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Tribute to My Mentor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As the prototypical technology social enterprise, Benetech became one of the first organizations using technology to solve social problems rather than seeking to make maximum financial returns. I was always coming up with new, crazy ideas of social ventures, and Gerry was a great sounding board.

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Some Little Known Faith-Based Technology Resources

Tech Soup

She also said that they learn about new technology mostly by word of mouth throughout their church network. Church Technology Listservs. particularly interesting like her piece 4 Technology Options that Might Kill the Church Bulletin. Lauren Hunter has written a series of free eBooks. ChurchTechToday.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! If you’re a nonprofit news junkie, have a look at all our Nonprofit Technology News pieces from this past year. TechSoup Technologies for Good. Hacker Helper is all about not reinventing the technology wheel.

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How Nonprofit Board Members Can Help Their Boards with IT – Get Rid of IT!

BoardAssist

It sounds expensive to pay someone else to run your organization’s email, but, if you are a nonprofit, this service is free. This blog is too short to get into all of the details of the technology, but if you are interested, go here and download a free copy of Cloud Computing for Nonprofits. NFP technology' You read that right.

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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

That worries me, because I don’t think I’ve heard about a groundswell of demand for changing Chafee in the United States, other than when one textbook publisher's representatives get up in public and sound like banking executives from five years ago (if the government would just stop regulating us, we'd take care of everything).

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All-In-One Nonprofit Marketing Library (Link Roundup)

NonProfit Hub

From eBooks to webinars, there’s a heaping handful of other ways to raise money online. 5 Ways to Make Your Email Fundraising Appeals Sound More Human. It’s not made specifically for mobile fundraising (like text-to-give technology, for instance), but it’s still an important part of your larger mobile strategy.

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Using Software and Data to Change the World

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Society is a buzz about new technology: artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, autonomous cars, the surveillance state, and more. Even in the tech industry, with its intense turf battle, companies have come to rely on open standards for data, for APIs, for technological plumbing. So far – sounds great.

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