Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

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 are now looking for a half-time general counsel to join our team and manage the host of legal issues we are always investigating.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

After all, the platform is open-sourced, meaning anyone and everyone can contribute to it in the form of updates, new themes, and custom plugins that help create more functionality and give the program greater versatility and, in turn, greater popularity.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2021

It used to be that you needed to enroll at a local school or spend hours in the library to learn new skills. Instead of having to search for sparse sources of information, we’re now left with the opposite issue—sifting through ample resources to find the most trustworthy and impactful information. .

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 14, 2009

"At local Penguin Days non-profit organizations explore the range of issues and options involved using Free and Open Source Software (F/OSS)." ." Penguin Day Agenda - pd.aspirationtech.org - Are you heading to the NTC this month? Will you be in San Francisco on April 25th? Why not check out Penguin Day! "At

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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) Images: Image : mirtmirt / Shutterstock.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

August 11, 2008 You’ve likely heard a lot about “ cloud computing “ And what’s true is that the sales-talk about computing in the cloud certainly makes the conceptual issues behind it, honestly, well, cloudy. If the provider goes belly up with your data, you’re toast. Be Helpful.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

open source applications for helping make the government more transparent from Sunlight Labs. This has enabled us to compile a report containing ten tips, which extract the most salient issues to emerge from our research, to help you in your future charity campaigns and lobbying.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

The free and open source software, which is a joint venture between Benetech and the Conservation Measures Partnership (CMP) , guides users through a series of step-by-step interview wizards, based on the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

You can, however, join your local Giving Tuesday movement to localize your efforts. Team up with local news. Many local news organizations like to host an annual food or gift drive around the holidays. Try partnering with your local news station to increase the reach of your campaign.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

A chance for local organizers to come together, network, ask questions, etc. Takeaways: A chance to connect with other local organizers. Come chat with me about online communites, some of the topics of conversation may include: What have been some changes or issues recently with your online community? Sessions and Events.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. 'Net2 in Action' highlights more than 30 real-life examples of nonprofits using this new breed of Web-based technologies to tackle issues such as reaching and mobilizing constituencies. What Is Web 2.0?

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an article from the March 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the rest of the issue when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] There’s another piece that, while it is a cornerstone of our organization, complicates the picture even more: we hire local talent. It isn’t perfect.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

Open source champion Brian Behlendorf spoke at the event, encouraging the hackers to focus on finding an interesting problem to solve rather than worrying about building a sustainable model. Arthur Grau of NetSquared Honolulu reported back on the National Day of Civic Hacking/Code for Hawaii event in Honolulu.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more. Examples from Haiti.

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2010

It allows Philadelphia-area residents to enter their address to get information about their local elected officials and their polling location. Rock on open data and mapping! This tweetschat group has recently been talking about the net neutrality issues being debated in the US, and how Europe should be paying attention. .

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Open Source is Dead. What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. For the last decade, what we've been talking about when we say "open source" is "open code" -- a set of zeroes and ones that we can configure to our heart's desire. Long Live Open Source.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 27, 2011

A partnership project between The Tech Museum , local technology companies like Intel , Applied Materials , and Nokia , and Santa Clara University's Center for Science Technology and Society , the Tech Awards itself is a testament to collaborative innovation and achievement.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net , was awarded a large grant in the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR) technology. . Challenges and issues. Melissa Ulbricht, MobileActive.org.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

I will hold off for a while yet in my life working with people directly on spiritual issues, and work now with what could certainly be called the spirituality of nonprofit technology – finding balance and looking at the bigger picture. And the more I talked with other people about it, the more it made sense for me to do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2007

I'll get a chance to see Miles again at this year's NTC Conference and some lucky local nonprofit in DC will have Miles as a volunteer for the NTC Day of Service ! Do you think Open Source is like fair trade coffee ? Currently, he's blogging about his Web Office experiment which is well worth following. tools I used here 4.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2005

just the other day I found an excellent case study on the Khmer Open Source Localization project. I took a closer look at KnowProse which is focused on ICT/Digital Divide issues. But this has changed. It was on a site called: KnowProse In comments, Taran told me he broke out of pdf so more could discover it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

As more and more politicians dive into the world of Social Media, the way we communicate and interact with our local and national representatives is changing. Lessons in Local Tech: Sustainable Food 2.0 Open Source Disability Gadgets: DIY for PWD submitted by Liz Henry, Blogher. Are you eating well? With snacks!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Now seems like a good time for nonprofits to educate their constituents about the privacy issues surrounding these and other smart objects. "There are many groups, locally and nationally, making real impact around digital skills and access to devices. Nearly half of them were in the U.S. "The rise of mobile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 21, 2005

Keep an eye on some future developments in Cambodia and blogging as the Open Forum 's Khmer Open Source expects to launch khmer language blogging software. I hope young people will put their issues on their blogs (health, employment, environment in their communities, education, gangsters ???

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. You can embed Google Earth into your website to present information to your community that really helps tell the story of your work and your issue. Raising awareness and providing local communities a venue for sharing their story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

Ten Tech Proposals Empowering Human Rights, Local Leadership, and Community Education is. Another Social Network on the horizon - Allen Benamer adds his two cents about the Project Agape and the TechCrunch Report and the issue of social networking fatique. Open Source Software is Fair Trade !

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2008

youre a funder in the philanthropic sector, and youve concluded that online collaboration is a great tool for solving issues like. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If We also saw some.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Our essential intention is to cultivate partnerships of grassroots women who are working at the community level on issues of environmental sustainability and social justice, so that they can really find opportunities to collaborate and to exchange best practices, exchange resources, and really build a collective agenda.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication October issue is devoted to scholarly research on social networks. Or purchase gift items from a socially responsible retail store like Ten Thousand Islands that helps support local artisans and Fair Trade in developing countries. Jon Stahl has a live blog post of remarks by the speakers.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Upgrading to Open Source Government When: Monday, March 16th from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Room Hilton D Description: The 2004 and 2008 campaigns use of collaborative tools, blogs and social networking have shown citizen activism and online communities can wield powerful influence. Panel: Delicious Tech for Localism: Sustainable Food 2.0

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Foundations can make greater progress on addressing critical social issues by using digital platforms to elevate the work and success of the many players in their sector. Foundations are in the business of making the world a better place by providing grants to organizations they see making an impact on the issues that they care about deeply.

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Forum One

MARCH 18, 2006

youre a funder in the philanthropic sector, and youve concluded that online collaboration is a great tool for solving issues like. In part one, we looked at determing the value of creating a collaboration community.If We also saw some.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

Heartbleed is an OpenSSL bug that creates openings in cloud servers in which attackers can go in and extract passwords, private keys, and other data. OpenSSL is nonprofit open source software that provides security on e-commerce and other websites by creating an encrypted channel between your device and the website.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2019

Now, San Francisco Chronicle business reporter Carolyn Said writes that Benetech is “almost halfway through a six-month pilot with six Bay Area social-service agencies to collaborate on maintaining their crucial databases of local resources through an open-standards data exchange.” Not everything has been worked out.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. You can embed Google Earth into your website to present information to your community that really helps tell the story of your work and your issue. Raising awareness and providing local communities a venue for sharing their story.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

On January 21, 2009, the White House issued the Transparency and Open Government Memorandum. The memorandum instructed the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to provide guidance to executive departments and agencies on implementing open government. Department of State. In a Web 2.0 Vote for this Idea]. Disaster Response.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Epidemiologists watch for blips in Google queries to localize flu outbreaks; economists use them to spot shifts in consumer confidence. Probably the clearest examples of the usefulness of data for charities is the explosion of infographics and maps that graphically illustrate the issues that nonprofits are working on. Image: IBM.

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