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TechSoup Taiwan Talks Gaming for Social Good at Net Tuesday Event

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TechSoup Taiwan recently held a Net Tuesday event. TechSoup Taiwan discussed a few organizations that are using gaming to raise awareness about certain issues. The other speaker at the TechSoup Taiwan event, Marvin Jeng, was an independent software developer in Taiwan. that focused on gaming for social good.

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Storymakers 2016 Winners

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We received more than 600 submissions from 35+ countries, including mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong for the first time. Best Library Story — Libraries Transform Teaser. Libraries have fans, tons of fans. " That's what the Daviess County Public Library shows in its Libraries Transform Teaser.

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Techniques for Identifying and Amplifying Social Objects in Museums

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I spent last week in the glorious country of Taiwan, hiking, eating, and working with museum professionals and graduate students at a conference hosted at the Taiwan National Museum of Fine Arts. Read about the Human Library in chapter 3 of The Participatory Museum by searching that term here.) What's the value of this activity?

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

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Other important websites in the world include the Yandex search engine in Russia, Yahoo in Japan and Taiwan, and Baidu in China. also reports some news that effect libraries. It’s still not as good a deal as your trusty local library. See the map here. Netflix for E-books. All Things D. One is called Oyster.

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Building the Tech Capacity of Nonprofits Everywhere with TechSoup's NetSquared Events

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Every day, American nonprofits, charities, and libraries rely on TechSoup's product donation program for the information they need to make smart decisions about technology. Taipei, Taiwan: 『資料力,做公益』- 開創公共服務的新契機. But did you know that our work is global? Thursday, December 1, 2016. Asia and the Pacific Rim.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

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The Team Omni-Hearing Solution from Taiwan developed a combination solution consisting of: a smartphone app to replace a traditional hearing aid; a cloud service to identify the nature of hearing problems; and a sound processing technology to enhance the quality of all forms of vocal communication. Find more on this project here.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

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In Taiwan, I noted that many more visitors and staff members were enthusiastic about taking and sharing photos than they were writing on a talkback board. In Denmark and Amsterdam, I experienced radical dialogue programs like Human Library , but also a strict formalism as to what happens in galleries.

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