soup

National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community. Singapore, Singapore: DataJam! Yaoundé, Cameroon: Strengthening the Capacity of Female University Dropouts. You like numbers? Friday, June 16, 2017.

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Jon Husband, Guest Post: The New Realities of Engagement – Stories That Drive Action Planning and Implementation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We can see the larger regional or national view. . The processes and tools have been furthered developed by Snowden and colleagues in his Singapore-based company Cognitive Edge, which is providing software and consulting services to StoryGarden. . . A wide range o f perspectives can be used to make sense of the story.

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#GivingTuesday: How Sharing Best Practices Is Building A Global Philanthropic Movement

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are local leaders in Australia, Canada, Latin America, Mexico Chile, and Singapore organizing on the ground to expand the reach and spirit of generosity. Giving Without Borders: The idea has spread beyond the US and North America.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

an hour, and a national survey of Instacart workers found average wages (before expenses) of just $9.50 In 2018, a national proposal was floated for a “Bill of Rights for American Workers Building Support for Cooperatively-Owned Businesses that are Democratically-Owned and Governed.” There has been some movement in this direction.

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