Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

Then I plunged (late) into a session called “Discover a Hacker’s Mindset,” with Pablos Holman, which was chock-full of traditional hacking (lock-picking, credit card slurping) along with hacking the world: one on maintaining the arctic ice pack and the other on preventing hurricanes.

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South Africa Bangladesh Norway Africa 165

Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

In the beginning, TechSoup’s Marnie Webb, Daniel Ben-Horin, and Billy Bicket created NetSquared to "remix the web for social change." The Iraq War was raging. Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. " The year was 2005. TechSoup was then called CompuMentor.

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Netsquared Wikipedia San Francisco Iraq 52

Care2

JUNE 28, 2009

Prior to this study, the Index of the National Fundraising Performance had only been showing a gradual decline in donor numbers since the US Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. However, things rapidly changed from Q4 2008 to Q1 in 2009. The decline in donors accelerated even faster due to the recession and a 13% decrease in new donors.

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Iraq Fundraising Hurricane Benchmark 31

Care2

JUNE 29, 2009

Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. However, things rapidly changed from Q4 in 2008 to Q1 in 2009. Furthermore, this is the first time in eight years that we have a Democrat in the White House who is very supportive of major progressive causes such as health care reform, ending the war in Iraq, etc.

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Social Media Advocacy Fundraising Online 31

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

Welcome to the Big Vision Podcast where we talk with individuals and organizations that are creating positive change. It's an amazing act of love really in response to the hurricane and the racial neglect that occurred down on the Gulf. You can hear the orginal podcast on Gcast , Odeo or iTunes.

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Arts Podcast Action Interview 40