Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

It wasn’t too many years ago when our pharmaceutical industry more or less argued that people with AIDS in Africa should die rather than to license their medicines for low cost manufacture. The thrill of solving problems, of figuring something out, and bringing that understanding into the service of humanity.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

With origins in lean manufacturing , many of the principles found in system automation have, in recent years, been more widely adopted by other sectors, including the service and human resources industries. If all of your grant staff left abruptly, where would your projects, training, and reporting stand? Improve worker safety.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

At its heart, the Equity Guide makes requests of two audiences: nonprofits that are engaging with technology at the staff, leadership, and application development levels; and the commercial technology industry that serves nonprofits with products, services, and solutions.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

I worked for the Chalkboard Project fresh out of university, a nonprofit organization founded and fueled by Foundations for a Better Oregon, a coalition of foundations in Oregon focused on collaborating to make a meaningful impact to issues in Oregon – in the case of the Chalkboard Project, that focus was on public education reform.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 20, 2015

Mobile World Congress (MWC), which is held annually in Barcelona, Spain, sets the tone for the mobile industry for the coming year. It also influences other areas of the tech world and other industries — including the social sector. Andersson outlined the accessibility features in Android Ice Cream 5.0 and under bright lights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Others examples include loans to schools in India and capital for small manufacturers in Ghana. The first SoCap conference in 2008 coincided with the launch of this paper, Investing for Social & Environmental Impact: A Design for Catalyzing an Emerging Industry A Monitor Institute Report [link] EnvImpact_ExecSum_000.pdf

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 18, 2021

By: Cyril Treacy, VP, Industry Advisors & COE at Salesforce. COVAX will achieve this by supporting the research, development, and manufacturing of a wide range of COVID-19 vaccine candidates, and also negotiating procurement and distribution for the 191 countries that have joined the alliance to date. About the Author.

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Cutting back on the administrative headache of tracking credits for certificants is an imperative for the eLearning industry. There are other projects underway to solve it, including the MedBiquitous Activity Report standard and (in a sense) the Mozilla Open Badges project.

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Classy

MARCH 29, 2021

Certified as a B Corporation since 2015, Dr. Bronner’s holds its manufacturing standards to the highest level. Dr. Bronner’s is the leading pioneer of USDA certified organic personal care products, guiding the social responsibility efforts within their industry. Register Now for the Collaborative: Virtual Sessions. Dr. Bronner’s.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 8, 2022

More than a shoe, it became a symbol of what’s possible when we work together, and a proof of concept for our strategy — Parley AIR: Avoid harmful practices and the use of fossil fuels wherever possible – from materials like plastic to industrial fertilizers, which contribute to ocean dead zones. This is the time to think, dream, and act big.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

When treated as a single “industry,” nonprofits are the third largest workforce in America, behind retail and food services, employing 12.3 There are twice as many nonprofit workers than there are in each of the nation’s transportation, trade, finance and insurance industries, and they account for 10.2 million people in 2016.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The board's veto of the project (because it wasn't a big enough financial opportunity) led to the founding of what is today my nonprofit organization, Benetech. Paul championed the Intel Reader, a reading machine for people with dyslexia, and we worked closely with Ben Foss, the dynamic "out" dyslexic who drove that project forward.

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Gyrus

APRIL 3, 2018

Learning is a fairly nebulous industry. This mix is widely accepted as an industry standard and practiced across a huge assortment of learning segments. In this iteration of meetings you are identifying stakeholders and assigning project roles. Manufacturing contributes $2.09 Conclusion. trillion to the U.S.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 24, 2007

Now they are the #9 brand in the natural food industry out of about 225 tea companies. It has grown to be the number nine brand in the natural food industry out of about 225 tea companies, so we are very--knock-on-wood--grateful that everybody loves our stuff. If you haven't tasted Numi tea, it's delish. So we try and do what we can.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

The flagship project there, and really for the entire organization, is called, "The Mobile Market," a grocery store on wheels that we built out of an old postal truck. We are building a whole base of partnerships with food companies, both farmers, and manufactures and producers, particularly in the organic industry. License.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

drone maker, Titan Aerospace for their Internet.org project to provide low-cost Internet to much of the developing world. The Titan drones will work in cooperation with Google’s Project Loon , which is developing large, high-altitude balloons that deliver Internet as well. The Digital Inclusion Drone Wars. ICT for Development.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

After reporting on the mobile industry for PCWorld and TechHive.com and working for TechSoup, I've developed a keen eye for the mobile trends that matter for nonprofits and the technologies that will make an impact in the world. With mobile devices becoming more and more like computers, should the PC industry be worried?

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Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Furthermore, it is subject to accountability and reporting, and is included in public evaluations such as the January 2018 Comprehensive Evaluation of Maine’s Research & Development and Economic Development Incentive and Investment Programs.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2017

To manifest our shared values in action, we commit to amplifying existing work and starting new projects in the following areas: Data security and privacy education for NGOs, activists, and citizens. industries, behind only retail trade and manufacturing. This set of beliefs is core to everything we do. spanhidden.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 3, 2022

Even someone working for a company that manufactures nuts and bolts for distant military contractors is able, with some research, to figure out the nature of their work. Such information is concealed by big tech cabals who rely on microwork sites to facilitate projects of a secret nature. to automate fast-food restaurants).

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

And then another program is Reclaim the Future, which is one our newest projects, that is addressing green-color jobs and building opportunities for low-income people, formerly convicted people, and communities of color in this new green economy. And they choose among 12,000 different manufacturers in California.

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