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Bookshare en Puerto Rico

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I am lucky to be able to contribute this passion to Benetech by providing outreach and membership support in Spanish to the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Why shouldn’t students in Puerto Rico benefit from our technology and services? My most notable feeling from this experience was that of respect for teachers.

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How This Nonprofit Increased Donations After Switching to Salesforce

Saleforce Nonprofit

The PFLAG network consists of more than 400 chapters, which crosses nearly all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. I’m really proud of the work our organization does, but our old system was holding us back from really maximizing our potential — and our hundreds of chapters across the country.

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Announcing Our First Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Addressing Food Insecurity in the U.S.

Saleforce Nonprofit

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas. Notably, the group debated the tension between short-term fixes and long-term systemic change. Food Insecurity. and supporting small farmers in remote areas globally.

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How To Get Started With Mobile Giving To Reach Fundraising Goals

Nonprofits Source

In today’s landscape of mobile and online technology, nonprofits are flooded with a large variety of choices for almost any solution they can think of. Make-A-Wish Colorado has been using mobile fundraising technology to host their events since 2014. Puerto Rico Relief Fund: Mobile Donation Page.

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Philanthropy Cloud Adds New Volunteer Management Capabilities for National Volunteer Week

Saleforce Nonprofit

The effort would not have been possible without the scale and robust capabilities of a volunteering system that could handle the demand. . Whether it’s the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, tornadoes in Nashville, or the pandemic response in Phoenix, HandsOn Connect works to smooth the way for more volunteers to help.

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Addressing Maternity Care Deserts: A Conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Cherot

Non Profit Quarterly

Our latest report is coming out August 1st, and that report is titled “Where You Live Matters” because it looks across maternity care in the 50 states and Puerto Rico, and it’s our most comprehensive report to date. In 2022, we did all counties across the US showing the access to care and the continuing decline.

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Making Sense of Windows 8 Hardware

Tech Soup

Windows 8 is such a big change to Microsoft's operating systems (OS) I thought it might be useful to have a look a their plans for the types of devices that will use it and also their longer-range plans. Microsoft itself makes and markets the Surface online and in its new retail stores in the US, Puerto Rico, and Canada.