Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

This is a guest blog from Anna Reid, an Amherst student who interned with Bookshare.org International this past summer. A related, but slightly different and less recognized issue, is the fact that people with disabilities such as blindness often have limited access to printed materials, even if they are well-educated.

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Foundations in the United States focus their funding priorities on many different issues. Education is one of the more popular issues that many foundations focus on. International Paper Foundation. International Paper Foundation. Areas served: US, India, South Africa. Funding Priority: Education. Mellon Foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

issued credit cards. [ Shop Concern Gifts ]. Women for Women International’s Gifts That Give Back: Women for Women’s gifts enable you to empower women to rebuild their lives after the ravages of war. Although Concern is based in the U.K., their gift program also accepts U.S.-issued

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

In the first installment of this series, I described the Bookshare International library and where we hope to take it next. We’ve already built a collection of titles in Hindi and Tamil, two of the most-spoken languages in India, and last summer we released our first accessible collection in Arabic.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Benetech is tackling these issues on two fronts, thanks to the leadership of Enrique Piracés, who joined us last year from Human Rights Watch. Second, we are stepping up our efforts to increase the awareness of this critical issue and practical actions that can be taken.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

In this second installment of the three-part blog series (the first one is here ) on Bookshare International, I’m excited to share some of the ways in which our Bookshare library is part of the latest trends in the digital publishing world and is thus going deeper and serving many more people.

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Mobilisation Lab: Started by the digital strategy team at Greenpeace International, the Digital Mobilisation Lab is comprised of a growing global network of staff and volunteers dedicated to people-powered campaigning. In India, for example, “missed calls” have become a campaign tool.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The NASSCOM India Leadership Forum has multiple tracks based on theme. In addition, during a roundtable on social media at the conference, I was fortunate to meet social media experts in India ( @ nirav @ amnigos @ pranavbhasin @ paritoshsharma and @ avinashraghava ) who shared some examples.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

7000 kilometres away in India, Haiyya is training the next generation of community organisers. Once they’ve completed the training program, Haiyya Fellows campaign on civic issues in their own neighbourhoods. There’s something each Fellow has experienced that sparks their desire to become a change agent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

The Treaty of Marrakesh, Top Issues: What’s the goal of the Treaty? or similar laws in other countries like India and the EU. The Three Step Test This arcane bit of international copyright law caused a lot of concern among advocates that it might be a Trojan horse for more extensive commerciality requirements. Articles 5 and 6.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

For example, I extracted many insights about the international development field reading books like Easterly’s Tyranny of Experts or Maren’s Road to Hell. People who start novel organizations like Ashesi University in Ghana, Technology Access Foundation in Seattle, and Shanti Bhavan (a boarding school) in India.

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” – Azim Premji, one of the wealthiest and most generous business leaders in India. Some will have family looking to intern or friends looking to give back with time or resources other than financial support. Invest in your donors. “ Philanthropy needs patience, tenacity and time.” Your donors are your network.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

This was originally posted on the GuideStar International blog. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU). For those nonprofits working on sustainable development issues - NextDrop uses mobile technology to monitor and improve water flow in urban India and subsequent sustainable development. have changed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Learn who your followers are, what issues they care about, which posts are firing up your base, and what types of content are gaining steam and going viral. In particular, their free reports give you your social audience’s pulse on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, and other platforms. 2 – Make Your Website Shine.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

I came away with a much better understanding of the issues they are exploring and certainly did my part to articulate why I support the positions we have. We discussed Chafee, especially in the context of the Amazon text-to-speech brouhaha, and the proposed international treaty that was tabled at the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva last month.

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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. law (this is a wildcard issue right now). We’ve been fighting this exact issue in the U.S.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Previously, she produced the Our Social Times and Influence People’s North American Social Media Marketing and Monitoring conference series and started a web development and social media business, which leveraged an international team of programmers and designers across India, Romania, and the U.S.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

In line with the design, drawing, and multimedia editing tools that form the backbone of Adobe, they invest in organizations that are addressing arts and creativity, education, and youth service issues. Check out some of the recent entries: The American Indian Foundation takes you on a tour of India’s slums. Youth Services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Many of us have been up early playing with Jumo, setting up our individual profiles and finding issues and organizations or setting up profiles for organizations. The platform was seeded with some initial organization profiles and a focused set of issues. Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&#

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

And, in our initial six pilot countries (which include Colombia, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Senegal) we plan to take a deeper look, using national data, research and story-gathering to understand where progress is being made and where it is lagging. .

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

And, in our initial six pilot countries (which include Colombia, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Senegal) we plan to take a deeper look, using national data, research and story-gathering to understand where progress is being made and where it is lagging. .

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JULY 18, 2013

Someone in Indiana could connect with someone in India around a cause they care about." "The When you choose a cause your internal team can rally around, then it''s baked in. That''s a serious issue. live stream issues] And B-Corps – I want to make money and I''m ok with that. No geographic barriers now.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

He is also the co-founder of the International Folk Art Market. Before moving to Santa Fe, he was the Director of Aid to Artisans , an international artisan enterprise development NGO. We developed an international competition that always had very prestigious juries. She's been in the International Folk Art Market.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

In fact, just last month, I took it to India. This was really important – hearing colleagues talk about their posts being read by EPA officials or members of international negotiating teams made the point in a way no consultant could. For example, everyone who works on ocean issues was on the same team. Here’s what we’re seeing.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

India drafted its first data privacy bill. The Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal broke, spawning nearly a dozen investigations by international and US regulators over Facebook’s data practices. 2018 was a seminal year for privacy. Its executives were hauled before Congressional committees.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2007

3, Issue 1, June 2007. ???Stewarding 3, Issue 1, to be published in June 2007, will focus on innovative practices and uses of ???technologies It builds on previous issues on the importance of networks, working across boundaries and even sustainability. International development has always had to work across time and distance.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The IT press was buzzing in late April about the free portable WiFi embedded by Microsoft in select May 6 Forbes Magazine print issues. Available on news stands now, so check one out if you see a new issue while in line at the grocery store. This is technology for good news from India. Strange News. Yes that's right.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 14, 2007

In a couple of days, video bloggers Jay Dedman and Ryanne Hodson will be in Cambodia doing some work with Project Hope International to help them document the work they're doing to rehabilitate people involved in human trafficking. My holy grail would be something ongoing along the lines of the project in India. Click To Play.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2007

By the time you read this post, I will be crossing the International Dateline enroute to the first Cambodian Bloggers Summit in Phnom Penh. (No, After life-altering experiences in Vietnam and India, and spending the night in a displaced persons camp in Turkey after the '99 earthquake, I knew my life couldn't continue on it's current course.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. Gen Z is more interested in using digital tools for social good than social currency, partly because living in a digital information age the world’s social change issues are thrust in their faces.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2011

A Review of the “Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development” Report. Clever Together: “A world in which highly coordinated and successful strategies emerge for addressing both urgent and entrenched worldwide issues.” But they must also be informed about the implications of its use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Dr. Mani holds an annual Heart Kids Blogathon on Valentine's Day to raise money for heart surgeries for poor kids from rural India. So, what better way to love the earth than contributing to a charity that works on environmental issues. Britt Bravo recommends Women for Women International.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 9, 2007

And when Congress presses the president to act on a foreign policy issue, the president responds. When is the last time you read a book or a magazine article about a social/environmental/political issue that not only addressed the problems, but also solutions? So refreshing. Keep It Short 3. Keep It Sound 4. Keep It Smart 5.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2007

Click here to view the front page of the issue.) The article features the case study of our client the American Jewish World Service. The collection of two- to three-minute spots will run on the group’s Web site, and the charity will also post video clips of interviews with volunteers on the popular online video site YouTube.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

Click here to view the front page of the issue.) The article features the case study of our client the American Jewish World Service. The collection of two- to three-minute spots will run on the group’s Web site, and the charity will also post video clips of interviews with volunteers on the popular online video site YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Many of the issues they champion have taken a backseat in people’s minds this year, as our nation’s attention has been captured by one shocking event after another. They whisk people away from their everyday lives and connect them with ideas that can revolutionize how they think.

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