Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 20, 2018

The first “Donate Now” button was released in 1999 by Groundspring, a nonprofit founded by San Francisco-based Tides Foundation , and throughout the early 2000’s young Gen-Xer nonprofit professionals pioneered the use of “Donate Now” buttons. The 2018 Global NGO Technology Report. Source: #GivingTuesday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

We spent Day 2 of the E-Mediat Train the Trainer sessions on “ Translating The Networked NGO in the Arab World.&# To localize Networked Nonprofit concepts to an Arab NGO context, as appropriate, for improved project outcomes. The specific learning objectives: To understand the principles of “being” a Networked Nonprofit.

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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. I'm still recovering.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

What has been your experience designing capacity building programs? Discuss here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Your website is the foundation upon which your digital communications and fundraising campaigns are built. According to the Global NGO Technology Report , 44% of nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use WordPress.org as their content management system (CMS) for their website ( 7% use Drupal and 3% use Joomla ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Even though a large percentage of NGOs in Asia Pacific now regularly use social media in their online fundraising and communications campaigns, few social media practitioners in the NGO sector have been properly trained on how to best utilize sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. The Broadcast Web), Web 2.0 (The

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. This was the launch of a peer learning group called “The Networked NGO,” based on [.]

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

My last stop in New Delhi was to visit the American India Foundation, which is the largest Silicon Valley/India foundation. This school is run by an NGO (a nonprofit) and provides free education to children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. The one I was most interested in is the Digital Equalizer Program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

The Nasscom Foundation in India is the epicenter of nonprofit technology and social innovation. I'll not only be speaking at the conference and CSR Track, but will be leading two workshops for NGO and CSR practitioners. Been researching and asking for referrals for NGO examples in India.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Douglas Zimmerman and Lois Ann Porter traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina to organize the Performance-Based Funding Institute VisionLink produced for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. A Self-Assessment Sheet used by attending community colleges at the PBF Institute. Ann Duffy, Facilitator, Education First. VisionLink'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

That said, organic reach has been dropping slightly for LinkedIn Pages over the last year and will likely continue to do so, but the recent growth in its popularity, the demographics of its users, and the ability to connect with donors and engage corporate sponsors and foundations have made LinkedIn a must-use social network for nonprofits.

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Linkedin Practice Nonprofit Social Media 360

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

With more than 10,500 respondents in 88 countries, we’re pleased to add this data to our ever-evolving resources for nonprofits, NGOs, foundations, and those who support them. NGOs are using the cloud. How does your NGO compare? What Did We Find?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

I was hesitant to promote the Girl Effect, just like I was when I wrote about it in 2008 , because it is produced by the Nike Foundation. What are some of your favorite NGO's and projects helping girls go to, and stay in school? It's a powerful message that they've shared again in a new video (posted below).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2019

You don’t necessarily need to ask for money when you’ve put a compelling argument together to support a cause,” said Ellen from the Pat Tillman Foundation — one of the best orgs out there when it comes to success with peer-to-peer. Based on the 2018 Global NGO Technology Report.

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NetWits

MARCH 21, 2012

TechSoup Global wants to learn more about how nonprofits, libraries, foundations and all types of NGOs use traditional and cloud-based technology. Take the survey or share it with others you know.

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Technology Nonprofit NGO Survey 120

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

In the hallways, you’re as likely to run into the head of an international NGO, as CEO of a Fortune 100 company, as a renowned professor as the foreign minister of a major country. Tags: WEF social entrepreneurs Davos Schwab Foundation. In between the meetings, there’s the powerful force of serendipity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Written by Heather Mansfield who works as an Ambassador for the Public Interest Registry – the nonprofit operator of the.ORG,NGO and.ONG domains. Unlike the.ORG domain which can be bought and used by any brand or individual, the new.NGO domain is only available for purchase by nonprofits, charities, and NGOs.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

." Local Philanthropy Playground | Local Philanthropy Playground – "The Local Philanthropy Workshop (LPW), developed by the Odorheiu Secuiesc Community Foundation and TechSoup Global with the support of the Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe, first took place between August 31 and September 4, 2010.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

The BRIDGE Registry is sychronized with the databases of the Foundation Center , GlobalGiving , GuideStar , and TechSoup. Grantmakers may use Foundation Center Updater to submit information about itself and its grantees. The 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report. 2,780 NGOs • 133 Countries • 6 Continents.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 17, 2013

He is also one of the creators of the environmental protection movement in Paraguay, having co-founded the Moisés Bertoni Conservation Foundation and the Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, two of the country’s prominent nature conservation institutions. Fundación Paraguaya was the country’s first microfinance program and first development NGO.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2012

If you work for an NGO in another region of the world or have experience delivering capacity building program, I encourage you to join the discussion here. We at the Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program (OE) are in the thick of assessing and refreshing our grantmaking strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2012

The project is designed and implemented by IIE/Sub-Saharan Office and funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation PRH program. Feed a child, feed a nation! MIGEPROF (@MIGEPROF) March 13, 2012.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2006

I just set up a ChipIn page and widget (see above) to help raise money for an NGO, the Sharing Foundation that supports children in Cambodia. I'm on the board. One of its many programs is the college sponsorship program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

The Community of Practice includes diverse perspectives: community foundations and private philanthropies working across a range of issues. How to support NGO leaders who want to work with a network mindset but run into obstacles, like their board? How to overcome obstacles, like strict communications protocol?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2016

For many years, I served as a board member for an NGO, The Sharing Foundation , that manages an orphanage and many other programs in Roteang Village, including an education program. The proceeds of my two books have been used to send two young women to college through the Sharing Foundation’s program.

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Cambodia Nonprofit Blogger NGO 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2012

By the time you read this post, I’ll be somewhere in the air between California and India to facilitate a “Networked NGO” training for NGOs in India that are Packard Foundation grantees. More about that later. But I have some exciting news!

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Content Benefit Journal NTEN 110

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

I was honored to be a trainer as part of the launch of the ACE Leaders Project, a program developed by the Institute of International Education Sub-Saharan Regional Office and supported by the Packard Foundation. I facilitated a session that introduced networks, networking, and the Networked NGO. Network assessment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2012

Note from Beth: I have the honor of leading a “Networked NGO Training” in Delhi for grantees of the Packard Foundation and have lined up some guest posts to supplement my reports from India. The Collective Impact of Love guest post by Stefan Lanfer, Barr Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

This is the third of a three-part post about what I learned about social media, NGOs, and Social Change in Cambodia during my “ homecoming trip.” Part 1 was about NGOs in Cambodia, focusing on the work of the Sharing Foundation. Part 2 was about the Cambodian social media community.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2004

I talked to high tech corporate leaders, the heads of foundations, education ministers of different countries, several billionaires, major religious leaders, nonprofit (NGO in international parlance) leaders, the media, technology experts and other social entrepreneurs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Preliminary results from the 2015 NGO Global Technology Survey reveal that social media is increasingly a primary source of online giving inspiration, but social media calls-to-follow were rarely integrated into the donation and “Thank you” process, and if they were, they were visually underwhelming. Africa Wildlife Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2012

I’m excited because that means friends and NGO colleagues in other parts of the world can get the book! October 16 from 10-12 noon, SF Foundation Center – Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Workshop. Want to share freight costs to NZ of “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit”? New book by @ kanter @ kdpaine amz.to/measure-networ…

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2021

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is making a bold and public move to use Candid’s GuideStar profile and demographic survey to track data from grant applicants and recipients. Brad: Nancy, what a pleasure to talk with you today about this groundbreaking partnership between the Packard Foundation and Candid.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Instead, we bring over supplies for the Sharing Foundation , mostly in-kind donations of clothing, medicine, or other items that can't be easily acquired or are cheaper in the US. Since I could not visit Cambodia without carrying over some items for the Sharing Foundation, I had a third checked piece of luggage, a portable crib for orphanage.

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Cambodia NGO Blogger Tech 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

For the Packard Foundation OE Program, the first step to share their internal thinking and resources with their NGO, capacity building, and funding partners. Maybe the scaffolding for learning in public for an evaluation goes something like this: Transparent: This is the first step to make learning products visible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Current growth is occurring in parts of the world where “NGO” and “ONG” are commonly used terms and in regions where “nonprofit” and “charity” are more common, many nonprofits and charities are purchasing the domains (they are sold as a bundle) and having them forward to their.ORG website(s).

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

foundation. foundations. ngo – nongovernmental organization. Here are some popular and consistent hashtags and Twitter chats for nonprofits. charitytuesday. csr – corporate social responsibility. fundraising. grantwriting. nonprofits. npcons – nonprofit consultants. nptech – nonprofit tech.

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