Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 1, 2011

We are a nonprofit technology company serving the unserved, tackling important challenges that the private sector cannot by developing content, products and services to effect social change. 4 We prefer open to proprietary (internal and external). Benetech seeks to be open internally and externally. 2 We get stuff done.

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

These RFPs have giant lists of requirements related to how content will be authored, formatted and published. We often get asked this question: What is the best content management system (CMS) for association websites? Does your IT department require a specific tech stack?

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The MatrixFiles

MARCH 8, 2023

These RFPs have giant lists of requirements related to how content will be authored, formatted and published. We often get asked this question: What is the best content management system (CMS) for association websites? Does your IT department require a specific tech stack?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

It is not because you aren’t interested (although many of you might not be), but because Sage is one of those archaic academic publishers who had decided to lock down its authors and their content behind heavy iron walls. Open-access is right. know danah boyd. She’s a brilliant academic who studies social networks.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. He is the first Canadian to win the award, and it turns out he's a pretty great choice. Silicon Valley North.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2014

He is the founder of Txtocracy.com , an open-source project that aims to increase voter turnout via text messages. He is a contributing author to the book, Halos and Avatars: Playing Video Games With God. He is the first Canadian to win the award, and it turns out he's a pretty great choice. Silicon Valley North.

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Technology Canada Nptech Award 64

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

Crowdsourcing the art selection process, and opening it up to the public. Photo by American Art Museum Note from Beth: This week I'm trying to understand crowdsourcing and nonprofits, hopefully with a crowd of other folks. Are there special cautions related to crowdsourcing for nonprofits? Absolutely brilliant!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

A Free Photos Directory , Free Video Directory and Free Music Directory that offers nonprofits, cause organizations and Web publishers a guide to hundreds of online resources for adding legal, high-quality content to their own websites, blogs, newsletters, printed materials or online presentations. You won’t see marketing flackery here.)

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Your overall learning business strategy and tech tools such as your learning management system (LMS) and eCommerce tools work together to deliver content to your learners. Your team, subject matter experts (SMEs), and eLearning consultants work together to author content for your courses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Some recent nonprofit tech posts addressing this topic here , here , here , and here. When I saw the title of this post, " I'm Engaged ," I thought he was talking about the report that The Network Centric Advocacy Blog mentions as a must-read for advocacy and communication staff called Activation Point. A Few NpTech Conversations.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

As the author of a custom CMS (it did have the advantage that it was released as open source, but it never caught on, so it still counts as custom) I know what it is like to put my heart and soul (and time) into a CMS, and want my clients to get what they want. February 18, 2008 This is a rant.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

It’s peer reviewed (good), but it’s got a rather restrictive license, and the content is not freely available. How can we talk about promoting change when we’re not pushing this content into the commons? But then I looked deeper. The journal is, basically, business as usual.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 20, 2011

Communication tech, in a sense, is shrinking us as groups while increasing our ability to connect. I didn’t want the spotlight to go dark on Aashika and her work, though, so am posting it here! Please share it with your networks! —– Aashika Damodar & collaborative technology for social impact.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2017

Nonprofits that work to fulfill missions centered around environmental conservation, refugee support, health care services, or similar activities can draw unwanted attention from criminals and governments alike, including those in their home countries. Good Security Starts with Good Habits. But to truly stay secure, you need to change your behavior.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

Heartbleed is an OpenSSL bug that creates openings in cloud servers in which attackers can go in and extract passwords, private keys, and other data. OpenSSL is nonprofit open source software that provides security on e-commerce and other websites by creating an encrypted channel between your device and the website. Recycling.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech 2.0 e-Newsletter. e-Newsletter. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech for Good 2.0 That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech for Good 2.0 e-Newsletter [see right column].

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2008

Do you need a way to report, document, and share day-to-day information on a project or within your department? Internal team blogs can ameliorate these gaps in interaction by providing a group-authored space where staff can share everything from daily log reports to research thoughts. the list goes on. and change things as needed.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Organized by the nonprofit group Access and sponsored by Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Skype, Mozilla and other major tech companies, the conference brought together business leaders, policy makers and online activists, especially from the Arabic-speaking world. And not a lot of companies are ready for that."

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

This is a round-up of some of the free graphics tools that various folks have recommended to me including some sources for copyright free images. TechSoup’s web content developer, Wes Holing, is a big fan of Pixlr Editor free online photo editor from Autodesk. Image Editing.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 4, 2022

Earlier this year, the cohort released their three principles for engaging communities, and now we’re excited to announce the launch of the Grant Content Kit, which will enable these organizations to more quickly apply for funding. Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. Political will. Structural racism.

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