Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

The Global Literacy team, led by VP & General Manager Betsy Beaumon, just celebrated our latest major milestones: serving 300,000 members, the majority of whom are American students with disabilities, and offering 250,000 accessible books on the virtual shelves of our library. What about yet another order of magnitude beyond that?

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JULY 4, 2010

Today is the day to celebrate that we, the people, are free to have culture wars. © Copyright 2010. And in everything else we, the people, argue about, in all of it we hear the sound of freedom. Today is the day to listen to all the voices, even those with which we disagree, rejoicing in our resonant discord. Let freedom ring.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation. Yes we can heal this nation. We’ve been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope. It feels to me like something is happening here. I guess we’ll see on Tuesday. Yes we can. Yes we can. Yes we can.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 27, 2011

Within an hour (and with a huge helping hand from social media), thousands had mobilized and gathered all over the United States to celebrate, remember, and embrace. I will long remember the images of so many people feverishly using their handhelds to discuss the death of Osama bin Laden in social media spaces.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

. … …Last year, Princeton University held a conference at which List, Croson, Andreoni and others who study charitable giving got together with fund-raisers from Africare, the National MS Society and elsewhere. I spoke with three people who listened to the academics present their work, and all said they found it invigorating. “We

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2007

Also in the running and campaigning hard are (in alphabetical order) Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation; Citizens for Global Solutions, Faithful Security; Genocide Intervention Network; Global Green USA; National Religious Campaign Against Torture; and Women’s Action for New Directions. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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AUGUST 16, 2008

These tactics will resonate much more with the YouTube audience than a piece you think is hip or one that features a celebrity. One example is 24HoursforDarfur who has collected over 800 videos from celebrities, elected officials, and citizens urging Congress to do more about the genocide in Darfur. Why or why not? All rights reserved.

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Care2

JULY 14, 2008

These tactics will resonate much more with the YouTube audience than a piece you think is hip or one that features a celebrity. One example is 24HoursforDarfur who has collected over 800 videos from celebrities, elected officials, and citizens urging Congress to do more about the genocide in Darfur. Why or why not? All rights reserved.

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Care2

OCTOBER 18, 2007

They are: 1) the new CMS; and 2) the “multicenter” module tailored to confederated organizations (national groups with local chapters) II. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Austin identified two features of GetActive that have been added to Convio’s toolbox. To create a new comment, use the form below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Tourism Campaigns or celebrate a place or county or state. Photo Sharing around an organization's programs/mission - Global and National Youth Day. the work of copyright holders. You may be wondering whether copyright laws and remix culture are at odds with one another. Fundraising presentations. Examples of Mashups.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

It’s good for branding your nonprofit and protecting the copyright of your photos. The Noun Project’s mission is to share, celebrate and enhance the world’s visual language by serving as a portal to unique icon sets. PicMarked photos would make a good Flickr slideshow as well. Noun Project :: thenounproject.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Used widely throughout the globe, FrontlineSMS has empowered a texting revolutionat the grassroots by nonprofits in developing nations and has become a beacon for social good in mobile technology. The Noun Project’s mission is to share, celebrate and enhance the world’s visual language by serving as a portal to unique icon sets.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

It’s worth celebrating but even more important, worth recognizing the incredible opportunities that we now have to make a difference on an even broader scale. Last summer I talked about our great summer interns and fellows and early this year, I sent a copy of our 20th Anniversary Report that talked about our entire history.

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Care2

JUNE 29, 2009

According to the latest Target Analytics Index of National Fundraising Performance , the number of new donors dropped by almost 13%, as compared to 2008. Prior to this study, the Index of the National Fundraising Performance had only been showing a gradual decline in donor numbers since the U.S. Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Not sure whether to celebrate or mourn this milestone. It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative. I had a joint meeting (both Republicans and Democrats) with the key Senate Judiciary Committee staff who are the copyright experts, and learned a lot about the process. Why do I do it?

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