Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Our networked world has advanced to a point where information technology is touching all aspects of society. The cost of prototyping and deploying new technology tools is now extremely low and data has the potential to accelerate social progress in areas ranging from poverty to human rights, education, health, and the environment.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Their website, freshBrain.org , provides a social networking based platform where teens can innovate, create and share using a variety of technologies. Skills around technology, creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 25, 2007

SEEING BEYOND SALON: An evening of social-networking, creativity & big-picture thinking Thurs, May 17, 111 Minna Gallery | $10 | for tickets go to: www.seeingbeyondsight.org/salon Only $5 in advance with special coupon for Lighthouse for the Blind friends (use coupon: “lighthouse” AFTER entering credit card info) [5:30pm] Social networking with (..)

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 19, 2013

At any given time we’ve got dozens of new ideas in our pipeline, coming from our extensive network of social innovators, social sector leaders and technology visionaries. We’ve started the Labs to build on that foundation—to explore many more new ideas for using technology for social good.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 4, 2010

Bill Strathmann of Network for Good will be our next Chair: be sure to come to SF to cheer him on! I joined the board ten years ago, and my term limits were extended to act in the chair's role these past two years, following in the big shoes of social enterprise rock stars like Chuck Lief (Greyston) and Charles King (Housing Works).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

We’ve started chewing on the idea of secure user forums and other virtual watering holes to support the global network of users. We held the meeting in Chiang Mai because it’s where our longtime partner the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) is headquartered.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

You probably know that Robin was a pioneer in the ebook industry, but you probably don't know how she applied those experiences and her extensive network to the cause of advancing global literacy. And Robin is why we've been able to deliver over 10 million accessible books to readers with disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 1, 2016

Whatever the power of search engines or social networks, it’s really the smartphone that is the most incredible tool for tracking our every move and activity. Forcing tech companies to weaken their products through compelling the creation of backdoors would be a massive step backwards.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 1, 2008

For me, the highlights are the networking (especially peer networking) and the rockstar plenaries. This is my fourth time to the Forum: and each time actually gets better (as it gets harder to imagine how they'll pull it off again next year).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 12, 2009

This university run program, a very good example of valuable networks in Puerto Rico, takes the responsibility of promoting changes in public and private systems to increase access to assistive technology for people with disabilities. This photo was taken in a library in San Juan.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 13, 2014

This means that the user''s data is encrypted locally on his/her computer and only the encrypted data is stored on the computer''s hard drive or communicated over networks. That''s why Martus offers end-to-end encryption.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Dan Goldin (former head of NASA) and Charlie Kennel (former head of the Scripps Institiute of Oceanography) pulled together a proposal for what they call "Knowledge Action Networks," to help local community get access to data about how climate change was likely to affect their communities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

And, the networking is also great (because of who the performances attract). The MIT Media Lab showed off some really exciting technology that I immediately was thinking of disability applications. Many (most? of these presentations will end up on the web soon. It's a place to plant seeds for future collaborations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 17, 2013

Just to give you a few examples: He is a co-founder of Teach a Man to Fish , a global network that promotes “education that pays for itself,” partnering with dozens of organizations around the world to establish self-sufficient schools in rural areas that teach independence and sustainability to young people from poor families.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 19, 2007

We're hoping to help make digital content the standard for people with disabilities, so that they can get their accessible books over the network for PCs, cell phones, MP3 players and the like. It's hard to switch technologies once you have invested in them, especially in a field where the payback times are long or potentially forever.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 25, 2008

These networks establish partnerships with retail outlets, so that many stores become the equivalent of ATMs (automated bank teller machines). You load up your phone with minutes with money. Why not trade your minutes for money back (for a small fee) or trade minutes with other people as payment for goods and services?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 10, 2013

This post originally appeared as part of an online debate about How Big Data Can Have a Social Impact, which the Harvard Business Review Blog Network hosted jointly with the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. Right now I''m in Oxford, England, for the annual Skoll World Forum! Big Data is all the rage in Silicon Valley.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 31, 2007

Networking with people I know is always great, and I found the premise of this year's program different and exciting. Although I have stayed in town pretty much this month, I've done a ton of stuff around the area. The NetSquared conference just wrapped up, and it was a lot of fun.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 25, 2014

For one, it could scale Joi Ito’s approach by creating a Media Lab-style network whose goal would be to build and deploy hundreds of technology solutions customized to the needs of the bottom billions of humanity. Let me explain. What could a billion dollars do?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 7, 2012

It's been working its network of donors interested in water issues who can make a commitment at this level, and have found three more donors for a total of $4 million so far. Water.org started with its founder, the actor Matt Damon, who contributed the first $1 million.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

I think of it as being similar to the social networking sites (like FaceBook or LinkedIn) where people have more control on what information gets shared with whom. We've partnered with the folks from Papilia to provide user-customization of the information they receive from us.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 18, 2008

IIT-Madras, our host institution, also had cool technology to show off, which is already being used in big media applications: a TV network came to discuss how it's worked for them in their language work.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 25, 2007

Jonathan Zittrain made a strong analogy that the Internet today is as structurally weak as AT&T's telephone network was back in the days when you could get free telephone calls using a Cap'n crunch toy whistle. By extension, wondered what things would be like if Microsoft had spent as much efforts on protecting your private information.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

Jim Fruchterman and Marcia Adler During our party, we also honored Social Profit Network's Robert Levenson, the Skoll Foundation and the Omidyar Foundation which provided vital philanthropic funding to expand Bookshare over the last decade.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

It calls upon Lex Mundi’s unique global network of top-tier commercial law firms to provide legal assistance to select social entrepreneurs on a pro bono basis. Special thanks go to Charles Coward and Xavier Domènech of the Barcelona law firm Uría Menéndez.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 28, 2007

Networking Reception 6:30-7:30 p.m. They will elaborate on the models of change that drive and sustain their work, issuing a final call for change that links local action in Silicon Valley to the broader global community. Thursday, May 24, 2007 5:30-6:30 p.m. To reserve a seat please contact Sherrill Dale at sdale@scu.edu or 408-551-6027.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

We had good discussions about how to extend Internet around to different schools, and apparently they are talking to the Green WiFi/Meraki folks about a mesh network (which I think would be well suited to Chuuk). I was quite impressed by the people I met in Chuuk who are dedicated to kids and education.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 15, 2006

One of the most exciting parts I heard about with my interests was BRAC's expanding network of libraries around the country: more than 1,000 with 300 of them with PCs. However, the PCs are not currently connected to the Internet. That's where another BRAC affiliate comes in: BRACNet is planning on bringing WiFi to the entire country.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 23, 2007

Skoll and Schwab have the two leading social entrepreneurship networks for senior practitioners, and it's great to see them working together to advance the movement. As the founder of Ashoka, the biggest and oldest global network of social entrepreneurs, he's known as the godfather of the movement. Bill Drayton rounded out the panel.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 13, 2008

Through mentors, professional networks and investor forums, ZeroDivide brings a deep knowledge of what makes a venture successful. Since our inception in 1998, almost $50 million has been invested through us in overcoming community-building barriers. But access to technology is just the starting point.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Digital and mobile communications are changing the rules about social networks, intellectual property, and the availability of big data, with an overall blurring of the boundaries between state, for-profits, and nonprofits. We’re learning new ways to create and sustain social value.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 15, 2007

Because you are all going to (more or less) the same place, you can implement something that looks like a hub network with the place of work at the center rather than gazillions of point to point connections.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2009

Q: What's the difference between All for Good and other service websites like VolunteerMatch, Network for Good and Obama's Serve.gov? A: All for Good's spirit is the spirit of Craigslist. Simplicity. People working with each other. A: More will be revealed. These sites should be working together using technology like RSS feeds.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

We were worried because the algorithm (called RSA) is also a central part of Martus , our self-encrypting database that backs itself up to a network of servers. By Patrick Ball On 14 February 2012, the New York Times reported that a Swiss team had found a weakness in a key algorithm used to make secure connections online.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 18, 2004

At the Venture Philanthropy conference, Robert Levenson of Social Profit Network and I talked about the relationship between venture philanthropist and investee.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 24, 2006

The real meat of any conference is not the program: it's the networking. However, the chance to socialize with other people who understand your challenges is very welcome. Plus, getting a chance to eat and talk together is the best thing for serious collaboration. And, that's the speciality of the World Economic Forum!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

The nationwide network concept is ambiguous. A WIPO registry could be a real barrier to the goal of access for people around the globe, unless it is implemented with huge sensitivity to the reality of developing nations. Bookshare serves over 10,000 schools and nonprofits in the U.S. Large print: the U.S.

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