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Meet the Nonprofit Hero Behind the Hardware: Charles Brennick

Tech Soup

The winner of this year's award is Charles Brennick, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit refurbisher InterConnection. Charles Brennick founded InterConnection 17 years ago to donate websites to nonprofits in developing countries. Paying His Nonprofit Dues. That's some serious nonprofit dues.

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Authorized Entities Trusted Intermediaries

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A hot topic at the SCCR20/WIPO discussions in Geneva on global access to materials by the print disabilities is the term "Trusted Intermediaries"("TIs"). But, the burden of proof is not on the nonprofit agency, it's on the copyright holder making the complaint. The concept of TIs uses U.S. In the U.S. This is a crucial point.

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Reimagining the Power of One Billion Dollars

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Self-assessment for the poor : Empower the poor to improve their lives with a simple assessment tool, the Poverty Stoplight, invented in Paraguay that helps them assess their poverty with 50 simple questions with three pictures showing the possible answers. Technology for Good The list could go on and on.

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