sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

Inspired by more than 40 years of collaboration with private school leaders, Blackbaud has created a track of sessions for ATLIS 2024 , the Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools’ annual conference. The days of file cabinets crammed with paperwork and cash boxes shoved in desk drawers are long gone—right?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

SOS Children’s Villages International uses cloud technology to help fundraise for children in need. How To Use Microsoft Technology To Supercharge Your Fundraising guest post by Justin Spelhaug, General Manager, Microsoft Philanthropies. “We ADOPTA uses cloud services to share files, collaborate and stay in touch on the go.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Plus, there’s many challenges you have to overcome, such as limited staff capacity, rising costs, and inadequate finances. Provide accessibility for the whole team. With the rise of remote work, ensure your team can access necessary tools to promote collaboration and flexibility. per user per month.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

argued that we must shift from spending on the provision of hard copy braille to the provision of refreshable braille and the associated digital file formats to enable people to read so much more. “As We strongly support this position and believe the digital content revolution holds the best promise for the future of braille.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. As a different kind of Silicon Valley tech company—a nonprofit with a pure focus on social good—our goal is to see that the best of technology gets applied to social needs left unaddressed by for-profit businesses.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In 2001, the National Association of State Charity Officials (NASCO) released a set of recommendations called the Charleston Principles to supplement fundraising laws that had not kept pace with technology. This is often quite challenging. if you receive ongoing, repeated, or substantial donations from donors in a state. .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

This reality changed when Frank found out about Benetech’s Bookshare accessible digital library for people with print disabilities. Frank’s story exemplifies the life-changing power of access to information and reading. To help now, please visit Benetech’s Challenge campaign and give whatever you can. I began a reading binge.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 17, 2020

In 2001, the National Association of State Charity Officials (NASCO) released a set of recommendations called the Charleston Principles to supplement fundraising laws that had not kept pace with technology. This is often quite challenging. if you receive ongoing, repeated, or substantial donations from donors in a state. Giving Days.

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Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2024

How to start a nonprofit: first steps How to start a nonprofit: build a strong foundation How to start a nonprofit: file the paperwork What is a nonprofit organization? Identify the most pressing needs and challenges facing your community. At the very least, there are filing fees required by the IRS to start your organization.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Candid can attest to the fact that while the 990s have always been “open for public inspection,” access to them was not always so easy, and making use of the data they contained was very costly. All Form 990s had been released as TIFF image files making it both time-consuming and expensive to extract useful data from them.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In addition to the challenges inherent to any nonprofit mission, these organizations and their personnel must often work in areas with poor security and limited resources. We believe that technology systems intended to be used in fragile environments must be “protective by design,” and seek from the outset to minimize the risk of harm.

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The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 23, 2024

There are more than 130 suits filed against marketers and data firms. Given that at least 19,000 individuals have signed up to be excluded, a minimum $1,000 fine per instance can quickly add up, even if not every data file contains every name. Defense attorneys have requested presiding U.S. The data companies are fighting back.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

Creating the World’s Largest Collection of Accessible Arabic eBooks Access to knowledge is the critical first step on the path to economic, educational, and social development. In 2011, we began collaborating with the Mada Center (Qatar Assistive Technology Center) to create accessible Arabic-language digital books.

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The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 27, 2024

Is this technology exciting? But these new and quickly developing technologies bring to the forefront many questions about the impact of AI on fundraising and the human relationships at the foundation of philanthropy. Is AI Technology Good For Fundraising? Absolutely. You have experienced it yourself.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 23, 2024

If your nonprofit is implementing a new Blackbaud solution or tackling new challenges with your existing technology stack , your team will inevitably need Blackbaud support. Learn the ropes of an intricate technology solution on your own terms with custom Blackbaud training. Support for sustainable organizational growth.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

However, navigating the complexities of setting up a data warehouse can be challenging, even for the most technologically savvy organizations. With high-quality data on your side, you can be more confident in the information you have access to and the ways that you use that information.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 20, 2006

Benetech's mission is to create technology that serves humanity and our longest-running commitment is to people with disabilities. We have been helping blind and print disabled people gain access to books for over 17 years. Two recent experiences underscored different parts of this struggle to deliver access.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Recent evidence from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) indicates that grantmakers are asking the same questions with slight differences across funders, wasting a significant amount of a nonprofit's time during the application process. View the full set of results here. Activating our values in 2022. How to get started now.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

The human rights technology we eventually built and that anchors our Program— Martus —has since played a crucial role in strengthening the human rights community. The Martus story that has unfolded during that time is a tale of hard-won success and focused efforts to bridge human rights and technological innovation.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 10, 2015

For smaller non-profits with limited operating capital and a small staff, social media can present both tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges. You can also upload bulk files of posts at once and make your content available to other Post Planners and Facebook experts. What’s the return on investment for that time?

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

But, it has certain drawbacks, such as having limited reach to learners, higher cost, and the tracking of KPIs can be challenging. ILT needs to adapt in an environment where technology is always advancing and is ever-changing, such as Learning & Development and the business landscape.

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Gyrus

MARCH 18, 2024

But, it has certain drawbacks, such as having limited reach to learners, higher cost, and the tracking of KPIs can be challenging. ILT needs to adapt in an environment where technology is always advancing and is ever-changing, such as Learning & Development and the business landscape.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2012

Easy and fast access to. technology – that included a mishmash of 14 donated computers with. laboratory," says the Centre’s information technology coordinator, Scott Wight. simplest tasks, such as emailing files and data entry, proved. challenging. The Centre’s. out of date. "Keeping it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

However, the time has come when we need a really smart attorney to join Benetech and help us navigate the intersection of technology and social good. Benetech has some of the juiciest and most exciting range of legal challenges I can imagine: the great majority of our legal work concerns intellectual property and human rights.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 3, 2019

With the advent of various communication technologies, nonprofits have broadened the reach of their programs and fundraising efforts greatly, and at a much lower relative cost. When it comes to compliance with state laws, online fundraising initiatives have created a regulatory challenge for nonprofits everywhere.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

With the advent of various communication technologies, nonprofits have broadened the reach of their programs and fundraising efforts greatly, and at a much lower relative cost. When it comes to compliance with state laws, online fundraising initiatives have created a regulatory challenge for nonprofits everywhere.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

I’ve waxed on about this tool ever since I’ve found it, and I would love to challenge a loyal Basecamp user to a point-by-point comparison of the two tools. I also access Evernote on my Android phone. For sharing files, as well as providing solid file backup, I use Dropbox (it even works on Linux!).

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2012

Is nonprofit technology moving out of the data closet and into the Cloud? Our interviews with diverse nonprofits revealed a number of great examples from local and international organizations of all sizes and from across a wide range of technology expertise. Into the Cloud: Park Pride. Into the Cloud: Great Books Foundation.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This Black History Month, we reflect on the strategy work that our team does through our partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture —much of which centers around expanding access. Since then, thousands of volunteers have transcribed hundreds of thousands of image files of the more than 1.7

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Building an organization from the ground up is a challenge, but with the right nonprofit tools, the heavy lifting gets easier. Joining TechSoup should be the first technology task for your new nonprofit. And don’t worry – storing files in the cloud is perfectly safe. The key is to find the right tool for the right task. .

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AccelEvents

MARCH 23, 2021

Lead retrieval is one of the biggest challenges in marketing. Fortunately, virtual and hybrid events can mitigate some of these challenges. API Documentation : Accelevents event technology has API documentation that can be integrated into your current systems so that you don’t have to always reinvent the wheel.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

In my contribution to Ron’s book, I discuss the framework that guides us at Benetech, the technology nonprofit I lead. When I first started pursuing the idea of using technology to solve challenging social problems, it was a pretty radical idea. Converting and delivering these accessible books was expensive and time consuming.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Nonprofit staff training has evolved to meet the new challenges your team is facing. Use new technology to work from home. Luckily, training courses have evolved to meet the challenge. Create engaging, but challenging, e-learning scenarios to keep the learner’s attention. Accessible, but effective, courses.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Perhaps your donors are in the CRM, your advocates and evangelists are in an Excel spreadsheet, and your program beneficiaries are in paper files.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Perhaps your donors are in the CRM, your advocates and evangelists are in an Excel spreadsheet, and your program beneficiaries are in paper files.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This open-source, accessible solution enables workers and volunteers to collect data wherever they need to go. CO: I think many nonprofits can relate to needing to solve a technical or operational challenge and not having the resources to do it. Enter: Grassroots Mobile Survey, now available to install.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2017

When I founded CompuMentor (which became TechSoup) in 1987, I had to file articles of incorporation that would legally bind the organization. Fundacja TechSoup (based in Warsaw, Poland) also runs Apps4Cities technology challenges that leverage open data to increase civic engagement in the region. " This was 1988.

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