Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Natural Language Processing. I found successful data driven organizations across nearly every sub-sector including higher education, international relief, religious, medical research, healthcare, human services, mental health and crisis intervention, community improvement and capacity building, environmental, and animal welfare.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Basic knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) will make or break your social media campaigns. You should also never automate content using these tools, or spam each community with the same message. The overall message should be one of empowerment, not control and restriction. Learn Basic HTML. Enjoy yourself!

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Classy

APRIL 27, 2021

Employees now have more access to stress management resources and empowerment to seek the support they need on an individual level. If your people are burnt out, your organization is burnt out, and that directly impacts your morale, culture, and ability to serve your communities.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 7, 2009

Empowerment is unconditional. Think about mindset, language and skills before you think about tools, features and screen designs. Think about mindset, language and skills before you think about tools, features and screen designs. If you want people to communicate or collaborate online, bring them together face-to-face too.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The organization says its mission is "to support, educate, and empower the multicultural communities of North Texas. Through comprehensive social services and educational programs, we create access to opportunities for survivors of human rights abuses and equip youth with skills to become leaders in their own diverse communities."

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2016

They wanted to help museums and galleries across the UK make significant, sustained changes in the ways they engage community partners and visitors as participants in their work. The result, Our Museum , is an extraordinary funding program with a focus on community participation. didn't mince words. Here are my three top takeaways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 10, 2007

CompuMentor has created a Technology Innovation Fund to provide direct cash support to projects selected by the NetSquared Community. Fair Trade Language Tutoring Via WebCam. Fair Trade Language Tutoring Via WebCam. Community-Owned Telecenter Project in Malawi. Vote for your favorites this week only! Avatar Action Center.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

There are now even natural language prompts powered by AI. For example, AI can accelerate low-code development by helping you build a workflow or an app just by using natural language, or it can generate content from data using large language models like GPT-4. Did you know you’re doing this stuff already?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Hundreds of unique, hand-made art postcards, containing words of compassion and solidarity are hand delivered to individuals and communities all over the world, bringing connection, hope, visibility and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence or repression. What is the path that brought you to this work?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

Whoever your community is, they decide. Can you define the community to whom you want to be relevant? The community decides what is relevant to them. Who interprets the interests of the community and decides on the relevant themes and activities for the year? Then, we define the needs and assets of that community.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

Sigida Keneyali means “Health in Our Homes” in Bambara, the most common language in Mali. We’re not too good at making pancakes…) Sigida Keneyali is about improving a community’s capacity to advocate for itself, and improving its health situation using lay knowledge and civil society. What is the Sigida Keneyali Project?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

We don’t have a common language for collaboration between large software developers selling and donating their platforms to nonprofits. Enter the Nonprofit Common Data Model (CDM) , originally stewarded by Microsoft as a founding creator and ongoing community sponsor.

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Qgiv

JUNE 12, 2023

When done well, these statements breathe the essence of your organization into language that can reach diverse audiences. Well-crafted statements give them the language and the confidence to make the important asks! supporters, and key partners in your work orbit/community. leadership, collaboration, empowerment).

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 11, 2014

This post was written by my colleague Nora Grant, Community Programs Coordinator at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. We choose themes and venues in collaboration with a community partner. This bridges institutional and community-created content. What does this look like?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. They write poems about their experiences, and when they recite them in community meetings, their neighbors are outraged, and mobilized immediately to action. And the little girls do exactly that.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

Therefore, we are the only foundation I know of that will accept requests in any language, and in any format. I think that is an area in which in our new strategic plan we are really committed to strengthening that understanding of how do all these efforts collectively contribute to stronger, more sustainable, more democratic communities.

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