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TechSoup Local Impact Map Profile: Nonprofits Back to School — In Brazil

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Education is a major focus for nonprofits and NGOs, accounting for 9% of NGO activity worldwide. UNESCO views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity. spanhidden.

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TechSoup Local Impact Map Profile: Nonprofits Back to School — In Brazil

Tech Soup

Education is a major focus for nonprofits and NGOs, accounting for 9% of NGO activity worldwide. views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity.

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I’m heading to Geneva later this month for the next major meeting at the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”), to hear the latest and make my three-minute oration as an accredited NGO representative (first time for me!). They all meet the definition of TI as a primary purpose of the agency or NGO. Large print: the U.S.

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Increasing Accessible Publishing Globally

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This shift is already happening in major markets: Amazon.com now sells more digital books than print books. A copyright exception allows specialist organizations (generally a government agency or disability NGO or library) to make an accessible version of a published book without having to get permission from the author or publisher.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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Gartner just came out with a pretty set of interesting predictions on the hardware market through 2017. It's not "news" that the traditional PC market is predicted to continue its decline (7.6 Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. Social Media. Very, very cool, I must say.

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15+ Giving Tuesday Campaign Ideas (and Expert Tips) for 2021

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Any nonprofit or NGO can participate in Giving Tuesday, and there’s no payment or registration needed. The Friends of the Davenport Public Library had a successful Giving Tuesday “Stock the Pantry” drive in which they collected donations to launch their 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program: 13. Host a concert.

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

Tech Soup

Gartner just came out with a pretty set of interesting predictions on the hardware market through 2017. It's not "news" that the traditional PC market is predicted to continue its decline (7.6 Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. Here's the latest. Social Media.

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