Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 23, 2007

The event here in Zurich is the Schwab Social Entrepreneur Summit, where roughly a hundred social entrepreneurs get together with global leaders to advance the movement. On Monday we were joined by a dazzling array of global leaders who are interested in social entrepreneurship.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2011

This was originally posted on the TechSoup Global Blog and was authored by Keisha Taylor. Engaging the imagination, it puts forward four global scenarios, with an accompanying fictional case study that describes how philanthropy and technology may co-evolve for development. Green technology spurs mobile payments development in Africa.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Neverware’s pricing is a subscription model – monthly per PC fee. According TechSoup’s Global NGO Cloud Survey , cloud storage and back-up is one of the most useful cloud technologies out there. in Namibia is showing the way for providing Internet access in Africa. This is on a personal computing level.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. FORGE serves 60,000 refugees in three different refugee camps in Southern Africa, and is an official operating partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR ). What brought you here?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Self-Help Africa needed a single source of truth to more effectively manage and measure their programs and services and, crucially, demonstrate the value of their programs to donors. Camfed , an international nonprofit organisation supporting girls in Sub-Saharan Africa to go to school, uses Salesforce to collect data more easily.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

Fair Trade is this exciting new model for addressing poverty around the world. At the heart of Fair Trade is the notion of direct trade, kind of like a farmer's market gone global. You can read a transcript of the podcast below. Paul Rice: TransFair is the only organization here in the United States that certifies Fair Trade products.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

Melinda Kramer: Women's Earth Alliance is a global organization and we work around the world uniting women who are on the front lines of environmental causes. What we heard was that our colleagues in Africa really needed support around water. MK: One of the highlights for me was the Global Peers program.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 6, 2010

It's the only one we have at this point, but we're looking at trying to expand that model a little; well, not a little bit, because we have people that are interested in Dining for Women who live in areas where we don't already have chapters. This past March, two different groups went to Africa. They're a very high-producing chapter.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 29, 2022

In 1990, four months after being released from prison, Mandela visited Madison Park High School in Boston to address the community , and he expressed his deep concern about school dropouts both in South Africa and the U.S. The organisation personifies Mandela’s words, but also acts as inspiration for his legacy to live on in Africa.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

Also, while I always believed Software as a Service (SaaS) is the ideal way to deliver software, especially to nonprofits, I have been surprised by how quickly and broadly the on-demand model has been accepted. Second, the US is the significantly wealthier than most nations.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

Also, while I always believed Software as a Service (SaaS) is the ideal way to deliver software, especially to nonprofits, I have been surprised by how quickly and broadly the on-demand model has been accepted. Second, the US is the significantly wealthier than most nations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2012

I organized and moderated a panel called “ Women Who Tech Globally.” What challenges do women who tech in Africa and Middle East face? She shared Akili Dada’s model and impact for developing high-potential young women from underprivileged families who are passionate about social change.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

She utilizes her national platform to bring awareness to the HIV/AIDS crisis. It seemed to be a really good and sustainable model, and we raised around $300,000 doing that kind of work. It could be the environment, it could be educational issues, political issues, international, national. It really didn't matter to us.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2007

He has won many honors, including the 1998 Reebok International Human Rights Award, the International Ashoka Fellowship, selection as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and the Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Fellowship. It is actually really understandable. It is a mobile market.

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