Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

27: International Polar Bear Day — #PolarBearDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #WomensDay. 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — #EndRacism. 21: International Day of Forests — #ForestsDay. 8: International Women’s Day — #WomensDay.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

That was the theme of the ninth Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting that President Bill Clinton, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton recently convened in New York City last month. Our commitment was selected as an exemplary approach to addressing a global challenge. “Mobilizing for Impact.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

I’m thrilled to share with you some of the recent amazing impact of Bookshare , a Benetech Global Literacy initiative and the largest accessible online library of copyrighted content for people with print disabilities. a11y accessibility Bookshare Braille DAISY ebooks Global Literacy print disabilities Reading'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2013

8: International Women’s Day — #IntWomensDay or #IWD. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 1: International Workers’ Day — #IntWorkersDay , #MayDay or #LaborDay. September.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . International Game Technology. The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of “awesome in the universe,” mostly through providing $1,000 micro-grants.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Like many philanthropists and social entrepreneurs who are eager to make large-scale change, we found that redirecting government policy and funding to more effective approaches offers tremendous leverage for realizing national (and international) impact. Fast-forward six years.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

Benetech is hiring new Vice Presidents for our Global Literacy and Human Rights programs. Our Benetech Labs is busy looking for the next tech social enterprises that could make similar global impact. We must help ensure that every report of abuse is a tool for justice.

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! While the majority of our members are U.S.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Beth''s Blog recently featured a guest post by Christian Arno, Using Social Media Internationally: How Not to Get Lost in Translation , full of useful tips for anyone with a global audience. John Haydon helps to clarify Facebook''s changes to their news feed and how this will affect your organization''s account.

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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.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

It’s being re-published today in honor of International Day of the Girl to highlight Malala Fund’s important work around education for girls. The broadcasts air weekly and deliver multilingual lessons on literacy, numeracy, and STEM. This blog post was originally published on 12/11/2021. with radio-based education during the pandemic.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Global Fund For Children. International Paper Foundation. Their grantmaking aims to ensure that American public education prepares all students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to fully participate in democracy and thrive in the global economy. Global Fund For Children. Funding Priority: Education.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

She has spent almost thirty years working in the nonprofit world helping organizations communicate more effectively internally and externally. ” CIERRA SELBY : Kickstart Your Organization’s Internal Communication Strategy. Cierra believes effective internal communications are essential to nonprofit success.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

This is totally the “how sausage and law are made” view, so don’t read this unless you want to know more about global accessibility in detail! Even though Benetech doesn’t have donor funding for this, our VP of Global Literacy, Betsy Beaumon, and I thought it would be worthwhile to attend this meeting.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

It wasn’t until 1993, when a reconstruction of these events by American journalist Mark Danner first appeared in The New Yorker , that the full story of the El Mozote massacre was brought to light and sent shock waves through the international community. Dave suggested we rename our idea Martus, the Greek word for “witness.”

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

This fair use victory is crucial not only for our present work, but also for our social mission at large and for the future of our work under our Global Literacy program. copyright law, also known as the Chafee Amendment.

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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. Together with the World Blind Union and other campaigners, we set out to get a global treaty that would not only replicate the U.S. And, the U.S.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Association of Fundraising Philanthropy: International Fundraising Conference. Association of Fundraising Philanthropy: International Fundraising Conference. Engage with more than 1,000 fellow attendees including leadership from marquee foundations, governments, global industries, the U.N., General / #casedpl / @CASEAdvance.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

It also provides tools that facilitate program management, funding development, and global collaboration. Speed up collaboration by allowing users to review time-sensitive work in the cloud in real time from any device, instead of through traditional file-transfer applications and internal servers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

Under our new CTO, Patrick Ball (see my last President's letter), we are building a tech team to work on our incredibly varied list of projects in literacy, human rights and the environment. Route 66 Literacy Our newest project is Route 66 Literacy, and it includes a demonstration site that anyone can try out.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 20, 2010

My latest post on HuffPo is now up: Going to Davos to Redesign the Planet , about my proposal to the WEF's Global Redesign Initiative. What would you propose to global leaders to make humanity better off? What about literacy and education? I've included the post below, but comments are best done on the HuffPo site above.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

z International Foundation discussing Millennial Leadership. In addition, Fifth Third Foundation decided to focus on financial literacy teaching kids in classrooms about money management. z International Foundation: to protect well-being of humans on planet. We''re attending virtually through the livestream.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Women are underrepresented in the field of technology, and it’s a global problem. Symantec’s grant is applied toward their Global Partnership Businesswomen’s Network in the Middle East and North Africa. Symantec Supports Women in Technology. Education received approximately 50 percent of Symantec’s dollars.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. It originally appeared on NetSquared.

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Forum One

MARCH 23, 2021

data literacy, device preferences)? There are different types of primary navigation menus, also known as main and global navigation menus. Example 1: Walk Free , an international human rights group focused on the eradication of modern slavery, has three different levels in its megamenu. What context is relevant to know (e.g.,

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

How to get in sync across international teams. Ken is currently working as the Worldview Literacy Project Manager at The Institute of Noetic Sciences. TSDigs), she is working with local and global partners to plan, produce, and promote the upcoming 2012 campaign and event. How to work together effectively.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Paul Schoemaker, founder and executive chairman of Decision Strategies international and research director of Wharton’s Mack Center for technological innovation, shares critical insights on the benefits of making well-chosen mistakes. Brian Solis’s The End of Business As Usual and Brian Reich’s Shift and Reset.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

GI-NET's blog Global Fund for Women Mission: "The Global Fund for women promotes women's economic security, health, education and leadership." Global Fund for Women's blog Maine Coon Adoptions They rescued and helped us adopt our Maine Coon cat, Dora! Urban Sprouts blog is also their website.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But did you know that our work is global? That's why TechSoup created NetSquared , our global network of volunteer-led Tech4Good meetups. Every month our global network of community organizers hosts Tech4Good events in more than 70 cities. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Treading Lightly | The Delicate Art of Internal Communications.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

This is an international trend. "Affordable connections to the Internet are critical, but if we don't also address issues around affordable devices and, critically, the digital literacy and life skills to use those devices to go online, we will do nothing but change policy, and not impact the digital divide.

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sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2024

Universities across the globe face challenges with successful digital transformation and what it means for their fundraising and alumni data, legacy systems, data literacy, and access to skills.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. Our age ranges in all of our global training sites range from 19 to 56. I have a story that you have to hear.'" Last month I interviewed Cristi Hegranes, its Founder and President. CH: Right, exactly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

s Degree in Spanish with a minor in International Relations and a Master???s tools and my outlook on literacy, available information, research, and cross-referencing opinions has changed completely. Multicultural and global education is a must in this century. I went back to school and earned a Bachelor???s s webmaster.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 20, 2008

Now, a day and two thousand miles from the closing ceremony, I realize I was lucky enough to participate in a very special kind of conference, one which deals specifically with the global politics of science centers. Casual discussions were steeped in government policies, national literacy rates, and worldwide attitudes towards science.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2022

Climate change is a global, systemic crisis and there are many points of entry.”. As Jones pointed out, education around climate issues in low-income communities is fraught with constraints, like spotty internet access or literacy challenges. Doing something at the community level feels tangible.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Benetech's newest project is a software tool called Miradi that helps environmental practitioners design, manage, monitor and learn from their projects to more effectively meet the needs of global biodiversity. Route 66 Literacy was put on the back burner last year because it ran out of funding.

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