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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

T, December 10th, the international community is observing Human Rights Day to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. and the European Union.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

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I'm not a woman, but I am a wholehearted celebrant of International Women's Day. More About International Women's Day. International Women's Day came about in its current form in 1975. By 2011, American women surpassed men in gaining college degrees , including advanced degrees. In the U.S., Religion Tech.

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Research Friday: The gift

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Dianna Schwartz , Public Allies Arizona Alumna. Note: This article will focus on international development from my perspective working in an African country, although the questions raised are pertinent to any “developed” country or continent’s relationship to a “developing” region. Executive Director. Military Assistance Project.

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A View of the Cloud from India

Tech Soup

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. NASSCOM Foundation's Survey of NGO Cloud Readiness. Only a handful of the bigger and established NGOs have adopted cloud technologies.

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NTEN State of the Nonprofit Cloud Survey Results

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To quote Annaliese Hoeling, NTEN’s publications director: A couple of the biggest take-aways for us were that 91 percent of nonprofits taking our survey reported using at least one cloud software solution?. states In the fall of 2011. Over the last few months NTEN has been surveying U.S. nonprofits on their use of cloud services.

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What's So Scary about Cloud Security?

Tech Soup

He is also on the Third Sector Board of SOCITM , which is an association of IT professionals in the public and nonprofit sectors. He described a bunch of recent security breaches and probably most telling, the fact that there are no national or international cloud security standards or best practices yet.

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Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way

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Another great example of what Voluntweeters can do is the case of Red Cross voluntweeters responding to the more recent February 2011 Chicago blizzard. TechSoup has helped to publicize Ushahidi's work several times, especially its extraordinary work in Haiti. For others it was not so clear.