Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

adults still don't have broadband Internet access at home. Here's a roundup of recent work to address this issue. The June 2015 FCC proposal calls for an expansion of Lifeline to provide low-income households with a choice of subsidized phone service or broadband Internet access. Nearly a third of U.S.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

GPT and The Grey Jacket Problem At a Fundraising event in NYC, George was on a panel to talk about AI applications for fundraising and was wearing a grey sports jacket with blue pants. When you combine generic prompts with untrained AI’s and then publish it you are walking straight into a Grey Jacket Problem.

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Forum One

MARCH 23, 2021

Business goals : What problem are you trying to solve? data literacy, device preferences)? What issues do they have? Your audience is ultimately the one interacting with the site, and so you want to be certain that you’re solving the right problems. Links to lower levels are accessed from these top-level pages.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

As more and more information moves online, Americans without Internet access are increasingly being left behind. Picturing the Problem. provides a succinct visual summary of the issue and potential solutions, including: Why Internet access matters to individuals, communities, and the U.S. The infographic. as a whole.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

The foundation helps build the capacity of organizations and coalitions with grants that support research or improve the learning and generation of local solutions to complex problems. They provide access and opportunities in education, housing, mentorship, health care, environment, and the arts. National Forest Foundation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. We’re thrilled that today’s rapid changes in technology are opening up tremendous new ways to address the problems they face. To do so, we definitely need your help. Martus Desktop 4.5

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

Did you know that defining the digital divide in different ways can actually change public perception of who's responsible for addressing the issue? This raises some interesting questions for how nonprofits and libraries talk about the digital divide and how they advocate for public access technology and technology skills development.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold. That said, there are wonderful organizations working with State Governments to improve literacy and reading levels across the country such as Pratham and the Akshara Foundation and much progress has been made. Since then, we have published and shipped over 8.5

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

For them, it’s about having reliable and fast Internet access; accessing health care services via mobile in rural areas; voicing views online without fear of persecution, not having useful services blocked by Internet service providers (ISPs), not being exposed to cyberbullying, or fearing to become a victim of online fraud.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. It eventually garnered 45,000 users who took advantage of the easy-to-access tool to place reports. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Like most libraries, La Conner Library provides public access computers to patrons to use however they wish. They also have a homework help program for school children and offer a variety of digital literacy computer classes. Installation Problems: This was our first test installation, so we had more problems than with the others.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Like most libraries, La Conner Library provides public access computers to patrons to use however they wish. They also have a homework help program for school children and offer a variety of digital literacy computer classes. Installation Problems: This was our first test installation, so we had more problems than with the others.

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

In creative fields, “brainstorming” is not just a requirement of the job, it’s also seen as a very positive thing—it’s an uninhibited way to get your ideas flowing and come up with creative solutions to problems. When communicating about literacy, we should always strive to avoid the term “illiterate.” But this wasn’t always the case.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

We also shine the light on the potential security problems of smart toys, predict the end of the digital divide, and discuss a health-related wearable that can't get here fast enough and some intriguing 10 year-old predictions that just happened to come true. We're not talking about the race to expand Internet access in space here.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2015

Pamela, inspired by her grandmother, saw an obligation to fight against these problems through education. New Heights, by promoting literacy through a wide range of programs, has produced radical results. " Equal Access Through Online Collaboration. Inspiring Optimism Through Results. Well, that's why.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

Restricting computer/internet use is driven by a management and/or IT assumption that the diverse, dynamic nature of computing is either a distraction or a problem. Technology is not fully appreciated, and computer literacy is limited in an environment where users can’t experiment. Pioneers like Beth Kanter understand this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

He mentioned that they will be sharing the work process and issues around adoption of social media. Struggled with issues around staffing, privacy, control, etc. How do increase internet literacy with communities? Where do they access the content? How can we communicate with them? If there is what should it be?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2022

The most sustainable, reusable, scalable solutions that will truly move the needle must be designed with the expertise of those closest to the problem – local climate action experts and the communities they serve. If you’re hosting community meetings online, do potential participants have internet access? says Jones.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 2, 2014

affected by the digital divide and the real problems they face, every. And even among the 85% of adults who do go online, 9% of them do not have Internet access at home. It’s an issue that reaches across all age groups and state lines. They need access and a working. about issues such as spam, spyware, and hackers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

We have a highly efficient system for creating technology that solves problems and delivers value far beyond the confines of Northern California. But, we have only scratched the surface of what we could be doing to help solve the pressing social problems that confront us. What's your issue? Increasing literacy for women?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2015

It's about the problems being addressed, and feeling empowered to help solve those problems. As a librarian, I am philosophically (some might even say rabidly) in support of free and open access to information. I got a tiny peek at some of those issues during CityCamp. as "one of our greatest hackers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Bookshare Hits 100,000 Members Boy reading at a computer with teacher in the background.Since the beginning of 2009, we’ve tripled the number of people with disabilities Bookshare is serving with our accessible library of ebooks. Literacy, human rights and the environment are critically important to the future of humanity.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 14, 2008

The NAS publishes one such report every business day, and apparently these reports are seen as a gold standard of objective, well-researched content on a range of industries and issues. This attitude is often self-serving: it’s also a practical problem for those who actually want to create change.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. Therefore, we are the only foundation I know of that will accept requests in any language, and in any format. BB: How do you know that you are successful?

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