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Results of the African E-Waste and Refurbishment Standards Conference

Tech Soup

A couple weeks ago, I posted about an upcoming e-waste and refurbishment standards conference in South Africa that I was co-organizing. Industry and policy leaders shared information on the current state of African electronics recycling and refurbishment policy and practice. Those of us presenting from the U.S.

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The Upcoming E-Waste and Refurbishment Standards Conference in South Africa

Tech Soup

As collection and processing of e-waste and discarded electronics in Africa reaches worrisome proportions, industry leaders and policymakers from all over the world are meeting in Cape Town, South Africa on June 7, 2013. and Weelabex in Europe to ensure the responsible recycling of used electronics.

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Green Technology Summit Heads to Europe (and It's Kind Of a Big Deal)

Tech Soup

The European Union (EU) is the largest economy in the world and home to over 500 million people who discard vast numbers of electronic devices each year. million tons of electronic waste. In the United Kingdom alone, the average person will throw away over 3 tons of electronics in his or her lifetime. and Canada. The next U.S.

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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

Tech Soup

I have noticed that a significant percentage, I daresay a majority, of the people attending the big annual Nonprofit Technology Conferences (NTC) have been women every year. It is one of the very few tech conferences where that is the case. Nicole Ozer , director of technology and civil liberties policy at ACLU. Philanthropy.

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12NTC: Nonprofits and the Future of Internet Rights

Tech Soup

Those were the subjects of an afternoon panel today at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Commit to upholding free speech and personal privacy in your own dealings by either creating a privacy policy or amending yours to protect your users' data. Future Threats.

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Nonprofit Technology News Celebrity Forecasts for 2014

Tech Soup

Lisa Pool is the executive director of the Technology Affinity Group (TAG), the online community and annual conference for foundation techies. and Electronic Futures Foundation. Full disclosure, she also manages Simplify , a new partnership between TAG and GuideStar, which is a new approach to applying for grants. John Merritt.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

both electronic and print. Conferences. Terms of Use Privacy Policy Billing and Refund policy. Consider how you might use the interactive possibilities of the Internet and Web 2.0 tools, to get past some of those communication barriers â?? Crowdsourcing: How Business and Nonprofits Tap into the Wisdom of Crowds.