Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Since then it has grown from 106 million active monthly users to 310 million active monthly users. It’s for this reason that nonprofits have been slow to adopt LinkedIn Ads. 4) Experiment with LinkedIn Ads (maybe).

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Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

By allowing employees to avoid added costs such as child care or using personal time to participate in an after-hours or weekend activity, VTO provides more equitable access to volunteering opportunities. According to the Deloitte survey, 95% of employees believe making a positive community impact is important.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 7, 2013

Nonprofits were the early adopters of social networks. The were active on Myspace, YouTube, and creating Facebook Groups long before most of the companies that are often praised for being the pioneers of social media. One of the reasons was that social networks were free to join and lacked monthly fees. An Avatar :: 200 x 200 pixels.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Social media changes so frequently that unless your NGO has a full-time social media manager who has the time to consistently research and adopt emerging trends, odds are your NGO is using social media in ways that are no longer effective. To register for future free webinars, please see the Nonprofit Tech for Good Webinar Schedule.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2020

Driving in-person actions such as adopting an animal . Advocating by galvanizing grassroots activism, signing petitions, and contacting elected officials. Each active campaign in your account must have at least two active ad groups. Each active ad group must have at least two active ads. Adopt a cat.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 18, 2024

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Related Webinar: Social Media Strategy for Nonprofits Related Certificate Program: Certificate in Social Media Marketing & Fundraising Threads Nonprofit Tech for Good launched in 2005 as a Myspace page.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 18, 2025

Yet only 24% of organizations actively encourage it, leaving a wealth of untapped potential on the table. Leaders who adopt these principles uncover unmet needs and rethink stagnant paradigms. Adopt an artists lenstaking the time to truly see your team, customers, and market dynamics. Instead of asking, How do we fix this?

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Candid

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Nonprofits face a critical question: How can we make AI adoption more inclusive and accessible across our organizations? To enhance organizational effectiveness and advance mission-driven goals using this technology, however, nonprofits need to ensure inclusive AI adoption. What is inclusive AI adoption? What would that mean?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2020

By Alan Tyson , CEO of DATABASICS – a software product that enables nonprofits to report, approve, and track employee hours, activities, and spending from anywhere, something that is especially important in an increasingly decentralized environment. With multiple products from every major tech platform, nonprofits have many options available.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 12, 2017

YouTube launched almost 13 years ago on February 14, 2005 and you got to give credit to the early adopter nonprofits active on YouTube in its early years. These early adopters were also embracing Myspace when the vast majority of nonprofits hadn’t yet had their aha moment about social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 7, 2024

3) Activate Google for Nonprofits Products Once your organization has been verified, you can activate various Google for Nonprofits products, including Google Ad Grants , Google Workspace for Nonprofits , the YouTube Nonprofit Program , and Google Earth and Maps credits. Typically, the review process takes around 3 business days.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

All that said, it’s very likely that in the future Instagram will allow images to be attached to links (such as mobile-optimized digital wallet donate pages ) and with more than 150 million active users, the early adopter nonprofits on Instagram are well-positioned when Instagram becomes an overnight fundraising success story.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2023

Big brands know that texts have an incredibly high open rate—that’s why many of our favorite retailers have adopted a text marketing strategy. Messages can be used to solicit donations, recruit volunteers for a fundraising event or activity, and more. You can even use outbound messages to solicit donations from your supporters.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Architects are slow to adopt AI Only 6% of architects report regularly using AI for their jobs, and only 8% of architecture firms have implemented AI solutions, according to a new report from the American Institute of Architects. Other use cases include marketing, project management, and construction document creation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

This opens the possibility for multiple activities to occur at once, such as games , a meditation activity, presentations, auctions , and more. They learned how to get less tech-savvy donors to participate, how to avoid lag time, and fresh and exciting ways to promote their events. 4) Find new, creative ways to show impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2014

Google+ Pages have a vast tool set and Google’s quest to integrate Google+ into their most popular products, such as Search, Gmail, YouTube, Local, and Wallet, is paying off as active monthly users continue to grow. Most nonprofits do not create enough of their own content to be active daily on Google+.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 4, 2013

For those nonprofits that allocate staff time, embracing early adoption is key to social media success. Adding a complete address to your Facebook Page activates Facebook Location. Nonprofits that have added Facebook Location activate the ability for fans to save their page as a place.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 8, 2022

Continue reading to learn how your association can adopt its own data governance policy and become a more data-driven organization. Of the respondents who do measure their data, their governance activity focused solely on compliance-centered goals. How can your organization reverse this concerning trend? What is data governance? .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 11, 2014

Numerous communications and fundraising trends are on the verge of going mainstream and nonprofits committed to early adoption have a number of new tools and strategies to pioneer this year. 1) Mass Adoption of Responsive and Flat Design. 2014 will be an exciting year for nonprofit technology. 4) Maturation of Mobile Fundraising Apps.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 25, 2019

We are currently at a stage similar to the mid-1990s of the internet and tech boom where the technology is still in its early days. Those nonprofits that have an active strategy to engage the cryptocurrency community has seen significantly are the most likely to succeed in the early adoption phase.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Two years ago, the African tech ecosystem saw newfound attention from global players that translated to the continent’s best year of receiving venture capital. From varying sources, it is estimated up to $2 billion went into African tech startups in 2019. AfricArena, a tech ecosystem accelerator, pegged deals to close between $2.25

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2024

Here are five key trends to follow and adopt this fall. Organizations can strengthen their mobile messaging and outreach strategies by understanding emerging trends and adopting the right technology. Android has supported RCS since 2015, so Apple’s adoption means that it will eventually be able to replace SMS.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2022

Is your nonprofit inspiring your donors to actively support your mission and programs, or are you missing out on important stewardship opportunities? Topics include: Adopting a donor journey strategy that will inspire lifelong giving and engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. With one billion active monthly users, Instagram is a very powerful social network used by nonprofits worldwide. Capturing website traffic from Instagram has always been a challenge since nonprofits can not post active hyperlinks in posts.

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 22, 2022

Sometimes individuals readily join your organization but don’t participate in member events or network in professional activities. Because your main goal in adopting new technology is improving the member experience, you’ll want to first examine how the AMS accommodates members. Why does this disconnect occur? Networking options.

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Candid

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Technology Association of Grantmakers 2024 State of Philanthropy Tech Survey highlights both progress and ongoing challenges in how funders are supporting nonprofit technology needs. Furthermore, the shift toward paperless payments is becoming the norm, with 72% of funders adopting this practice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

In the coming decades as wealth rises in Asia, so will philanthropy and with it a second wave of online activism and giving. NGOs that do not prioritize mobile technology and become early adopters of mobile payments in the coming years will struggle to remain relevant. Source: United Nations Population Fund. Source: eMarketer.

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The Verge

JANUARY 11, 2021

Wearable tech and augmented reality provider Vuzix is back at CES 2021 with another pair of its smart glasses, this time with a new advancement. Image: Vuzix. The latest pair is powered by microLED technology, thanks to a partnership with the Chinese firm Jade Bird Display.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

Often, industries that have great potential to be disrupted are also the most resistant to adopting bleeding-edge technology. While legacy sectors like transportation and energy have embraced new tech, innovation in the construction industry has been slow to take hold. Its recently enacted $1.2 Nikitas Koutoupes, MD, Insight Partners.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Smart speakers are voice-activated digital assistants that enable users to use their voice to command a wide variety of activities, such as play music, listen to news, make calls, watch video clips, shop online, and control smart home devices (thermostats, home alarm systems, lights, smart TVs, etc.).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Computers, the internet, fintech, artificial intelligence, any tech you can name ( except mobile tech) people in these regions have always had to play catch up. Regional inflation, weak currencies, high unemployment rates, and economic uncertainty are a couple of reasons behind this growing adoption.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Although most small to mid-sized groups probably do not have the resources to hire a dedicated customer experience professional to evaluate those activities. David Martin, CEO and Executive Vice President at the Society of Critical Care Medicine, was an early adopter of tech strategies designed to improve customer experience.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

According to local media reports , Bielefeld’s has experienced a tech boom in recent years, with accelerators like the local Founders Foundation (backed by the Bertelsmann Foundation) and Garage 33 (at the University of Paderborn) attracting a new wave of young company founders to the East Westphalia-Lippe region. “The What does it lack?

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TechSpot

APRIL 26, 2023

The EC wrote in its announcement that it had adopted the first designation decisions under the Digital Services Act (DSA). It has designated 17 Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and 2 Very Large Online Search Engines (VLOSEs) that reach at least 45 million monthly active users. Read Entire Article

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 25, 2025

But after a decade of tech consulting, I’ve seen hundreds of organizations over buy technology with no plan in place to utilize it. ” Instead, your focus needs to be on consolidation, adoption, activation, removing friction, and regular review. For example, Pinky Swear Foundation a nonprofit in Minneapolis/St.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

To get a clear picture of where construction tech stands today, we spoke with five active investors in the space. For an industry that has historically been averse to tech, feeling this pain point was a real catalyst for adoption. 5 construction tech investors analyze 2022 trends and opportunities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2014

Often small nonprofits try to be active on more than two social networks by sharing the responsibility among staff. Some early adopter large nonprofits are hiring multiple new media management staff—one or two to manage social media campaigns, another to spearhead mobile efforts, and yet another to pioneer the rise of smart TV.

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