Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

The HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) is a partnership of academic and research institutions that had created (with help from Google ) a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. Consequently, it is reasonable for the Libraries to retain both the text and image copies. in addition to the text?only

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

more than 200 nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs from 25 countries submitted one-minute videos and five-photo slideshows to showcase the impact they are making on their respective communities. On Wednesday, March 28 in San Francisco – and live-streamed online – TechSoup Global will screen and award the top photo and video entries.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 2, 2015

And yet despite limited budgets, the early adopter nonprofits began using responsive web design in 2012 in order to adapt quickly to the new realities of Internet browsing. Global Giving 2005. New York Public Library 2015. New York Public Library 2005. Bold imagery. Large font. Dramatic use of color. GlobalGiving 2015.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law. In the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had a few months to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. TechSoup Global's NGO cloud survey found plenty of contradictions and confusion about cloud computing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Intercepting wildlife transferred across borders is critical to slowing illegal trade and DNA barcoding provides a public library of DNA barcode tests for enforcement officials to use as a front-line tool.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

And there's a new free mobile app called Range that helps libraries, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and others working with youth locate those free meal sites this summer. households experienced food insecurity in 2012, according to the most recent data available from the U.S. Food Insecurity in a Land of Plenty.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

Huddle is offering its online service to charities and libraries at a one-time admin fee, and a very reasonable one at that. According to our 2012 NGO Global Cloud Survey , collaboration is already one of the top ten current uses for cloud-based software among charities. Collaboration Is How Charities Function.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for seven years now. It made us think about ways we could bring good dependable low-cost computers to nonprofits and libraries. Fast Forward to 2012. to scale up RCI in California.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

I did an internal survey of TechSoup Global’s use of cloud tools and we literally use dozens of cloud tools now. TechSoup Global is also in the process of adding to the body of cloud research with our Global NGO Cloud Survey. The TechSoup Survey will be open through March 23, 2012. Find out more on NTEN’s U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

To celebrate all of the good going on around us, they’ve created a huge, global image gallery of people, organizations and businesses doing good this holiday on their Facebook page – because they believe that #GoodSpotting is everywhere, and something everyone can do.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

TechSoup Global’s Dara Westling attended the recent Global Donors Forum in Washington, D.C. She is our vice president of development alliances and global media for TechSoup Global’s domestic and international programs. We connect the local with global resources.” Dara Westling.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

It was a broad gathering including everyone from consultants to students to startups – and nonprofits ranging from the San Francisco Bay Area focused Stride Center to the global fundraising platform Kiva.org. million software, hardware, and online services to 160,000 nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs worldwide.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Free video services like Instagram and Vine that feature short videos now attract millions of users, offering nonprofits, charities, and libraries an opportunity to connect with new audiences. The company was founded in June 2012 and was acquired by Twitter later that year. Storymakers: Tell Your Library's Story.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 26, 2014

In 2012, EU countries discarded 10.9 create positive social change by routing used-yet-still-useful equipment out of the landfill and into the hands of nonprofits, libraries, and low-income families at low cost. Million Ton Problem. million tons of electronic waste. ICRS Goes to Europe.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Giving Tuesday is a day of global generosity and charitable giving that takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. According to Giving Tuesday’s website , it is “a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity.” Giving Tuesday has come a long way since its inception in 2012.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

This post was written by Crystal Schimpf, a webinar producer at TechSoup Global. On September 6, 2012, TechSoup held a free webinar with two guest presenters from The Foundation Center. View the archived recording of the Got Grants? webinar on ReadyTalk.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

For the first time in the nation’s history, people came together to fundraise on a global scale. billion in donations for nonprofits in 2012 and has only been growing since. They started to conserve resources, send supplies to troops overseas and develop both civilian and refugee relief programs. Online giving generated $2.1

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

” In other words, if the new PC market grows by by 9% worldwide in 2012 as is forecast by the business research firm IDC , then the used PC market will grow as well. Thus, it continues the decades-long trend that IT spending has an increasing share of the global economy. Growing Supply, Increasing Demand.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

In this case, it's a recap of some of the big nonprofit technology stories of 2012. Top Nonprofit Technology Buzzwords of 2012. "Hackathon" was, in fact, one of Lucy Bernholz' top 10 philanthropy buzz words for 2012. By the way, Lucy Bernholz' top buzz word of 2012 was " data."

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

She was a free agent for a long time, until the beginning of 2012, when she joined the teaching staff of Khan Academy. Learning is increasingly global and fluid and the fact that cross-institutional initiatives such as the Google Art Project and Europeana are rare, points to how much work still needs to be done.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2012

The 2012 Digital Storytelling Challenge was a great success, with more than 250 total submissions from social benefit organizations in 24 countries! Best Library Video: Norton Public Library. Best Global Campaign Video: Let's Do It! Please visit the site to view this video). Please visit the site to view this video).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

The term social enterprise is in common use globally to describe enterprises that have a social welfare intent. The social enterprise movement is a global one, so we hope that the measured approach of the USPTO to this application is echoed by peer trademark authorities in other countries. Social enterprise is descriptive.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

TechSoup is a nonprofit with a clear focus: providing other nonprofits and libraries with technology that empowers them to fulfill their missions and serve their communities. In addition to text quotes, Quoto also has a digital library of quotes embedded on images. Quoto :: quoto.com. Present.me :: Present.me. Present.me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country. If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org. Global Tweets :: globaltweets.com. Animoto :: animoto.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country. If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org. Global Tweets :: globaltweets.com. Animoto :: animoto.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country. If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. Global Tweets :: globaltweets.com. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. BrainyQuote :: brainyquote.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country. If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. Global Tweets :: globaltweets.com. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. BrainyQuote :: brainyquote.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country. If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. Global Tweets :: globaltweets.com. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. BrainyQuote :: brainyquote.com.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

I love year-ahead forecasts and have looked a number of them from all over the global IT press. The Forecasts for 2012. I guess a good place to start is looking back at forecasts from January 2012. Andrew Cohen of Forum One did one called 12 Big Trends in Nonprofit Technology for 2012. The Decline of PCs.

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