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3 Nonprofits Doing Cool Things With Tech

TechImpact

Walden Woods Project uses Skype to reach classrooms. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees shared the idea of connecting aid workers with students to share experiences. Microsoft’s Skype is now used for more than refugee aid workers. Image courtesy of SustaiNet Software.

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How to get your educational nonprofit into classrooms, without leaving the office

The Nerdy NonProfit

Students with limited resources can benefit tremendously from remote classroom access by educational nonprofits. Diverse and dynamic professionals are brought in to provide fresh perspectives and expertise, expanding student’s knowledge and receptiveness to potential future careers. Interactive games.

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Giving Back through the Nonprofit Technology Conference's 13th Annual Day of Service

NTEN

We need your help to get The Stride Center students interview ready! Volunteers will be interviewing Stride Center students, spending time questioning and offering feedback. Teach Online Communication Skills to San Francisco Seniors (April 2, 2012): Can you remember the first time you sent an email or had a Skype Video Chat?

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In fact, some participants in the group mentioned using MBA students from local universities to assist with data collection. They are teaching digital measurement best practices by connecting great causes with experienced mentors and motivated students. The people with skills are out there.

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Hadley China

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In 2005 the principal of Hadley-China, Rongqiang Xia, contacted Hadley students and staff who spoke native English to see if they would like to teach Chinese Hadley students English over the internet. Hadley-China students, support staff from Hadley-China, and native English speakers log onto a website at the same time.

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Austria conference on access technology

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It was fun to hear students and fresh Ph.Ds I met a professor from Portugal who had a student who developed EasyVoice , software that makes it possible for someone who cannot speak to use Voice over IP via Skype to talk to people using a voice synthesizer. talking about their research. And that's just two examples.

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd and How To Find Them!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

.” They provide free web analytics consulting to non-profits and NGOs around the world by matching analytics professionals, students, and charities. They are teaching digital measurement best practices by connecting great causes with experienced mentors and motivated students.

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