Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law. In the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration assigns every vehicle a Vehicle Identification Number (or VIN). This is the problem that Foundation Center, GlobalGiving, GuideStar, and TechSoup have set out to solve by creating BRIDGE (Basic Registry of Identified Global Entities). Image : Roger / CC BY-NC-ND.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

That year, the United Nations declared International Women's Year , and began sponsoring International Women's Day every March 8. The UN finds that 119 countries have now passed domestic violence laws, though enforcement remains a problem. Jane Meseck , senior director of global programs at Microsoft Philanthropies.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

No other platform offers the same huge global reach for promoting awareness of important, yet suppressed, issues. This is a great example of how you can use hashtags, images, or ideas that are already popular across social media to further your nonprofit. National Trust: #NTchallenge. Project Life Jacket.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Technology CSR teams have pioneered programs globally to provide access to technology. Join @TechSoup , @plus_socialgood , the United Nations Foundation , and special guest CSR representatives for an important conversation on the evolving relationship between CSR teams and civil society organizations. Image: +SocialGood.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2013

The intent of the event is to speed up efforts to address the African e-waste problem in a manner that protects the environment and workers' health, and also creates economic opportunity. A recent UN study finds that domestic consumption is the main contributor to Africa's growing e-waste problem.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Through technology, data, and resource-sharing, Community Boost_r seeks to empower Balkan citizens to voice their opinions, demand solutions to everyday problems, and stay informed on accountability and transparency issues. EkoVizija is a mobile app that enables users to take pictures and report environmental problems in their community.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

During the school year, federal programs like the National School Lunch Program help close this nutrition gap by providing free or reduced cost meals to low-income students. Lack of Food Isn't the (Whole) Problem. The Range mobile app helps address that awareness problem. Images: USDA , USDA , marietta. That's 3.9

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2012

Marnie Webb, one of TechSoup Global's CEOs was a judge for their contest, where winners are highlighted below. provides both an awakening to the problem and inspires the viewer to. Powerful images, great use of fonts, and an. problem with emotional music, moody colors and images, and an overall. Waste Ventures.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

A TechSoup Global project, #NPTechChat is a monthly Twitter-chat series for social change activists that reduces barriers and increases impact by using technology around the globe. Sheila Warren, general counsel, NGOsource/Techsoup Global; @sheila_warren. Image by the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (text added).

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families. Volunteers look at a photo of a missing person, compare it to a news image, and see if they can find a match.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Giving Tuesday is a day of global generosity and charitable giving that takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. According to Giving Tuesday’s website , it is “a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity.” Request Demo. Giving Tuesday FAQs. What is Giving Tuesday?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

The current population of Gen Z is estimated to be about 2 billion, or 27 percent of the global population. While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China, and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. Talk in images: emojis, symbols, pictures, videos. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. Find what TechSoup Global thinks about the new FCC net neutrality decision here. It’s time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news again!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

TechHire spans the corporate, nonprofit, government, and educational sectors and has the ambitious goal to "give Americans the opportunity they deserve, and the skills they need to be competitive in a global economy." People at the event got to hear first-hand from a Year Up graduate about the impact of this national nonprofit.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2014

The company realized that simply raising awareness wasn't actually solving the problem. I'm also a big fan of apps that alleviate social problems. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization just published a report called Reading in the Mobile Era. Images: iFixit. Reading Research.

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MARCH 23, 2021

Business goals : What problem are you trying to solve? Your audience is ultimately the one interacting with the site, and so you want to be certain that you’re solving the right problems. There are different types of primary navigation menus, also known as main and global navigation menus. What gaps need to be addressed?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Nonprofit Quarterly quoted president Global Healthy Living Foundation, Seth Ginsberg, on the affect on charities: “The transformative power of Facebook — like the popularity of the site itself — is neither preordained nor guaranteed going forward. The problem this new law addresses is that last year an estimated 3.1

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Large national and international nonprofits are often ahead of the curve. According to the Global NGO Technology Report , 44% of nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use WordPress.org as their content management system (CMS) for their website ( 7% use Drupal and 3% use Joomla ). Study and implement modern design trends.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

We also shine the light on the potential security problems of smart toys, predict the end of the digital divide, and discuss a health-related wearable that can't get here fast enough and some intriguing 10 year-old predictions that just happened to come true. Image 1: TechSoup. Image 2 : kpgolfpro / CCO. Image 6: Paul Lamb.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2016

By far the most common problem we see is that most organizations try to measure too much. One national nonprofit I know had been working on putting together a measurement system for three years. As executive director of Downey & Associates, Downey and her team serve social enterprises, governments, and nonprofits globally.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. Naples, Florida: #Storymakers 2017: Creating Images and Video with Adobe Spark. Bristol, United Kingdom: Tech4Good Global Development.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

This year kicked off with the launch of the new United Nations agenda for global philanthropy, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will take us through 2030. This is unchanged from previous survey results and an indicator that the overhead myth is still a problem. Image 1: Wes Holing. The Backdrop.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

This post is Development Director Ryan Ginard's first impression of seeing how powerful a virtual reality video is in putting the viewer in the middle of a compelling story at the most recent meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. A Highlight at the Recent Clinton Global Initiative Meeting. Image : kevin / CC BY.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2015

Image Source: ntegrity. My directive is to “make history” – so no problem? PLEASE MAKE A RECURRING GIFT : I’ve donated to the GlobalGiving Earthquake Fund – the money will go to a vetted network of NGOS – and they have a donor who is matching all recurring gifts. I have arrived in Geneva.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

The current population of Gen Z is estimated to be about 2 billion, or 27 percent of the global population. While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. Talk in images: emojis, symbols, pictures, videos. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2014

In 2001, Microsoft responded to requests by refurbishers for some remedy to this problem by creating the Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MAR) Program. These programs are one big reason why refurbishment is now a significant part of the global recycling industry. Image: Sean Nicholson. Microsoft piloted the program in the U.K.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

What used to be a simple task is made more difficult by requiring the person to log onto the bank’s website and click on each individual check image. The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners 2016 Global Fraud Study , Report to the Nations on Occupied Fraud and Abuse, analyzed 2,410 occupational fraud cases.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2015

One of Cisco's less-known good works is its signature Global Hunger Relief Campaign each year. " Three Square Innovates to Solve Problems in New Ways. Three Square Food Bank has some special programs particularly suited to Las Vegas, one of the nation's gourmet capitals. Images: Three Square Food Bank.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 27% of online donors say that email is the tool that most inspires them to give (social media 29%, 18% website, 12% print). For this blog post, Nonprofit Tech for Good subscribed receive emails from 30 large national nonprofits and fourteen sent a welcome email within 48 hours.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Her, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide was on my Favorite Do-Good Book of 2007 list. Her newest book, the story of a Brazilian diplomat who worked for the United Nations for 34 years, has inspired an upcoming documentary and feature film. All book cover images are from Powell's Books.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The 2009 NMC Symposium for the Future , the fourteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia (October 27-29th), will explore actual and potential applications of technology that could impact issues of global importance over the next five years and beyond. Jerry talked one benefit of this connectedness and openness is innovation.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

It was updated on 8/17/2022 for National Nonprofit Day. Problem: AnnieCannons employs only three full-time staff members in their fight against human trafficking, which means it needs to be as efficient as possible in managing its contacts and business processes. This image is from a trafficking awareness session.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Both of these designers presented compelling images and evidence from exhibit work and child development experts about the idea that you can make sophisticated, muted exhibits that help children slow down, focus, and enjoy themselves with interactive content.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

Brigade will merge Votizen and Causes to create a political organizing site that will that will “tackle the problem of declining citizen power and engagement in democracy.” based National Center for Charitable Statistics and adopted by the IRS back in the pre-Web 1980s. Images: Rest in Peace: Shutterstock.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

If you’re not familiar with Charity Water, they’re a leading nonprofit at the global level. ” So maybe it’s our diverse, our national, our local partners coordinate. Another way to share impact reports is through images, and this is from Charity Water as well. And it’s just a fabulous image, to say.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

According to the International Environmental Technology Center of the United Nations Environment Program. don't have a coherent national collection infrastructure. This is true for most of Asia where the problem is becoming critical. African nations lead the world in electronics reuse. World Snapshot. North America.

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