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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 22, 2007
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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 29, 2008
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 8, 2008
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 28, 2008
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.
Forum One
FEBRUARY 12, 2011
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 10, 2005
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.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 23, 2007
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.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
SEPTEMBER 3, 2017
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.
AFP Blog
APRIL 26, 2012
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.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JULY 2, 2010
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 7, 2008
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.
AFP Blog
APRIL 29, 2009
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:".
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 29, 2008
My first stop in mainland China is Fuzhou - ç¦å·ž , 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."
AFP Blog
JUNE 10, 2008
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.".
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 9, 2008
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!
Nonprofit Tech for Good
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
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.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 19, 2017
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
APRIL 7, 2013
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
NOVEMBER 28, 2011
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.
Robert Weiner
JUNE 10, 2011
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
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!
Nonprofit Tech for Good
OCTOBER 20, 2019
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
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.
AFP Blog
MAY 14, 2008
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.".
Network-Centric Advocacy
MARCH 24, 2020
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.
DipJar
JANUARY 5, 2022
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?
Qgiv
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
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.
Care2
MAY 27, 2012
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,
AFP Blog
JANUARY 7, 2008
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.
AFP Blog
JANUARY 7, 2014
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.
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
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.
Saleforce Nonprofit
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
OCTOBER 6, 2008
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.
ASU Lodestar Center
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Elena has represented the city of Phoenix multiple times to visit China for cultural, education, tourism, and business exchange.
Tech Soup Blog
AUGUST 11, 2014
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.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 23, 2010
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 (..)
Have Fun - Do Good
AUGUST 8, 2008
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.
AFP Blog
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
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''.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 24, 2006
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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