Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 14: World Dolphin Day — #WorldDolphinDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 14: World Dolphin Day — #DolphinDay.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Then I’ll share the latest stories on the impact of our tech volunteerism and human rights tech efforts as well our new tech leadership. We build our tech-for-good products and reach dollar-by-dollar, and therefore every gift makes a difference for the people we serve. Martus Desktop 4.5 and Mobile Martus 1.2

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 13, 2009

Betsy Beaumon, formerly of BEA Systems and numerous other high tech roles (including founding her own social enterprise in the 1990s), has joined us as our new Vice President and General Manager of Literacy Programs. The press release on the appointment has much more detail. Tags: literacy Benetech Beaumon Bookshare.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay and #LIUB. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 22: Earth Day — #EarthDay. 25: World Malaria Day — #WorldMalariaDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2017

3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 14: World Dolphin Day — #DolphinDay.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Press Releases : AI writers can help nonprofits create attention-grabbing press releases that generate media coverage and raise awareness of their cause. This involves creating a sense of urgency and making the problem feel more significant, pressing, and frustrating.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 10, 2011

Last quarter Betsy Beaumon presented the future of our Literacy program including Bookshare. How do we help decision-makers and the press get a better handle on what we know and don't know, and prevent people from leaping to the wrong conclusions (and by extension, taking the wrong actions)?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. If you want to see the data historically, be sure to visit the site and press “Play&# on the map. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

As a different kind of Silicon Valley tech company—a nonprofit with a pure focus on social good—our goal is to see that the best of technology gets applied to social needs left unaddressed by for-profit businesses. We called this idea Bookshare , which is now Benetech’s largest Global Literacy initiative. copyright law.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2015

3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay. 7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 16: World Dolphin Day — #DolphinDay.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

By announcing this in many press interviews, I've managed to create lots of external pressure on myself to get this done! Speaking of the press, it is clear that they really get my overarching goal: to engage more of the tech community in serving the 90% of humanity we haven't been focusing on (yet).

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

A call went out over a combination of listservs and social media channels asking local nonprofits and libraries to share their most pressing needs and dirtiest jobs with TechSoup via video or text. While social media as a volunteer recruitment tool has been a popular topic recently, TechSoup flipped the equation on its head a bit.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 16, 2023

In today’s world, there are plenty of tech options, processes, and formulas to implement and manage data. Tech & Infrastructure Ask all of your departments about the platforms and processes they currently use to collect data and whether or not the current infrastructure is set up to meet their needs. Don’t strive for perfection.

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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. Predict the Future One of the great things about being around the tech field for decades is the ability to confidently predict the future.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

"This is what a public library is all about," said Carol Cooler, the director of libraries and CEO at the Saskatoon Public Library in a press statement. She saw a tremendous need for literacy and outreach services, particularly to the Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood, where the aftereffects of Katrina were the most devastating.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2015

A search engine doesn't know that "high-quality, evidence-based early childhood literacy interventions" are the same thing as "helping children learn to read." Do a search by pressing the [Ctrl] + [F] keys at the same time. Use those words in your content. Type in the search box.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Benetech is drawing top talent by offering Silicon Valley tech jobs with a social purpose. Route 66 Literacy was put on the back burner last year because it ran out of funding. I'm looking forward to reporting on the latest from Route 66 Literacy on my blog and in future updates.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 6, 2012

An official press release for the study reads: The survey. One of the resources I have been most impressed with is the " Technology Literacy Benchmarks For Nonprofit Organizations ," created by NPower. Another great tech resource for nonprofits is the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN). Have an opinion on this topic?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

But, we have only scratched the surface of what we could be doing to help solve the pressing social problems that confront us. Increasing literacy for women? The valley is famous for spawning many contenders in each new tech area, and only a few survive. Curing a specific disease?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

And I mean really ask, not by mass email or Twitter, but with a phone pressed to your ear, leaning over a table at a coffee shop, hanging on every word – the kind of ask that demonstrates you are listening because the other person is fascinating. I learned a few things from this experience.

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