Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Brazil is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, but the cost of broadband Internet is hobbling cloud adoption in the region. We discussed cloud adoption in Brazil's NGO sector with Valter Cegal of TechSoup Brasil. Brazil is the eighth largest economy in the world. is four times higher than in Brazil.

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

Panelists discussed the critical role of HBCUs in uplifting Black communities and explored new research on the disparately uneven philanthropic support for these institutions. Panelists from Brazil, Kenya, and Jamaica discussed the importance of empowering communities in the African diaspora.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Mission: To promote the right to education and to preserve the environment and cultural heritage of Brazil. Mission: To restore Kenyan highland forests and elevate the discussion on sustainability. Mission: To improve access and quality of education for 4 million children living in underserved communities in India. United States.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 28, 2022

This unique annual gathering brings together political, business, civil society, and media leaders to discuss big ideas and challenges. At Davos, she moderated a lively panel composed of speakers from the World Economic Forum, Salesforce, and Uplink, who discussed how to create a culture of intrapreneurship to solve problems in new ways.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 21, 2010

This is the international forum for discussing copyright issues, and it is the body considering the Treaty for the Visually Impaired (TVI). I'm here in Geneva for the 20th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights meeting. I was one of the co-drafters of the treaty language] The U.S.

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NTEN

JUNE 24, 2013

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! We will also discuss best practices for building a thriving healthy community.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2009

Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay joined together to propose that WIPO consider this treaty. seems to be mostly passively supporting killing the treaty but putting off discussion of it, rather than explicitly speaking against it. Bookshare pretty much has been made possible by the Chafee Amendment, a copyright exception provision in U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 24, 2010

A hot topic at the SCCR20/WIPO discussions in Geneva on global access to materials by the print disabilities is the term "Trusted Intermediaries"("TIs"). In discussions with the advocacy community here, there's a strong desire to discard this term. The concept of TIs uses U.S. and similar copyright exceptions as a starting point.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2014

On the overall rating Brazil is actually the 90th most generous country of the world.” Join us – we’ll be discussing how nonprofits in the US, Brasil and the rest of the world are participating in Giving Tuesday. I’m also attending local fundraiser for nonprofit Food Bank in Brasil.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

I’ve just returned from keynoting the first Social Good Brazil conference that took place in Florianapolis, sometimes referred to the “Silicon Valley” of Brasil and where the nonprofit, social good, innovation, and technology community is leading the social change movement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Note from Beth: I've been fan of Wiser Earth ever since I had the opportunity to hear Peggy Duvette and Angus Parker discuss their approach almost a year ago. This effort was realized thanks to more than 10 months of work by a team of 43 volunteer translators based in Brazil, France, Mexico and the US.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Now a parent with my own children, I involved my kids when they younger when I was fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

As a team, we discussed opportunity areas that emerged from our early conversations with the Community Fellows. Molly’s background spans nonprofits and direct service, including work with small farmers in northeastern Brazil and upstate New York. What Ideas Were Generated?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

We'll discuss best practices, platforms, cloud services and filesharing, how to edit together when you're not in the same place, and how to agree on ways to tell your story when you may not be speaking the same language. employers in Brazil and the US. In Brazil, David wrote and directed. His forthcoming.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

We'll discuss best practices, platforms, cloud services and filesharing, how to edit together when you're not in the same place and how to agree on ways to tell your story when you may not be speaking the same language. In Brazil, David wrote and directed newscasts for CurrentTV.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2016

Teams get overwhelmed by choice, opportunity, and discussion about which stories are the most important to tell. BRASILIA, BRAZIL. As organizations begin wading into this cluttered storytelling landscape, and begin picking platforms, tools, and narratives, excitement can quickly evaporate. Host : @netsquaredzm , @AlbertBulaka1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

Isadora Faber, 14-year-old Brazilian student who launched an online Classroom Diary on Facebook to discuss problems in her school, such as broken desks and bathrooms without toilet seats.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Prashant Pandit and Pooja Jayna of the NASSCOM Foundation (TechSoup's Indian partner organization ) discuss the hurdles that NGOs must overcome for cloud adoption to become a reality. A View of the Cloud from India Most NGOs in India are small and highly dependent on volunteers. Week 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 8, 2004

I just returned from Brazil yesterday: an exciting and meaningful trip that I'll talk about more later, I hope. Our meeting goal is discussing how to implement the global library for the disabled and share the efforts for accessibility across the sector.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Shawn Michael on Dynamics CRM Online for Nonprofits In this guest blog post, Shawn Michael of NPower Oregon discusses Dynamics CRM Online. Prashant Pandit and Pooja Jayna of the NASSCOM Foundation (TechSoup's Indian partner organization ) discuss the hurdles that NGOs must overcome for cloud adoption to become a reality.

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Care2

APRIL 5, 2011

Join Jeff Regen of M+R Strategic Services, Adam Scruggs of the Human Rights Campaign and Justin Perkins of Care2, and hear them discuss how rapid, multichannel conversion strategies can turn your new online supporters into multichannel donors. See case studies and data on what’s working and what’s not.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

We discussed Chafee, especially in the context of the Amazon text-to-speech brouhaha, and the proposed international treaty that was tabled at the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva last month. The hot topic was the proposal made by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay, for a global treaty (a treaty for which I was part of the expert drafting team).

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Isadora Faber, a 14-year-old Brazilian student, launched an online Classroom Diary on Facebook to discuss problems in her school, such as broken desks and bathrooms without toilet seats.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2005

The heads of major information technology companies invited me to attend multiple meetings to discuss the progress they had made as a group in bringing technology to students in Jordan and their desire to replicate that success elsewhere in the Middle East, as well as a major program in Brazil.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

VietNet-ICT also actively participates in policy discussions to formulate laws and policies relating to information, technology, and communication towards sustainable development and equity. Indonesia has the world’s second highest level of biodiversity (after Brazil).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 27, 2011

Through negotiations, four competing proposals have been merged into a single document supported in June by the Latin Americans (led by Brazil), the U.S., Here are some questions and answers I've prepared on this topic, based on my recent trip to Geneva to attend the first week of discussions on the issue.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

Dedicate time to discussion and training. Ekin is a world citizen and polyglot, having lived in Turkey, Italy, Brazil, Japan and now the US—learning each native tongue in addition to multiple programming languages. . Teach your staff to stay safe online. We want to make sure you and your nonprofit are completely secure online.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

I’m over here at Bloomerang, and I’ll be moderating today’s little discussion as always. And now WhatsApp is rolling out a payment feature in Brazil. It started only in Brazil. I’m looking forward to this one for a long time. Glad you’re all here. I’m Steven.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 10, 2009

The one incredibly newsworthy item was Kareem emailed me (during the meeting) a statement he drafted on the topic of the Global Treaty that was discussed in late May at the SCCR event at the World Intellectual Property Organization. We had a wide-ranging conversation about Bookshare and the current hot disability issues. Really exciting.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2006

You can see the lightbulbs go off and you can see people have little epiphanies, and then the door will start to shut, but I think that's our job is to keep that door open while we can discuss real solutions, and that was one real opportunity where it seemed to work. Britt Bravo: How do you keep motivated and inspired and not get burned out?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

When I travel, I write up detailed notes on who I meet with and what we discussed. I had a couple of meetings on the topic, including an illuminating discussion with the Transitional Justice Working Group. However, I thought I’d back up the theory with a brief picture of what this kind of travel looks like in practice.

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