Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

open source Syria technology Richard Feynman open content intellectual property science Guatemala social entrepreneurship Caltech' If we can do that, by being as open and sharing as we can be, we’ll better realize the founding values of Caltech and its motto: “you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free!”.

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Syria Guatemala Open Source Lecture 196

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 10, 2013

The more we use technology in our education and health systems, the more data we collect about how people learn and what keeps us healthy or makes us sick. The analysis made news globally and expanded an international conversation. Many activities in the social sphere also generate lots of information.

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Profit Data SWF Syria 171

Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

According to Double the Donation’s CSR trend analysis , several companies suspended their employee matching gift programs at one time, but as of 2023, several companies have reinstated their initiatives, indicating a renewed commitment to CSR. While switching to a new system, International Business Machines (IBM) paused its match program.

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Trend Examples Giving Ratio 52

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

The other axis represents systems change: does the world work better and differently now as a result of these efforts? They put most nonprofits in the direct action without systems change box: groups that do a good (or even excellent) job of delivering services under the existing system. The authors present a two-by-two matrix.

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Change eBook United States Conservancy 100

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. But, when asked if we know whether or not there are “pirated” copyrighted materials, we can’t say.

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eBook Copyright China Law 107

Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

I know that may sound very ‘soft’ as political analysis goes, and I also know that no amount of niceness "fixes" Syria or Ukraine or human trafficking or global warming. We’re in an era of a pervasive sense of hopelessness of changing the economic systems. And I do see that movement building.

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Technology San Francisco Ukraine New York 47