Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2016

This year's #16NTC Nonprofit Technology Conference is in San Jose, right around the corner from TechSoup's San Francisco office. Are you curious about how to use open-source tools and free open datasets to better deliver on your mission? at our donor partner Adobe's San Jose office.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2009

The small conference room in San Jose, California, was dimly lit and buzzing with intensity, while being relatively silent, except for the tapping of keyboards and the occasional chuckle or sigh. Avatars are virtual alter egos, that are our embodiment (not always human, as I noted) in a virtual world.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

It's rare for me to drive further away than San Jose, San Francisco or Berkeley. So, I can pretty much count on being able to make a round-trip to these destinations when I'm not taking the train into San Francisco. And for me, it's turned out great.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I also use it as a year in review tool. 3) Start A New Journal: As I mentioned above, I keep an annual professional journal, part planner and part reflection tool. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” I also look at what was missing or where I was not so happy or made mistakes.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

the question of ownership will be directly tied to who has access to the necessary tools to build on the "land." Conference 2009 – O’Reilly Conferences, May 19 – 21, 2009, San Jose, CA – Check out the video and presentation slides, too! "Indians As we inch closer to Web 3.0,

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

the question of ownership will be directly tied to who has access to the necessary tools to build on the "land." Conference 2009 - O’Reilly Conferences, May 19 - 21, 2009, San Jose, CA - Check out the video and presentation slides, too! "Indians As we inch closer to Web 3.0,

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Check out our newest groups: NetSquared Chepe in San Jose, Costa Rica. NetSquared Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Naples, FL: 25 Social Media Tools - 501 Techclub SWFL Netsquared. So give your local organizer a hug next time you see them! Newest Net2Local Groups. NetSquared Manila in the Philippines.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

Panelists included: Danielle Siembieda, former community engagement and special projects manager for ZERO1: The Art & Technology Network in San Jose, CA. Maura Lafferty, an independent communications consultant working with classical musicians and performing arts organizations in San Francisco, CA.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2009

It will be held in San Jose, California from May 26-27. Leading the pack with innovative ideas, amazing grassroots social change, and barn-raising tech solutions, the N2Y4 is not to be missed. Limited tickets are still available, so get yee registered today !

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

This San Jose, CA-based organization provides technology and services to agencies that work directly with the homeless in their community. She told CTA that a mobile phone is a "lifeline" because it is the only tool that allows her to connect with her family. Mobile phones are also essential for finding jobs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2011

For example, the City of San Jose is trying to save money by turning off the street lights in the city. Carson talked about the impact of government cuts in California – and that it is going beyond effecting those in lower income neighborhoods and reaching a broader swath of individuals.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2015

Although we know we have no lever guaranteed to eliminate poverty — it has been with us for thousands of years — for the first time, we have a tool kit and neural network via mobile and the Internet, which can be pointed at making a difference in people's lives. About Mobile4All: Making a Huge Difference for the Underserved.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

In line with the design, drawing, and multimedia editing tools that form the backbone of Adobe, they invest in organizations that are addressing arts and creativity, education, and youth service issues. Boynton High School in San Jose, CA uses stop-motion animation to tackle water conservation. Youth Services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

This concept can be applied to effective social media — having social media be both strategic, laddering up to your program or communication goals as well as using the tools effectively. I urge people to think of the chunks and then the tools. Examples: San Jose Opera use of #Operaplot Twitter Hashtag.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 15, 2007

On April 16 we will announce the 20 NetSquared Featured Projects that will receive an all-expense paid trip to the NetSquared Conference in San Jose, CA May 29-30, 2007. If you, or someone you know, is working on a tech for social impact project, please encourage them to nominate their project for a NetSquared Innovation Fund Award.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

An academic-community partnership, the project brings together immigrant day laborers, scholars, software developers, and community organizers for participatory design, curriculum development, evaluation and research around this emerging media tool and its social impact. Second Place: $15,000. At clinics that serve about 1.2

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 21, 2016

The Future of Collaboration: Tips and Tech Tools to Empower Teams. There you have it, my top picks for NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Jose. In season 2 of the Raise+Engage podcast I am going to tackle this topic, so it’s a good one to listen in and get opinions and ideas to share in June.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2006

When I graduated in 2003, I moved out here to California and worked with the San Jose Museum of Art before getting a job with Linden Labs. I learned a lot from San Jose Art Museum. That's what led me on the next phase of my adventure. What did you learn from working with nonprofits/technology? But if you don???t

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 5, 2008

I was captivated by Chris Alexander 's story about participatory online/onsite efforts at the San Jose Museum of Art (SJMA). Chris and Lucy Larson, the SJMA manager of interpretation, wanted to create something that would be both a marketing tool for the Road Trip exhibition and add an interactive element to the physical exhibition.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 11, 2007

This is not an analytical post (primarily); it's an announcement and invitation to join the new project I've been working on with The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. But it's also a new online communication tool, one that significantly improves the real-time chat experience across time zones.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 22, 2012

Kelli Lee I recently graduated from Foothill College with an Associated Arts degree in Business Administration and will be attending San Jose State University in the fall. As I am disabled, I have used several programs that Bookshare/Benetech provides for their consumers. Originally I did book metadata adjustments and wrote synopses.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

The San Jose Mercury News just published my op-ed today entitled Build great companies, then help build a great world. Bill Coleman, founder and chairman of BEA Systems of San Jose, and his wife Claudia, have backed the University of Colorado Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities.

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John Kenyon

JUNE 26, 2017

It involved four domestic violence service providers near San Jose, California. To participate in the project and use the technology tools it required, all of the agencies needed to upgrade their hardware and software as well as increase their skills with technology. First came a feasibility study (VERY IMPORTANT!),

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2010

The occasion for getting to know Adobe better came with the launch of Adobe's new wind turbines at their headquarters building in San Jose. At last count TechSoup now has 41 donation or discounted product donors for nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries. read more.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

We’ll examine how to harness tools for nurturing positive outcomes and amplifying impact. NTEN / San Jose, CA / $650. It’s an opportunity to unwind, slow down, take stock of the past year, learn how to use some of the influencing, leadership and coping tools and create a personal development plan for the year ahead.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

As some of you know, part of my work is being the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that facilitates the adoption of social web tools by nonprofits and NGOs. Wikipedia defines a mashup as, "a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool."

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The personal webpage has many adherents, and some institutions, like The Tech Museum in San Jose, have been offering them for almost a decade. Go to that link, and you will find a custom webpage featuring all of the assets you saved or made onsite. There are some obvious positives to this strategy.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 9, 2007

But last week, I took a new job with The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, working on a very different kind of project involving collaborative distributed exhibit design. So where visions of Flash games used to dance in my head, I’m now starting to fantasize about team-building, inclusion, and, of all things, Second Life.

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