Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. My 14-year-old son Jimmy had installed some new software, against my express wishes to not install random software from the Internet (still a good idea!).

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

“Very soon technology will improve donor participation and retention by making it ridiculously easy to give…Technology will allow donors to do what they want to do anyway…We’re two decades into the internet era; why is it still easier to buy a book about hurricanes than help a storm’s victims? Are you using text to your advantage?

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

So, on one hand, involuntary reliance on video platforms and social media paid new dividends in accessibility for volunteers and clients. This was part of the national conversation when schools pivoted to online classrooms, which catered to families with reliable internet, ample supply of modern devices, and space to use them.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

During the last several years, TechSoup's Storymakers project has been focused on highlighting the most compelling nonprofit videos. In 2016, video will continue to be the most interesting media on the Internet. If we want to get our story out there in a form that will get attention, videos are the ticket.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

The Internet is bloated. You’re not just competing with other nonprofits in your space; you’re also competing with the Internet as a whole. And as you know, the Internet is expanding at a breakneck pace. 1 million hours of YouTube videos are watched. American Literacy is Iffy. Words matter.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. The same with live information, personal stories from witnesses, and so on.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2008

Have also worked a lot in video because stories need a visual medium. What technologies do you need to encourage user-generated content on video? How do increase internet literacy with communities? References Lee LeFever's Common Craft Videos for basic introductions. A Different Kind of Story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

As the chief listener for the organization, Wendy honed her listening literacy skills using free tools like google alerts, technorati, RSS reader, and delicious. Yesterday, I interviewed Jake Brewer who is the Internet Manager at the Energy Action Coalition about how they use metrics to generate insights about their YouTube Channel. “We

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

What does the Internet look like? Arts Wire, a project of NYFA, was originally intended to be a place for artists from all over the country to meet, exchange ideas, and talk about their work via the Internet. I always started with a creative icebreaker activity -- this one was "What does the Internet look like?"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2006

gThe above video is one of the many social networking strategies that The Genocide Intervention Network used to transform itself from a small student group to national non-profit. He also identifies the new literacies and skills -- and while he is talking about this in the context of children and education. Go read it.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

These are: Event Registration Bidding Software Text Fundraising Livestreaming Platforms Volunteer and Staff Management Online Shop Video Editing Software Graphics Software Event Day Solution Liability Waivers. This is an example of a peer-to-peer event page by BEACON for Adult Literacy.]. The new venue is just the internet!

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

The Internet and the Web are changing every institution and impacting every aspect of life. For All. -- is all about digital inclusion, digital literacy, and working to close the many digital divides we face in our global society. This year's theme -- One Web. We are putting some ideas and tools out there to catalyze that creativity.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 6, 2007

We have reality tours where we take people out to other parts of the world, kind of reverse Club Med, "get your butt off the beach and meet real people," see the development projects, the literacy campaigns, the women's groups, the political opposition parties, the trade unions, but focused on positive, build the next system kind of things.

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