Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

Gerardo’s contributions related to the Benetech Global Literacy Program include: Overseeing the building of the tech infrastructure that has taken Bookshare from serving tens of thousands of members to over 300,000 members, with a rapidly growing collection of 280,000+ accessible ebooks.

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Forum One

MAY 24, 2011

Qatar is deeply invested in the innovation of information technology, and eager to see its citizens adopt new tools and resources as they become available in the global arena. Welcome to the first of our ongoing interview series on organizations in Qatar that are doing great things in the online space.

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sgEngage

APRIL 11, 2024

In fact, creating an application that becomes widely adopted and provides long-term value is no easy feat. Even if you have deep resources to do up-front research, discovery and design, projects can fail. If I could suggest only one additional resource, I would pick the OWASP Low-Code/No-Code Top 10. The reasons?

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Whole Whale

APRIL 25, 2022

Now, in 2022 it is clear crypto philanthropy is having its global watershed moment as over $80M has been donated via crypto to aid Ukraine in Q1 of 2022. When used in context of the web, it just means what can be seen on first load of the page without scrolling. Provide easily digestible info below-the-fold. Currently 22% of U.S.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In 2012, TechSoup Global, in collaboration with our partners around the world, conducted a survey of nonprofits, charities, NGOs, and social benefit organizations around the globe. We wanted to better understand the current state of their technology infrastructure and their future plans for adopting cloud technologies.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

The Summit welcomed some of the most impressive individuals and organizations in the nonprofit sector, including Boys & Girls Clubs of America , Mary’s Meals, World Central Kitchen, the Ford Foundation, Greenpeace, Save the Children, and more to speak at the event’s global mainstage, in breakout sessions, and on thought leadership panels. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

All part of the Twitter cycle of adoption ! Speaking of personal fundraising campaign, check out the " luck of seven " - an open source journey around the world documenting free culture, social innovators, and global change from noel hildalgo, a new york city-based activist, organizer, blogger, and barcamper.

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See3

MAY 12, 2009

What impact does the widespread adoption of broadband have on social organizing via the Web? How does this vary globally? For those of you who would like to view the videos please access the slides we’re referencing, here are the resources, or want to continue the conversation please share your comments and questions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2015

and the first global Internet networking organization for women, Webgrrls International. We both had a front row seat at start of the Web Industry (back then we called it “New Media”), helping to shape how people use new digital technologies. In 1995, she founded the first full-service Internet company, Cybergrrl, Inc.,

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

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. Additional Resources. School and Job Preparedness. iStudiez Pro. Apps Made by Youth.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. That said, to be alerted of new resources for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 That said, to be alerted of new resources for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 e-Newsletter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2011

While early adopters want and can go at warp speed, there is absolutely nothing wrong with taking an incremental approach. The model prompted a fantastic discussion about practice. Going from “Walking to Running&# requires more capacity to implement social media and to ensure adoption it needs to be linked to job performance.

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Forum One

MARCH 18, 2010

Three panelists steered the discussion: Ed Bennett, Manager of Web Operations at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Look to global health: Right now, most innovations are happening in global health. Hire leaders: One way to spur adoption is through hiring. Additional Resources.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

Also consider the mobile upswing in global audiences worldwide and in developing countries (more than one billion mobile-broadband subscriptions worldwide in 2011 according to the International Telecommunication Union). The solution is mobile optimization or responsive web design. More Resources and Webinars. We Have a Solution.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. (You What’s so important or interesting about this?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2011

All this month, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. Sign up for TechSoup's email newsletters and discover great resources, ideas, and donated technology for nonprofits and public libraries.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 18, 2015

We've compiled some resources to help organizations better manage teleworkers. That's why government, the private sector, and nonprofits have all been increasingly adopting telework. Regular check-ins via phone, instant messaging, web conferencing, or email seem to be useful for managers. Benefits of Telework.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2009

Screen capture of video blog I was an early adopter of video blogging and screencasting. So, since I have a short window to play with this camera, I've been hunting for inspiration and resources to get started exploring its possibilities. Their how-to and training resources are top notch! FLIP Camera. For example, storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

While young people and early adopters increasingly turn to the social Web not only to socialize but to communicate, explore new ideas and share new experiences, nonprofits and social change organizations are still generally stuck in the top-down, one-way world of Web 1.0. You’ll find: A directory of Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

in a global organization" by Corporate punk. I was reminded of that slide today when I read Read/WriteWeb's piece Fear of Web 2.0 about Web 2.0 adoption at the corporate enterprise level which brings together two interesting threads: lagging adoption of desktop applications and fear. " "Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2009

Outlined in the brief article below is a new way of using the Web and web services to gather peoples’ stories – anecdotes, video clips, podcasts, blog posts and all sorts of other snippets – and help not-for-profit organizations move into action planning based on the “raw material” of what people are saying and talking about.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

All this month, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. Sign up for TechSoup's email newsletters and discover great resources, ideas, and donated technology for nonprofits and public libraries.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly adopting social networking tools to create a sense of community among members and donors. Although these statistics reinforce nonprofit's acceptance of social media, the numbers do not show whether organizations have adopted internal or external tools. .

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 24, 2020

And I bet, many of you, like me, need resources, comfort, validation, and guidance. musesocial #MuseumAtHome pic.twitter.com/2e7TIcxgmW — MCN (@MuseumCN) March 22, 2020 Most of us in this field are insanely resourceful. While donations are going down, global interest in museums seem a boom industry. The work we do matters.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2011

All this month, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. Sign up for TechSoup's email newsletters and discover great resources, ideas, and donated technology for nonprofits and public libraries.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

You can call us work-from-home employees, e-workers, iWorkers, teleworkers, telecommuters, web workers, mobile professionals, mobile workers, digital nomads, location-independent professionals, technomads, or workers 2.0. Nonprofits are adopting telework faster than most other types of organizations, including commercial companies.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

My TechSoup Global colleague Lewis Haidt was at the conference as well and penned Nonprofits Imagine a Better Sharing Economy , which provides a good primer on what it is and how a nonprofit-centric sharing economy can benefit all of us. Why They Shared , Jeremiah Owyang, Web-Strategist.com. Images: Twitter pics, me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

The Non-Profit Tech Blog drills down deeper on the limitations and suggests waiting before adopting. Nonprofit Social Media ROI and Adoption Issues The meme of the last week continues with a look at specific metrics like engagement. And if Web 2.0 More from the Convio Summit this week. I wholeheartedly agree ! generators.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 10, 2011

This post by TechSoup Global founder and co-CEO, Daniel Ben-Horin, originally appeared on the Microsoft Unlimited Potential Blog. Back in 1989, TechSoup Global (then called "CompuMentor") was two years old. I'd neglected to invent the World Wide Web at the same. with nonprofits. He created. Over the past two.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2008

Social Media: Adoption, Strategy, and Measuring Success ZUP4Nonprofits has a two-part post ( pt. Nancy raises a few questions about whether a distributed presence for organizations - splitting the attention of members between an organization's web site and social networking profiles is a liability or an asset. asks Rich Reeder.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

The MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Competition includes a "Knowledge-networking" category designed to take good ideas and circulates them widely, taking full advantage of the Web's potential for collaborative thinking. as early adopters rather than the phenomenon being linked to youth." young people???,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The 2009 NMC Symposium for the Future , the fourteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia (October 27-29th), will explore actual and potential applications of technology that could impact issues of global importance over the next five years and beyond. I wonder if in 2020, whether nonprofit boards/governance will be totally transparent?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

non-IT professionals understand web applications for collaboration. Alexandra Samuels has a terrific post on Best Practices for Nonprofits Using Web.2.0. Web Analytics, Statistics, and Social Networking Analysis The Net2ThinkTank: What is The Return On Investment Of The Social Web For Nonprofits? more about it here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

And maybe this should not be an either/or question, but most likely resources will dictate that. " Hitwise has published a study that shows visits to social networks overtaking visits to web-based email services in the UK for the first time. NpTech Global Kabissa joins Aid for Africa for the third year running!

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 15, 2009

It was an Austin Meetup.com online community and monthly meetings that allowed us to stop dreaming about chickens and actually jump into building a coop and adopting seven pullets (young hens). Being a web-geek, I was determined to learn everything we needed to know about chickens online. All information is not online. Yelp, you ask?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

You can buy beautiful, handmade gifts made by artisans from companies and organizations like World of Good , Be Sweet , Global Girlfriend , The Amber Chand Collection and New Mexico Creates. Di's Book Blog recommends using the BookSense web site to find independent bookstores near you. Buy Books from Your Local, Independent Bookstore.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

adoption strategies ( remix from Association 2.0). Guide your students to conversations and resources. The social web makes it easy for your find people with exactly the same passion. Are you spending organizational resources writing outreach materials to your program participants. It's messy. Step 1: Find People.

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