How a Small Nonprofit Succeeded in Digital Transformation
Social, Agile and Transformation
AUGUST 3, 2020
One of my favorite clients, Charity Navigator, just released a major upgrade to how they process and rate nonprofit charities.
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Social, Agile and Transformation
AUGUST 3, 2020
One of my favorite clients, Charity Navigator, just released a major upgrade to how they process and rate nonprofit charities.
GeekWire
AUGUST 22, 2020
The founders of the nonprofit had gathered heaps of anecdotal evidence that tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons could help kids who struggled socially — whether they had autism, ADHD, anxiety or other challenges — learn to more successfully interact with others. (Brent Roraback Photo). Game to Grow Photos). Foundry10 Photos).
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GeekWire
JUNE 3, 2023
The nonprofit has worked with Microsoft Philanthropies to improve its tech capabilities. Team Rubicon Photo) The nonprofit sector — which encompasses some 1.6 Kanter and other experts are advising nonprofits to explore the technology — but also to proceed at a measured pace and embrace the edict of first doing no harm.
GeekWire
DECEMBER 17, 2021
Their solution is a platform that allows companies to find and sign up for volunteering opportunities with local nonprofits. Launched earlier this year, Field Day is rolling out a private beta version of its platform in January for a six-month trial run with a limited group of companies and nonprofits. Community Warehouse Photo).
GeekWire
JANUARY 23, 2021
Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. For many nonprofits, it’s not a lack of willingness to modernize, it’s simply not knowing where to start.”
Venture Beast
MAY 12, 2020
Riot Games' Social Impact Fund has given $8 million in grants to nonprofits that its League of Legends players care about. Read More.
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 12, 2023
For IT organizations looking to make a difference on gender diversity, or for women seeking to develop rich IT careers, several nonprofits have been created to empower and uplift those who identify as women in IT, improving gender diversity in the industry, and closing the pay gap between men and women. Here are three of note.
GeekWire
AUGUST 8, 2024
Submittable , a social impact platform that helps corporations, governments, and nonprofits manage programs focused on social good, announced the acquisition of WizeHive , which sells software to manage grants, scholarships, fellowships, giving, and more. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
GeekWire
MARCH 8, 2021
iUrban Teen founder Deena Pierott, left, received some funding for her nonprofit from Seattle Seahawks player Bobby Wagner, right. ” Exposure and access is something Pierott would like more of for herself, for iUrban Teen and for the work the nonprofit has been doing over the years. Photo courtesy of Deena Pierott).
Social, Agile and Transformation
AUGUST 1, 2022
Earlier this summer, I rebranded my YouTube channel from 5 Minutes with @NYIke to the Driving Digital Standup. . The change reflects a broader mission that includes sharing insights from CIOs, CDOs, and other digital transformation leaders.
GeekWire
MARCH 25, 2023
(Game to Grow Image) A new whitepaper from two Seattle organizations exhibits research into how tabletop roleplaying games, such as Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons , can be used to help children and teenagers develop their social skills.
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Seattle nonprofit Housing Connector is trying to level the playing field for the region’s most vulnerable renters — even in the face of escalating housing shortages and soaring costs of living. The organization also works with community partners to provide conflict mitigation, behavioral support, and other social services for renters.
GeekWire
MAY 16, 2020
Libes had been involved with Bainbridge Graduate Institute (now Presidio Graduate School ), a program focused on how to use capitalism for social and environmental benefit. ” So in 2012, Libes launched Fledge , a startup accelerator that focuses on socially conscious, mission-driven, for-profit companies.
GeekWire
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
I’ve always had a social justice kind of pull.”. Dewing, who holds a law degree from the University of Washington, worked for a nonprofit legal aid program early in her career and was involved with immigrant advocacy and street youth while in law school. Your preferred social network? I’m not big on social media.
Kitaboo
MARCH 30, 2024
Conclusion Top Features of Digital Library Solutions for Non-Profit Organizations Let’s now explore the aspects that set digital library solutions apart as essential resources for nonprofits looking to improve the lives of people in their communities.
Gizmodo
OCTOBER 19, 2021
An animal rights nonprofit is suing YouTube for failing to take down videos of animal abuse, and often allegedly profiting from them by selling ads running alongside the content, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Read more.
GeekWire
JULY 29, 2020
Three years later, the high school graduate is doing her own teaching for the nonprofit. It’s another lesson for a young woman intent on working in social justice and tech. My passion was to do a lot of social justice work,” Ambachew said. Ambachew, of SeaTac, Wash., “I consider myself a community organizer.
CTOvision
SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
SOCIAL IMPACT. GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, & NGO. Drew Conway is a leading expert in the application of computational methods to social and behavioral problems at large-scale. Drew started his career in counter-terrorism as a computational social scientist in the U.S. COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS. SECURITY & COMPLIANCE.
CTOvision
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
SOCIAL IMPACT. GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, & NGO. Drew Conway is a leading expert in the application of computational methods to social and behavioral problems at large-scale. Drew started his career in counter-terrorism as a computational social scientist in the U.S. COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS. SECURITY & COMPLIANCE.
GeekWire
AUGUST 5, 2021
Then five years ago, staff members realized the data might lend itself toward solving one of the biggest social problems in the urban United States: affordable housing. He said the cost of getting the data for each city will run $10,000 so that is what a corporation will pay to sponsor a nonprofit. Berkeley, M.I.T.
All Things Distributed
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
A program designed to empower leaders from nonprofits and social impact organizations solving hard human problems. Earlier this year, I announced the Now Go Build CTO Fellowship. Today, I'm excited to introduce the first two cohorts, focusing on Disaster Management and Climate Resilience.
GeekWire
JULY 20, 2020
Comcast is providing $50,000 to purchase 200 refurbished laptops from the computer recycling nonprofit InterConnection to provide to participants in the SJI job training program. The first round of refurbished laptops were donated to 20 participants in the program earlier this month.
CIO Business Intelligence
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Social responsibility We drive digital inclusion and champion volunteering to promote prosperity across our communities. Equinix has +22,760 volunteered community service hours to over 1,700 nonprofits in 2022. They will utilize 100% recycled and renewable materials by 2030. And we advocate inclusivity for our employees and suppliers.
GeekWire
JUNE 28, 2023
Microsoft says its related Generative AI Skills Grant Challenge will support nonprofit, social enterprise, and academic or research institutions that use generative AI for social and economic good. The skills initiative includes what Microsoft calls the first Professional Certificate on Generative AI in online learning.
GeekWire
OCTOBER 17, 2024
The new tool takes deepfake detection wider, analyzing voice content in multiple languages across social media, news sources and other websites. Social media platforms such as Facebook (22%) and YouTube (17%) were also among the top sources of exposure.
GeekWire
APRIL 22, 2021
That includes kids who are Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC); children who struggle socially due to autism, ADHD or other conditions; and women eager to break into technology or entrepreneurial roles. Then submit your votes below , grab your tickets and keep reading to learn more about these worthy finalists. iUrban Teen.
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Seattle based computer education nonprofit Code.org is teaming with the British rock band Coldplay for a contest aimed at inspiring more kids to learn coding through the joys of music and dancing. Creations can be posted on social media or submitted to Code.org and the nonprofit will join the band in sharing and commenting on their favorites.
The Verge
AUGUST 14, 2020
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI this week for “mission support,” government contracting records show (as first spotted by the tech accountability nonprofit Tech Inquiry ). However, the ICE contract would appear to comply with Clearview’s earlier pledge.
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The organizations include: Mary’s Place : Amazon is giving $6 million to the nonprofit to support its ongoing operations and to provide funding toward a new development of co-located affordable housing and family shelter and services in Burien, Wash.
Venture Beast
OCTOBER 7, 2020
In a recent report, nonprofit InfluenceMap revealed evidence that Facebook is allowing climate disinformation ads to flourish on its platform. Read More.
GeekWire
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
(Treefish Photo) When 16-year-old Anika Krishnan isn’t playing the violin with her band or board games with her family, she’s helping teens find volunteer opportunities through her nonprofit Treefish. “Volunteering helped me feel like I was doing something to help my community.”
Kitaboo
JUNE 8, 2021
Using computers and mobile phones, and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, help in gathering and circulating knowledge and information quite effectively. Technology assists associations by helping them create a greater social impact as well as taking forward their social mission as a whole. Social networking sites.
GeekWire
JANUARY 19, 2022
Washington STEM announced Milton Lang as the education nonprofit’s new CEO. Washington STEM is a nonprofit organization focused on statewide education and social change. Milton Lang. Washington STEM Photo). He also held roles overseeing student life at University of California, Davis and Washington State University.
GeekWire
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
The majority of Seattle tech workers don’t expect to ever return to their offices full time and the effects of that transition could alter everything from commercial real estate, to what social issues tech workers spend their time and money on, to downtown’s status as a business district. “This is significant,” Merriam said.
GeekWire
DECEMBER 13, 2020
When Jasper Kuria considers strategies for addressing racial inequity and social injustice in the U.S., Kuria is doing his part in trying to drum up awareness for the support of Black-owned businesses, sometimes called BOBs, including a social media campaign dubbed “Do The BOB.” BOB Photo). BOB Image).
GeekWire
MAY 11, 2021
Beyond making pancakes together with Bezos back in 2018, Bezos was also an investor in Wilson’s social networking startup TraceMe. The company was eventually acquired by Nike.
GeekWire
OCTOBER 13, 2020
The nonprofit organization “Two Screens for Teachers” announced Tuesday that it’s purchasing a second computer monitor for every teacher who needs one, and plans to deliver about 3,000 monitors at a value of around $430,000. The two-screen setup of an elementary school teacher in Seattle. Matt Lerner, left, and Mike Matieu.
GeekWire
JANUARY 10, 2022
She also sits on the board of Seattle marketing startup Amperity, leading corporate social responsibility efforts. In 2017 he teamed up with Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs to launch social networking startup TraceMe , which was eventually acquired by Nike. They also run the nonprofit Why Not You Foundation.
Vox
APRIL 19, 2021
Now, two senators are turning their attention to the vaccine misinformation superspreaders that push the bulk of conspiracy theories and lies on social media — and asking the social media giants to take more aggressive action. Kennedy Jr., Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network.
GeekWire
DECEMBER 23, 2020
The TheWMarketplace, a Seattle-based platform promoting women and diverse entrepreneurs, was excited to feature Askanya Chocolates and its Haitian founder on social media. Since early December, TheWMarketplace has submitted the paid ad for posting on the social media sites, had it rejected, revised the ad and had it rejected again.
CIO Business Intelligence
JUNE 6, 2023
Maven Youth Maven Youth is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering LGBTQ+ youth to “network, organize, and educate for social change through technology and the tech sector.” The nonprofit was born after IBM sponsored a focus group in 2005 at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters in Washington, D.C.,
GeekWire
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Having the opportunity for every retail investor in America to share in the upside that gets created by AI at a time we’re going to have massive social disruption, jobs lost, and other things, I think it’s critically important.” ” He called OpenAI the most important AI company in the U.S., next to Nvidia.
GeekWire
JULY 31, 2024
Galgon became CEO of the nonprofit this month. Photo via LinkedIn) Galgon’s involvement with Global Partnerships dates back more than 22 years when he traveled with the nonprofit to Guatemala to see its impact. Global Partnerships Photo) Mike Galgon knows a few things about successful entrepreneurs.
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