Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

If the pandemic forced us onto new and unfamiliar ground, now is the time to assess and balance how technologies have affected our reach, for better and for worse. We wanted to know how technology use has changed in volunteer management, especially through the pandemic. and Canada about their technology use.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

How can we use technology in a new way to improve people’s lives that is an order of magnitude better? Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures? Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. Consider third grade student Brennan Draves.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Our team has been thinking hard about scaling positive social impact of technology work. I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. and James L. and James L.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For many students, these school closures could mean the end of their formal education. Over the course of a three-year grant , Champions implement ambitious, goal-oriented projects and participate in advocacy campaigns aimed at changing local and national policies that hinder equal access to education.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Access to technology is important, but teaching computer and information technology skills is just as vital. Defining Digital Literacy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

However, technology is transforming innovation at its core and our team at Benetech does quite well in leveraging this “innovation at warp speed” for social good. students, we also serve adults, seniors, veterans, and international subscribers in over 40 countries. Technology for social change is needed more and more.

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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. Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Nonprofit Technology, and more! The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Nonprofit organizations have moved well past the time when technology and data were treated as standalone entities. Nonprofit Management. So don't wait!

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

The last time I was in Baltimore was in 2007, with Amnesty International at their regional conference, attending as a bright-eyed student organizer trying to learn how to more effectively spread the good word of social justice and human rights (the story of how I got involved in nonprofit marketing!). Here''s what they said.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 26, 2011

These tools can help organizations that work with individuals who have general writing concerns, English language learners, people with learning disabilities or physical handicaps in typing, people with dyslexia or recovering from strokes, and even those learning literacy and spelling. What Does Assistive Technology Mean For You?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2008

Dave Cormier has been my critical friend as I write personal reflections on the community as curriculum process we're using to develop the content through the WeAreMedia Project. Dave shared his most recent observations through some reflections of his project. educational technology and the adult learner." the sense of ???competition???

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

I had just read a paper about the LINCOS project in Central America, so this was fresh in my mind. To my delight, the Akshay Pratishthan school had a focus on teaching students with disabilities: roughly half the students had disabilities and were mainstreamed with students without disabilities.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

One finalist's pitch was: "We have buy-in from the community, we have rich networks on the ground, and we are building on pre-existing technologies." Empowering Marginalized Communities Using Technology. Dd's mission is "to empower marginalized communities to use technology to defend their rights."

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Since 2003, the nonprofit has saved more than 6,000 animals, and the project is growing fast. HART needed a technology solution that would allow it to go from a staff of 5 to 50 people — without having to pay additional costs or have extra maintenance. The organization's project on Last Polar Bear reached 26.5

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Ken is currently working as the Worldview Literacy Project Manager at The Institute of Noetic Sciences. A student of various dialogue approaches, he was an integral member of the team that developed the World Cafe dialogue process and was director of community outreach from 1997 to 2007 for The World Café Community Foundation.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

” The Google.org sponsored project invited Bay Area nonprofits to share information about their great work to make a better world. The finalists are an impressive roster of charities from diverse fields doing great work in nonprofit technology. Google then invited the public to vote for the top winners. 500,000 Grant Winners.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Benetech's mission is to create technology that serves humanity and our longest-running commitment is to people with disabilities. The goal of this repository is to ensure that students with print disabilities have easy access to textbooks. Whatever it took to slow things this project down.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

The study reveals that current leaders in the local nonprofit sector believe the skills most needed in the nonprofit workforce are financial literacy, communication (verbal and writing skills), knowledge of laws pertaining to the nonprofit sector, information technology, volunteer management, and donor cultivation. Washington, D.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

Benetech melds the mission and heart of social activism with the powerful methods and tools of the technology community. Benetech doesn't give technology away, but instead develops socially beneficial and affordable products and services that are not financially attractive to for-profit companies. Matilda Ziegler Foundation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

The great majority of social enterprises are nonprofit organizations dedicated to the social good through employing disadvantaged people, educating students, improving the environment, advancing health care, respect for human rights and so many other beneficial activities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

This means new challenges ahead in scaling Bookshare.org to serve every single student with a print disability in the U.S. We are poised to grow not only Bookshare.org, but all of our projects. We're sure we can do this because our technology allows us to cost-effectively and rapidly scale Bookshare.org.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

It’s also very easy for just about anyone to put on due to modern portable karaoke technology. One huge benefit of technology is that these are no longer cash-only events. Scholastic Fundraising Ideas Scholastic events can be held for K-12 students or for major alumni associations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

All of the staff have name badges identifying them either as students or teachers. It was great to see the project in operation. I especially appreciate Big Brother Mouse because of their shared focus on access to literacy. Apparently, it’s the best-rated restaurant in Vientiane (maybe the country) on Trip Advisor.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

The speakers were part of a presentation during the "Broadband Technology Summit" held as part of the United Minority Media Association's Midwest/Southeast conference on October 15. He spoke about FCC's expansive efforts to increase "digital literacy" for both individuals and small businesses.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

The amazing thing about serving 100,000 students right now is that our commitment to the U.S. Department of Education was to serve 100,000 students by the end of our five-year contract in late 2012. Literacy, human rights and the environment are critically important to the future of humanity.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Founded by Susan Crawford, who now advises President Obama on science, technology, and innovation policy, OneWebDay is a global event that is celebrated every September 22 since 2006. For All. -- is all about digital inclusion, digital literacy, and working to close the many digital divides we face in our global society.

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