Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. Knight Foundation, our SocialCoding4Good initiative will kick off later this year. and James L. Route 66 is software that provides teachers (and non-teachers!)

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices. But what about everybody else? The time has never been better to think 10X bigger!

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Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Personalize the ask In a study of email fundraising campaigns, we found that the emails with the highest engagement rates addressed the recipients by name and used “you” language, speaking directly to the recipient. An example of this might be a literacy foundation raising $X to help provide tutoring to X number of students.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

By providing students with funds for school supplies, coats, eye care, class trips, test fees, and athletic gear, InvestED has encouraged over 16,500 youngsters to stay in school in the state of Washington. Every year, birth defect rates and the percentage of children with special needs entering institutional care in China has increased.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation / Redwood City, CA / $350. Council on Foundations / Miami, FL / $1,199. Alliance Management Institute (AMI).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Even cooler: several of these groups are, like DDD and my organization Benetech, Skoll Foundation social entrepreneurship awardees (known as SASEs)! Apparently, it’s the best-rated restaurant in Vientiane (maybe the country) on Trip Advisor. All of the staff have name badges identifying them either as students or teachers.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So, for example, if I provide an after-school program, I just use that a lot because I ran an after-school program for over a decade, but if I’m delivering academic programs, then I’m going to be looking at the number of students served. “We are serving X number of students right now.” And for a good reason.

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