Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Just remember, Microsoft Citizenship defines a social good application as "a good or service that provides some sort of benefit to the general public and doesn’t solely exist to provide the maximum possible return to shareholders." Create a Windows 8 app focused on social good (collaborations encouraged!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. Working on a series of research studies on the benefits of games. New learning environment puts games at the center.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

While in the early early 1990's I was helping people figure out which dipswitches on their modem to push or write and send email using PINE, this later morphed into helping people learn how to build web pages or develop web literacy skills. And, now mid-2000 this has changed again. into gaining web social (networking) skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

Collaborative Problem Solving - (working toether in teams - informal/formal to comlpete tasks and develop new knowledge. The papers points out the benefits of these forms of participatory culture, including peer-to-peer learning, changed attitude toward intellectual property, skills valued in the modern workplace, etc. Multitasking ???

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Hybrid: A hybrid auction takes the tools used in the virtual environment and brings them to the physical world. One huge benefit of technology is that these are no longer cash-only events. Pet Adoption Events Collaborate with local animal shelters for pet adoption events where a portion of adoption fees goes to your cause.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2022

Consider what your technology is good at, communicate that clearly, and collaboratively explore the role your tech can play. Rather than having experts present on why energy efficiency would be good for the community and the environment, they held a series of open houses to allow neighbors to talk to each other.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Gather a group of volunteers to pick up litter, plant trees, clean public spaces, and create a cleaner, more beautiful environment for everyone. Have your organization collaborate with local animal shelters to host adoption drives, connecting animals in need with caring families. Save your spot.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

We can't share the details because of confidentiality provisions, but we look forward to continued close collaboration with the ICC to document the disappearances and homicides and demonstrate the magnitude, trends and patterns of these incidents. Route 66 Literacy was put on the back burner last year because it ran out of funding.

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