Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

I was delighted when Ron Schultz invited me to collaborate with him on his latest book Creating Good Work – The World’s Leading Social Entrepreneurs Show How to Build a Healthy Economy. When I first started pursuing the idea of using technology to solve challenging social problems, it was a pretty radical idea. copyright law.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 18, 2018

Today, I'm thrilled to announce the launch of a new global initiative, OFBYFOR ALL. We're building tools, trainings, and hopefully, a movement for a more inclusive world. This project is led by the MAH but global in scope. Many organizations think they have a "for" problem. How national parks leaders are doing it.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

Leonard Library. Open source champion Brian Behlendorf spoke at the event, encouraging the hackers to focus on finding an interesting problem to solve rather than worrying about building a sustainable model. While some were very coding-focused, other events were focused on exchanging ideas and brainstorming solutions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

Such spaces offer great benefits for collaboration, transparency, knowledge sharing, learning, creativity, and team building. The three biggest problems associated with open office plans are: noise, interruptions, and a lack of privacy. So, how do you balance collaboration with the need for individual focus time?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 28, 2014

Cooking a meal shouldn’t be fatal: clean-burning stoves, as well as clean fuels and energy all help combat this problem. Since I’m a software guy, I asked about what software could do to help with these two real-world problems. Improving childhood nutrition. The lifelong impact of significant malnutrition on a child can be devastating.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 10, 2013

As we build new enterprises, our goal is for them to break even from revenues (or come close), while also making the maximum positive impact. Let me share two examples of the Big Data opportunities we’ve seized at Benetech: a long-standing use of data that has global implications and a nascent one that has just launched.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

In actuality, hackathons are events where ideas are hatched and technology needs are met — making them excellent opportunities for nonprofits, charities, and libraries! The hackathon model is ideal for nonprofits and libraries because it brings together motivated volunteers to expedite a project on a limited budget.

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Global Giving

MARCH 7, 2019

Part of being “GlobalGiving” is making sure we’re helping members of our community literally give globally! Experiments like these build on each other, and having a written record of the questions you’re asking , how you’re testing them, and what you learned from them is critical for building impact that lasts. Why It Matters.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

It addresses the thorny problem of bringing the 25 percent or so of people in the city who are still not participating in the information age to inclusion. The broadband company, CenturyLink , is also building a gigabit fiber network in Omaha, so this is definitely a growing trend. The Community Driven Fund. Dunn Construction.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Transforming Communities is a Microsoft-funded initiative that builds on what TechSoup and Microsoft already learned through the first App It Up project. ClassTalk was made through Code for America , a nonprofit that connects app developers with civic leaders to solve city problems. Apps Made by Youth. Additional Resources.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

We surveyed the TechSoup community to learn more about the TechSoup resources they're currently using, the topics they'd like to learn about, and how TechSoup can best help them learn about nonprofit and library technology. As one respondent said, "The problem, always, is time. TechSoup for Libraries. NetSquared.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Giving Tuesday is a day of global generosity and charitable giving that takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. According to Giving Tuesday’s website , it is “a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity.” Build your campaign contact lists. Request Demo.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. They are building a network of Pulse Labs to this end, the first of which operates in Jakarta Indonesia. It was originally published on NetSquared.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2012

Their web-based professional-grade service for creating and sharing presentations online is available to eligible nonprofits and public libraries through TechSoup. Marnie Webb, one of TechSoup Global's CEOs was a judge for their contest, where winners are highlighted below. Waste Ventures. In their presentation, Waste Ventures.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

TechHire spans the corporate, nonprofit, government, and educational sectors and has the ambitious goal to "give Americans the opportunity they deserve, and the skills they need to be competitive in a global economy." Building a New Source of Talent. " Changing Corporate Culture. And this really needs to change.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Symantec gives a lot back to the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup — See what organizations like yours are saying about their donated Symantec products. Women are underrepresented in the field of technology, and it’s a global problem.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Speaking of problems, I like the rubric don't start with a solution; start with a problem. She's great.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Speaking of problems, I like the rubric don't start with a solution; start with a problem. She's great.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

Tech nonprofit” is an emerging term that refers to a tech startup that is building software or web applications using a nonprofit model for social impact. Tech nonprofit” is an emerging term that refers to a tech startup that is building software or web applications using a nonprofit model for social impact.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for eight years now. We have served more than 12,300 nonprofits and libraries across all 50 states, and we estimate that we have have saved organizations somewhere in the neighborhood of $4.5

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

It's the definite article that causes problems, implying there's an easy way to think about the issues surrounding the inequitable access to technology -- and perhaps an easy solution. Or, less monster-centric, we may simply lack the requisite know-how to build a bridge that works.). Brett Meyer, NTEN. The digital divide doesn't exist.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

I did a post a few weeks ago on youth programs in TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map and decided I hadn’t covered this resource nearly enough. demonstrates what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup Global software donations to further their missions. Our Local Impact Map.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

This year kicked off with the launch of the new United Nations agenda for global philanthropy, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will take us through 2030. This is unchanged from previous survey results and an indicator that the overhead myth is still a problem. See what you think on how well we predicted. The Backdrop.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. Find what TechSoup Global thinks about the new FCC net neutrality decision here. It’s time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news again!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2011

During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. What issues has OCASI run into?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Last winter, after Harry and I had a conversation about global warming (and quite a conversation it was for a then eight-year old), and we collaborated on a series of green videos. This new genre of video games are about solving real world problems such as environment, global hunger, poverty and disease.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. Ashoka 's mission is to shape a citizen sector that is entrepreneurial, productive and globally integrated. If you do the math, that's $1 million donated to these organizations.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Paul Messino is the president of Business Technology Insight, LLC an IT support company focused on helping organizations grown through building better relationships with technology. Because I firmly believe in the importance of relationship building. Here, he shares his expertise on using Sage ACT! I have been an ACT!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2011

During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. Call volume drops off?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

We also shine the light on the potential security problems of smart toys, predict the end of the digital divide, and discuss a health-related wearable that can't get here fast enough and some intriguing 10 year-old predictions that just happened to come true. This is about as certain a prediction as you'll find in this post.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

When problems emerge, you have to think of new and creative ways to deal with them. The two developed a system of fundraising that had never been seen before: setting a time limit on their campaign for constructing a new building in Washington D.C., But why spend hours trying to blaze your own trail when others have done it before you?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Consider how the accessible online library Bookshare – an initiative of Benetech , a Silicon Valley non-profit that builds technology solutions addressing social problems – is transforming the lives of American students with print disabilities. What can be done today to build this accessible tomorrow?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 12, 2006

What we do is work to build a more socially equitable and sustainable Bay Area. This is in response to global warming and peak oil. Ingrid: It actually benefits the building itself. It protects the roof from the UV rays of the sun and it will keep the building cooler in the summer, believe it or not, and warmer in the winter.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. We bring communities together to identify their top problems, needs, and priorities, and solve them internally. Kjerstin Erickson is one of those people "shiny" people who lights up a room.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

We so frequently over-focus on our own institutions' problems, and Jane and her cohorts in Pittsburgh are thinking much more expansively about their collective power to make positive change in their community. IMLS also wanted to help museums and libraries improve their skills, both for audiences and for their own professional communities.

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