Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. What don’t I have a problem with at this point? The domestic disability policy angle is especially important to the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

I was honored to be invited to cover this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum , a community of donors and social investors committed to international causes. ” with Jacob Harold , Guidestar; Robert Kirkpatrick , UN Global Pulse; Mayur Patel , Knight Foundation. Global Pulse @rgkirkpatrick. gpf13 #philanthropy.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

We faced a global pandemic, resulting in oftentimes disastrous fundraising. Eroding Trust The loss of trust is now a global problem. And it’s one of the biggest problems nonprofits face. Your job is to figure out how to navigate policies for its responsible use, both for internal and for external communications.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

Our Kids’ Climate is a global collaboration of 58 climate-parent groups from 23 countries, working together to engage parents, caretakers, and families in climate action. The letter reached an estimated 500 million people through global media. Learn about the problem, the effects, and the solutions. Read up on the topic.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

Think about that for a moment — we have over 300 consulting and product partners that are serving thousands of organizations and institutions globally. Do we recognize the signs of these problems? Lorenzo has over ten years of experience in public policy, government, talent pipeline development, diversity, and inclusion.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

It’s no secret that as a global society we’ve had a few changes thrown at us in the last few years. Even aside from a global pandemic, an ever changing landscape of technology and politics have caused all of us to have to navigate change. Strategic Change – this involves changes to the policies and processes.

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Candid

AUGUST 29, 2023

Why burnout is rampant in the nonprofit sector Burnout is a problem everywhere; however, there is reason to believe the nonprofit sector is being hit especially hard. The global shifts and crises of the last few years have exacerbated these issues. Normalizing rest at the organizational level is crucial.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 27, 2009

This opportunity may be of interest to Influence followers or your colleagues: The CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health is seeking essay submissions that answer the following question in 500-800 words by midnight, November 20th 2009: "What is the most important thing the U.S. can do to improve global health over the next 15 years?"

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Before you start a new organization, it’s worth it to fully think through the problem you’re hoping to address and whether a nonprofit is the right way to solve the issue. Before taking the steps to start a nonprofit, ask yourself these questions: What need or problem will the nonprofit address?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

He holds a master’s in neuroscience and a master’s in public policy from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes scholar. Now with C40 Cities, she supports cities in the global network to develop and implement inclusive climate action plans, policies, and programs. Policy Associate, The Nature Conservancy.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The weekend event was organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , Code for America , Random Hacks of Kindness , and many other organizations and companies. TechSoup Global's Ale Bezdekian attended another San Francisco event, but it was much different from the one at San Francisco State.

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Forum One

MARCH 6, 2009

Two weeks ago Forum One's Seattle office convened a group of Global Health web communicators and talked in depth about using social media to build connections and awareness. Last week at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation a group of 23 folks who manage Global Health data met to talk about common issues and best practices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

AI4Good is a somewhat new field that sits at the intersection of big tech companies and the world’s biggest problems. There are also research reports , events, fellowships, and bootcamps , and an annual AI4Good Global Summit. This includes Google , Microsoft , SalesForce , Intel , IBM , and many other companies.

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Givinga

MAY 4, 2021

The finalists of Fast Company ’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring the businesses, policies, projects, and concepts that are actively engaged and deeply committed to pursuing innovation when it comes to solving health and climate crises, social injustice, or economic inequality. Philantech connects users to 1.8

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 10, 2013

Let me share two examples of the Big Data opportunities we’ve seized at Benetech: a long-standing use of data that has global implications and a nascent one that has just launched. This number was significantly more than the existing estimates that had dominated news and policy discussions.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 27, 2021

For the second year in a row, we’re still celebrating Autism Awareness Month during a global pandemic. It’s important to keep checking back and to not expect the individual to come to you if there is a problem — they may be too anxious to do this or not know how or when to approach you. By: Philip Bartey, CEO of Autism Plus.

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Socialbrite

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Like wildfires, the impact of global catastrophes can spread quickly. We can do that not just by rehashing the nature of present problems but by outlining specific tangible steps we can take toward change and by highlighting the inspirational stories of people already making a difference. All you have to do is take the first step.

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2009

Bill Gates, in his recent famous mosquito-releasing speech , talked about the economic impact of the burden of disease: for example, the 200 million people who are sick with malaria at any given time aren't able to contribute, solve problems, get educated, or help make the world a better and safer place. The Global Health area on change.org.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2022

Now that we are–unbelievably–at the two-and-a-half-year mark of the global pandemic, there has been some regression to our pre-COVID practices, and some foundations have settled back into status quo practices. For more than a decade I have taught people, teams, and organizations how to codesign solutions to problems using new skills.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

AI was founded in 1961 on the inspiration of British lawyer Peter Benenson, whose article “The Forgotten Prisoners” launched the first Prisoners of Conscience campaign, which ignited overwhelming global support and marked the birth of AI. I especially heard strong interest in building the Amnesty movement in Latin America and Asia.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2019

Programs within a nonprofit can then use these goals to create individualized action plans that help serve the needs of the program while focusing on the global mission and vision of the organization. This cascading of goals helps keep all parties focused on the program needs as well as the global needs of the agency.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

First, decrease earnings and wealth inequities by going back to the tax policies of the 50s, 60s and 70s, where those who were wealthy paid much more in taxes than they do today. But for the long term, this is not going to even begin to solve our problems. He says: "Which brings us to the global crisis that began in 2007–2008.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

First, decrease earnings and wealth inequities by going back to the tax policies of the 50s, 60s and 70s, where those who were wealthy paid much more in taxes than they do today. But for the long term, this is not going to even begin to solve our problems. He says: "Which brings us to the global crisis that began in 2007–2008.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

Location : Global, country, region, state and city. It encompasses a vast array of activities from developing mobile phone apps to launching advocacy campaigns to strengthening the policies and infrastructures involved in media creation, transmission and access. Media Access and Policy. Telecommunications Infrastructure.

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See3

DECEMBER 11, 2007

The goal with this project is to engage US citizens during this election year on issues of global development. The video below is called “The Problem with Subsidies&# and it is a look at how US farm subsidies impact farmers in Africa.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Brian Solis , Global Innovation Evangelist and Digital Anthropologist, calls this Generation Novel, or Gen N. We looked at problems associated with “status quo” management and thinking. Do you have necessary facilitating internal systems, policies and procedures and controls? The digital revolution created hyper-connection.

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

We want to give people an opportunity to really develop, innovate, and preserve their own culture." -- Tom Aageson, co-founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship A week, or so ago I interviewed my Dad, Tom Aageson, for a special Father's Day show on the Big Vision Podcast. I've posted an edited transcript of the interview below.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

And how many of you are working hard to incorporate more of that spirit of experimentation into your organization’s lasting culture, not just as a necessary response to a global pandemic. Also known as The Nation’s Report Card, NAEP has provided meaningful data to help improve education policy and practice across the country since 1969.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” And your perspective on technology policies, I think, will vary a little bit depending on your role in the organization. The problem they had was they didn’t really have policies to really govern and guide their staff towards effectively transitioning.

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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 focused on an important problem ? See Thomas Friedman? We think GEO should be funded because: it?s

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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

OCTOBER 5, 2010

I'm in Kyoto, Japan for the STS forum, an incredible gathering of top scientists and policy leaders from around the world. His concept was that science and technology was critical to the future of society, and he wanted to build an inclusive international forum of top leaders literally from all over the world to tackle major problems.

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VQ Strategies

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As nonprofit organizations continue to face an increase in demand, limited resources and reduced staffing capacity in the wake of a global pandemic, new research finds that volunteer engagement has become more–not less–important to advance their work, but volunteers are now harder to find and engage. volunteer engagement. Nearly half (46.8

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

This is where we expand on the stated problem or opportunity and work to better understand the people involved in the service delivery process. Once you’ve created a solid understanding of the problem, opportunity, and audiences, it’s time to ideate! Here’s an example of a preliminary draft service blueprint. Phase 2: Research.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

As the world goes global, so does charitable giving. Therefore, how nonprofits worldwide can get started on Ammado: 1) Nonprofits that want to use Ammado must read and agree to their Nonprofit Recognition Policy and then sign up to be added to their database of nonprofits. See their Giving Policy for more information.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The new series, which is hosted by best-selling author Baratunde Thurston , just wrapped up its first season with much fanfare — Force Multiplier ranks in the top 5% globally for the most popular podcasts. Health equity isn’t just a distant problem; it is a very local problem. A Healthier World Depends On Us All.

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