Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 10, 2010

Scale is incredibly important to creating movements, and we are all still learning how we scale our work to a global level. Introducing the Global Scale wiki! Visit the Global Scale wiki to dive in today: [link]. Looking forward to sharing with you there!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Over those three years, Nonprofit Tech for Good and PIR trained more than 60,000 NPO and NGO staff worldwide! Facebook Fundraising Tools [ Conservation International ]. The Rise of International Giving. 45% of donors give to NPOS and NGOs located outside of their country of residence. Global internet users to reach 4.2

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Trend Communication United States Online 264

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 31, 2020

By Heather Mansfield , Editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good and producer of the Global NGO Technology Report and the Global Trends in Giving Report. Most nonprofits worldwide do not have access to monthly giving software, so GivingLoop fulfills a need not being met in international fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2013

27: World NGO Day — #WorldNGODay. 8: International Women’s Day — #IntWomensDay or #IWD. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 18: Nelson Mandela International Day — #MandelaDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Rapid population growth and migration is dramatically changing societies and ecosystems worldwide and as this future unfolds nonprofits, NGOs, and charities will play a central role in safeguarding the world’s most vulnerable communities, the land upon which they live, and the wildlife that surrounds them. Source: Global Web Index.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

These are exciting times for everyone who’s been working to meet the accessibility imperative, as we are witnessing global movements that will increase accessible publishing and create new and better opportunities for people with disabilities. In my talk, I highlighted three global movements towards increasing accessible publishing.

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Accessibility Global eBook Copyright 155

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

T, December 10th, the international community is observing Human Rights Day to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. First, in partnership with Colombian NGO Corporación Punto de Vista, we assessed a methodology for studying conflict-related sexual violence in the country.

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International Guatemala Colombia Analysis 150

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Why Global Scale. Global Scale Purpose: Bonnie and I were inspired by conversations with each other on and offline but knew there were many more people who should be involved in discussing, sharing and learning. Global Scale Discussion Group. Global Scale Wiki. It’s pretty exciting And we hope you’ll join us!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!)

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Accessibility Global Copyright Law 133

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2017

To date, Nonprofit Tech for Good has trained 49,000 nonprofit, charity, and NGO staff worldwide on how to succeed in online communications and fundraising. 2017 is the final year of free webinars for nonprofits ( view final schedule ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2023

In addition to the international days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. Cause awareness and giving days are powerful themes upon which to launch digital marketing and fundraising campaigns. January 15: Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 16, 2016

Attended by over 4,000 fundraising professionals, the 2016 AFP International Fundraising Conference will be held March 20-22 in Boston, MA. The 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report. 2,780 NGOs • 133 Countries • 6 Continents. Bookmark your browsers! storify.com/nonprofitorgs/2016.

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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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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2014

I’m just back from a trip to Europe where I was part of the opening plenary at this year’s International Fundraising Congress outside of Amsterdam. (I I also keynoted the NGO track at the Internet Festival in Pisa, Italy (more about that in separate post later). All in all one of the most amazing experiences I ever had.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 15, 2018

Doing so ensures our content reaches an international audience and our followers in our time zone that access Twitter during off-work hours. If you have donated to a nonprofit, NGO, or charity within the last 12 months, then please take the survey! It’s a strategy that works.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

email addresses are not allowed, and as a general rule, should not be used for your nonprofit communications publicly or internally. As discovered in the Global Trends in Giving Report , the.org domain is by far the most trusted domain for nonprofit website and email communications. Gmail, Yahoo, etc.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 29, 2024

NetHope announced the launch of the Partner Collective for the Global Humanitarian Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Global Humanitarian ISAC) during its recent 2024 NetHope Global Summit. million commitment over five years to support the Global Humanitarian ISAC. NetHope and Okta announced a $2.5

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

" Sharing photos online – a decision matrix for non-profit organizations : Social Media 4 Good – "Many non-profits, NGOs and International Organizations are of two minds when it comes to sharing photos on the internet.

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Web Journal Children Global 132

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. In the morning, I attended a session put on by the Young Global Leaders with six interesting proposals. Each hour there’s something memorable.

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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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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In 2012, TechSoup Global, in collaboration with our partners around the world, conducted a survey of nonprofits, charities, NGOs, and social benefit organizations around the globe. NGOs are using the cloud. How does your NGO compare? There are barriers.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 29, 2010

Since 2005, Microsoft has sponsored NGO Connection Days throughout the world to raise awareness and help build IT capacity in the NGO sector. As with other NGOs around the world, the challenges faced by the ones in Vietnam are very similar. Tags: Digital Divide Event International.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

I'm not a woman, but I am a wholehearted celebrant of International Women's Day. More About International Women's Day. International Women's Day came about in its current form in 1975. Jane Meseck , senior director of global programs at Microsoft Philanthropies. International NGO Leadership.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Launched on February 4, the new BRIDGE Registry is a database of more than three million nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide and each one of them has been assigned a new BRIDGE Number. The 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report. 2,780 NGOs • 133 Countries • 6 Continents.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2010

On Apriil 29 Microsoft and TechSoup held an NGO Connection Day at the Microsoft office in Singapore. TechSoup's partner NGO, the Hong Kong Council of Social Services , attended as well, giving local attendees a personal insight on how TechSoup's global network enables capacity and community building around the world.

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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. World Wildlife Fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2012

I’m here at the Dead Sea in Jordan where I delivered the key note for the E-mediat Networking Conference, “New Media for the Networked NGO.” 83% of participants are applying their social media skills to engage local and global communities. The program accomplished the following: 220 organizations participated.

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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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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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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

Note: This article will focus on international development from my perspective working in an African country, although the questions raised are pertinent to any “developed” country or continent’s relationship to a “developing” region. African ideas and solutions were very much a part of our role in the international development sector.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 15, 2010

We're excited to announce today that TechSoup Global and GuideStar International have joined forces. This announcement is great news for the global NGO sector: together, we'll be able to do accomplish much more for the sector than ever before. You can read the full press release here. From the release: read more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

It’s that there is no international database of legally verified nonprofits. The lack of an international database that can be used to prevent fraud is the number one obstacle to raising funds online internationally. The 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report. 2,780 NGOs • 133 Countries • 6 Continents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Access , the organizers of RightsCon, who work for digital freedom worldwide, consciously pitched this not as a human rights NGO conference. There have been significant initiatives in this area from groups like the Global Network Initiative but more momentum is needed. Do you have human rights content on your platform? Sam Gregory.

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Technology Communication San Francisco Policy 120

Forum One

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Owen is based in Ethiopia; his wife works for an NGO that builds clinics. For me the highlight of the event (though there were many highlights) was a talk given by Owen Barder of AidInfo. He spoke of his vision for a "cloud of aid information".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

In 2005, we got a chance to meet face-to-face in London at the Global Voices Blogging Summit after I transitioned from being the Cambodia bridge blogger. Tharum has served as a communications director for a number of international NGOs based in Cambodia, but recently launched his own communications agency.

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Philanthropy Cambodia Impact Learning 77

VisionLink

JANUARY 16, 2010

The American Red Cross is providing food, water, temporary shelter, medical services and emotional support, coordinated through the International Red Cross. • International Medical Corps is assembling a team of first responders and resources to provide lifesaving medical care and other emergency services to survivors of the earthquake.

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