Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Our breakthrough in the conception of Martus came in 2000, when I was looking to expand Benetech to new frontiers of social good beyond our origins—helping disabled people access books in what is now our Global Literacy program.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Cristi Hegranes, Global Press Institute – Global Press Institute (GPI) advances both responsible global journalism and community empowerment by offering journalism training to women around the world.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. They specialize in providing both hard and soft job skills. 250,000 Grant Winners.

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NTEN

JUNE 27, 2012

With over 800 million global users on Facebook, if you do the math – that’s a lot of information! One 21st century work place literacy is sense-making of information together and alone. The creation and sharing of content on social media and social networks is contributing to this information overload. That’s less true.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. Nonprofit Management. Denver Nonprofit Institute.

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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. TechSoup will only be able to achieve our mission (which is to help you achieve your mission) when we're able to give you the tools, skills, and community to leverage technology effectively.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

But while global experts search for solutions to bridge the worsening digital divide for women, it turns out the answers are at our fingertips. We launched a global crowdsourcing campaign to collect homegrown solutions and ideas to spread digital empowerment. Today, she is using technology to help fellow trafficking victims.

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NTEN

JULY 18, 2013

Nicole related the experience and observations she had about millennials from five-day leadership trainings at Deloitte. Trainings need to be tailored to the learner not meet individual needs. It''s important to equip them to learn leadership skills and hear what they are thinking.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. The program helps Vietnamese nonprofits to build staff capacity, apply for grants, and recruit skilled volunteers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

13 Causes I'd Give to If Friday the 13th Was My Lucky Day Art in Action: Youth Leadership Training Program Mission: "Art in Action empowers youth leaders by engaging arts for social change through personal, social, political, and cultural education."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

It is a new form of teaching, not just skill-based learning. Solicitation on the streets for programs at the k-12 level to train students to use cyber tools for science. Looking at how to be less of training but more on learning. Emphasis is on digital literacy. Grantees - like Global Kids - found the right group to fund.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Cristi Hegranes: My name is Cristi Hegranes and I am the President and Founder of The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World which is an international nonprofit organization that was founded in order to train women in developing countries to become investigative reporters to report their own news. We are pushing an envelope there.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I participated in three sessions: a Pecha Kucha design blitz, a dialogue on bridging online/onsite connections, and a discussion of the IMLS 21st Century Skills report. Without getting too deeply in the weeds, 21st Century Skills is a phrase that has gained a lot of traction in US policy circles around education and workforce development.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

SOUL is a training center based here in Oakland. We place ourselves in the social justice work here in the Bay Area as a training center. We focus on political education and organizer skills trainings, and we definitely think it is critical to see the fusion of those two things. I read a lot of theory stuff, too.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

Global Fund for Women. Wallace Global Fund. This foundation is committed to expanding economic opportunities for women and girls through education, vocational training, and entrepreneurship with the goal of sustainable financial independence. 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. This foundation is committed to expanding economic opportunities for women and girls through education, vocational training, and entrepreneurship with the goal of sustainable financial independence. Global Fund For Women. Boulware Foundation. Vermont Women’s Fund.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

So, if I provide 10 English as a second language or 10 computer literacy programs a year for 10 people, let’s just say that’s 100 pieces of content, that’s service. So earlier I mentioned maybe a parent who took English as a second language classes or maybe they got their GED or they took those computer literacy programs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Due to the fact that the focus of these media corporations is on creating profits rather than social justice, the many answers that we demand as conscious global citizens become conditional. Our mission is to strengthen the voice of activist artists - 'Artivists' - while raising public awareness for social global causes."

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

Kevin Danaher is the co-founder of the nonprofit Global Exchange which co-sponsors the Green Festivals with Co-op America. Kevin talks about the Global Citizen Center, a large mixed use building in downtown San Francisco that will serve as a hub for ecologically and socially responsible enterprise, education and economic development.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Founded by Susan Crawford, who now advises President Obama on science, technology, and innovation policy, OneWebDay is a global event that is celebrated every September 22 since 2006. Because the Web shifts the balance of power in our global society and local communities, even those who never go online live in a constantly changing world.

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