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First trip to China

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I'm now on my first-ever trip to mainland China, thanks to the Hadley School for the Blind twentieth anniversary of their China school. nonprofit to have a China branch, but truly amazing that it's been there for twenty years. It's impressive what people in Hong Kong have done with their tiny patch of China.

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Hadley China

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

turns out to have had a major program in China for almost 20 years, and they have come up with a cool way to use the net. Hadley's international branch is located in Fuzhou, China. Hadley-China students, support staff from Hadley-China, and native English speakers log onto a website at the same time.

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Celebrating 20 Years of Hadley China!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Celebrating 20 years is a big deal in China. nonprofit to have been in China for this length of time. Xia Rongqiang (Chester), the founder and principal of Hadley China. The main curriculum at Hadley China is around teaching English. It's clear Hadley has had a great impact on the blindness field in China.

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China Braille Press

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The China Braille Press was another impressive visit. Not only do they produce Braille in quantity, but the Press is also developing affordable technology for blind people such as screenreaders and talking ebook players.

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China Social Entrepreneurs

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One had to assume there's a lot going on in China, too, but it's hard to connect with. On my recent visit to Hong Kong, I was able to see the amount of excitement and interest in social entrepreneurism.

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Why Every Organization Needs a China Strategy

Forum One

China is in the news a lot these days. Is China’s progress over-reported? Having spent the last year living in China, my view is that the “China story” is, in fact, under-reported. The world’s largest country is finally developing economically in a rapid and impactful way.

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Benetech & Human Rights in China

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Mr. Global X (aka someone from the Skoll Foundation) mobile blogged me while I was talking to the Human Rights in China folks, Sharon Hom and Shirley Hom, who were honored as Laureates last night. Benetech is a past finalist for the Tech Museum Awards.

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NpTech in China? Can you help?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Development Institute in Beijing, China. of NPOs in China is far behind with foreign countries, but we can keep up in IT. difference in China. A few weeks ago I received an email from Jerry Hu introducing me to the Fuping. The organization works on poverty. employment, and integrated community development.

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12 Demographic & Technology Trends Changing the Nonprofit Sector Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

4) China currently has the highest population in the world, however, by 2050 India will be the most populated country at 1,676 million (compared to China’s 1,387 million). Source: United Nations Population Fund.

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Understanding social media in China - McKinsey Quarterly - Marketing & Sales - Digital Marketing

AFP Blog

Understanding social media in China - McKinsey Quarterly - Marketing & Sales - Digital Marketing : Understanding social media in China The world’s largest social-media market is vastly different from its counterpart in the West. Yet the ingredients of a winning strategy are familiar.

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Nonprofits of the Month :: July 2010 :: Peak Water

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Photo Credit: National Geographic :: Waiting for Water, China. Villagers queue for a chance to fill containers with fresh drinking water, delivered by truck to the dry villages of south China’s Guangdong Province. Facebook: charity: water. YouTube: WaterAid. LinkedIn: Water for People. Flickr: Water for Sale.

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Fuzhou to Beijing

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

After a wonderful final banquet with our Hadley China hosts, we got up early to head to Beijing. The first disability group we visited was the China Disabled Persons' Federation , which is the main national group. Many of Hadley China students are massage therapists trying to upgrade their skills by speaking English.

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Asian American Giving: Role of philanthropy in China

AFP Blog

Asian American Giving: Role of philanthropy in China: "I was twittering at Give2Asia's Investing in China Philanthropy Forum in Beijing last week. You can find the play-by-play details of the event here. I thought I would share some of the highlights from the tweets:".

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Fuzhou

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My first stop in mainland China is Fuzhou - 禝州 , the capital of Fujian Province. In addition to the products and brands I knew, there were quite a number of China-specific brands (like 361 degrees and Sept Wolves). One of the key leaders I met described China as "Europe in the cities, Africa in the countryside."

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Technology Firms Come to China's Aid - WSJ.com

AFP Blog

Technology Firms Come to China's Aid - WSJ.com: "As donations poured into China following last month's devastating earthquake, one group of Google Inc. engineers came up with their own contribution to the relief effort: a search engine.".

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Beijing School for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Like many of the agencies we visited, China is also experiencing a significant increase in kids with multiple disabilities. After working our way across China, it finally got to be our final weekend, and we were able to troop off and visit the forbidden city and the Great Wall. Our team toured the school. What an experience!

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64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are. 3) Animals Asia Shop :: shop.animalsasia.org.

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10 Emerging Trends in Online Communications and Fundraising to Watch in 2018

Nonprofit Tech for Good

1 in 3 use WeChat Pay in China. At the same time, internet freedom is decreasing worldwide and there is a clamp down on the NGO sector. 67% of internet users live in countries where criticism of the government, military, or ruling family are subject to censorship. The Rise of Messaging Apps. WhatsApp Payments are launching soon in India.

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Promise and Peril: Martus for Human Rights in Burma

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

ND-Burma member groups regularly send observers, at great personal risk, across Burma’s borders with India, Bangladesh, Thailand and China. We have extended Martus capacity building and technical support to ND-Burma since its inception in 2004. However, a great deal of work remains before realizing democracy in Burma.

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Because, if we make software that promises to keep your life or death sensitive information secret to the best of our abilities, we won’t build a back door in for Syria, or China, or the U.S. starting to act more like China than the home of the free. government or even (heavens!) Let’s not do this as a country.

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Spam of the Day: So and so wants to connect on LinkedIn

Robert Weiner

Out of curiosity I looked into those domains and they were both licensed by someone in China using the same hotmail address. On one message it pointed to a link on salesforceappi.com, on another it pointed to a link on upsclients.org.

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Miradi all over the world!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

And, we're getting reports from all over the world of Miradi being used in countries like Indonesia and China, among many others. What a thrill to see our software used to figure out how to conserve an exciting nature area I've only just now learned about! Looking forward to seeing more plans and more stories of conservation in action!

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48 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are. 3) Animals Asia Shop :: shop.animalsasia.org.

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Dragonair Hauls Rami off the Plane

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The pilot said it was a regulation of the local aviation regulator (unclear if he meant Hong Kong or China). But, Rami was on a flight two hours later on China Eastern Airlines, which apparently doesn't have the same rulebook as Dragonair did! Gradually, more and more folks came onto the plane.

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Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Twitter crowdsourced China earthquake in realtime

AFP Blog

Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Twitter crowdsourced China earthquake in realtime: "While the mainstream media scrambled to put up their “breaking news” headlines Robert Scoble alias Scobleizer, was early to tweet the news. Quickly there were live radio interviews, pictures, google maps, videos all being sent in real-time, says VentureBeat.".

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Need you humanity.

Network-Centric Advocacy

No day goes by that doesn't help crystallize the view of how at you are connected to the farmer, the worker at the store, the factory cleaning crew in China. There's not a single company, country, community, agency, or family that can survive alone. . The migrants at the border, the sanitation work, police, firemen, and the politicians.

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AmFund’s Best and Worst Dates for Special Event Fundraising

DipJar

Don’t forget the 2022 Winter Olympics are also being held in Beijing, China this year from February 4th – February 20th. If you happen to have your event on a night when there is a big sporting event on, make sure your venue does not allow the TVs to be turned on during your event. Other Distractions in 2022?

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Client Spotlight: National Society of Black Engineers

Qgiv

The first international chapter was established in London in 1992 and the NSBE has since expanded to Ghana, Nigeria, Canada, Germany, China, Jamaica, Trinidad, and more. The organization now boasts over 790 chapters worldwide.

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The Mother of All Infographics

Care2

22% from china, and 12% from the UK. For example: 32% of infographics use bar charts vs. 22% that use pie charts. 85% use a sans serif font. words make up the average title. The shorter, the better. 88% of infographics feature data from the U.S,

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NussbaumOnDesign One Laptop Per Child Versus Intel--Who Speaks for India and China? - BusinessWeek

AFP Blog

NussbaumOnDesign One Laptop Per Child Versus Intel--Who Speaks for India and China? BusinessWeek: "At the Consumer Electronic Show this week, the One Laptop Per Child foundation was supposed to make two announcements—the number of computers it sold under the Give One, Get One holiday program and a new olpc machine made jointly with Intel.

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China’s Internet Users Increase Weibo Logins - eMarketer

AFP Blog

China’s Internet Users Increase Weibo Logins - eMarketer : Social users interact with brands, follow popular personalities and shop The majority of internet use in China is done via mobile devices.

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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. Today, a China official said the internet is a new battlefield without gun powder. Even in China? We found that there were users in China couldn’t access the.com site so it was created to give them access.

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4 Global Higher Education Trends for 2022

Saleforce Nonprofit

colleges said they are prioritising student outreach in India and China, the two primary markets for international students for Australian universities. However, this also means increased competition for students from new and existing types of competitors globally across a range of new business models. For example, more than half of U.S.

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Fuzhou School for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We arrived in China just at the end of the Paralympics. After celebrating the big Hadley birthday, we got down to visiting several nonprofit organizations that assist the blind. Our first stop was the Fuzhou School for the Blind. When we arrived the students were gathered to greet us. We started with musical numbers.

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American Express Leadership Academy alumna Elena Zee shares profound impact of 2019 Aspen Institute Fellowship

ASU Lodestar Center

Elena has represented the city of Phoenix multiple times to visit China for cultural, education, tourism, and business exchange.

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The State of the Internet 2014

Tech Soup Blog

billion people are now using the Internet worldwide, 618 million of them are in China. The latest edition has lots of NPTech insights. Here's what I found: Internet growth: 2.6 Global Internet adoption growth is actually slowing compared to previous years.

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My remarks just made at WIPO today

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Many of the publishers do provide us with permissions do not have global rights, and limit the availability of these books to certain jurisdictions • We first launched international Bookshare in India and have more than 1000 members there, as well as permissions agreements with more than ten publishers in India • We have recently concluded agreements (..)

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Olympic Protest Campaigns: Which is More Effective?

Have Fun - Do Good

The Olympics open today in China to a multitude of emotions, including anger from Tibetan, Darfurian, and Burmese human rights activists about China's role in the conflicts in these countries. Participants wore T-shirts that said, "Give Real Talks a Hand" in English, and "One China--Talks on Tibet" in Chinese.

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Ebola fundraising appeal sets record for most individual online donations | Guinness World Records

AFP Blog

Organised by instant messenger service Tencent QQ alongside the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation and the United Nations World Food Programme, the charity drive received 105,803 individual pledges on 23 December last year." ''via Blog this''.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

China and India were big topics of this Forum. China's social entrepreneurs are under-represented in Davos, probably because of the relatively tight control on such things in China. ., was one of the social entrepreneurs, Jimmy immediately wanted to meet him. Safia Minney, of Peopletree, makes fair trade fashion.

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