Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2019

Blockchain for Impact: Blockchain Revolution Global Event Wrap-Up – Guest Post . For background on blockchain and why it matters for nonprofits and NGOs, this Thrive Global article, Blockchain Positive Impact: Social Enterprise and Nonprofits , provides use cases and a brief technology overview.). (For Financial Services.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

It is important to note that all current CrowdRise by GoFundMe fundraisers will continue to receive the support and access to the tools and features they rely on, without interruption. 2) A 3% platform fee that offers the donor the option to cover the fee.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Thanks to Microsoft Citizenship Asia Pacific , I’ve had the great honor to present a series of online fundraising and social media trainings to over three hundred non-governmental organizations (NGOs) throughout Asia Pacific over the last three years. Before each training I review the Web presence for each NGO in attendance.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

An Interview with Matt Roberts-Davies , General Manager of M-Changa – an official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , there are 6,500+ NGOs registered with the NGOs Coordination Board in Kenya.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had a few months to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. Many NGOs Find Cloud Computing Confusing: Why? nonprofits often didn't know they were already using cloud services.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had more time to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. What Are the Biggest Barriers to More Widespread NGO Migration to the Cloud? Find the first and second post in this series online.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

An Interview with Ruy Fortini , Founder and CEO of Doare and official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. According to the Institute of Applied Economic Research , there are 820,000 existing NGOs, also know as ONGs (organizaciónes no gubernamentales), in Brazil. Just don’t give up!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

One of the common characteristics of cloud-based services is the pay-by-month or pay-by-year model. Huddle is offering its online service to charities and libraries at a one-time admin fee, and a very reasonable one at that. I used it to project manage our recent global NGO cloud survey. What Is a Perpetual License?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2014

The Basic Registry of Identified Global Entities (BRIDGE) is a new collaborative project that aims to revolutionize information sharing, in order to better understand the flows of philanthropic dollars and enhance transparency and effectiveness in the global social sector. First Globally Unique IDs Are Issued. Special Thanks.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured IT to further their missions. It’s a place that provides educational and recreational services for autistic kids and also some adults.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

For his day job, Robert runs Communications without Borders and the NGO Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organization. As an unpaid volunteer, he organizes NetSquared in-person events where people from NGOs from all over the region come to talk shop and help each other. We also have individuals who are not attached to an NGO.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

And our Twitter chat was more global than ever before, with people from 20 countries participating! Boost gives members access to special products and discounts offered through TechSoup. Best Global Story — What Is Taiwan Tongzhi (LGBT) Hotline Association? First, we want to thank every nonprofit and NGO who submitted.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

This week on the Microsoft Citizenship blog , there's an interesting profile of Concern Worldwide , an NGO that fights poverty in 25 of the poorest countries in the world. Like Concern, Foundation Nepal has field workers in very remote areas with limited Internet access. Reach for the Cloud with Microsoft Services.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. Our New NGO Partners in Vietnam. All people deserve equal access to opportunities. Our New NGO Partners in Indonesia.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. It’s a place that provides educational and recreational services for autistic kids and also some adults.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Yet as other people have commented these are more like shopping malls (which though they feel like public spaces are privately owned), than town squares – where freedom of expression and expectations of privacy are circumscribed by corporate terms-of-service. Sam Gregory.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

nonprofits on their use of cloud services. Nearly 80 percent of survey respondents were using more than one cloud solution, and 42 percent reported using were using five or more cloud services in their organization. I did an internal survey of TechSoup Global’s use of cloud tools and we literally use dozens of cloud tools now.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. ATN is an NGO association of over 2,000 telecenters.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2012

Keeping your critical data on an online cloud service has sparked ongoing debate in the nonprofit sector, not just in the U.S., argues that cloud-based services are likely to be safer and more secure than most in-house nonprofit computer systems. He is director of programmes at CTT, which is our TechSoup Global partner in the UK.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2016

2016 NGO Online Technology Report. Based upon the survey results of 2,780 NGOs worldwide, the 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report is unprecedented and provides valuable insight into the global NGO sector and its use of online technology. The State of Nonprofit Cloud.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

On Darcy McLane’s first service trip to Malawi, she experienced something that would change her life forever: She met Isaac. The children needed access to clean water, food, medications and proper care both physically and mentally. Doing Global Aids Relief from a Home Office. Work Inspired By A Child’s Death.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Several of us from TechSoup Global will be there, and we'd love to see you! Here's a rundown of where to find us in sessions presented with TechSoup Global staff: Tuesday, April 3. Delivering Services Through a Global Network. Come share your challenges, learnings, great tips, and plans for global expansion.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Younger people who are the most deeply engaged demographic on social media are likely to also use services like YouTube and also Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, and Instagram. Office 365 is basically a full-featured online version of Microsoft Office that includes Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher, and Access.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

You can help your tech-shy NGO friends cross the digital divide by bringing them to a nonprofit tech meetup. These events, which are being organized in 60 cities across the globe, are friendly and accessible to all members of the community, no matter their level of expertise. Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Summer Social.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

See how organizations like yours are benefiting from their donated products and services. With this in mind, SAP donates their products and services through TechSoup but also connects their employees with organizations to provide them with volunteer help in devising technology solutions. Seven Billion Actions.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. Jasper, Indiana: Hotspots and Wireless Access Points. Chicago, Illinois: Making Tech Accessible to Nonprofits. Sunday, September 17, 2017. Responsables!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But did you know that our work is global? TechSoup's mission is to build a dynamic bridge that enables civil society organizations and changemakers around the world to gain effective access to the resources they need to design and implement technology solutions for a more equitable planet. Find your local #Tech4Good group.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Giving Tuesday is a day of global generosity and charitable giving that takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. According to Giving Tuesday’s website , it is “a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity.” Giving Tuesday is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Accessibility. The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. Services like Google Wallet , Square , Intuit Pay , and PayPal Mobile Payments are some of the big name services that are emerging.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

For easy access you can download all these incredible conferences to your Gmail, ICal or outlook click. The Corps Network National Conference is an annual gathering of national, state, and local leaders in the fields of workforce development, community service, and conservation. It doesn't just stop here! So don't wait!

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The Local Impact Map is a rich storytelling platform that uses mapping technology to place stories in a global context as you can see in the picture below. It reaches our global network resources and, combined with TechSoup.org, has over 5 million annual site visits. Poke around the map and see for yourself. Terms & Conditions.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

These are the sessions I’m participating in and other sessions by TechSoup Global staff that I may be supporting or checking out as well. Who : Speaker: Rachel Weidinger | TechSoup Global. Who : TechSoup Global staff. Member Lounge Hosted by TechSoup Global Redwood Room. Thursday, April 8, 2010. When : 10:30 a.m.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

They put most nonprofits in the direct action without systems change box: groups that do a good (or even excellent) job of delivering services under the existing system. Blind people were dependent on sighted people for access to books. The Arkenstone reading tools became a key mode of independent access to books.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Workshop Ngo Feb 13 View more presentations from Beth Kanter. The Nasscom Foundation in India, the epicenter of nonprofit technology and social innovation, invited me to present as part of the Global CSR track in a session about reaching the Bottom of the Pyramid with technology and social media. NGOS in India.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

There is also your new classification compliments of the BRIDGE Project, and the first universal software for micro finance, another free cloud service. will enable customers to access Salesforce and run their business from their Windows devices. BRIDGE is an acronym for Basic Registry of Identified Global Entities.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

We have another date for the end of the global digital divide! The most interesting thing about the report is not the end-date estimate, but rather the several dire predictions on the results of universal Internet access. These drones can supply Internet access at a fraction of the cost of near-earth satellites. News flash.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 10, 2006

Well, actually this organization, POWER, People Organized to Win Employment Rights , just came out with a great book called Towards Land Work and Power that’s super, super accessible. If it’s a base-building organization, or if it’s a service organization, get involved to get a feel about what fits your personality. Their culture.

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