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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. A hybrid model of digital and in-person volunteering is a promising prospect, but one that asks a lot from volunteer managers who are already stretched thin.

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Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Content delivery is less important then the skill to making sense of it and that needs to be what “classroom time” is about. Students get a minute to think about the question on their own and then answer it using a mobile device that sends their answers to Mazur’s laptop. Illustration by Beth Kanter.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She notes, "It doesn't specifically talk about open content, but discusses online and offline content income models in depth, with numbers." If you want to keep up with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), check out the wiki. For more on the topic, read this interview from the Six Degrees of Seperation.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. The program guides environmental project managers through a series of step-by-step interview wizards similar to the popular TurboTax program. We've just launched Miradi.

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