In 1987, journalist Daniel Ben-Horin came up with the idea to create a technology mentoring system to help nonprofits and schools in the Bay Area. Now known as TechSoup, Ben-Horin’ s idea was born from his experience witnessing two simultaneous challenges: Social activists were desperately lacking access to new technologies and the skill sets needed to apply them to their work, while the area’ s techies desired to contribute to social change, but didn’ t know where to start. So Ben-Horin set out to make connections between these groups of people. That connection is still part of TechSoup’ s mission today.
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In 1987, journalist Daniel Ben-Horin came up with the idea to create a technology mentoring system to help nonprofits and schools in the Bay Area. Now known as TechSoup, Ben-Horin’ s idea was born from his experience witnessing two simultaneous challenges: Social activists were desperately lacking access to new technologies and the skill sets needed to apply them to their work, while the area’ s techies desired to contribute to social change, but didn’ t know where to start. So Ben-Horin set out to make connections between these groups of people. That connection is still part of TechSoup’ s mission today.
“ TechSoup is a network of international nongovernmental organizations( NGOs) all working on a common mission. We use technology to help communities connect and develop innovative solutions, so we have a more equitable planet,” says Rebecca Masisak, CEO of TechSoup.
The nonprofit organization collaborates with 61 of the world’ s leading civil society organizations to improve lives with technology. These partners serve communities in nearly every region of the world. There are 12 million nonprofit organizations globally today, and TechSoup’ s Global Network has reached 1.2 million of them— delivering greater
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