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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. Are you excited about technology benefiting the world?

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"Press 2 for Chickens": Innovating African Radio Stations

NTEN

Two years ago, Bev Clark, the co-founder of Kubatana.net , was awarded a large grant in the Knight News Challenge for Freedom Fone, an open-source software platform for distributing news and information through interactive voice response (IVR) technology. . We’re looking for something that can enhance radio,” Sullivan says.

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Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding Myths & How To Ensure Success

The Modern Nonprofit

Build a school in Zimbabwe. If you were going to employ the same technology on your own website it would cost tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to get the same quality technology, the same robustness, the same ability to deal with traffic. Help pay for Sally’s cancer treatment. The more specific, the better.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live: DIY Blogging

Tech Soup

Here at TechSoup, we’re big on empowering nonprofits and libraries to make smart do-it-yourself technology choices since we know time, staff, and money are all limited resources. This month, we're examining the landscape of DIY blogging. and LA Media Reform Group , to name a few.

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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

I think The Press Institute is a lot of things, but I think it is primarily an example of how you can use development, technology and the core principles of journalism to really create change internationally. We have $2 donors out of Zimbabwe and $20,000 donors out of San Francisco.