http://joetrippi.com/blog/?p=3094

http://joetrippi.com/blog/?p=3094: "n a project that could revolutionize international communication, Google is working to create mobile phone software that will build on voice recognition and automatic translation technology to provide almost instantaneous voice translations. Google says the project should be ready in a couple of years. The UK Times reports:"

Dell Social Innovation Competition

Dell Social Innovation Competition: "Welcome to the Dell Social Innovation Competition

The University of Texas and Dell are looking for college students from around the world who want to improve areas of critical human need through innovation.

Providing a vehicle for taking student innovations from idea to reality, Dell’s Social Innovation Competition is a real-world exercise for perfecting your skills in:

* Project/business plan development
* Pitching ideas to investors
* Building resource networks"

Why My Mom Is My Fundraising Guru | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network

Why My Mom Is My Fundraising Guru | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network: "he challenge in online fundraising today is that it's more than just email: it's Facebook, and Twitter, and e-mail, and widgets, and your website, and your blog, and your supporters blogs, and... well, you get the idea.

During the course of the 2009 fundraising campaign, the task ahead of me often felt like Medusa: if I stared directly into any of those serpentine eyes, I was frozen. Thinking too hard about any one tactic meant I was lost for hours. But we managed to meet the challenge (by the skin of our teeth)."

Facebook | Beth Kanter: Win A HP Computer and Printer: What's Your Theory of Change for Social Media Use?

Facebook | Beth Kanter: Win A HP Computer and Printer: What's Your Theory of Change for Social Media Use?: "HP is giving away laptop and printer bundles as part of its HP’s Create Change program which is an example of 'embedded giving.' That's a buzz word coined by Lucy Bernholz to describe the common practice of building a philanthropic gift into another, unrelated, financial transaction. Embedded giving is easy for individuals to do, and probably gives them an added psychological boost to know that spending money on purchasing something is not just an act of commerce, it's an act of generosity."

Introducing the New NTEN.org | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network

Introducing the New NTEN.org | NTEN: The Nonprofit Technology Network: "hile the new look has thrown off a few of us here at NTEN HQ -- years of habituation to click the same spot to go the the NTC pages, undone! -- we hope it will make the process of finding things on our site more intuitive for everybody else. The new 'Resources by Topic' section, in particular, should make it easier for you to find some of our once-hidden information.

The new look will be introduced to our Groups site and the My NTEN pages over the next few weeks. If you're bored, you can also compare the new site to the old: http://yekk.pair.com/nten.

We're certain there are issues and stylesheet-related funkiness here and there, and we hope you'll tell us about them, along with your general impressions, using our new commenting system. Thanks to Marshall K for sending the fine folks at JSKit.com our way, and thanks to Chris Saad for letting us use Echo. We think it's a terrific system."

Conversation Agent: Blogging at Work if You Don't Have a Blog

Conversation Agent: Blogging at Work if You Don't Have a Blog: "Many companies and marketing communications professionals are thinking about social media. But starting a blog seems daunting. If you're among them, I'm certain you've considered who's going to write consistently, who will moderate comments, how closely you will need to watch to see if anyone comes, and you probably also worry that nobody will come at all.

Blogging doesn't need to happen on blogs alone."

How can we cope with information overload? - CNN.com

How can we cope with information overload? - CNN.com: "If you worry you're missing interesting content, it's probably because you are.

The bad news is that there's no way to fix the problem: The amount of online content out there is simply too much to handle, and it's constantly growing.

But the good news is there's plenty of entrepreneurial energy going toward tools for helping us, if not eradicate the problem, at least deal with it a bit less ineffectively."

non-profits posts - The Social - CNET News

non-profits posts - The Social - CNET News: "As the event grew closer, we decided that we wanted some kind of innovative way for guests to donate to support Doctors Without Borders' relief efforts in Haiti. So after some brainstorming we thought about using Square, the new mobile-payment company co-founded by Twitter Chairman Jack Dorsey. The event's main co-hosts got in touch with one of Square's executives, who generously shipped us two of the little gadgets--which aren't on the market yet--on very short notice."

MediaPost Publications Little Trust In Text, But Donations Add Up 02/04/2010

MediaPost Publications Little Trust In Text, But Donations Add Up 02/04/2010: "An online consumer survey by Forrester Research that asked people if they thought money donated through texting actually went where it was supposed to, found only 16% (of 134 respondents said yes. Thirty-two percent said no, and 51% just weren't sure. Most felt that companies involved in the process, like phone carriers, would take a cut for administrative fees, and that they would be better off donating directly through the sites of organizations like the Red Cross."

Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports, Blogs, Photos, Videos - Kenyan mapping tool helps Haiti quake victims

Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports, Blogs, Photos, Videos - Kenyan mapping tool helps Haiti quake victims: "n online crisis mapping tool initiated and operated by Kenyans has been assisting families and friends locate missing persons, following the horrendous earthquake that hit the Haitian capital three weeks ago.

The online mapping tool — www.ushahidi.com — is also being used by international organisations to mobilise assistance for the Caribbean nation. These organisations include the United Nations Foundation, Plan International, Charity Water and the International Red Cross Society."

Technology for Good: Save the Children

Technology for Good: Save the Children: "After the initial quake, our Information Services (IT) team quickly mobilized to provide communication equipment and technical personnel. First responders carried in portable, battery- powered, satellite communication systems to provide Internet and telephone connectivity.

Armed with VHF radios and satellite phones, they could communicate with each other and back to headquarters, bypassing Haiti's devastated telecommunications systems."

Will Mobile Giving Take Off In The Jewish World?

Will Mobile Giving Take Off In The Jewish World?: "Over the course of the past year, a group of volunteers affiliated with The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s (JDC) Next Gen initiative has been looking into launching a mobile giving campaign. When an earthquake devastated Haiti last month, suddenly the race was on to get it up and running immediately."

Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy-Pepsi's Online Contest Joins Growing Number of Corporate Efforts

Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "In the last few years, more corporations have been experimenting with ways to give consumers a chance to help direct their charitable money. Last May, the retail-company Target started an online campaign to let voting by its Facebook fans determine how big a share of $3-million various nonprofit groups should receive."

Washington Nonprofit Conference Roundup: Lively Q&A at Session on Mobile Fundraising : FundRaising Success

Washington Nonprofit Conference Roundup: Lively Q&A at Session on Mobile Fundraising : FundRaising Success: "Nonprofit organizations around the world are raising millions of dollars via mobile fundraising for disaster relief in Haiti. And their experiences might well turn out to be both proving and testing grounds for this still-new medium.

In the session “Mobile, Online, Offline” at the DMA Nonprofit Federation 2010 Washington Nonprofit Conference last week, the “mobile” part of the presentation — moderated by Mark Smith, fundraising director, Greenpeace — took center stage as attendees engaged with speakers in a lively Q&A portion.

Among the questions and answers:"

GUIDE TO MOBILE APPS - Association Bisnow - Washington

GUIDE TO MOBILE APPS - Association Bisnow - Washington: "Few associations and non-profits have launched mobile apps, but we predict they're going to be one of the hottest trends of the year. Here's a look at how some organizations are leading the way:"