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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. Then I’ll share the latest stories on the impact of our tech volunteerism and human rights tech efforts as well our new tech leadership. In this update, I’m delighted to be able to share Benetech’s latest efforts to do both.

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Mobile Innovations for Social Good

NTEN

Mobile Voices offers an open-source multi-media platform optimized for low-cost mobile phones that lets users create, share, and reflect on stories about their lives and communities. million patients in Malawi and Uganda, they've seen that text messages and cheap mobile phones are great tools on the front-lines of global health.

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Vote for the Best Social Change and Technology Projects at Netsquared!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

CompuMentor has created a Technology Innovation Fund to provide direct cash support to projects selected by the NetSquared Community. Community Technology Centres for Children And Young Adults in Low and Moderate Income Communities in Madurai India. Community-Owned Telecenter Project in Malawi. Village the Game.

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Vote for Your CNN Hero: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact

Have Fun - Do Good

Over the past week though, there have been little glimpses of happiness amid the disasters, scandals and economic bad news - stories about the CNN Heroes: Ordinary People Extraordinary Impact. Today, the Los Angeles nanny funds a school in her native Malawi -- where half a million children have been orphaned by the disease."

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Vote Now: Ten Sessions We Want to See at NTC

Care2

As usual the nonprofit community has pitched some incredibly useful sessions. This panel will feature leading nonprofits who have succeeded in attracting women donors, and will also include tips from Care2 on how to engage women in your communications strategy. Winning with Women: Why Targeting Women is Vital in Fundraising *.

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