Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Brennan has Retinitis Pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease that causes severe vision impairment and blindness. Revelations about government interception of these confidential stories has caused us to redouble our efforts to lower the barrier to the use of strong, secure crypto software like Martus. billion poor and unbanked.

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See3

APRIL 28, 2009

Leading provider of online fundraising, education and advocacy for nonprofits partners with the first open-source video platform. That they are open source is a huge added benefit to our clients and the greater nonprofit community.&#. As an open source platform, Kaltura is unique among online video solutions.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

And if you’re a company, they’ll lend a paw as you engage your employees with the causes they care about. Open Source Commons : Benefit from a community of talented developers who volunteer their time and effort to contribute trusted, innovative, open-source solutions that serve all of us.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 6, 2013

Thanks for helping us find the right person for this key role at Benetech: it will make a difference to the global cause of human rights! Why You Do Want this Job: All the above. If you’re up for the challenge and want to change the world, or know someone who might fit the bill, please check out or share this job posting.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 4, 2022

Unfortunately, the causes of hunger are as complex and varied as the results. At Salesforce.org, her team leads Impact Labs and Open Source Commons to foster community collaboration and inspire innovation on the world’s most pressing challenges.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

The latter may help boost awareness of the topic or cause and in some cases get picked up by news and other sites that collectively increases traffic. OpenSource and Software Communities Jon Stahl has a thoughtful essay on Nonprofits, Open Source and Leadership. He outlines what each group can learn from one another.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2019

Direct Relief , a humanitarian aid organization, and its Direct Relief and its bot builder, Mind Heros , have open-sourced their model. The bot encourages people to become everyday champions for a cause by offering suggestions and tips on how to set up a fundraiser for a cause on a crowdfunding site or a Facebook fundraiser.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

I was only vaguely following the brou-ha-ha over Causes leaving Myspace. Make no mistake about it – Causes is a for profit company, and they are making what is, I’d bet, a decision based entirely on economics. I’m warning you – this is snarky. I use them a lot, both for work as well as for personal use.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Indeed, applied incorrectly, it can cause a lot of damage. This is partly done by strengthening the development of open-source technologies, encouraging best practices, and supporting the development and adoption of open data standards to enable better interoperability.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Allied Airlift is made up of veterans and volunteers who scoured open source intelligence reports to provide Afghan allies with critical information necessary to find a place aboard one of the limited U.S. Air Force aircrafts evacuating people from Afghanistan. and Afghani citizens from tyranny.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2011

My intent was to inventory every interesting action I came across to make it easier for people to engage in the causes they cared about. In 2007, I realized that a much more effective way to aggregate interesting actions would be to subscribe to RSS feeds from trusted sources. Why aren’t you publishing this data in RDF?”.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 16, 2011

Open Source Zanby Announcement | Zanby.com – I'm so very excited to see this group/community platform go open source! To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Lori Freeman, General Manager of Salesforce for Nonprofits shared with the NetHope community the newest Salesforce innovation all centered around data: Unifying and protecting data: Salesforce’s partnership with AWS focuses on building open-source integrations to automate deployment and hydration of data lakes.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

The technology organization designs, deploys, and supports open-source software for health workers providing care in the world’s hardest-to-reach communities. By using Slack, the social impact team has made engaging with causes and giving back easier, lowering barriers to participation.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 27, 2012

Disclosures: I have clients that use both companies’ products, as well as products from their competitors, open source products, and homegrown solutions. I’m also concerned about the confusion this will cause in the industry. It could also open the door to an open source project. Here my perspective.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Getting to zero hunger will require unprecedented collaboration and a multi-pronged approach that gets to the numerous causes.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

The initial study was focused on how Millennials engaged with causes and charities and how they contributed. At that stage in their lives, they were involved in non-traditional philanthropy, like peer-to-peer fundraising and promoting causes they believe in online through social media. Q: What types of organizations do you work with?

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

This causes struggles big and small, such as. Invest in Open Source. Open-source software differs from other platforms in that it doesn't cost anything to license and use. Extracting or importing data. Battling with vendors to get even the most innocuous tracking code installed. Don't Forget Hosting.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

If Friday the 13th was your lucky day, and you won the lottery, what organizations and causes would you support? In the spirit of the 25 Random Things About Me meme/online chain letter going around Facebook right now, below is a list of 13 causes that are close to my heart. What causes are close to your heart? Mission: "Spot.Us

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 26, 2009

We’re looking for developers to come up with new and innovative ways of helping charities promote their causes and garner support. We hope by the end of the weekend a number of interesting applications have been born that can be used by any charity under an open source style licence. What we hope to get from the weekend.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Led by Benetech’s VP of Engineering Gerardo Capiel, we will create an online space, SocialCoding4Good, where people in the tech community interested in social causes can volunteer ideas, connections, time and skills. We also want to enable effective information sharing among agencies about what does and doesn’t work.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Indeed, with an open-source platform like WordPress—and not to mention the thousands of plug-ins and themes available to users—it should come as no great surprise that bugs, security holes and the like are constantly being discovered and, unfortunately, exploited by nefarious hackers.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

DonorsChoose: open source philanthropy from JD Lasica on Vimeo. technologies to raise funds for a cause, DonorsChoose.org should be near the top of a very short list. . Please support the SocialBrite team (or any other blogger) in the Social Media Challenge! Social Media Challenge is a leading example of micro-giving.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Like going to hackathons and wish you could get paid to work on a good cause full time? We use free and open source software whenever possible, but we're pragmatic and work with what our human rights monitoring and advocacy partners need, so our environment is a pretty eclectic mix.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

Migel, whose experiences with blindness caused during World War I, led to him helping start the Foundation. The Migel Medal, often called the highest honor in the blindness field, is awarded annually to one or two individuals whose careers exemplify exceptional accomplishments in the field. It was named for the first board chair of AFB, M.C.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Create Documentaries for Your Cause. Jesse Shapins, the other panelist, is the co-founder of Zeega , an open-source web application. Essentially, nonprofits' messaging should focus on how its services or mission can empower its audience to impact the world.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 6, 2010

We’re also seeing a range of creative proposals — for example Paul Lamb’s suggestions including stewardship by open source foundations or social entrepreneur funders, and a NetSquared-type transition campaign. new sources that are specifically focused on global development-related causes.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 18, 2009

We are releasing this project as an "Open source hardware" project - in other words, anyone can make these, modify them and make a commercial product from the ideas and methods." in cash for their organizations! ." in cash for their organizations!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 12, 2008

But the apps, and the app store (where to get apps) have been the cause of crashes, iPhone lockup requiring multiple restorations (which, luckily, are relatively painless.) The phone interface is great, visual voicemail rocks, reading email is really good, and surfing the web is decent – way better than on a blackberry. Be Helpful.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

That work includes updates and upgrades to Martus , our free, open source software that enables human rights fieldworkers to securely document abuse that is occurring in dangerous environments. Benetech will of course continue the software and technology development that is the primary focus of our Human Rights Program.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. { I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. { This is big. Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 10, 2012

”" Microsites for Nonprofits: Your Questions Answered | NTEN – "What do you do when you want to give extra publicity to a specific cause or campaign? Featuring one campaign too prominently could distract from other things. If you don't feature your campaign enough, it could get lost in the mix.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

There is an interesting case study of the marketing of Tampax and Africa on the Cause Related Marketing Blog. It’s pretty interesting. Marketing and Fundraising Ideas tells us about how not to ask for a major gift. And lastly, since I’m hosting, I get to mention my recent post on Twitter and nonprofits. Be Helpful.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Today, people of color and low-income communities are more likely to be impacted by natural disasters, live close to hazardous waste, and die of environmental causes.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

To be eligible for prizes, all submissions must 1) be fully functional by the time voting begins, 2) include an open-source license, and 3) make use of Social Actions API. Select “ChangetheWeb&# from the Prize Tag menu located below Additional Cause Area Tags on the Submission Form. How To Participate. Click on Username.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Guest blog by Pavi Mehta, Volunteer Coordinator Open source champion Mozilla.org kicked off seven days of service earlier this month: September 14-21st thousands of people donated over 6000 hours of their time to good causes in their communities as part of Mozilla Service Week.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

Sometimes, I’ll talk about technologies I think are just cool, and useful, and, well geeky, ’cause I can’t help being a geek. IPv6 is the next generation Internet Protocol. That is, basically, the addressing system computers and routers and such use to direct traffic around a local network, and the internet. Be Helpful.

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