Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2009

Guest Blog from Amy McNeely, Bookshare Librarian This past week, April 12th through April 18th, was National Library Week. That global connection is a huge way that worlds connect at Bookshare. Tags: Chafee Bookshare. Every year, the American Library Association picks a different theme for the occasion.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 10, 2010

Footnote: NLS stands for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, part of the U.S. Library of Congress and the nation's number one provider of books for blind people. Tags: complaint fleet Braille global library Bookshare.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Both nonprofits and funders feel this acutely, particularly in recent years as we grapple with a global pandemic and the systemic implications of racial injustice. . Recent data from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) drives this point home. Digging in to the problem .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. • Tags: print disabled print disabilities Benetech publishers blind SCCR Bookshare WIPO SCCR20.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Thanks to collaboration across the Salesforce ecosystem, we added badges that cover things like the Sustainable Development Goals , the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights , and how to Inspire the Next Generation of Trailblazers. Tag @SalesforceOrg to extend your reach.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 16, 2010

Miradi is a joint venture between Benetech and the Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP), a consortium of global environmental organizations committed to improving the practice of conservation. Miradi was built in partnership with these global conservation groups and input from users around the world.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2010

The 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service (NCVS) is June 28-30 in New York City. from TechSoup Global. Susan Tenby from TechSoup Global along with Interactive Producers Evonne Heyning from and Josephine Dorado. Tags: events conference ncvs netsquared presentation techsoup global. Room: 1374.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Women Give 2010 is the first report to compare philanthropic giving between men and women across all income levels based on a nationally representative sample. It uses data from the Center on Philanthropy Panel Study (COPPS), the nation’s largest study that tracks giving patterns among the same households over time."

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

." -- James Keller Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) was one of the final speakers today at the Service Nation Summit. Clinton called America, "The" Service Nation, and said that service has never been more important than it is today. "As You can read my other posts from the Service Nation Summit here.

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

"(T)o provide a platform for understanding, visualizing and analyzing global energy systems that will help the world accelerate the transition to cheap clean energy for all." Global Energy Observatory ? s Los Alamos National Lab. Tags: Collaboration Environment Technology. See Thomas Friedman?

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2009

"(T)o provide a platform for understanding, visualizing and analyzing global energy systems that will help the world accelerate the transition to cheap clean energy for all.". There has been a rising consensus that we need to transform our global energy system to reduce energy usage and to shift to less carbon intensive energy sources.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

ANEESH CHOPRA Aneesh Paul Chopra joined the Obama Administration this Spring as the nation's first chief technology officer. LINKS [link] [link] [link] VIVEK KUNDRA Vivek Kundra is the nation's first Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO). Here's some background on these three key White House staffers. link] [link] [link].

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

In the morning, I attended a session put on by the Young Global Leaders with six interesting proposals. James Moody of Australia’s national research organization was talking about an idea of a humanitarian license for patents that has been floated by the YGL community. Tags: WEF social entrepreneurs Davos Schwab Foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Animal Adoptions by the National Wildlife Federation: From alligators to walruses, givers can adopt animals in the name of friends, family, or colleagues. Mission : Empowering entrepreneurs through Microcredit & Microfinance to help End Global Poverty. Tags: Online Fundraising. Purchase Gift Cards ].

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Tech Soup

JUNE 28, 2010

If you're attending National Council on Volunteering and Service , be sure to come to my session on Technology Planning for Nonprofits at 2:30 p.m. Speaker: Elliot Harmon, TechSoup Global Conference hashtag #NCVS Session hashtag #TPNPS Slide Deck read more. Tags: Event. on Tuesday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

On November 19th 2009, at The Paley Center for Media’s International Council Event, ThinkSocial will be recognizing three outstanding examples of innovation, featuring – an individual, an initiative and a collaboration between institutions, which together represent powerful models for how social media can be used to address global problems.

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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? National governments should encourage the creation of enterprises with explicitly social objectives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Joe Solomon has a post over at Netsquared called " Social Media Powered Hope " and reports: Yesterday, the first ever hashtag made it into the center of the UN climate negotiations , #WeStandwithTuvalu (a Pacific island nation) -- an action that was coordinated by SMS inside the conference in Copenhagen. Tags: maps netaction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

They are hosting the Global CSR track at the Indian Leadership Forum in Mumbai Feb 9-11. Nasscom Foundation is a partner of TechSoup Global and has an impressive technology product donation program called " BIGTech " Here's how they describe their mission and impact. Tags: india. David Appasamy. Gaurav Mishra. Ganesh Natarajan.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

How a Small Nonprofit Used Social Media & Crowd-Sourcing to Win the 2009 Global Giving Challenge - frogloop Home~Care2’s blog for nonprofits - frogloop - "The goal was simple. Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

Ranger Rick, the persona of the National Wildlife Federation , has been banished from Facebook! Funding Opportunities A recap of funding opportunities mentioned in previous NpTech Tag Summaries and are of interest to nonprofit techies: Razoo promotes social good. Found via this post tagged nptech by Meghan. Global NpTech.

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Forum One

MAY 18, 2009

Luckily, they're not really secrets: Shannon Raybold, Internet Director at the United Nations Foundation, is more than happy to share the array of tactics that have helped them raise $25 million in donations from individual donors like you and me. Tags: Global Health.

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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. National Trust: #NTchallenge. National Trust utilises the passion of its supporters and their beautiful photography to spread the word about its beautiful sites. Social media is the future of nonprofit outreach.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

This was also a decade of prosperity and success for many in the nation towards the turn of the century. This took the organization from a private franchise focused on local chapters to one the entire nation—and big donors—could get behind. For the first time in the nation’s history, people came together to fundraise on a global scale.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The staff at TechSoup Global is keeping all those affected by the devastating typhoon in our thoughts as we work to support recovery efforts. Organizations are working tirelessly on the ground to provide clean water, first aid, food, and shelter to those impacted. Donate to Organizations Providing Relief. Other Relief Resources.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

On June 7th TechSoup representatives Elliot Harmon, Susan Tenby, and Evonne Heyning will present in a unique Interactive Strategy event at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in New Orleans, LA ( NCVS ). Live: Participatory Events, Webinars, Conversations, Local and Global. We think Watchitoo. We think Watchitoo.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 3, 2009

"we20 meetings will create people plans, policy plans, business plans and other plans on local, national and global issues. " Tags: roundup bookmarks. Facebook | we20 - the best reason to get your friends together this year - Do you know about the we20 project? A great example of organizing on the social web. "we20

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Just in time for National Cyber Security Awareness Month , Symantec has continued their support of TechSoup and our mission with their updated donations of Norton AntiVirus 2011 and Norton Internet Security 2011 to eligible nonprofits and libraries. Tags: Privacy Security Tech Planning. What's the difference between the two?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2010

The 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Fortress Fighters by Cause Global. Tags: Networked Nonprofit Promotions book santa cruz workshop. New York City. Book Party and Discussion with authors. Beth Kanter and Allison Fine. Moderated by Stephanie Strom of the New York Times. Details here. June 30, 2010.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

ICOM matters because museums are a global phenomenon. ICOM might not seem to matter to our workdays in American museums, but it does matter global. I’m particularly interested in the ways that the possible definitions by ICOM relate to the ways the people of those nations define museums. A different sort of ache began.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Here’s the screen shot for the TechSoup Global page on Jumo. We count many of the world’s leading nonprofits as partners, including Amnesty International, Sierra Club, Human Rights Campaign, and the United Nations Foundation. Tags: community networking jumo nonprofits social media social network. Transparency.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2010

It’s the nation’s leading progressive advocacy and campaign training program and it’s quietly and forcefully redefining the way campaigns are run and social change happens. — Global Neighbourhoods – When everyone wants a bit of the social media juice, having a strategy and usage policy become even more important.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Tags: backchannel. As a presenter, you have more to think about beyond creating beautiful slides and practicing your verbal delivery. Now you need to learn how to incorporate Tweeting or Livestreaming. That's the subject of Cliff Atkinson's new book, The Backchannel, and can't wait to read.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Amidst all the gloom and doom lately about the global economy, it's refreshing to see all the incredible innovations that will undoubtedly have a huge positive impact around the world. With the emergence of standards, APIs, initiatives such as the Global Development Commons, and others, we have a great opportunity to address this.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

Tag your posts and news with "nten member" or "nptech" to help me find your stories online!). Nancy Schwartz is helping nonprofits do it right: how long has it been since you've considered your organization's tag line? Tags: community buzz nonprofit technology NPTech NTEN nten members. Does it even have one?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2010

This week, several TechSoup Global staffers are participating in Foundation Week in Brussels. Tags: Event. This post comes from GuideStar International chair Buzz Schmidt. Originally publised on the GuideStar International Blog.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2010

Several TechSoup Global staffers recently participated in Foundation Week in Brussels. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international convention setting out the civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights of children. Tags: Event. This post comes from executive assistant Janet Yao.

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