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7 LGBT Tech Projects You Need to Know

Tech Soup

Formed in response to the growing employment and economic barriers that plague the transgender (sometimes called "trans") community, Trans*H4ck is a series of hackathons that bring visibility to trans entrepreneurs and innovators while developing new and useful open-source tech products that benefit the trans community.

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Mobile Tech Connects Kids to Summer Meals

Tech Soup

"We're always looking at mobile services that can help impoverished, low income, and homeless communities," she told TechSoup. Jessica Pérez Blasko, children and teen services manager at the Lancaster Public Library , posted a flier about Range on the library's community bulletin board.

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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

Nonprofit Tech for Good

National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy :: @ TheNC. National Coalition for the Homelessness :: @ NTL_Homeless. Related Links: Social and Mobile Media Webinars for Nonprofits and Government. Junior Achievement :: @ JA_USA. Maplight :: @ MapLight. National Council of La Raza :: @ NCLR.

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Six Things to Know in Nonprofit Technology News

Tech Soup

High-Tech Help for Homelessness. Why would a homeless person need a mobile phone? A recent study by California nonprofit Community Technology Alliance found that almost 70% of the homeless people surveyed in their county did have a mobile phone. Cloud Storage Price Wars Update.

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How Faith-based Nonprofits Can Use Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

Qgiv

For example, let’s say your faith-based organization is also an outreach ministry for shut-ins and the homeless. With that in mind, we’ll dive into general best practices when it comes to the pre-planning stage, venue management, staff assignments, and any tech considerations. What type of tech will be used?

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How Gen Z Donors Harness the Power of Online Giving

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ll be talking about the next generation of donors and how they use social media, mobile, and other technology to raise money for causes they care about. This guest post is part of many recent posts you have read from my about Generation Z. Helping Your Teen Give Back. Are you keeping up with your tween-age titan of tech?

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TechSoup Hosts Hackathon for Youth Health

Tech Soup

ISIS , an online sexuality information service for youth, kicked off its recent Sex Tech Conference by hosting its first ever Hackathon for Youth Health. Access to the right information can help avoid these problems altogether or lifelong consequences such as infertility, homelessness, and so on.

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