Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Mission: To help eradicate extreme poverty through community development projects in urban sanitation, water filtration, health, alternative energy, and economic empowerment. Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Kijani ● kijani.ngo. International Corporate Accountability Roundtable ● icar.ngo.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

Can you remember when a huge mobile. reported that this year there are over 5 billion mobile subscriptions. The mobile phone (henceforth to. be referred to as "the mobile" in this post) is an important ICT tool for. The mobile phone (henceforth to. A vast majority of these mobile users are in.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2022

A diverse collection of students with big ideas will split about $95,000 in prize money after competing in T-Mobile’s Changemaker Challenge. Now, $5,000-10,000 may not sound like a lot to companies pulling in tens of millions, but for a kid just starting out, it could be the difference between pursuing and abandoning a passion project.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Help for Charities to Develop a Mobile Giving Campaign. Fund for UNICEF, and United Way Worldwide to bring more mobile technology resources charities.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Over the past year, nutrition app Lifesum has acquired users at nearly twice the rate of both Noom and Weight Watchers, according to statistics from Sensor Tower, the independent market intelligence for the mobile app economy. Gen Z and millennials are all about empowerment. More impressively, we accomplished this without any TV buys.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

The company thinks there’s still a lot of room to grow when it comes to food delivery and on-demand mobility in Southeast Asia. As we become a publicly-traded company, we’ll work even harder to create economic empowerment for our communities, because when Southeast Asia succeeds, Grab succeeds,” he added. billion in cash.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

Note From Beth: With the rise of mobile adoption and the primary use to access the Internet and social platforms, it is reaching across consumer segments of all income levels. Zero Divide published a report called “Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact: The Future is Now”. Please join us for the conversation.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

This, of course, requires that people have mobile phones or tablets with working internet connections, which might not always be reliable. I do have to point out that as a T-Mobile user, I frequently lose my signal in Moynihan Train Hall and have to use the stations public Wi-Fi, which in my experience has unreliable speeds.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

Certainly, if you are a technology provider that values empowerment of your clients, this is probably a good model to consider. Empowerment – as you help them with a problem, teach them about the problem, and ways to troubleshoot (or possibly solve) the problem themselves in the future. Second, Empowerment.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2022

“In the last year and a half since our interview, we’ve grown revenue and client base by roughly 10x, largely as our empowerment products rolled out to users in search for better solutions,” Ava CEO Thibault Duchemin told TechCrunch.

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Candid

JULY 2, 2021

Announced at the Generation Equality Forum convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, the Gates Foundation's commitment will focus on three areas: women's economic empowerment, health and family planning, and leadership.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

From the offline register and the online checkout flow to sending money in just a few taps, Square and Afterpay will tell a complete story of next-generation economic empowerment. The last major transition was the shift to NFC-based mobile payments, which I wrote about in 2015. Afterpay sparked the latest critical innovation cycle.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

We are seeing some great examples, including: AgeBold is doing interesting work with at-home exercise programs for older adults to improve their balance, strength and mobility. It’s a product “for” older adults, but the message is focused on empowerment and building strength, helping people live healthier, more active lives as they age.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 27, 2008

James Young, on the Connection Cafe, suggests that we think about constituent empowerment when we think about organizational websites. The Hack Artist suggests that it’s important to marry direct mail efforts and a web presence. And, since I’m the host, I get to add a couple of bonus mistakes.

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The Verge

JUNE 1, 2020

According to the website: “Our mission is to advance the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders.” Know Your Rights Camp.

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Digital Trends

MARCH 4, 2021

Take a deep dive into racial disparity, adversity, empowerment, and Black history and culture with our pick of podcasts to listen to for Black History Month.

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2024

Regardless of the funding priority—equity, economic mobility, safer communities—service is a powerful means to achieve those ends. The Allstate Foundation not only provides resources directly to youth-led service initiatives but also involves youth in funding decisions.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

Jerry, which says it has evolved its model to a mobile-first car ownership “super app,” aims to save its customers time and money on car expenses. At the time of the company’s last raise, Agrawal said Jerry saw its revenue surge by “10x” in 2020 compared to 2019. ” Image Credits: Jerry.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Under the theme “Achieving Our Vision through Empowerment and Partnerships,” this was the first-ever combined General Assembly of both WBU and the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment ( ICEVI ), another world-class organization in the field. The November 2012 General Assembly took place in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2022

Mission: Empowerment of children and youth and mobilize for and enable the restoration of 1 trillion new trees worldwide. Plant for the Planet. Trees are one of the most powerful tools we have to combat the climate crisis.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 6, 2014

Human trafficking survivors are better able to access the kinds of resources necessary to get safe and stable housing, social services, and economic empowerment. It’s a mobile service that allows individuals to support hotel placements for people urgently in need of safe shelter. The best part of what’s coming next for us?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

PhonePe, to be sure, is a clear leader in the the mobile payments market on UPI, a network built by a coalition of retail banks in India. Flipkart doesn’t plan to re-enter the mobile payments market, TechCrunch earlier reported. The separation will have some impact on Flipkart’s valuation. billion at a valuation of $37.6

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

Organizing is about building relationships and mobilizing people around a cause. To make twitter work for your organization you need free agents , people who don’t work for you but can mobilize others. Just like any real world activist, motivation is triggered by empowerment and shut down with arrogance.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Two such organizations are Apps for Good and Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab , which are teaching youth to learn, create, and improve their communities through the development of apps. Apps for Good "is an award-winning course where young people learn to create imaginative mobile apps that change their world."

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The company’s mission revolves around responsible growth, supporting economic mobility, and making financial lives better through sustainability and inclusion. The company is committed to advancing digital inclusion, education, and economic empowerment through its corporate social responsibility initiatives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

While I faced a difficult decision culling winners from the forty focused initiatives described in the entries, I selected the following based on their innovative and courageous approaches to a variety of social issues, from new types of housing for the underserved, to animal welfare, to women’s empowerment. Mobilizing 1 million people!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

But in the nonprofit realm, my perspective on helping nonprofit organizations with technology issues has a lot to do with client empowerment, learning based on what’s needed at the moment, and active collaboration. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it?

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

Our work started by focusing on long term empowerment projects. For the past 5 or 6 years we've had a small but steady group of supporters who are primarily invested in our empowerment projects. It really showcases our efforts moving from beyond just relief to empowerment. Our culinary school is just one example.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

We are looking forward to partnering with IFC to further support entrepreneurship, empower women and increase access to affordable mobility services in Africa and Eastern Europe,” said Villig, in a statement. ” Early Stage is the premier “how-to” event for startup entrepreneurs and investors.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Our Time (Facebook) is a nonprofit dedicated to youth empowerment through the voting process. Organizations are empowering youth to develop their own mobile apps to solve problems at their schools, in their communities, and to help the greater good. Apps Made by Youth.

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Kindful

AUGUST 17, 2021

Thanks to mobile-optimized websites and online donation pages, making donations via a computer or smartphone is quick and seamless. In fact, giving through mobile apps is their preferred method for giving. This is significant because currently 28% of online gifts are made from mobile devices. .

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Forum One

MAY 20, 2009

But wait, are people in developing areas, and even rural areas, even getting access to the web and/or to mobile technology? Can we really debate one laptop per child and mobile access when kids may really just need food, clothes and school books? Empowerment is key. Everyone had a mission and wanted to achieve their end goal.

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sgEngage

JUNE 2, 2011

It gets into some real finite looks at strategy, too, and types of approaches that work, including participation, serving great content, top down influencer approaches and empowerment techniques like crowdsourcing. Mobile initiatives, like the Human Society of the United States hiring a mobile manager.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

One valuable section of the report is a catalog of common project designs across different sub-areas of the social change sector, including: Crisis Response, Economic Empowerment, Education, Environment, Equality and Inclusion, Health, and Public Sector. Organizations want to prioritize responsibility but don’t know how.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

An example of such an approach is the support of women’s economic empowerment in places like Uganda or Rwanda through leveraging technology for mobile-based training, business mentorship by local experts, and global skill-based volunteers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

Keeping campaigns simple, social, personal, creative and tangible might transform feeling overwhelmed into empowerment. Photo Credit: Camp by Mark Knobil. Darfur activism philanthropy advocacy social change

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

But as Daniel Ben-Horin said, “Our theory of change states that software products are necessary, but not sufficient for empowerment of social change organizations. When the earthquake struck earlier this year, their partner, quickly put together a mobile telecentre equipped with servers, Internet, and software.

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