Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 2, 2015

In 2005 Facebook was only open to college students and professors, Twitter didn’t exist, and the iPhone was still in concept mode. The Internet was primarily a desktop PC or laptop experience and reading news and sending and receiving email accounted for the majority of time spent online. Nonprofits pioneered social media.

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

This was originally posted on the GuideStar International Blog. Most civil society organizations (CSOs) and citizens don’t use high-level jargon such as Internet governance and ICT policy. International Economic and Policy Stakeholders Recognize the Internet’s Increasing Role. Not convinced yet?

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Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

This is a time of accessible AI—anyone with an internet connection can use state-of-the-art tools to help with tasks like brainstorming ideas, generating art, and drafting documents. In many cases, the training data is curated from the internet, with all the prejudices and biases of the humans creating it.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

Document your reporting requirements, both internal to your leadership and board as well as what reports you require from your grantees. Will you make the shift from internal reviewers for your application to tapping people from outside your organization? Include who is involved in those application reviews and how decisions are made.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

This week, TechSoup Global/Guidestar International's Keisha Taylor has been participating in the Internet Governance Forum in Vilnius, Lithuania. A beautiful rendition of "What a Wonderful World" opened this year's IGF in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

Bookshare International Library We’re always thinking about new ways in which Benetech could go deeper and help many more people. We’re making securing new funding for Bookshare’s international expansion a top priority! We have built Bookshare International upon three principles. My next two blog posts will be on this topic.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

This concept has been pioneered by the Internet Archive with its Open Library can lend a digital copy of a book for a period of time as long as it (or a partner library) owns a physical copy of that book which it holds back from being lent to someone else. These were the days when people had just one PC at home. And, the U.S.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

There are many ways to get involved; check out the pages on the TechSoup Global site to learn about current job openings and internship opportunities. The TechSoup Content Team Is Seeking Volunteers and an Intern: read more. Tags: Accessible Technology Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Volunteers Web 2.0

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

This person will take the lead in convening internal stakeholders, making plans, testing the waters internally, setting parameters, and liaising with foundation leadership. For instance, the Disability Rights Fund (DRF) invited the International Disability Alliance (IDA) to nominate advisors to serve on their grantmaking committee.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 19, 2010

—– The article from Spiegel Online International begins: They may have been dubbed the “Internet generation,&# but young people are more interested in their real-world friends than Facebook. It goes on to examine a few ideas and theories about the next generation and their relationship with the Internet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 17, 2015

In 1985 the.ORG domain was released to the public along with.COM,NET,GOV and.EDU – the original top-level domains of the Internet. Over the next 30 years the.ORG domain would become the Internet home of the nonprofit sector worldwide and become synonymous with the term “nonprofit organization.” million nonprofits.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Some data that inform this assumption: 95% of the US has a smartphone ( Pew Internet ). But open up your smartphone’s app store and go over to the section where you can download updates to your existing apps. The United Service Organizations created a tool for their direct internal stakeholders. People spend 2.5

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 13, 2014

Unfortunately, there is no HIPAA equivalent for international human rights and humanitarian information. To make strong security accessible to the community involved in human rights documentation, we developed Martus —a free, open source, secure tool for collecting and managing sensitive information.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 15, 2024

The inaugural cycle of the ICANN Grant Program is now open for applications from eligible organizations. Work effectively on the global stage with other international leaders in this critical space to reaffirm an inclusive, multistakeholder Internet governance paradigm. The organization is in the process of finding its next CEO.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 16, 2008

The incoming Obama administration is pledging to use some innovative internet strategies to expand citizen access to government information and processes. The incoming administration provides a very cool "Open for Questions " feature which allows people to submit and vote for questions that are then answered by the transition team.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 7, 2019

We modernized our display, replaced stock photos with simple, colorful graphics, imported external ads and made our internal ones look, well, better. People will likely hear about your organization from the internet, which means the first thing they’ll see from you is your website—and they’ll judge it right away.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2017

In a recent blog post , in which our nonprofit, TechSoup, advocated for Net Neutrality, there were several responses that have an interestingly identical structure: (a) Government should stay out of the Internet; (b) There are technical issues involved that TechSoup does not understand; and. (c)

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2020

Roughly one in five Americans have abandoned broadband Internet altogether and now exclusively use their mobile device. In an article in Nonprofit Quarterly, Holly Ross said society’s implementation of technology has altered expectations of responsiveness, internal visibility, and the lure of newness and innovation. SMS & MMS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Anyway, they graciously allowed me to republish the post here as a guest post while I am on the plane to Europe where I will be keynoting at the Internet Festival in Pisa, Italy and before heading to the International Fundraising Congress in Amsterdam where I’ll participate in a plenary session. Don’t leave them hanging.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 3, 2010

Campaigning can mean many different things and we want to keep the definition of the topic fairly open for this chat, in order to keep insights, resources and conversation in the Q/A format as open to valuable input as possible. educational campaigns (organizational / institutional / internet) riffing off of last month’s topic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

When you have worked in a field a long time (for me it has been over 3 decades), you have to keep an open mind about remembering and reflecting on what you have heard before — looking at as if it was new. The themes are less about exploring something new, but to commit to continuous learning and improvement.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

November 26, 2007 I’m going to Zagreb, Croatia to be at Aspiration’s Open Translation event. It will be my first international open source event, and it’s an amazingly interesting topic. I’m really looking forward to it. So I am so excited to be going. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

OneRoof is software that manages all operations of an Internet café or telecentre or computer lab. The goal of the project is to give operators of public access computer centers the data they need in order to demonstrate the critical importance and impact of providing Internet to people. Tracks openings/closings by employee.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 7, 2013

send you an International Swift ATM Card that has been approved in your. Open with Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox). Internet Explorer file). If you would like to save a copy of the email or attachment, please save from the opened encrypted email. Adobe Systems Incorporated. USD by the UN Office, We will.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 6, 2009

Students experience the interdisciplinary and collaborative development of user interface solutions in international software projects while getting into FLOSS development." Find me on Delicious for more! " OpenMRS - OpenMRS - Such a great group doing great work.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Microsoft Fails to get ISO fast-track for OOXML September 7, 2007 For those of you that pay attention to open standards, this is old(ish) news. Which, of course, kinda defeats the purpose of an open standard.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

The description: “ Talk with Michelle about internal software systems – document and knowledge management, CRM, client management databases, intranets, etc.&# I volunteered to be the “expert&# in residence for the “Program&# track of Office Hours. So, come join me. Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 7, 2009

However these conversations are less international and therefore less effective than they could be. From new forms of political campaigning in the United States, experiments in e-government and civic participation in England, from the fight against internet censorship in Australia and New Zealand and from start-ups in Canada and France.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

org is an international movement of people working to end the age of fossil fuels and build a world of community-led renewable energy for all. It completes this mission by leveraging Salesforce technology, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, and structured finance to create green buildings in America’s urban core.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 15, 2009

But, if an organization simply cuts and pastes a social media policy without the internal culture change, it won't be effective. Not only about the potential concerns and how to respond, but how the organization or its internal culture can embrace social media. Internet Use Policy. There are examples (see below).

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Internet access is reasonably fast when making a 3G connection, lightning fast on 4G. I also turned off most push notifications and automatic syncing (for instance, I fetch email only when I open the mail app). Not an international phone (that was one of the big selling points of Verizon's iPhone, but not enough to seal the deal).

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Forum One

JUNE 4, 2008

Skip to Navigation Careers News Client login About Us Services Our Work Blogs Events Contact Us Home › Blogs › Influence Social Networking and #AIDS2010 Suzanne Rainey in Influence 15 Jul 2010 There’s a flurry of action this week as we await the start of the XVIII International AIDS Conference (#AIDS2010) in Vienna, Austria, next week.

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See3

MARCH 13, 2008

The individual will be responsible for developing and executing new media strategies to support the Foundation’s organizational as well as internal and external communication goals and objectives. Kellogg Foundation The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is currently looking for a New Media Manager. This is a newly created position.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 9, 2009

However these conversations are less international and therefore less effective than they could be. From new forms of political campaigning in the United States, experiments in e-government and civic participation in England, from the fight against internet censorship in Australia and New Zealand and from start-ups in Canada and France.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

This 10-minute video features Jay Rosen, David Weinberger, Jeff Jarvis, David Folkenflik, Zadi Diaz and Michel Martin discussing the shift of power from media outlets to the public during an internal session at NPR. This is an amazing to have access to this discussion. Lots of incredible learning here. Photo from Andy Carvin's Flickr Stream.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

donations (think Heifer International) and reminders that givers can. The Pew Internet Project’s research shows: 56% of American adults now have a smartphone. 34% of smartphone Internet users go online mostly using their phones. 47% of all email is opened on a mobile device. With last minute gift.

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