Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. A new copyright exception has been adopted nationwide just a couple of years earlier, the Chafee Amendment (also known as Section 121).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The royalties that I earn from my books have been donated to nonprofits to support women’s and girl’s empowerment work and given this past week, I am all the more convinced of the need to support such programs. I am honored to be an advisor to WAKE, whose mission is to amplify the work of women leading change globally.

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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. That’s why braille is an important focus for us in Benetech’s Global Literacy Program — we know that we must keep braille relevant and make it more available. and critical for the inclusion and empowerment of people in developing countries.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Our Time (Facebook) is a nonprofit dedicated to youth empowerment through the voting process. While the app is only available for Washington voters, it could potentially be adopted for other states. Windows 8 adopters can also try out the Viewer for Khan Academy desktop app, which lets you watch Khan Academy videos on your desktop.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

From discussions with our global networks, these dynamics are experienced throughout the developed world. Will these new practices be adopted even when we are an open society again? Many non-profits are starting to find creative ways to go virtual, in their programming, and some in their volunteering opportunities. If so, why?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 12, 2022

And even as these dire consequences are known, child labour has increased globally to 160 million. This should include improving labour conditions, adopting safe agricultural practices to reduce work-related hazards and exposure to harmful substances as well as transitioning to more sustainable technologies. About the Author.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Still, it’s one that is supported by Open Source, adopted by large nonprofit-serving businesses such as Oracle/NetSuite and Unit4, and creating an opening (and teaching tool) for even new-to-nonprofit technology solutions to understand basic service needs for nonprofits as supported by data.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 8, 2022

With Parley AIR, we have a strategy that can be adopted by individuals, businesses, and countries to create a new economy that works in harmony with nature, and ends the human-driven threats to the ecosystems that make Earth habitable. The post An Unconventional 3-Step Plan To Save the Oceans appeared first on Salesforce.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2012

“Anyone who works for the State Department knows that they work for women and for the advancement and empowerment of women,” said Alec Ross , Secretary Clinton’s Special Advisor for Innovation, with pride at the opening of TechCamp Tel Aviv. TechCamp Global FB page - https://www.facebook.com/TechCampGlobal.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 12, 2022

Before the global pandemic, intergenerational poverty and entrenched patterns of inequality dampened the future livelihoods of millions of children and their families across the globe. Established in 2015, CRUS is an independent global grantmaking sister organization to UK-based Comic Relief, which was founded in 1985.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

The idea is now that we're getting stronger and more flexible, more conscious, more patient, and more aware, we need to take those very qualities that we're learning in the yoga room, and begin to truly apply them in our families, in our local community, and into our global family as well. You can't adopt in Cambodia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2010

From the global to the local, here are #10Ways geolocation is a positive force for good. It has revolutionized communications on a global scale, and the transformation continues with every status update, blog post, and video stream. The global citizenry has become a global network. Social media has changed the world.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative. I had a chance to meet with staffers involved in the drafting of two key federal bills that are most likely to be adopted, and shared my issues. This is what my team calls a karma gig. Bookshare was there with two offers.

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