Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Highlights of this Update: Human Rights Global Literacy Benetech Labs and Board of Directors Human Rights In the age of hyper-surveillance, it is clear that at-risk human rights defenders are no longer the only ones who need the know-how to protect sensitive information. I encourage you to read his powerful story on our website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. You can register here. In Education.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The Foundation Center and TechSoup Global have announced a new strategic alliance ! As our newest collaboration takes shape, we’re exploring new opportunities to co-host events and share our content with the aim of expanding knowledge and insights with wider audiences in the social-benefit sector. About Our Alliance.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

IMPACT 2030 is the Global Summit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. Malini Mehra, CEO of Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE), added that the millennial generation is the most educated in history. It’s also the generation facing the most challenges.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2011

Headquartered in New York City, NRDC is an environmental nonprofit membership organization with 1.3 There is a clear cost advantage for them to do so, and the fact that it helps the environment and improves human health is a pretty tasty co-benefit. Drew is a MAP Sustainable Energy Fellow.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Note from Beth: I’ve wrote about the importance of building resilience in networks given the complex and connected environment we live in today. First, no trains, buses, or planes moved to or from New York City. After two days I was driven to distraction with worry about their ability to deal with the cold.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Every nonprofit, big or small, stands to gain from working towards a common global goal. From a place of political neutrality, Sweden found that environmental pollution could be an issue of potential cooperation between members of the UN, and hosting a conference on that topic would help boost the UN’s global perception.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

If you’re conscious about the state of the world and curious how cross-sector partnerships can make a difference, I encourage you to look at New York City over the next two weeks. Those global leadership conversations are still as passionate now as they were this time last year.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Because of the nature of my work, I’m lucky to be surrounded by many purpose-driven organizations making a difference for people, animals and the environment. A few weeks ago, we aligned with the YW for a skills-based volunteering project with one of their partners, Independence High School in Manhattan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

While the speakers were talking, the avatars in Second Life were carrying on a lively debate in chat about the points raised, suggesting questions to be asked in the room in New York City, and passing along urls/resources related to the discussion at hand. Several avatars were also in "real life" in New York City.

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MARCH 5, 2021

Global Fund for Women. Wallace Global Fund. The New York Women’s Foundation. i, New York City, Northeastern Pennsylvania, San Francisco, and Israel (plus surrounding rural communities of listed cities). Global Fund For Women. Boulware Foundation. Vermont Women’s Fund.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Global Fund for Women. Wallace Global Fund. The New York Women’s Foundation. i, New York City, Northeastern Pennsylvania, San Francisco, and Israel (plus surrounding rural communities of listed cities). Global Fund For Women. Boulware Foundation. Vermont Women’s Fund.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I just had to take that chance." - Jensine Larsen Jensine Larsen is the Founder and CEO of World Pulse , a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice. Jensine Larsen: World Pulse is a global media enterprise fully devoted to bringing women a global voice.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 25, 2022

At in-person sessions in New York City and San Francisco, and virtually on Youtube Live , Demo Day brought together nine social entrepreneurs to explore solutions for problems they’ve experienced. Moreover, the global nature of Black SiS’ operations meant time zones became an issue.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 24, 2024

Instead, many leaders began (or continued) to heatedly debate the pros and cons of remote, hybrid, and in-person work, weighing employee productivity and collaboration, ability to recruit and retain talent, and impacts on DEI, budgets, and the environment. trillion globally in lost productivity.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

But don’t do that right now because one of my best buddies, Kishshana Palmer, is here for beautiful Washington, DC by way of New York City, normally, right, Kishshana? And also for Old Navy, when the flagship store opened in New York City, I got one of the first jobs at the cash register. I love that.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Along with her work as an aquatic biologist, her book, Silent Spring , is largely credited for advancing the global environmental movement worldwide , inspiring the rise of ecofeminism and many feminist scientists. You can thank marine biologist and writer Rachel Carson for that. Rosalind Franklin. Charlotte Cooper. Future Sheroes.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

To kick off a series of profiles on leaders in nonprofit technology, we thought we’d start close to home by featuring our TechSoup Global founder, Daniel Ben-Horin. CompuMentor in due course turned into TechSoup when it became a national nonprofit, and TechSoup Global in 2008 after it had become an international organization.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 19, 2022

Our long-term client, Food Bank for New York City , recently reported that their 2021 impact was higher than any year prior. Despite a global pandemic, political turmoil, and civil unrest stemming from the racial and social justice environment of America, funds raised by charities and nonprofits actually increased 13.8%

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

New York Every year, social entrepreneurs and donors (along with a whole lot of other folks) converge on New York City. It’s the week of the United Nations General Assembly and the Clinton Global Initiative. Hopefully, it will give you a flavor of why this travel is worth it to me and Benetech!

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