Alongside regional pictures that capture the stats for every nation on Earth, we also present in-depth analyses for 24 of the world’s largest economies: Argentina, Australia, Brazile, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, Thailand, the UAE, the UK, and the USA. MORE
Singapore licenses are online! Creative Commons Singapore: "Singapore licenses are online!In Yes, after some delay, the Singapore versions of the Creative Commons licenses are now online and available for all Singapore-based In all the enthusiasm after we finally made it and among the million other things each one of us is involved in we neglected to communicate the merry news on this blog. MORE
Time: 12-1:30pm Singapore/Kuala Lumpur. Date: Thursday, April 26. 10-11:30am New Delhi; 2-3:30 Sydney; 4-6:30pm Auckland). Cost: Free. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield. MORE
8-9:30am :: Hong Kong, Singapore. Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012. Time: 2-3:30pm :: Honolulu (Wednesday, September 26). 5-6:30pm :: San Francisco (Wednesday, September 26). 7-8:30am :: Bangkok, Hanoi. 9-10:30am :: Seoul, Tokyo. 10-11:30am :: Melbourne, Sydney. MORE
Online charity donation portal raises over S$5m - Channel NewsAsia : "SINGAPORE: In just over a year, Singapore's largest charity donation portal, SG Gives, has raised raised over S$5 million online for Singapore charities. Most of the donations went to the social service sector (63 per cent) and the health sector (36 per cent).". NPSingapore NPtech NPOnlineGiving MORE
From San Diego to Singapore, organizations from all over the world are benefiting from the free app. It’s only been one month since we released Volunteers for Salesforce on the AppExchange and over 100 organizations have already started using it. The feedback we are getting is overwhelmingly positive with a hard-to-beat 4.8 out of 5 star rating! We must have done something right because very few of these groups have needed any help getting going. MORE
Until recently, I have gone to exceptional lengths to avoid getting video recorded. I have always felt very uncomfortable in front of a camera and even more so watching myself recorded. I’m usually the person behind the lens. Know what I mean? MORE
Singapore Charity Sector Texting for Transparency | Pro Bono Australia: "Singapore's charity regulator has introduced an SMS system to allow the public to check on the bona fides of a charity soliciting donations.The Commissioner of Charities (COC), Low Puk Yeong recently introduced the system and detailed the service in his annual report to the Singapore Government this week.Yeong says that to MORE
Singapore: Office 365 for Nonprofits. If you're a regular reader of this blog, you've probably encountered one of my twice-monthly roundups of nonprofit tech meetups. But perhaps you're leery about attending an event because you're not quite sure what it will be like. MORE
Singapore, Singapore: DataDive. Every month I bring you a roundup of free technology training events that will help nonprofit staffers like you build their skills. But maybe you're skeptical and you're wondering: "How can a free event organized by a volunteer be any good?" MORE
History and Business management professor asked in his TED talk, if the West has lost its work ethic, showing how the major Western nations have rapidly fallen in the number of hours worked compared to countries like South Korea, Singapore and China. MORE
Selene Chew developed the BlindSpot as a project for her senior thesis at the University of Singapore. For those with visual impairments, a cane can be a useful tool for navigating sidewalks, busy spaces, and life in general. MORE
The project has also gone global this year, having expanded to Canada , Australia , Mexico , and Singapore. #GivingTuesday is a movement, now in its second year, to create an international day of giving on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving in the U.S. each year. The idea is to counterbalance the big shopping days, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This year #GivingTuesday is on December 3, 2013. It is essentially a single day when people across the globe rally to give back. MORE
Until recently, I have gone to exceptional lengths to avoid getting video recorded. I have always felt very uncomfortable in front of a camera and even more so watching myself recorded. I’m usually the person behind the lens. Know what I mean? MORE
Singapore: UP Singapore ‘Smart Cities Hackathon’ - 19th–21st July 2013. Being a nonprofit techie can be lonely work, since our role requires that we be change agents in our organizations as we help them discover the future! Change-agenting is exhausting (and rewarding!) MORE
Top 10 Social Media Countries | Penn Olson: "While the list is pretty comprehensive, one might argue that the comparison is according to absolute terms rather than population proportion (like how we compared Facebook users in Singapore and the U.S), it still works as a good indicator of the top social media countries MORE
All in all, I think it's great to have changing seasons like we have here in Toronto and while I sometimes get envious of people living in places like Singapore or California, I would not want to trade places with them! by Chief Apricot Fall is an interesting time. I love beautiful colors on the trees, crisp and sunny days - but hate those days when it's all bleak, foggy and rainy! MORE
I am so hoping that my 22 hour flight from Los Angeles to Singapore has electrical outlet in the seat so I can use my laptop and fool with this technique. I wonder what type of adapater I need or if Singapore Airways offer that Sketchcasting! Check this out! MORE
Smart mapping tech helps deliver more food to Singapore’s most needy | Press Releases | Asia | Sustainable Business : "Thanks to state-of-the-art mapping technology, one of Singapore’s most loved non-profit organisations is making their food donation programme ‘smarter’ than ever before. MORE
From We Are Social Singapore. Social, Digital & Mobile Around The World (January 2014) from We Are Social Singapore. This report presents all the key statistics, data and behavioural indicators for social, digital and mobile channels around the world. MORE
INSINC poster at Singapore''s train stations Imagine someone offered you $1 to leave the house an hour earlier in the morning so as to shift your commute to an off-peak train. Will you do it? If you’re like most people, you will say no. MORE
Singapore, Singapore: DataJam! Here's your monthly roundup of free in-person #Tech4Good events. But first I'm going to show off on behalf of our NetSquared organizers. MORE
Singapore: Clean & Green Hacakathon 2013. Tired of sitting in front of your computer all day? It’s time to get face-to-face with your nonprofit tech friends! MORE
Charity pours heart out online: "A CHARITY in Singapore has raised the bar in transparency by giving its major donors online access to its day-to-day accounts MORE
Anol is my second contributor from Singapore joining Sokohodom Peng. Last night, while coming home from taking the kids to the movies, I noticed one of my neighbors left out a big, gently used samsonite suitcase with a sign that said "FREE." " It's a perfect suitcase for filling up with t-shirts to take to Cambodia! I took this an optimistic sign. I woke up this morning to an email from paypal saying I received a donation from Anol Bhattacharya. MORE
On Apriil 29 Microsoft and TechSoup held an NGO Connection Day at the Microsoft office in Singapore. Even though Singapore is far more developed in terms of economic measures than our last location, Hanoi, Vietnam and it has a government that is very hands-on in addressing social issues, the NGOs are still very active and in need of resources in both funds and IT capacity. MORE
10-11am SGT (Singapore). Date: Thursday, June 26. Time: 2pm NZST (Auckland). 12pm AEST (Sydney). 7:30am IST (New Delhi). Cost: Free! How to Register: Sign up. Presented by: Heather Mansfield. MORE
channelnewsasia.com - Online portal for cultural philanthropy launched: "SINGAPORE : Donating to the arts is now more convenient, with Asia's first online portal for cultural philanthropy.With give2arts.sg, it will be easier for the public to donate and volunteer their time MORE
Singapore turned it into a whole week!”. #GivingTuesday, a global grassroots movement that started out as a mere napkin brainstorm, has reached ubiquity. MORE
Singapore, Singapore: Project Accelerator: Lien AID, Phandeeyar and Liberty Asia. NetSquared gathers together nonprofits and activists, tech leaders and funders, and everyone who's interested in using technology for social change. MORE
There are local leaders in Australia, Canada, Latin America, Mexico Chile, and Singapore organizing on the ground to expand the reach and spirit of generosity. MORE
The trip from LA to Singapore is like a triple red eye. Feeling okay now as I wandered around the Changi Airport in Singapore in search of latte to get of my cafeine withdrawl headache. The Singapore airport is modern, clean, sleek, and filled with interesting shops, restaurants, and orchids! But I managed to sleep and drink lots of water. I found it. I also found free Internet access stations. MORE
Time: 12-1:30pm Singapore/Kuala Lumpur. Date: To accomodate all schedules, this webinar will be presented twice – Tuesday, April 24 and Thursday, April 26. 10-11:30am New Delhi; 2-3:30 Sydney; 4-6:30pm Auckland). Cost: Free. MORE
That said, I am currently in Southeast Asia presenting social media trainings to nonprofits in Malaysia, Singapore and Manila – most of which are just getting started with using social media. The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Though most nonprofits in the United States, Canada and the U.K. MORE
This survived in the Treaty in a much weaker form, which allows countries to choose to have a commerciality requirement in their copyright law, which some countries like Singapore and Australia already do have. The View from an Authorized Entity Many Bookshare users (and potential Bookshare users!) have been asking about the Treaty of Marrakesh (formal name: The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities. MORE
At Logan Airport loaded up with swag Found a plug and wifi at LAX My husband and kids dropped me off at Logan Airport a couple of hours before my flight to LA to connect to my flight to Phnom Penh via Singapore to attend the Cambodia Bloggers Summit. MORE
Donations to Singapore Red Cross now possible at iNets kiosks : Charitable individuals can now make their donations to the Singapore Red Cross on-the-go at 96 iNets Kiosks islandwide MORE
Singapore, Singapore: DataJam! NetSquared believes in the power of meeting face to face in physical space. Online learning is awesome (and TechSoup has got you covered ), but a special magic is created when we get together in the same room and start building relationships. MORE
Singapore, Singapore: DataJam! TechSoup's NetSquared community is hosting free monthly technology meetups in 74 cities globally, but with more than 39,000 members, it can be hard to get a sense of the community's needs. MORE
Singapore, Singapore: DataJam! Technology helps nonprofits deliver on our missions more effectively, but it can also be fiendishly complicated. Sometimes the best way to get started with a new tool is to have a guide sitting next to you giving directions. MORE
Singapore, Singapore: DataJam! National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community. MORE
Rice professor bringing hand-held technology to schools in India | Ultimate West U: "Krishna Palem, a Rice University professor, is leading an effort on three continents to create a low-cost, electronic version of the hand-held slates that millions of Indian children use in school's today.Thanks to a partnership between Rice, Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Villages for MORE
I know Terry because he was UBS’ point guy on philanthropy in Singapore and Asia before joining ammado. I recently had a great meeting with Terry Farris and Alan Keliipuleole of the newly launched ammado web platform. It’s an impressive web-based application for helping multi-national corporations engage their employees and customers in social sector activities such as volunteering or donating. It’s the brainchild of an Irish tech entrepreneur, Peter Conlon. MORE
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DECEMBER 6, 2008
Singapore licenses are online! Creative Commons Singapore: "Singapore licenses are online!In Yes, after some delay, the Singapore versions of the Creative Commons licenses are now online and available for all Singapore-based In all the enthusiasm after we finally made it and among the million other things each one of us is involved in we neglected to communicate the merry news on this blog.
AFP Blog
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
Donations to Singapore Red Cross now possible at iNets kiosks : Charitable individuals can now make their donations to the Singapore Red Cross on-the-go at 96 iNets Kiosks islandwide
AFP Blog
OCTOBER 6, 2015
Smart mapping tech helps deliver more food to Singapore’s most needy | Press Releases | Asia | Sustainable Business : "Thanks to state-of-the-art mapping technology, one of Singapore’s most loved non-profit organisations is making their food donation programme ‘smarter’ than ever before.
AFP Blog
AUGUST 13, 2010
Singapore Charity Sector Texting for Transparency | Pro Bono Australia: "Singapore's charity regulator has introduced an SMS system to allow the public to check on the bona fides of a charity soliciting donations.The Commissioner of Charities (COC), Low Puk Yeong recently introduced the system and detailed the service in his annual report to the Singapore Government this week.Yeong says that to
AFP Blog
APRIL 18, 2011
Online charity donation portal raises over S$5m - Channel NewsAsia : "SINGAPORE: In just over a year, Singapore's largest charity donation portal, SG Gives, has raised raised over S$5 million online for Singapore charities. Most of the donations went to the social service sector (63 per cent) and the health sector (36 per cent).". NPSingapore NPtech NPOnlineGiving
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 26, 2007
The trip from LA to Singapore is like a triple red eye. Feeling okay now as I wandered around the Changi Airport in Singapore in search of latte to get of my cafeine withdrawl headache. The Singapore airport is modern, clean, sleek, and filled with interesting shops, restaurants, and orchids! But I managed to sleep and drink lots of water. I found it. I also found free Internet access stations.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 5, 2007
Anol is my second contributor from Singapore joining Sokohodom Peng. Last night, while coming home from taking the kids to the movies, I noticed one of my neighbors left out a big, gently used samsonite suitcase with a sign that said "FREE." " It's a perfect suitcase for filling up with t-shirts to take to Cambodia! I took this an optimistic sign. I woke up this morning to an email from paypal saying I received a donation from Anol Bhattacharya.
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DECEMBER 15, 2016
Singapore turned it into a whole week!”. #GivingTuesday, a global grassroots movement that started out as a mere napkin brainstorm, has reached ubiquity.
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Time: 12-1:30pm Singapore/Kuala Lumpur. Date: Thursday, April 26. 10-11:30am New Delhi; 2-3:30 Sydney; 4-6:30pm Auckland). Cost: Free. How to Register: Sign up ! Presented By: Heather Mansfield.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 8, 2012
Time: 12-1:30pm Singapore/Kuala Lumpur. Date: To accomodate all schedules, this webinar will be presented twice – Tuesday, April 24 and Thursday, April 26. 10-11:30am New Delhi; 2-3:30 Sydney; 4-6:30pm Auckland). Cost: Free.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JUNE 21, 2012
8-9:30am :: Hong Kong, Singapore. Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012. Time: 2-3:30pm :: Honolulu (Wednesday, September 26). 5-6:30pm :: San Francisco (Wednesday, September 26). 7-8:30am :: Bangkok, Hanoi. 9-10:30am :: Seoul, Tokyo. 10-11:30am :: Melbourne, Sydney.
Tech Soup Blog
AUGUST 31, 2015
Singapore, Singapore: Project Accelerator: Lien AID, Phandeeyar and Liberty Asia. NetSquared gathers together nonprofits and activists, tech leaders and funders, and everyone who's interested in using technology for social change.
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Singapore, Singapore: DataJam! Technology helps nonprofits deliver on our missions more effectively, but it can also be fiendishly complicated. Sometimes the best way to get started with a new tool is to have a guide sitting next to you giving directions.
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JANUARY 3, 2017
Singapore, Singapore: DataJam! TechSoup's NetSquared community is hosting free monthly technology meetups in 74 cities globally, but with more than 39,000 members, it can be hard to get a sense of the community's needs.
GroundWire
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From San Diego to Singapore, organizations from all over the world are benefiting from the free app. It’s only been one month since we released Volunteers for Salesforce on the AppExchange and over 100 organizations have already started using it. The feedback we are getting is overwhelmingly positive with a hard-to-beat 4.8 out of 5 star rating! We must have done something right because very few of these groups have needed any help getting going.
SocialFish
JUNE 12, 2012
History and Business management professor asked in his TED talk, if the West has lost its work ethic, showing how the major Western nations have rapidly fallen in the number of hours worked compared to countries like South Korea, Singapore and China.
Tech Soup Blog
APRIL 3, 2017
Singapore, Singapore: DataDive. Every month I bring you a roundup of free technology training events that will help nonprofit staffers like you build their skills. But maybe you're skeptical and you're wondering: "How can a free event organized by a volunteer be any good?"
Tech Soup Blog
FEBRUARY 28, 2017
Singapore, Singapore: DataJam! NetSquared believes in the power of meeting face to face in physical space. Online learning is awesome (and TechSoup has got you covered ), but a special magic is created when we get together in the same room and start building relationships.
Tech Soup Blog
MAY 1, 2017
Singapore, Singapore: DataJam! National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
There are local leaders in Australia, Canada, Latin America, Mexico Chile, and Singapore organizing on the ground to expand the reach and spirit of generosity.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MAY 7, 2012
Until recently, I have gone to exceptional lengths to avoid getting video recorded. I have always felt very uncomfortable in front of a camera and even more so watching myself recorded. I’m usually the person behind the lens. Know what I mean?
AFP Blog
MAY 1, 2009
Charity pours heart out online: "A CHARITY in Singapore has raised the bar in transparency by giving its major donors online access to its day-to-day accounts
Tech Soup Blog
JULY 27, 2015
Selene Chew developed the BlindSpot as a project for her senior thesis at the University of Singapore. For those with visual impairments, a cane can be a useful tool for navigating sidewalks, busy spaces, and life in general.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MAY 24, 2014
10-11am SGT (Singapore). Date: Thursday, June 26. Time: 2pm NZST (Auckland). 12pm AEST (Sydney). 7:30am IST (New Delhi). Cost: Free! How to Register: Sign up. Presented by: Heather Mansfield.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MAY 7, 2012
Until recently, I have gone to exceptional lengths to avoid getting video recorded. I have always felt very uncomfortable in front of a camera and even more so watching myself recorded. I’m usually the person behind the lens. Know what I mean?
AFP Blog
FEBRUARY 23, 2010
channelnewsasia.com - Online portal for cultural philanthropy launched: "SINGAPORE : Donating to the arts is now more convenient, with Asia's first online portal for cultural philanthropy.With give2arts.sg, it will be easier for the public to donate and volunteer their time
Tech Soup Blog
JULY 15, 2013
Singapore: UP Singapore ‘Smart Cities Hackathon’ - 19th–21st July 2013. Being a nonprofit techie can be lonely work, since our role requires that we be change agents in our organizations as we help them discover the future! Change-agenting is exhausting (and rewarding!)
AFP Blog
NOVEMBER 9, 2010
Rice professor bringing hand-held technology to schools in India | Ultimate West U: "Krishna Palem, a Rice University professor, is leading an effort on three continents to create a low-cost, electronic version of the hand-held slates that millions of Indian children use in school's today.Thanks to a partnership between Rice, Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Villages for
AFP Blog
JANUARY 29, 2010
Top 10 Social Media Countries | Penn Olson: "While the list is pretty comprehensive, one might argue that the comparison is according to absolute terms rather than population proportion (like how we compared Facebook users in Singapore and the U.S), it still works as a good indicator of the top social media countries
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 10, 2007
I am so hoping that my 22 hour flight from Los Angeles to Singapore has electrical outlet in the seat so I can use my laptop and fool with this technique. I wonder what type of adapater I need or if Singapore Airways offer that Sketchcasting! Check this out!
AFP Blog
JANUARY 29, 2014
Alongside regional pictures that capture the stats for every nation on Earth, we also present in-depth analyses for 24 of the world’s largest economies: Argentina, Australia, Brazile, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, Thailand, the UAE, the UK, and the USA.
Tech Soup Blog
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
The project has also gone global this year, having expanded to Canada , Australia , Mexico , and Singapore. #GivingTuesday is a movement, now in its second year, to create an international day of giving on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving in the U.S. each year. The idea is to counterbalance the big shopping days, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This year #GivingTuesday is on December 3, 2013. It is essentially a single day when people across the globe rally to give back.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 12, 2011
That said, I am currently in Southeast Asia presenting social media trainings to nonprofits in Malaysia, Singapore and Manila – most of which are just getting started with using social media. The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of the newly released book Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. Though most nonprofits in the United States, Canada and the U.K.
Tech Soup Blog
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Singapore, Singapore: DataJam! Here's your monthly roundup of free in-person #Tech4Good events. But first I'm going to show off on behalf of our NetSquared organizers.
Tech Soup Blog
APRIL 3, 2015
Singapore: Office 365 for Nonprofits. If you're a regular reader of this blog, you've probably encountered one of my twice-monthly roundups of nonprofit tech meetups. But perhaps you're leery about attending an event because you're not quite sure what it will be like.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 25, 2007
At Logan Airport loaded up with swag Found a plug and wifi at LAX My husband and kids dropped me off at Logan Airport a couple of hours before my flight to LA to connect to my flight to Phnom Penh via Singapore to attend the Cambodia Bloggers Summit.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 7, 2013
This survived in the Treaty in a much weaker form, which allows countries to choose to have a commerciality requirement in their copyright law, which some countries like Singapore and Australia already do have. The View from an Authorized Entity Many Bookshare users (and potential Bookshare users!) have been asking about the Treaty of Marrakesh (formal name: The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities.
Tech Soup Blog
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
Singapore: Clean & Green Hacakathon 2013. Tired of sitting in front of your computer all day? It’s time to get face-to-face with your nonprofit tech friends!
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
FEBRUARY 22, 2009
I know Terry because he was UBS’ point guy on philanthropy in Singapore and Asia before joining ammado. I recently had a great meeting with Terry Farris and Alan Keliipuleole of the newly launched ammado web platform. It’s an impressive web-based application for helping multi-national corporations engage their employees and customers in social sector activities such as volunteering or donating. It’s the brainchild of an Irish tech entrepreneur, Peter Conlon.
Wild Apricot Blog
OCTOBER 14, 2010
All in all, I think it's great to have changing seasons like we have here in Toronto and while I sometimes get envious of people living in places like Singapore or California, I would not want to trade places with them! by Chief Apricot Fall is an interesting time. I love beautiful colors on the trees, crisp and sunny days - but hate those days when it's all bleak, foggy and rainy!
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