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The Commons Introduces Grassroots Mobile Survey

Saleforce Nonprofit

This open-source, accessible solution enables workers and volunteers to collect data wherever they need to go. It’s not just useful for offline situations like interviewing people in rural India. SK: I have been involved in this project since I met Trish in India in 2018. TP: It’s the flexibility of use.

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Four Resources Nonprofits Should Check Out

Care2

In India, for example, “missed calls” have become a campaign tool. Greenpeace India has used missed calls as a cheap and quick way to engage people and build lists. In one campaign, citizens rallied to oppose wide scale coal mining in central-eastern India ’s forests.

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I Need a Good Lawyer

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally. when we bring them to developing world countries.

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Delhi University

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I asked the folks there if they knew of less expensive accommodations, since the Taj Palace Hotel where the India Economic Summit was held was fabulous but also more than I'd ever paid per night in the U.S.! The meeting was held at what used to be the Viceroy of India's lodge in New Delhi, and steeped with history.

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Youth Venture: New Inventors and New Ideas

Tech Soup

Elliot Harmon, regular TechSoup blogger and staff writer, was chosen to " Blog [His] Way to Hyderabad " for the Ashoka and Lemelson event, Tech4Society , taking place in Hyderabad, India this week. For instance, Shailesh Upadhyay (23, Velore, India) found it difficult to study in the evenings at his home in rural India.

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TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge Global Tweet Chat Recap

Tech Soup

A lot of helpful and insightful digital storytelling advice was shared; below are some of the highlights: India: NASSCOM Foundation, TechSoup Global partner, led the way with How to Create High Impact Stories. The answer for smaller organizations is to look for open source software as suggested in the Cambridge portion of the tweet chat.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Apache, the open source web server), as well as sitting next to John Wood, founder of Room to Read, and next to him was an gold medal winning Olympic athlete who works to help poor kids in war-torn countries learn to and have access to play. So, back to the name dropping issue.

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