Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Gerardo Capiel, Benetech's VP, Engineering One of the highlights of my meeting circuit each year is the O’Reilly Tools of Change conference in New York City. There is no better place to engage with colleagues about new technologies, changing business models, fresh ideas, and shared standards. See you there!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Elaine Charnov – The NY Public Library. Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. 100 Years of the flagship library in New York. Staged a major exhibition celebrating the spectrum of what is in the library, public programs partners with The Moth. Syed Salahuddin – Babycastles.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Candid posts reports as they launch, sector news from PND and other respected sources, and additional valuable information on their social media (@ CandidDotOrg ). This content represents a wealth of credible sources for research papers and projects. . Foundation Directory . Grants to Individuals .

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Forum One

MAY 10, 2021

At Forum One, we build a lot of sites and applications with Drupal and WordPress, and both content management systems incorporate layout features out of the box. These layout tools give content editors the flexibility to build their own page layouts within the CMS’s administrative user interface. In Drupal 8+, that’s Layout Builder.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

On day one, we also hosted a group of 14 nonprofit executives at the Soho House in New York City. Soledad O’Brien led a thought-provoking discussion with Beth Kanter and Allison Fine , co-authors of The Smart Nonprofit , and David Brown , senior vice president of strategy at Knotch, a content intelligence company.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Live topics, which are now available in an on-demand library , included networking transformation, SD-WAN, and mobile edge computing. . Microsoft’s annual developer conference is usually held in-person and used as a way of bringing developers in the community together and getting them excited for new product updates. . Microsoft Build.

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3rd Sector Labs

DECEMBER 1, 2013

And it might surprise you to know that WordPress is used by the likes of CNN, the New York Times, eBay, and UPS. Support – Again, that big universe of users and supporters result in massive libraries of How To Guides, videos, and other support services aimed at helping you make the most of your Open Source solution.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

We’re still showering our members with free programming and content! Struggling to incorporate an easy to use content management system in your website? Don’t worry, if the New York Public Library can do it - so can you. Have you taken advantage of Member Appreciation Month yet?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Moreover, we recently held a two-day workshop in New York City, bringing together a wide range of activists and funders, developing a model we plan to replicate around the world. Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact.

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NTEN

AUGUST 28, 2014

Lots of users find NTEN content to be of high-quality, but it needs to be presented in a design that’s easier to digest and more attractive as a place to return to more often. More visual content would make the site much more useable, appealing, and easy-to-read. In general, people were able to conduct transactions (i.e.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 24, 2021

When I got back to Harvard Law School, you couldn’t get me out of the law school library because now I had this purpose and mission. They don’t know that New York’s governor, after reconstruction, said, “This is a white man’s country, let white man rule define governance in the state of New York.”

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Our goal is to leverage our extensive and complementary networks of individuals and organizations to provide knowledge, training, and tools to nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs around the world. Library learning centers in five locations across the US. About Our Alliance. About the Foundation Center. and around the world.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2015

With lines of code projected on a screen, these children listen intently in a conference room at the Mountain View Public Library, as part of a four-week course on programming. It has trained more than 470 students seventh grade and up in 13 libraries throughout Silicon Valley. Forming Stronger Support for Computer Science.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Live topics, which are now available in an on-demand library , included networking transformation, SD-WAN, and mobile edge computing. . Microsoft’s annual developer conference is usually held in-person and used as a way of bringing developers in the community together and getting them excited for new product updates. . Microsoft Build.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton - Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab Ruth Cohen - American Museum of natural History Elaine Charnov - The NY Public Library Jason Eppink - Museum of the Moving Image Syed Salahuddin - Babycastles Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library 100 Years of the flagship library in New York.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

For example, for every short-haul round trip on an airplane (for example, New York to Chicago or Frankfurt to London) you don't take, you'll save the environment around one half of a metric ton of CO2. The TechSoup admin fee for eligible nonprofits and libraries is $40.00. Why Is Online Collaboration Green?

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 30, 2016

Although Facebook Live is simple to use (just tap the live broadcast icon while publishing an update from your mobile device), many nonprofits are understandably hesitant about this new form of unscripted content marketing. For example, the New York Public Library broadcasted a special story time in front of City Hall.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

In a talk at New York University earlier this month, Berger called this lack of meaningful measurement a full-on "battle for the soul" of the social sector. As the content manager here at TechSoup, part of my job is to help nonprofits and libraries learn to choose and use the right technologies to help achieve their mission.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Policy-oriented organizations have long produced dizzying amounts of statistical content. You should spend as much time and energy making your data, charts, and tables findable as you do making your reports and other content. Then, your "data library" can be sorted, searched, and filtered just like your publication library.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Craft a strong appeal by sourcing your content early. SOS Children’s Villages Illinois acquired 75% of their new donors for the entire year with their year-end peer-to-peer fundraising campaign. Let’s look at an example from Fiver: Once upon a time, there were students in New York. Every day, _. Then one day, _.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 23, 2014

So what does this mean for nonprofits, charities, and libraries? "The special things about the phone are not in the device itself, but in its connection to Amazon's enormous cloud and computing power," writes Claire Cain Miller for the New York Times. Got any mobile news to share? Sounds a bit creepy, right?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Greg Ligon, our guest blogger for the Social Media for Nonprofits conference, is an online communications professional with experience in building a brand via online channels, social media communications, and website content development. million software, hardware, and online services to 160,000 nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs worldwide.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2014

In a talk at New York University earlier this month, Berger called this lack of meaningful measurement a full-on "battle for the soul" of the social sector. As the content manager here at TechSoup, part of my job is to help nonprofits and libraries learn to choose and use the right technologies to help achieve their mission.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2011

coming up June 6-7 in New York, and as the content, speakers, and attendees are all. While on the surface, net neutrality and broadband access may not seem like important issues, in general, to nonprofits and libraries. Personal Democracy Forum (PdF) 2011 is.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 23, 2019

Our visitors often see museums as a genre, not unlike hospitals or libraries. We often use them to add in extra content we couldn’t get into the label or assess people’s learning. As important as excellence is, shared success is equally important in this field. You walked through a chalkboard world; your wonder drove your interaction.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 6, 2015

However, it is also true that we are all drowning in content. Good content is valuable content and content is always king. 
 What new leadership books are you most excited about and why? None of us have time to waste, so books that provide content of high value are more important than ever.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2019

Facebook doesn’t try to hide its overwhelming favor for personal posts over branded content. Follow the lead of organizations like the Austin Public Library who have a sign-up form for those interested in participating. I especially love how the library messages the program as one about the volunteers, not the organization.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

Orangutan Outreach is a New York-based organization whose mission is to save critically endangered orangutans and protect their rainforest home. Orangutan Outreach used a donation of Adobe Creative Suite to produce and electronically distribute high-quality digital content for thousands of "adoptive parents."

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Content management programs like Windows SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites (admin fee: $708) are used for deploying and managing a public-facing website. This offering lets your nonprofit or library access discounted rates, payment terminals, check processing equipment, and card readers for mobile devices.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

I live now in New York, but before moving there in the autumn, I was based in London for a few years. As an example, let’s think about a community library. But they were transparent, and excited about all the potential the merger opened up. BlueGreen Alliance. Lastly, we need to increase our capacity for change.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided that it’s okay for broadband companies like Comcast and Time Warner to create a ‘fast lane’ on the web and to charge for preferential treatment to content providers. Find what TechSoup Global thinks about the new FCC net neutrality decision here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

The content is focused on the professional area of expertise. Fresh + new(er) is an institutional blog from the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney Australia written by staff member Seb Chan. Finally the Library of Congress community tagging pilot project on flickr. Using it like a newswire similar to New York Times Arts Section.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

Handwritten, full of enthusiasm and occasionally useful information, these little notecards or placards provide two essential functions: they introduce me to some potentially interesting content, and they reveal something of the soul of the company. Staff picks are an easy, humanizing way to help people discriminate in a sea of content.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 at the 92nd Street Y’s Belfer Center for Innovation and Social Impact in New York City. This will help you stay organized, reduce your team’s stress, and get great content to your supporters. When did Giving Tuesday begin? How does Giving Tuesday help nonprofits? Use the hashtag #GivingTuesday.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 18, 2008

Several libraries have started to offer gaming nights where you can drink soda and play Wii to your heart's content. Librarian Aaron Schmidt tells the great story of a game night of Dance, Dance, Revolution at his library in which a teen asked him: “Hey Aaron, can I go upstairs to grab a magazine and book to read?”

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Emily Friedrichs is the Communications and Content Marketing Manager at Elevation, a nonprofit digital services agency. Emily has taught in underprivileged communities in New York and Buenos Aires. For more detailed information on writing mission statements, see the library of additional resources at the end of this article.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

Museums (and libraries) are trusted sources of information. They were both commissioned by organizations whose purpose is to support museums and libraries. It makes us uncomfortable with opening museum content up to comment, tagging, and alterations by visitors. Make content authorship transparent.

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