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How (RED) is Fighting AIDS and Saving Lives

Saleforce Nonprofit

Governments were slowly waking up to the emergency, creating organizations like the Global Fund, one of the largest global health partnerships on the planet, but companies were still fast asleep. How Does Technology Play a Role in Amplifying and Providing Solutions? Four decades ago, San Francisco was the epicenter of the AIDS crisis.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas, including homelessness , equity in education , and climate justice. Each of these groups provided insights into the challenge, determined a focus area where technology can help, and developed a solution.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. Are you excited about technology benefiting the world?

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Meet Your Local NetSquared Organizer at #17NTC

Tech Soup

That's why we're thrilled that NetSquared is joining TechSoup in having a strong presence at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, DC. Don't worry, there are NetSquared groups in 75 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Thursday, March 2, 2017.

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Is There a Community of #Tech4Good Activists Waiting for You?

Tech Soup

Seattle, Washington: Governance Responsibilities for Nonprofit Boards. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Nonprofit Communications and Technology Conference (MCN). Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance. Los Angeles, California: Using Technology in Local Activism. Sunday, February 12, 2017.

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All Facets of the Impact Investing Field at SOCAP16

Connection Cafe

From governments working with nonprofits, to corporations working with social entrepreneurs, industries are coming together to push the field forward. Our friend at Hewlett Foundation ( @Hewlett_Found ), Margot Fahnestock, pointed out the cultural difficulties with setting up an effective women’s reproductive health system in Zambia.

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