Achieve

MAY 21, 2017

And the organizations that are the most successful at that are those that use technology in innovative ways to design memorable experiences. The technology of tomorrow. As the technology improves and becomes less cumbersome, virtual reality simulators are making it possible to put donors into other people’s shoes.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Bookshare’s role was mixed: we didn’t end up attending many of these meetings and critiqued early efforts that were crippled by heavy-handed publisher influence, although we did propose at one point to supply technology to TIGAR based on Bookshare.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Every day, American nonprofits, charities, and libraries rely on TechSoup's product donation program for the information they need to make smart decisions about technology. It's how you use technology that makes all the difference. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa and the Middle East. Europe and the UK.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Symantec Supports Women in Technology. Women are underrepresented in the field of technology, and it’s a global problem. Symantec has made corporate grants to the National Center for Women & Information Technology and Vital Voices. Employee Engagement and Giving.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. And the same applies here: that it is the people that come first, not the technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Conference is a one-of-a-kind event in Silicon Valley that brings together an unusual mix of technology leaders, Zen teachers, neuroscientists, and academics, to explore how we can live with deeper meaning and wisdom in our technology-rich age. The Wisdom 2.0

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

It was written in very scribbled Nepali, her literacy skills were incredibly rudimentary, but what she ended up writing was a piece of journalism. I am working with a foundation right now trying to plan out our Africa initiative for the remainder of the year. I said, "You write it. You tell your story."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Ironically, many of these users might buy commercial ebooks, but the anti-piracy technology built into many ebook systems are not compatible with the technology these users employ to get the books in Braille or synthetic speech. The problem is that we provide technology that allows for security, privacy and circumvention.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 26, 2006

Zanelle Mbeki (first lady of South Africa), talked about the opportunities in market failure. She also explained that the illiterate poor women she serves are more committed to literacy for their children than for themselves. I just want to share some of the voices I've heard so far this week.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2013

This week check out the launch of the new Global Open Data Initiative, the pursuit for the release and use of open data in Latin America and thoughts on open data and democracy in Africa. Facilitating global literacy about Big Data is viewed as important for the media, civic hackers, and civil society.

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