Solar Project for Health Clinics Wins Tech Award
The Tech Museum of Innovation, in San Jose, Calif., has presented its annual awards to honor the creative use of technology to benefit society.
Halloween Appeal Taps Smartphones
The ghosts and goblins, princesses and pirates on your doorstep this Halloween might also be high-tech fund raisers in disguise.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Recovering Names of Slaves in Virginia
The Virginia Historical Society has created an online database, Unknown No Longer, of the names of more than 1,800 slaves from its manuscript collection, a number the Richmond organization thinks will grow to the tens, if not hundreds, of thousands over time. The group’s more than eight million…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Medication Reminders Via Facebook
A group is using Facebook to notify patients of their medication schedule.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Kenyans Text for Famine Relief
The Kenyans for Kenya campaign is raising money via cellphone to aid victims of that country’s famine
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Kiva Program Highlights Detroit Small Businesses
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is providing $250,000 to match the money that Kiva donors lend to small businesses in the Motor City.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity Uses Radio as an Education Tool
Nearly 150,000 students in 600 elementary schools in southern Sudan receive instruction in English, math, their local language, and basic skills over the airwaves.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Smart Selection of Webinars Can Save Nonprofit Workers Time and Money
Conducting careful research on program agendas and presenters can help viewers get the most value from online seminars.
By MAUREEN WEST
Contributor
National Parks Group Unveils iPhone App
The National Parks Conservation Association hopes to inspire more people to get outside and support national parks via their smartphones.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
At a University Archive, Yesterday’s Cutting-Edge Video Games Play On
The University of Texas is preserving the roots of an ever-surging industry that otherwise might not pause for posterity.
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Kiva Reaches $200-Million in Loans
Kiva—which uses the Internet to match entrepreneurs in developing countries with people who want to lend them money to build their businesses—this month announced it has helped arrange $200-million in loans. The group, which was founded in 2005, reached the milestone a little more than a year after…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Looking for a way to introduce new audiences to the works of art in its collection, the Metropolitan Museum of Art turned to its workers and the Web.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New iPad App for Human-Rights Group
Human Rights Watch has created an iPad application that features the charity’s reports, videos, and photographs along with news updates about human-rights issues around the globe.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How a Small Nonprofit Made Simple Tech Tweaks and Saved $176,000
A few big changes and some tweaks helped a small nonprofit reduce its technology expenses.
By William Grassie
Contributor
How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media to Spark Change
Nonprofit leaders and technology experts offer tips for running a successful social-media activism campaign.
By Maureen West
Contributor
Using Online Games to Spur Activity
While the lure of video games and other digital fare is often cited as a factor that contributes to childhood obesity, a nonprofit research organization is trying to use the Internet to boost physical activity among middle-school-age children.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor