Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Their strategy focuses on technology and partnerships that can accelerate systemic on the ground social change and economic issues. “ Unleashing Technology. But as Daniel Ben-Horin said, “Our theory of change states that software products are necessary, but not sufficient for empowerment of social change organizations.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 1, 2015

As the Internet has exploded and software has become more affordable over the last two decades, greater access to technology, hardware, software, and the web has grown in importance. Technology CSR teams have pioneered programs globally to provide access to technology. What have been the biggest successes?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

World leaders and technology firms should be paying attention to their solutions—and backing them up. According to the Women and the Web report, 200 million more men have access to the Internet than women. In mid- to low-income countries this statistic soars to a 25-40 percent access gap between women and men.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 22, 2007

Content access on the internet is a constant area of fascination to me. Just got some information on this cool program: The Hadley School for the Blind has launched an innovative program of English language learning and empowerment which spans the Pacific Ocean. Hadley's international branch is located in Fuzhou, China.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The need to have a Google account will come up many times in your social media and mobile technology campaigns. For organizational reasons, you could opt to use the Gmail e-mail account that you created for your nonprofit when setting up your Google account for all social media and mobile technology accounts. Be persistent.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

easyLearning's Course Library includes 1,500 online courses in professional development, information technology and "desktop skills" such as Microsoft Office and Windows. easyLearning's courses are web-based, so you can access them from any computer with a web browser and internet access.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

Note From Beth: With the rise of mobile adoption and the primary use to access the Internet and social platforms, it is reaching across consumer segments of all income levels. This exchange is empowering, and technology has made it more accessible.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

It's the definite article that causes problems, implying there's an easy way to think about the issues surrounding the inequitable access to technology -- and perhaps an easy solution. Sure, the average price of a computer has been falling for years, but that doesn't take into account the recurring cost of Internet access.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

in the developing world where access to the Internet may not be very. technology all the time. landlines to focus on developing the use of mobiles and the mobile Internet. Though the list above includes mobile Internet-related services, some of the. availability, access and service improve so will innovation.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

Guardian’s ACTIVATE is an annual conference that aims to bring together leaders in media, government and technology to a ctivatedly. mobile technologies, distribution of power and wealth, transparency in. data and governance, profiting from social change projects, and access to data and tools. preoccupied with technology.

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Forum One

MAY 20, 2009

The three of us -- including me, a Product Manager at Forum One -- engaged in a debate on whether the internet pages we see here in the United States can be accessed anywhere else in the world. But wait, are people in developing areas, and even rural areas, even getting access to the web and/or to mobile technology?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

Nonprofit techies helped collect, sort, and assess technology equipment for refurbishment and recycling at the WildTech Shelter. This network will enable residents to access the Internet for job searches, ID requests, and everyday communications. The good folks at Event360 kept us warm and powered with coffee !

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

In San Francisco, sometimes one can feel a bit cynical about the influx of frivolous technology with billion dollar valuations. The simple site is divided into categories: Shelter, Food, Medical, Hygiene, and Technology. Anthony Foundation, which runs the Tenderloin Technology Lab, and Zendesk. The project was created by the St.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

Nonprofit techies helped collect, sort, and assess technology equipment for refurbishment and recycling at the WildTech Shelter. This network will enable residents to access the Internet for job searches, ID requests, and everyday communications. The good folks at Event360 kept us warm and powered with coffee !

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Jasper, Indiana: Hotspots and Wireless Access Points. Chicago, Illinois: Making Tech Accessible to Nonprofits. Kampala, Uganda: Teaching Youths the Dangers of the Internet. Mahikeng, South Africa: Rural Tech Empowerment. Mahikeng, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. Sunday, September 17, 2017.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Accessing sustainable food is easier with for mobile access to databases (Seafood Watch), delivery of hyper local foods (Spud.com), online links for farmers and buyers (Roots of Change), and maps of food grown in your neighborhood (Forage Oakland). We need to hack the model for accessibility tools! Are you eating well?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

organizational change, and technology. We will use SKYPE out which is more rebust for monthly conference calls, scheduled for business hours in Pakistan so participants can use the Internet connection at their offices. I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

But, this wasn’t a just a tourist trip, I was on a mission to see technology social change projects in action and better understand how technology can impact social on the ground in rural areas with limited connectivity and resources. Remand House staff and director (right). Rajen is also looking at other needs for the home.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2007

We have seen it in energy, and increasingly now with energy technologies. So oftentimes if a woman is doing something that has economic value, it often gets undervalued in society, and in particular in these kinds of countries and communities, where she may be uneducated, have very limited access to the market.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I had absolutely no publishing experience, much less any technology experience, and I was also very, very shy and I had no resources either, another big barrier. Any woman who is just coming on from Kashmir has access to some kind of connectivity to either an Internet cafe, or a cell phone, or a computer at her work.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

But first, some context: Let's start with a volatile mix of Syrian refugees, border conflicts paired with complicated politics , protests, Internet censorship, and a youth unemployment rate of 20 percent. Technology uptake has flourished in Turkey in the past 20 years. How Civil Society + Technology = Making a Difference.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Consulted with some peer social entrepreneurs about whether we could help them with specific technology for their nonprofits. Met with a major international human rights defender group about our Martus technology and digital security more generally. Took pictures of the lunar eclipse next to the Empire State Building(!)

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