(HT: mi amiga Ruth)
Check out Free Rice. The site is a English vocab game that donates 10 grains of rice through the UN to developing countries for every answer you get correct. The funds are provided by the companies advertising on the site. Take a look at the current tally.
The genius is the spin–turning charity […]
Entries Tagged as 'Non-profit tech'
Test your vocabulary — donate rice
November 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tags: New Media · Development · Online Community · Non-profit tech · International · US
Zoho: awesome online apps!
November 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments
I was looking around last night for a free online project management tool. In the search results I saw two familiar names: Basecamp and Zoho. I tried Basecamp before and wanted to take a look at something new so I decided to try out Zoho Projects and am so far very impressed […]
Tags: Business · Web Apps · New Media · Online Community · Web 2.0 · Non-profit tech · Tech
Center for Global Development Launches Carma.org
November 15th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Congrats to CGD on launching Carma.org: Carbon Monitoring for action. The data collection is incredible and the visual display does a great job of showing this as Global issue.
So go check out the site, grab some data and go make a difference!
Tags: Non-profit tech · Online Community · New Media · Carbon Emissions · Global Warming · International · environment · Climate Change · Politics and News
Think Green: A New Wiki on Environmental Policy and Ideas
April 9th, 2007 · No Comments
A few weekends ago I started Think Green, a wiki, to collect and share information on environmental issues and policies such as tax incentives for businesses and individuals for going green. I am also hoping you will help me create a collection of all green blogger links and news. I need your help […]
Tags: Carbon Emissions · Non-profit tech · Online Community · New Media · Global Warming · Climate Change · DC · environment · Web 2.0 · Social Networking · Tech
NTC2007: Closing Thoughts on the Conference
April 8th, 2007 · No Comments
During the last day of the conference I attended a session that covered microformats for Web coding behavior. This seems like an interesting use of code and definitely worth keeping an eye on, if you want to play with it now the recommendation was made to try it on the Contact page of your […]
Tags: Non-profit tech · 07NTC · Social Networking · Web 2.0 · US · International · Tech
NTC2007 Update from Day 2: Online Communities, and Freeing Your Data
April 6th, 2007 · No Comments
Some of the questions I had about online community were taken head-on in the session What Work’s in Online Communities. Oscar’s comment on my last post (see below) echoes the sentiment of looking at online communities as we would the physical communities we inhabit. I found the break-down of buzz semantics a great […]
Tags: 07NTC · Non-profit tech · Social Networking · Web 2.0 · Tech
First Day at N-Ten 2007: The Science Fair
April 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Yesterday kicked off the 2007 Non-Profit Technology Conference, held in DC this year. The first day is highlighted by the Science Fair–vendor expo. I saw many familiar names and plenty of new ones as well–but what stuck with me was the amount of “social networking” vendors/platforms/software being promoted, that was not there last […]
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