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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! If you’re a nonprofit news junkie, have a look at all our Nonprofit Technology News pieces from this past year. TechSoup Technologies for Good. Hacker Helper is all about not reinventing the technology wheel.

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Global Philanthropy

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Although charities were forbidden, the Soviet system encouraged volunteering for causes deemed important for the communist cause. The legacy of this situation "poisoned the whole notion of volunteering in Russia for many years.". A cultural incompatibility with the idea of "charity" in some cases.

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Metro4All — Making All Metro Systems Accessible

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It's looking for people in American cities interested in helping to map every metro system and fix that problem. The Metro4All project creates web and mobile apps that give people with limited mobility point-to-point directions on using their subway system. What Is Metro4All? There are no apps yet for U.S. Which Partners Are Best.

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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

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It could be training in information and communication technology, or it could be a training on a local water filter that would be helpful for people to bring to their communities. I'm strategically talking about one piece of a much larger system. We also take part in trainings that are relevant to most of their work.

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

It's time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends. In technology for good and social media, it’s Sina Weibo or ????.

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How Lessons Learned During the Pandemic Help Prepare Nonprofits and Higher Education for a Recession

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We have seen the geopolitical instability and the war between Russia and Ukraine, the inflation in the United States is reaching a forty-year high, borrowing costs are rising precipitously, and there is ongoing supply chain disruption. And let’s not forget that the pandemic is still not over yet.

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Nonprofits Imagine a Better Sharing Economy

Tech Soup

The Sharing Economy -- the use of networked, often mobile, information technology to share goods and services -- offers nonprofits new possibilities for innovation and efficiency along with new paradigms to move from scarcity to abundance. trillion annually, exceeding the total GDP of Canada, Australia, Russia, or India.

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