Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

And I will start this post off by being clear – this is as much of an internal, personal conflict for me, and a way in which I see my own behavior and my values diverge at times. Will the move to, for instance, tablet and phone computing be a net positive or negative benefit in terms of resource consumption? Green Hosting.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 6, 2012

Michael Gilbert, Nonprofit News Nonprofit News provides a stream of news and resources related to emerging issues in the nonprofit world, with a particular emphasis on communication and new technology. It specializes in adoption from China, Taiwan and Haiti. Check out their blog, Brighter Futures.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

I did a post a few weeks ago on youth programs in TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map and decided I hadn’t covered this resource nearly enough. Childreach International serves a large network of international partners in work that involves a great deal of organization and coordination. Our Local Impact Map.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2012

However, the 5 percent given to international causes reflected a 15.3 Both papers serve as resources for this blog post, which touches on only a few aspects of this global generosity. Close behind are China ($12.2 In 2010, we gave nearly $300 billion in support of a wide variety of charitable causes—3.8 in overall U.S.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

He lectures and publishes regularly on fundraising and philanthropy and will be presenting on “The Global Search: Current Strategies and Tactics for International Fundraising and Prospect Research” at this year’s BBCON in Washington, DC. A well trained and resourced department simply does a better job of it.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2011

A Review of the “Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development” Report. ” This scenario unfolds an increase in international collaborations and a dwindling of the power of nation states. This was originally posted on the TechSoup Global Blog and was authored by Keisha Taylor.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The NT100 will form the basis for a growing online resource for social enterprises called “The Social Tech Guide." Other important websites in the world include the Yandex search engine in Russia, Yahoo in Japan and Taiwan, and Baidu in China. Nominet Trust is a leading social technology funder in the UK. See the map here.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Rather than simply saying their Cause was "helping orphans in China," LWB specifically picked 10 children dying of heart disease to offer help. We have over 70 volunteers who work for us though, and on that internal email list, we would email about the challenge about 20-30 times a day. How did they do it? Sometimes more!

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Rather than simply saying their Cause was "helping orphans in China," LWB specifically picked 10 children dying of heart disease to offer help. We have over 70 volunteers who work for us though, and on that internal email list, we would email about the challenge about 20-30 times a day. How did they do it? Sometimes more!

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

Not only were they from all over the country, but they all shared an international, multi-ethnic or cultural base. Because we're becoming so dependent on product from China and other countries, it's imperative that we have more farmers. There's also criticism of international fair trade. What does that mean? It's not at all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 19, 2008

The nonprofit sector is the long snail - helping the 99% of nonprofits that are providing 50% of the services to obtain the resources. Disaster Relief: Described their efforts for Tsunami and Katrina and mentioned efforts for Burma and China. Introduced the concept of the Long Tail and the 80/20 rule. No one clicks on the button.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

There are a lot of companies that give to international causes, which is great. We love people that look for fair trade for the farmers overseas, and supporting a bamboo village in China. We'd rather invest our limited resources in smaller entrepreneurs that need assistance. We love it. That is all good and great.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

From her Berkeley-based office, Melinda Kramer facilitates an international network of women leaders. Melinda Kramer: Women's Global Green Action Network is an international organization that is linking and empowering women working in environmental sustainability around the world.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

According to the International Environmental Technology Center of the United Nations Environment Program. On the other hand, the dominant countries of India and China are far behind. region in southern China is the poster child of digital dumps and bad electronics recycling. World Snapshot. percent, the highest in the world.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

CompuMentor in due course turned into TechSoup when it became a national nonprofit, and TechSoup Global in 2008 after it had become an international organization. The birth of CompuMentor is described in Howard Rheingold’s The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

There is not a shortage of resources. There are resources, information, training, and funding available in plenty. There are women environmental leaders who are standing up for their communities, around the world, who do not have access to those key resources and information. There are solutions. It is about human rights.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

We will get all those good resources in your hands later on today. I mean, this is an example that I’ve also faced is right now I work with a lot of organizations in China, for example, and China doesn’t have social media. But most importantly, chat in. We’d love to hear from you throughout the hour or so.

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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. Your support gives us the resources and capacity we need to continue and grow these efforts. We have extended Martus capacity building and technical support to ND-Burma since its inception in 2004.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

In 2012, human rights activist David Keyes took over the project based on his work to develop CyberDissidents , an important online resource during the Arab Spring. State Department official Jared Cohen to organize an annual summit of human rights activists. Keyes made Movements.org into a marketplace for human rights.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

Most disturbingly, the technology has been central to an ethnonationalist cleansing project that has seen the Chinese state intern growing numbers of the Uyghur population in concentration camps. Ostensibly used to help track the virus, the technology’s more obvious purpose has been to track and detain minorities.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 23, 2006

This week's Solutionary Woman is 24-year-old Heddy Nam, the Associate to the Chief Operating Officer of Amnesty International USA and co-founder of Never Again , an international network of young people working for peace. Describe the work you do for Amnesty International. Heddy also writes for the Global Youth Fund blog.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

KR: The Global Fund for Women has an extraordinary commitment to keeping our doors open so that as many organizations working to advance women's human rights internationally can really gain access to resources that they so desperately need. It works in over 160 countries around the world. BB: How do you know that you are successful?

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