Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. In this update, I’m delighted to be able to share Benetech’s latest efforts to do both.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2012

Expert guests include: Jody Dilday ( @jdilday ), executive director of Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas ( @SPSFNWA ), has spent her career raising awareness and support for nonprofit organizations. RSVP to join the live show. and LA Media Reform Group , to name a few.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

That is also very valuable for us, for more media outlets to be aware of our content, and what we are producing. We have $2 donors out of Zimbabwe and $20,000 donors out of San Francisco. We do sell our content to media organizations all over the U.S., This is the kind of stuff we want to be reading."

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

A high school English teacher in Zimbabwe, whose name is Betty Makoni , began hearing stories from her students after school, that they had been raped. The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe. In this case, the girls were using poetry.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 18, 2010

And here I was in this small town in Ohio, the white father of a 9-month old African-American baby, becoming aware of my own racism. We see the tragic consequences when fear and hatred win out over the Golden Rule in places like the Middle East, Iran, North Korea, Darfur, Zimbabwe, and Myanmar.

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