Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2010

with print disabilities, with more than 70,000 copyrighted works in our library, the majority of which have been created under the US copyright exception by volunteers, mainly people with disabilities themselves, helping each other. • We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. •

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In celebration of the occasion of getting to meet this huge hero of mine, I’ve outlined five ways that companies, institutions, and nonprofits can harness technological innovations to advance financial inclusion and empower the world’s most vulnerable people: 1. Subscribe to get the best content from the Learn Library once a month.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We get a huge amount of pro bono assistance from the legal profession, both because of our social impact as a nonprofit, and because of the challenging and interesting issues we tackle. We’re not an advocacy organization, but our technical insights are in great demand from advocates. when we bring them to developing world countries.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

This is especially true given that so many nonprofit and humanitarian groups are collecting private information that, even though intended to help, could inadvertently put the vulnerable populations they serve at risk of harm from repressive regimes, organized crime, and increasingly corporations.

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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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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

In 2005, Shannon Keith visited India and was confronted by the harsh realities of brothels and prostitution. Punjammies is one example of a nonprofit that is using e-commerce — specifically, a tool called Shopify — to give women a renewed sense of purpose and to operate sustainably. Nonprofit art galleries.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

However, as the founder of the Bookshare online library, we have a great deal at stake in how the Treaty gets implemented. Plus, it will especially help countries with less-developed libraries and services for people with disabilities by making it easier to tap large collections (like Bookshare) in other countries. Article 2(c).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2012

So, when Geri offered up this second post about nonprofits and LinkedIn, I couldn’t resist. Yet, it is not one of the top five reasons nonprofits use social media. Do nonprofits have an obligation to consider morality of the sources of their funding? Is the work in Africa worth the lives of those in India?

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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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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured IT to further their missions. I have a soft spot for nonprofits that tackle really hard problems, and autism is certainly one of those.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

When we surveyed NGOs and libraries around the world this year about where they are in regard to using and needing cloud based IT services, we didn’t know how far things have gone toward cloud adoption. What Didn't Surprise Me.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

Together with our partners in the nonprofit, technology, government, academic and publishing sectors, we participate in new cultural and technological movements, deriving new knowledge that we apply for social gain. The Lex Mundi Foundation is a nonprofit affiliate of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. I have a soft spot for nonprofits that tackle really hard problems, and autism is certainly one of those.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. Sign up for TechSoup's email newsletters and discover great resources, ideas, and donated technology for nonprofits and public libraries. Mark your calendar!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

By now many nonprofit organizations are aware of the importance of having a presence on the web. Malhan’s approach to developing accessibility is informed by his experience in a developing country, namely India, where advanced technologies, like smartphones, are not as readily available or affordable. Make It Accessible Early.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. Sign up for TechSoup's email newsletters and discover great resources, ideas, and donated technology for nonprofits and public libraries. Mark your calendar!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

demonstrates what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup Global software donations to further their missions. It helps endangered Asian children get off the streets in Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, East Timor, Jordan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

The treaty does a lot of things, but let me highlight a few: • A global norm that there be copyright exceptions that allow for the making of accessible versions of copyrighted works for free on a nonprofit basis by a broad range of people or organizations, without having to get permission from the rightsholders.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

It is a moving one and a half minute video about the struggle of untouchable caste Dalit children in India to grow up and be as successful as more advantaged children. The Storymakers Campaign 2014 empowers nonprofits, libraries, and charities with the tools and training to tell their stories, get noticed, and make an impact.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for seven years now. nonprofits, schools, low-income families, and small microenterprise businesses. We have served more than 10,300 nonprofits and libraries across all 50 U.S.

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Global Giving

MARCH 7, 2019

dollars and British pounds, and donors in India and East Africa can contribute in their local currencies via our partnerships with ImpactGuru and M-Changa. We’ve also gotten many requests to add it from our nonprofit and corporate partners alike. Subscribe to get the best content from the Learn Library once a month.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

Each tweet chat covered a different facet of digital storytelling and featured storytelling experts and nonprofit and library participants. As a nonprofit example, Ilie offered the 6-word story of an organization that helps the visually impaired: "Blind graduate works for National Bank." led the bilingual tweet chat.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Symantec gives a lot back to the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup — See what organizations like yours are saying about their donated Symantec products. Matching Gifts, Dollars for Doers, and Nonprofit Board Service. Corporate Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. This is technology for good news from India. It's a 40-page study that measures what's going on with nonprofit email, fundraising, social media, and mobile. Accessibility. Anything I missed?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

nonprofits often didn't know they were already using cloud services. We're not entirely sure whether this means that nonprofits are confused about cloud computing costs and security. Low Cost and Free Cloud Tools for Nonprofits. Nonprofit Tech 2.0 The general public is vague on the subject as well.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

SAP is helping to make a difference in the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup. Enabling 1,000 nonprofits through donations of technology, thereby helping organizations to run more efficiently and maximize their potential. Making Social Investments.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. It is one of the rapidly emerging " BRIC " economies, along with Russia, India and China.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 18, 2021

Even five months after the first COVID-19 vaccine was administered, worldwide vaccination efforts remain a constant news topic, especially in the face of new infection waves that are currently surging in India and other countries. Our hearts and minds go out to India and its people in this terrible acute crisis phase. About the Author.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2007

It's a project of a nonprofit organization called mySociety , based in the UK. Third, a pledge called " Bakul-Library " is definitely one of my favorite stories. And the Bakul Foundation, the creators of the pledge, set up a blog to document their work that has great pictures of the library. those might be.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The New York organization last year collected more than 60 hours of footage of the organization’s workers and volunteers helping AIDS patients in Uganda, tsunami victims in India, and poor residents of El Salvador, and it soon plans to use that extra footage for an extensive online video campaign. Rosenberg says.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The New York organization last year collected more than 60 hours of footage of the organization’s workers and volunteers helping AIDS patients in Uganda, tsunami victims in India, and poor residents of El Salvador, and it soon plans to use that extra footage for an extensive online video campaign. Rosenberg says.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

It was updated on 8/17/2022 for National Nonprofit Day. Salesforce.org is humbled to partner with nonprofits around the world to bring awareness to World Day Against Human Trafficking. *This post was originally published on 7/28/17. AnnieCannons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

After finishing a four-day intensive training in Delhi for the Networked NGO , I stayed on a few days in India to visit colleague, Rufina Fernandez, who I met when she was the CEO of the Nasscom Foundation when she brought me to India to speak at the leadership conference and teach workshops back in 2010. The man denied it and left.

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Global Giving

JULY 12, 2017

Making a short video for your nonprofit can be an exciting experience. I’ve made dozens of videos for nonprofits, all over the world. Here are 11 questions your nonprofit should ask and answer before you sign a contract with a filmmaker: 1. There is no single formula for making a successful marketing video for your nonprofit.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2012

Best Single Photo Entry: American India Foundation. Best Library Video: Norton Public Library. FitnessForAfrica was our community's favorite for photo, taking home a Lytro camera courtesy of SurveyMonkey. View their full slideshow. Honorable Mentions. Most Creative Storytelling: Oxfam. Best TSDIGS-inspired Video: CURE.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Voting for the 2012 NTC (Nonprofit Technology Conference) is now open and the competition is fierce. As usual the nonprofit community has pitched some incredibly useful sessions. This panel will share best practices in marketing to women and how your nonprofit can reach, recruit and retain women in your fundraising program.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2014

Nonprofits should lead the sharing economy and demand more from the private sector. The Sharing Economy -- the use of networked, often mobile, information technology to share goods and services -- offers nonprofits new possibilities for innovation and efficiency along with new paradigms to move from scarcity to abundance.

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