Maternova at Women 2.0 Pitch NYC 2012
Maternova, a social enterprise, is presenting this week at the Women 2.0 Pitch in NYC. They make it easy for doctors, nurses and midwives to track innovation and buy technologies and kits to use overseas. As expected, the kits contain low cost medical devices, but also included are a few things we might not have [...]
Non-Profit Spotlight: Girls who Code
In 2011, only 14% of engineers were women I just don’t understand this statistic. Engineering is a lucrative and rewarding career. In Silicon Valley, engineers are celebrities courted by Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft and a bevy of other successful companies. They have their pick of snacks and office perks; kitchens and workspaces are designed to [...]
History Lessons thru Games
Brenda Brathwaite talks about her experiences using game design to discuss the Middle Passage and other great tragedies of human history at TEDxPhoenix earlier this year. Instead of the Middle Passage being a few paragraphs in a textbook, it becomes something that you’re a part of via the game. Historical games like the ones she [...]
Femtocells Bring Cell Coverage to the Jungles of the Congo
Femtocells(or microcells) are a neat little invention because they help many of us get mobile coverage in the remote nooks and crannies of our lives (think dungeon basement or startup garage). They are fully featured but very low power mobile phone basestations, connected using standard broadband DSL or Cable service into the mobile operator’s network. [...]
Non-Profit Spotlight: Kiva
Who are they? Kiva.org funds small business loans around the world, using the combined money of individual Kiva “lenders” globally. As the loan is payed back, the lenders receive their share of that payment. When and if the loan is fully repaid, each lender will have received his entire $25 back in his/her Kiva account. [...]
Looking for a Career in the Non-Profit World? Start Here!
Opportunity Knocks and the YNPNsfba (Young Nonprofit Professionals Network – San Francisco Bay Area chapter) are teaming up to host a career conference for those interested in working in the non-profit sector. The event is on June 28th at the Cal State East Bay’s Oakland Center. There will be plenty of interactive workshops, opportunities for [...]
Code to a Better World
It’s no secret that non-profits suffer from a lack of resources, of which funding is only one of them. In addition to being strapped for cash, most non-profits don’t have the talent and time to implement innovative technology projects – many of which drastically further their causes while lowering overhead spending. Enter SocialCoding4Good. SocialCoding4Good aims [...]
Try Living Below the Poverty Line – Virtually
$1.25 USD. That’s not a whole lot of money, but it’s what over 1.3 billion (about 20%) of the world lives on a day. The World Bank calls this extreme poverty and development organizations label these folks as ultra poor. It’s hard for anyone living in the developed world to fathom the lifestyle and decisions [...]
Use Facebook to Promote Human Rights and Win $20,000
Facebook has partnered with Access to run a contest promoting human rights. The dynamic duo will reward individuals and businesses for coming up with the best way to use digital tech to promote social good. The prize is $20,000 awarded to an individual, organization or network that has the best actionable idea of how to use the Facebook platform to [...]
Event: Random Hacks of Kindness – June 2-3, 2012
Overview: Volunteers around the world are coming together for the Random Hacks of Kindness Global Hackathon. The RHoK international community is over 4000 strong working together to define challenges facing humanity in local communities all around the world, and then to rapidly prototype solutions during an intensive weekend of round-the-clock work. Who should attend: Computer [...]
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