Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

What if there was a place for your nonprofit to get free technology support from local experts? TechSoup's NetSquared is the world's largest volunteer-driven network of in-person nonprofit technology training and peer support events. Boston, Massachusetts: TNB Roundtable: Nonprofit CEOs as Technology Decision Makers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 10, 2009

We also announced a couple of assistive technology partnerships. The second announcement was by Plextor of Japan, about their new ebook player that will play Bookshare books. The first release was about support for mobile phone use with software developer Code Factory of Spain.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Technology can be the catalyst for producing these game-changing results. According to the report published by the Columbia Social Work Review, adopting the right technology can help nonprofits achieve better results in their core functions such as fundraising, service delivery, communication, training and education.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

TechSoup Japan Disaster Relief Program Launches to Assist Local NGOs. Updates from TechSoup's Partner and Friends in Japan. The Extraordinaries and Ushahidi Using Technology to Help in Haiti. Past Disaster Relief Efforts from TechSoup and Our Global Partners. Post Tornado, the Library Is Open in Joplin.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2006

I've been doing a Webinar for N-TEN called "Designing Effective Technology Learning Experiences" -- basically about how to make technology trainings more interactive -- which includes designing participant interactivity - either in small groups as well as blended into presentation/lecture. Does someone else take on his job?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

Kokkyo naki Kodomotachi (Children without Borders) in Japan is a humanitarian educational association NGO that supports disadvantaged children and youth in Asia who are on the street, are victims of trafficking, forced labor, and natural disasters, or in conflict with the law. " More Stories; We Would Like to Add Yours.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 6, 2011

This form of poetry has risen in popularity in the west, though it has come a long way from its beginnings in feudal Japan. From this pastime grew the three-line, 17-syllable literary form we know it as today. Traditional Japanese Haiku tended to focus narrowly on nature, whereas modern Haiku take on a bevy of topics.

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

A: Here are some ways innovative companies have used this technology: API By Country or Region. KizunaCranes.com was an engaging site designed to raise funds for the Japan earthquake relief efforts in 2011. This means you don’t have to worry about the complex details of PCI compliance or IRS regulations for charitable donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and the tsumani in Japan in 2011, the Ushahidi platform was used to organize emergency responses in real-time. With this award, Ushahidi will continue to be one of the creative, disruptive technologies that is empowering citizens in crisis across the world. Congratulations!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

Rapid advances in digital media and technology are changing how we connect to information and each other. Today, Wikipedia is the most widely used reference work in the world. The way we engage in public dialogue, coordinate, solve problems—all of it is shifting. New networks are emerging everywhere. ."

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Direct Relief International was involved in the Haitian earthquake in 2010 and the Japan earthquake in 2011, providing aid to thousands. Take a look at one of their interactive aid distribution maps to find out what they do with this kind of web mapping technology.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2011

Each year thousands of technology advocates, new media marketers, and multi-channel storytellers come together in the home town of Convio for five days of networking, parties, and sharing. Part conference, part festival, it’s an opportunity for people who embrace technology to find others with similar interests.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2014

With reliable technology and software, of course! Receiving donated technology and software through TechSoup allows Kantorei to spend more time planning performances for the choir, both locally and abroad. Tours have brought the boys to Japan, New Zealand, Scandinavia, and other exciting places!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The notification app J-ResQ was developed in response to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. For more innovative and engaging ways to use technology for disaster relief, check out NetSquared's tips on Mobilizing Online Communities in the Face of Disaster and the value of crowdsourcing for nonprofits. Notifying Family and Friends.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Hands up who’s got a Twitter follower from Japan? Trends in technology change quickly. Success involves responding to new technology and adapting it to fit users’ needs. Here’s some good tips when your network is global. How to Approach Social Media Internationally Guest Post By Christian Arno. Probably not. Be relevant.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2009

The big green IT news this week is that the program has now expanded to 40 countries (PDF) worldwide including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Taiwan, and the 27 countries of the European Union.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2011

As a thought experiment, imagine this approach being used in the Japan tsunami. We’re not having a purely academic/technical debate: rapid humanitarian response in a disaster saves lives. Delay costs lives. How plausible would be to put SMS messages on a map and point to it, and say, there’s where the most severe damage is?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2011

” DeVigal spoke about the importance of interactive storytelling and leveraging innovations in technology in order to engage news readers and find the “sweet spot” between journalistic truth and game play.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Sign up for TechSoup's email newsletters and discover great resources, ideas, and donated technology for nonprofits and public libraries. How the Cloud Can Make a Difference for Disaster Relief Find out how Second Harvest Japan used cloud-based technologies to serve Japanese communities when disaster struck.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2017

Every month I bring you a roundup of free technology training events that will help nonprofit staffers like you build their skills. In partnership with NTEN, we brought together 50 volunteers to attend the 17NTC conference for dedicated workshops that will prepare them to be nonprofit technology champions. Wednesday, April 26, 2017.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Sign up for TechSoup's email newsletters and discover great resources, ideas, and donated technology for nonprofits and public libraries. Richard Cooper of Charity Technology Trust ( TechSoup's partner organization in the United Kingdom) suggests that nonprofits be realistic when weighing the risks of cloud computing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 9, 2005

Right now, I'm in Kyoto, Japan, to speak at the Science and Technology in Society forum (STS). My next trip is to Kansas City for my nephew's wedding, and a chance to speak informally at the Kauffman Foundation about technology social entrepreneurship. a tech company that Dave Ross and I founded in 1989.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Sign up for TechSoup's email newsletters and discover great resources, ideas, and donated technology for nonprofits and public libraries. A View of the Cloud from the NetSquared Community Even among technologically inclined people, there's sometimes a reluctance to move to the cloud. Mark your calendar!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

It's only natural that organizations embracing technology to achieve their missions might explore the potential of gaming for good. Dorado cites the online communities of Farmville, which raised funds for Japan tsunami relief, and FoldIt, which deciphered the structure of an AIDS-like virus. Collaboration and Epic Wins.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Early last year, mobile giving evolved from an emerging technology to mainstream awareness with Haiti earthquake relief, raising approximately $45 million for victims of that natural disaster. Since that time, other disaster relief efforts such as the Gulf oil spill, Japan disaster, and tornado relief in the Southeast U.S.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

That's why we're thrilled that NetSquared is joining TechSoup in having a strong presence at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, DC. Don't worry, there are NetSquared groups in 75 cities who are dedicated to holding events for their local nonprofit technology communities. Thursday, March 16, 2017.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

Technology for nonprofit development and fundraising is quickly changing. ” Nonprofits once limited to raising money through cookie sales, charity balls, and foundation grants now have access to almost limitless fundraising streams with new technology platforms, micro-funding models, and evolving culture of giving. Pacific time.

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NTEN

JUNE 14, 2011

When the earthquake hit Japan in March, nonprofits of all sizes, budgets, and national reputations put up Fundraising Projects on Causes. One of the figures that inspired the creation of Causes was how much money nonprofits spend on building lists and on fundraising and marketing technology.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 5, 2008

Japan is the biggest source of tourists for Guam, with growing numbers from other Asian nations like South Korea. The presence is growing: the U.S. is relocating our units from Okinawa to Guam and this could grow the island's population anywhere from 20% to 40%. The military and tourism are Guam's two big industry.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Its funding has skyrocketed as major foundations and technology companies have made multi-million dollar grants and investments in its growth. We’ve also done short technology workshops to enable content experts to create their own videos. Its multilingual videos have reached almost 200 million viewers since it launched in 2006.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

Consumers in South Korea and Japan can get broadband speeds reaching 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps) for less than the monthly price a U.S. In order to achieve universal broadband, we need to know which areas are unserved and underserved, as well as prices, speeds and technologies. Bad policy decisions should be reversed.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal was a massive undertaking that could not have been built without the Smithsonian, multiple partners, and—most importantly—the thousands of volunteers who transcribed the documents, and the technology that powers the portal. To date, more than half a million pages of records have been transcribed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Technology is a dehumanizing. Our interaction with technology makes us reorient ourselves around the tools, not the tools serving us and bulding relationships. When you talk about catalyzing learning, action, or collaboration - what makes networks is the relationships between humans. Online network work in general is people work.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2005

Thirty minutes later I was still rooting though piles of paper and growing more frantic by the minute when in strolls my friend Phil, just back from Germany or Japan or somewhere and looking to see if I want to go get a meatball sub. it was somewhere in that mess of papers and folders and boxes, but who knew where? Don't organize, search!

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2005

Technorati lists two sites tagged YMCA: one is me, and the other is in Japan. Of all the various kinds of non-profits we work with, I've thought that the YMCA's might profit most from the community-building benefits of a blog. But when I scan the net for YMCA blogs, I don't see a lot going on out there.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

According to the Global NGO Technology Report , 47% of nonprofits purchased Facebooks Ads in 2019. For example, the Dolphin Project streams live daily updates from the Taiji dolphin hunts in Japan and NPR regularly streams live news updates. 2) Craft a compelling message (behind-the-scenes, a call-to-action, a positive story, etc.).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We’ve since welcomed virtual Sprinters from 25+ countries around the globe, including Australia, Japan, Senegal, Ethiopia, and Brazil. So as travel began to pick up and in-person events resumed, we wanted to find a way to combine the spirit of face-to-face collaboration with the inclusive access that virtual provides. A Sprint to Remember.

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