Rebecca Manson: Restoring Memories in the Wake of Japan’s Disaster
After last year’s tsunamis, Ms. Manson found thousands of dirty and damaged photos. She decided to recruit volunteers to work with her to clean and restore them.
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Josh Nesbit: Improving Health Care Through Mobile Technology
Medic Mobile develops text-message and cellphone applications to improve health-care communications in poor regions of Africa and Asia.
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Promoting Equality Through Social Media
Brian Elliot created Friendfactor, a social-media effort that rallies straight people to advocate for gay marriage and other efforts to fight discrimination against gay people.
Fundraising-Software Provider Blackbaud to Acquire Its Rival Convio
Consolidation of businesses sparks fears about the choices that will be available to charities that conduct online appeals.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
An Alternative to .org? Say Hello to .ngo
A proposed .ngo domain could give nonprofits another way to show their legitimacy to online donors.
By Derek Lieu
Contributor
Project Highlights Human Needs in Slums
Urban Survivors, a new multimedia project, seeks to highlight the urgent humanitarian crisis and medical needs of people living in slums.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
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