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!

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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. Learn more about global trends in higher education by downloading our Connected Student report. For example, more than half of U.S. About the Author.

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Care2

JULY 2, 2011

China had the highest bounce rates at 58.2%. The good news is that bounce rates were slightly down from 2009 averaging 47% in 2010. The UK’s bounce rates were the lowest at 41.5% followed by the US’s bounce rates at 42.5%. CPC (Cost Per Click search) generated the most web pages viewed with an average of 5.6

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Analytics Google Websites Web 51

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2009

View MacBookPro Travelogue in a larger map This map show the route that a new MacBook Pro made from a factory in China to Arizona. The report includes a summary of design principles, some common visual formats, as well as a review and comparison of free/low cost tools. Colleague Alan Levine customized a google map.

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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.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 11, 2014

Mary Meeker of the of the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, does a yearly report on current state of the Internet and IT at about half way through the year. billion people are now using the Internet worldwide, 618 million of them are in China. The latest edition has lots of NPTech insights.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 29, 2014

Latest global social, digital, mobile data for ya : his report presents all the key statistics, data and behavioural indicators for social, digital and mobile channels around the world. For other reports in this series, please visit [link] H/T to Social Fish'

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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.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2007

According to their site: "The International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded Beijing the 2008 Olympic Games in 2001, disregarding international criticism of China's human rights record. Both the IOC and the Chinese have argued that the Games will "improve human rights in China" and therefore Tibet.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Event Reports. hosted our first NetSquared Camp in China. Manchester, United Kingdom: Manchester social media surgery. What have Net2Local groups been up to recently? Check out the blog to keep on top of the gossip from our community. Matt Jung and NGO 2.0

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Event Reports. We held our first NetSquared Camp in China and co-organizer Matt Jung reports on innovative Chinese tech for good projects. Guatemala city: Experiencia de un guatemalteco en Microsoft - Seattle. What have Net2Local groups been up to recently? Check out the blog to keep on top of the gossip from our community.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Search for experiences in countries known for their cuisine, like Italy, France, China, and Mexico. Choose the right software to stay organized Balancing tasks like item procurement, live auction event planning, and impact reporting can become challenging. Improving time-management. Offering a better guest experience.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Beijing, China. Event Reports. Our goal is to help each other solve our tech challenges, find a tribe of people who share our passions, and have a ridiculously good time while we’re at it! Newest Net2Local Groups. We’re a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Check out our newest groups. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

This time I’ll review the Nominet Trust 100 nominations for the very best technologies for social good, the big TechSoup/ Guardian Technology for Good Report, The soft launch of Hacker Helper, a new free service that sends money over email, the world’s most popular websites, and two new Netflix style subscription services for eBooks.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2012

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. The Hudson Institute’s Center for Global Prosperity recently published its Annual Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances for 2010 and reported “financial flows to the developing world from the United States increased notably in 2010 to $326.4 As part of a.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

We've got malware, invasive tracking cookies, and a report on not-so-secure messaging apps — not exactly good things. WireLurker was only isolated to users in China. Mobile for Good is a bit of a misnomer for this month's column. But there's light at the end of this tunnel: new, free updates to Office mobile apps!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

It is one of the rapidly emerging " BRIC " economies, along with Russia, India and China. According to a recent UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU) report on Internet availability in 152 countries, Brazil ranked 64th in overall Internet availability to its people. is four times higher than in Brazil.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

We've got malware, invasive tracking cookies, and a report on not-so-secure messaging apps — not exactly good things. WireLurker was only isolated to users in China. Mobile for Good is a bit of a misnomer for this month's column. But there's light at the end of this tunnel: new, free updates to Office mobile apps!

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Mobile News China Colorado 41

Care2

JUNE 17, 2010

Sandberg raises some interesting points such as the growth of social networks, however, as Frogloop reported last fall in our article Email is Dead? In China it grew by 1500%. Interestingly, despite all the protests against Facebook’s privacy policy she also said that people entrust their personal info with social networks.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

Was there anything in the latest Giving USA report that surprised you? Unfortunately, the report does not estimate how many solicitations were made and at what level or how that compares to fundraising activity in prior years. One of the most remarkable booms in this year’s report is the increase in international support.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 26, 2007

Based on market research in China, India and the Philippines, consulting firm McKinsey & Co. percent, or around US$12 billion for an economy the size of China. Going beyond the merely anecdotal, the article tried to put some metric on the role mobile technology plays in growth in these countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

In February 19th, Joel Comm has organized an event called " Tweetathon " on Twitter to promote and sell copies of his new book, Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time and help a nonprofit that supports children in Africa, China, and India. The Water is Life project got underway to help children in Kenya last November.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

In the early years, we were working in China, Nepal, Cambodia, and Ethiopia, where we now purify water for over 200,000 kids daily. We do this in in urban settings in Asia and Africa, where children live at the intersection of two streets: (1) worst water quality conditions and (2) greatest degrees of poverty.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Their business intelligence products let organizations create interactive reports and presentations, while their cloud-based tools help enable group decision making. You can, according to Wired , “compare the population across Europe and North America with the growing bubble in China. 'We’re

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2008

Last February, Mobile Active reported on the Sunday???s We'll definitely start seeing more of these "text to give" campaigns in the future, but it seems that, today, only Verizon seems to offer a campaign for China and Myanmar aid, which is disappointing. The campaign was also noted.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 23, 2016

BILLION active monthly users— more than the population of China. Clearly, it’s essential for your brand to have a presence on social media, but deciding which sites are worth your time can be tricky. Here’s some tips to help determine which sites could be here for the long haul. It Has to be Unique.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China, and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. Not matter what we call them, we are only just beginning to understand Gen Z and their impact on society as well as the implications for nonprofits. They are not content to just sit and click.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

These include: Nargis Cyclone and China Earthquake. (8) The Counterpart uses Slideshare to share its annual report information. 8) Advocacy. These have come in the form of awareness events like Earth Hour and Yoga to End Poverty. (9) 9) Sharing Your Organization’s Story. And, a missing child alert.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

This charity also has offices in India , Nepal , and Tanzania operates its own projects and supports partners in Tanzania, India, and Nepal and works on behalf of children in places like the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Peru, Cambodia, China, and Bangladesh. It has just 20 UK-based staff. I especially like Outlook 2007.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 26, 2008

Tell China to, "Extinguish the Flames of Genocide in Darfur." After the Global Week for Dafur has passed, you can continue to follow anti-genocide news, policy and campaigns on the ENOUGH Project's Report feed , and the STAND , Genocide Intervention Network , and Save Darfur blogs. By writing this blog post, I am doing what I can.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

We recently saw this in the Google/China case where Chinese crackers (bad hackers) broke into activist Gmail accounts. There are reports all over the web that long-term plans for inside jobs maybe on the rise. Social networking sites are the next and prime targets for cyber do-no-gooders. Am I hiring the right people?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2011

A Review of the “Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development” Report. I’ve summarized the report and its main points for you as an easy introduction to this important topic. However, the report is not without its sceptics. A Grain of Salt.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. According to JWT Intelligence Report , this generation is interested in global social changes such as poverty reduction, clean water and racial/gender inequity. They are not content to just sit and click.

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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. I think a simple “reports” section would be great, where charities could load their 990s, annual reports, etc. In China, heart surgery costs just $5000.

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Causes Facebook Challenge Social Media 38

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. I think a simple “reports” section would be great, where charities could load their 990s, annual reports, etc. In China, heart surgery costs just $5000.

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Causes Facebook Challenge Social Media 38

Media Cause

APRIL 13, 2023

Most recently, their CEO went before Congress to answer questions about data collection and the platform’s ties to China. In fact, according to one recent survey, most TikTok users report they’d replace TikTok with Instagram Reels—closely followed by YouTube shorts. TikTok has been in the news a lot lately—for a variety of reasons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

In Michael Gilbert's Top Ten Reports of the Year (2006) list, there is a pointer to the Roadmap for Open ICT Ecosystems. Social Media and Nonprofits Anshe Chung Studios in China has been quietly building a Second Life space, managed by TechSoup, for non-profits. The media here IS the service. So how do we propose to pay for it?

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