Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

Thus far, more than 75 countries have signed the Treaty, and in June India became the first country to ratify it. We hope that many other countries will follow India’s ratification. The Treaty will take effect only after 20 ratifications are presented to WIPO. Its signature period has now ended.

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Candid

JULY 22, 2021

This time around, more than 30 recipients were fiscally sponsored entities, collaboratives, or specific funds within organizations. For example, several donor collaboratives housed at Borealis Philanthropy were individually supported, including the Black Led Movement Fund, the Disability Inclusion Fund, and the Spark Justice Fund.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

Among other things, WhatsApp can be used to help facilitate team member collaboration, which has suddenly become much more challenging now that teams are having to work virtually due to social distancing. WhatsApp is a useful tool with which to apply the elements of good storytelling.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

I had the opportunity to speak with both Gallucci and Roy about this unique funder collaborative and more specifically about how the Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education would measure the impact of their investments. Educating girls especially makes for long-term positive impact.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Viji, who is from India, received a BA in accounting from Madras University and moved with her husband to the Bay Area. Since Viji was raised in India, she began looking at the educational challenges faced by people from that country. In countries outside the U.S.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

There are now 990 actively engaged Fellows— across the five focal countries of Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines—regularly participating in the Leadership Development for Mobilizing Reproductive Health network activities. Eugene Eric Kim is an expert in online culture and collaboration, particularly with new tools.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Educational institutions are increasingly bringing together departments and operating divisions along a shared vision and driving enterprise-wide collaboration to improve the learner experience. For example, more than half of U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

We’ve already built a collection of titles in Hindi and Tamil, two of the most-spoken languages in India, and last summer we released our first accessible collection in Arabic. In 2011, we began collaborating with the Mada Center (Qatar Assistive Technology Center) to create accessible Arabic-language digital books.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2012

Technology product donations, training, and nonprofit data are all part of TechSoup Global’s offering to civil society in India. Our BigTech program is run by our local partner, the NASSCOM Foundation in India. million NGOs in India. According to the Indian Central Statistical Office, there are 3.3

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Reflections on an internship with Bookshare.org in Chennai, India Made possible through support from the Amherst College Center for Community Engagement Anna Reid, religion major, class of 2010 Anna Reid with employees of Worth Trust, a South Indian organization that provides vocational training and employment for people with disabilities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

I was in India this past summer to facilitate an intensive four-day training for Packard Foundation grantees working on family-planning issues. The curriculum covered a lot of territory on social media and online collaborations, but every day after we came back from a delicious Indian meal, the after-lunch slump would set in.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 28, 2022

A new Salesforce.org-driven collaboration with Uplink was also announced during the panel. Davos Codes Trail.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

We are also doing far more to spread the word about technology for rights activists, often in close collaboration with major partners in the human rights field such as Human Rights Watch and WITNESS. The information can then be erased from the phone, to safeguard it from the phone’s possible loss or confiscation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

Her report touched on the need for sector collaboration, celebrating mistakes and failures, and innovation. The Resource Alliance has been presenting the NGO Awards in Thailand, India and Vietnam for 10 years, but 2017 marked a substantial change in the award program’s focus and delivery.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Penguin, he points out, is a growing power in China, India and Brazil, while Random House is pervasive across Spanish-speaking Latin America. Developing and implementing growth opportunities with new digital partners require skill, expertise, and collaboration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

Stewarding Technologies for Collaboration, Community Building & Knowledge Sharing in Development??? " technologies, these tools allow people to collaborate over time and distance in both new ways and in new networked forms. Call for Papers. KM4Dev Journal Vol. 3, Issue 1, June 2007. ???Stewarding Sometimes called "Web 2.0"

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Tech Soup

JUNE 6, 2012

Brought to you by TechSoup in collaboration with our friends at Social Media for Nonprofits and Eventbrite , our next episode of Nonprofits Live on June 20 at 11:00 a.m. Event planners need to understand how to leverage social media tools and platforms to reach potential attendees and maximize engagement in their communities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Instead of getting distracted by the tools and the terminologies, I focus on the four underlying themes in social media, the 4Cs of social media: Content, Collaboration, Community and Collective Intelligence. The Second C: Collaboration. Collaboration can happen at three levels: conversation, co-creation and collective action.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2012

Note from Beth: I have the honor of leading a “Networked NGO Training” in Delhi for grantees of the Packard Foundation and have lined up some guest posts to supplement my reports from India. The Collective Impact of Love guest post by Stefan Lanfer, Barr Foundation. The Barr Fellowship is certainly a well-deserved “Thank you!”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

s a collaboration between an Indian and a U.S. I'm addicted to Swajana which means ???our our people??? video team. This is so much what I'd love to see happen in Cambodia - to see a video of daily life in a developing country through the eyes of people who actually live there. This week's installment is about Manthan (which means ???churning???)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2012

I will be working with a cluster of Packard grantees in Pakistan and India in collaboration with IIE. This year, 2012, will have a focus on designing and delivering capacity building projects with NGOs outside the US.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 24, 2006

China and India were big topics of this Forum. India and its neighbors are very well represented, partly because of the entrepreneurial culture of the region and because of the huge issues in the area. Plus, India threw one heck of a party on Saturday night, with Hindi pop singers. We danced at the India party.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Our expert speakers include: Sachin Malhan , co-founder of Inclusive Planet, which is working to enable online collaboration among the world's print-impaired population and also incubating new technologies in the web accessibility space. For his work on Inclusive Planet Sachin was awarded an INK Fellowship in 2010.

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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 also uses both. The organization has nine full-time staff.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2011

A View of the Cloud from India Most NGOs in India are small and highly dependent on volunteers. Some people say that cloud computing can radically change how organizations work and collaborate. Mark your calendar! Join TechSoup Canada for a free webinar about cloud computing on Thursday, October 27.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

We got respondents in 88 countries and the project was done in collaboration with 36 partners around the world. Also, developing countries like Egypt, South Africa, Mexico/Latin America, and India report plans to move to the cloud faster than everywhere else. The survey was fielded in February and March 2012. What Surprised Me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2011

Finally, they have collaboration and networking skills that are in their DNA that they can bring to the nonprofit workplace. They get emerging media and are ready to teach. They can bring their passion, their “fire in the belly&# to the nonprofit and the nonprofit is better for it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

We heard that from Africa, India and Latin America. I’m not asking for a big giant enforced collaboration project here. Heard what people in TechSoup Global were thinking along the way – what they agreed with and what they disagreed with. And here’s what I’m thinking about right now: We need to offer more precise solutions.

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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. Collaborate with them and help them collaborate with others. The current population of Gen Z is estimated to be about 2 billion, or 27 percent of the global population.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

A View of the Cloud from India Most NGOs in India are small and highly dependent on volunteers. Some people say that cloud computing can radically change how organizations work and collaborate. Is a move to cloud-based CRM right for your organization? Week 3: Security in the Cloud.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Frontline SMS’ and Ushahadi’s collaboration is an example of this. For those nonprofits working on sustainable development issues - NextDrop uses mobile technology to monitor and improve water flow in urban India and subsequent sustainable development. has found that in India upon achieving a critical penetration rate of.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2016

Whether through collaborative robotics, machine learning, or other innovations, leveraging technology as a tool enhances the value we can create. Devin studied entrepreneurship among textile artisans as a Fulbright Scholar in India. She holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management, where she received the Ronald I. spanhidden

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 2, 2009

Source: Social Visualization, Lecture Slides, Martin Wattenberg, IBM I've been reflecting on the Nancy White's SpiderGram activity that helps you visualize the orientation of your community as a prelude to selecting the right online collaboration tool. But, it's also valuable to do as a group exercise to spark discussion and reflection.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. Many communities, especially in impoverished and remote locations, lack sufficient healthcare services.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. Many communities, especially in impoverished and remote locations, lack sufficient healthcare services.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

They host a simplified CRM database which is also an online platform that nonprofits can use to build their websites and communicate and collaborate with members. Very interesting indeed. Find more about what they’re doing on TechCrunch.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Sachin Malhan , co-founder of Inclusive Planet works to enable online collaboration among the world's print-impaired population and also incubates new technologies in the web accessibility space.

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