Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Under the theme “Achieving Our Vision through Empowerment and Partnerships,” this was the first-ever combined General Assembly of both WBU and the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment ( ICEVI ), another world-class organization in the field. One of the biggest issues is digital rights management.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 25, 2012

Calls for scaling have been amplified by the recent economic recession, which brought increased demand for social services coupled with shrinking government dollars. Surety bonds are issued by banks or insurance companies to guarantee that an obligation will be met. The Social Impact Bond (SIB), developed in the U.K., A Bond Primer.

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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. Consider the issues with printed books. It creates an opportunity to have public benefit being balanced with business interests.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Have you interacted with your local government, or spoken to your peers about their programs? Over the last ten years, the MLK Scholars Program has brought together partners from across the social, public and private sectors to enact positive change in the Boston community. Where does your organization sit in your community?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

It has been almost three weeks since we concluded bbcon 2018 in Orlando, and we’re still wrapping our head around the terrific content seen and inspiring conversations overheard amongst over 2,000 attendees from across the social, private and public sectors. Takeaway #4: Collaboration is necessary to solve the big issues today. .

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

It's the definite article that causes problems, implying there's an easy way to think about the issues surrounding the inequitable access to technology -- and perhaps an easy solution. Under the guise of non-profitability hundreds of millions of these laptops will be flogged off to our governments. Brett Meyer, NTEN.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

CON: can feel disconnected from the primary governance of the museum or can feel like a second-class board overall. Instead, we wanted a collection of leaders, highly networked in different parts of our County, with their fingers on the pulses of significant community issues and activities.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

youre a funder in the philanthropic sector, and youve concluded that online collaboration is a great tool for solving issues like. We had a great discussion about how government agencies are using social media, and how the research community can support their efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

Real Time Representation - How Social Media is Changing the Face of Government submitted by Erica O'Grady 2008 marked the year of the first Twitter from inside the Oval Office. is yielding a new generation of advocate, fostering social enterprise to drive change in a broken public healthcare system. Do they make a difference?

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

She has co-authored publications on fair taxation, housing and the racial wealth divide. Our work focuses on advocacy, policy, education and political thought that helps to shape the dialogue and public conversation about the interests of these folks. Young women of color, what are the issues that are most important to them?

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The other thing is that a lot of inner cities are part of empowerment zones or enterprise zones where companies that are at a certain scale and profitable can benefit from tax credits, both from the payroll side, if you hire from the inner city, but also if you locate in the enterprise zones. The public safety issue is huge.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2008

It does not say that market forces will solve all social issues: they will not and cannot. By using the techniques of spin and public relations, it tries to establish a fact set that doesn't resemble the actual field. Note what this critique does not say. they are not. In conclusion, Just Another Emperor fails to make its case.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

In other words, it's an amazing opportunity to support the critical work of organizations — not just here in the US — but around the globe in places where civil societies are struggling to address complex, challenging issues. Image 2 : Wikimedia / Public Domain. Image 1 : Taehyun Kim / CC BY-NC-ND. spanhidden'

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

Ephraim Gopin moderates a panel of nonprofit pros – Mimosa Kabir, Sarah Willey, and Lisa Chmiola – to look at the issue of being laid off and ask: what next? We were in the phase of the pandemic where people on unemployment were also receiving that bonus from the federal government to make it a little more livable.”

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

There's a long fight ahead, but for issues that stir you, one simple, positive thing you can do today is give - your time, money, voice, or attention - because so many organizations need your urgent support. The last few days have been equal parts terrifying, challenging, and complicated. LGBTQ Rights. Immigration & Refugees.

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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. People write poems, and stand and recite them in public meetings. They are gaining support from people in government, and politicians, and academicians, and business people, men, boys, women, girls.

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