Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Local connections built through engagement. Organizers in local community own the agenda. The governance issue is very interesting. As Marnie Webb put it, to participate in this network, you simply has to raise your hand and be willing to meet people in a bar to talk about social media and social change. Hands-off approach.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

First, in partnership with Colombian NGO Corporación Punto de Vista, we assessed a methodology for studying conflict-related sexual violence in the country. We’re delighted about the opportunity to advance the strategic goals of local NGOs working to end discrimination against LGBTI people.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

When those NGOs receive funding they usually know how to use the funds very efficiently and are able to grow. Those initial fundings rarely come from online donations, most are community-based initiatives, companies, and local government incentives. As a fast-growing developing country, this problem it’s quite real.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Now that TechSoup’s Local Impact Map has officially launched , let's discover one of great new organizations featured there. Education is a major focus for nonprofits and NGOs, accounting for 9% of NGO activity worldwide. Not enough people really know what NGOs and nonprofits do for the world. Even in the U.S.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 15, 2012

Note from Beth: While I’m facilitating “Networked NGO Workshops” in Delhi for Packard grantees in India, I’ve lined up a few guest posts. It has helped us raise our profile locally… we got a lot of people who were really interested in supporting the agency because we were trying something different,” Nelson says.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2012

This week we got a great comment from a TechSoup member to our Cloud Technology and the NGO Community blog post. In our TechSoup Global NGO cloud survey we found that people in nonprofits and libraries are indeed concerned about data security in the cloud the world over. If your cloud service fails, you’ve still got it locally.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. 15th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. State/Local.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

My goal was to have a conversation with the folks in the room – who represented both traditional nonprofit institutions, government agencies, and free agents – and answer the question, “ I’ve found my free agent now what? &#. Fortunately, that’s not true for every agency Mark has collaborated with.

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Candid

APRIL 14, 2022

In the meantime, individuals, governments, and private philanthropy fund relief on the ground, trying to keep up with displacement and need on a massive scale. Candid collects data from publicly available sources, including press releases, websites, membership reports and surveys, and local reporting. 4,160,200. 2,075,850.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Even the largest landfills in Indonesia are at (or nearing) capacity , and the government has set an ambitious target of 30% waste reduction by 2025. Waste4Change is one of the companies that wants to help by increasing rates of recycling and enabling better waste management. Founded in 2014, Waste4Change has seen a CAGR of 55.1%

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Nonprofits, government agencies, schools, and corporations organize events bringing awareness to fundraising and volunteering. To celebrate, TechSoup's partner in India, BiGTech , held the Find an IT Partner event in Mumbai to connect local nonprofits with IT students. A representative from each NGO presented his or her project.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

We discussed cloud adoption in Brazil's NGO sector with Valter Cegal of TechSoup Brasil. ATN is an NGO association of over 2,000 telecenters. Under current conditions, adoption of the cloud among offices and NGOs will happen more slowly because of the continuing high prices for institutional broadband.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The Locavore app offers government and NGO info on which food items are in season in your locale. tells you how to walk, bike or mass transit to wherever you're going and sets you up with an itinerary. It also offers Epicurious recipes for them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

She chronicles the program's start up on her personal blog ) She shares why she started her NGO, "The economic situation is far worse in Kenya than China so volunteer teachers were the only option. " The organization works directly with local ngos and volunteers matching them by interest, need, and skills.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Yet the costs and challenges of complying with the regulations that govern cross-border grantmaking have been a barrier to U.S. Global giving appeals to grantmakers of all sizes and types, from family foundations with enduring legacies to new foundations exploring novel pathways of giving. All of this is about to change.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

It's tough out there everywhere for NGOs and charities to get help with their technology. NetSquared is TechSoup's answer to providing local tech support and learning opportunities. For his day job, Robert runs Communications without Borders and the NGO Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organization.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The organization with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the Lenovo IdeaPad AND will be featured as the "Youth Impact" story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Dispute Resolution/Governing Law/Waiver of Jury Trial. Poke around the map and see for yourself.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The Ukrainian government also has a range of non-repayable grants and other support for its tech sector, despite also having to fund the war. The company says it donated around $350,000 in aid and Budorin, its CEO, said he gave his own Tesla to a local Territorial Defense unit.

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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. Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Summer Social. Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Monday, July 4, 2016.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

This post originally appeared on the Netsquared blog and was authored by Bari Samad, an NGO domain expert for NetSquared. Aging poses a challenge because by 2050, the number of working-age people available to support each person aged 65 or older will decline by half worldwide, straining government social support and retirement financing.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. Seattle, Washington: What You Need to Know About Board Governance. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Taipei, Taiwan: NGO要怎麼搞群眾募資？- 綠盟經驗談. Feeling overwhelmed? and the globe. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2007

local governments for their activism. In Cambodia, NGO staffers were eager to learn about Web 2.0 Many organizations expressed the real difficulties of using technologies with constituents or in countries where the digital divide is very real and their constituents may be at risk of punishment by.

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Qgiv

MARCH 5, 2024

What is an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization)? An NGO is a type of nonprofit organized at the local, national, or international level that works independently of any government involvement. This includes civic leagues, social welfare organizations, and local associations of employees.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It is hugely important that we get governments and multi-nationals to change the way they treat the planet, but that doesn’t mean we cannot do anything to show we care. The Planetary Health diet is a guideline developed by independent NGO commission ‘Eat Forum’ for the UN. Conserve your water. Make your voice heard.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 26, 2015

A Metro4All volunteer or staffer works with a local group of people in a city to collect data about the infrastructure and layouts of their metro stations. The process takes about a month usually once a local partner is trained and ready to go. The process takes about a month usually once a local partner is trained and ready to go.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Seattle, Washington: Governance Responsibilities for Nonprofit Boards. Peterborough, Ontario: Domains, Branding, and Identity — NGO,CA,ORG, and more. Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance. Los Angeles, California: Using Technology in Local Activism. Seattle, Washington.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

Not only will you be contributing your skills to local nonprofits, you'll also be building your reputation and connecting with your tribe. Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Summer Social. Seattle, Washington: Governance Matters: Is Policy Governance for Your Organization? You should, because it's awesome fun.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It is hugely important that we get governments and multi-nationals to change the way they treat the planet, but that doesn’t mean we cannot do anything to show we care. The Planetary Health diet is a guideline developed by independent NGO commission ‘Eat Forum’ for the UN. Conserve your water. Make your voice heard.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

For small regional nonprofits, the service could be used for local events and regular meetups. Global NGO Technology Report :: techreport.ngo. An annual report that examines how NGOs worldwide use technology to engage their donors and supporters. The 2018 Global NGO Technology Report. MeetUp :: meetup.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

For small regional nonprofits, the service could be used for local events and regular meetups. Global NGO Technology Report :: techreport.ngo. An annual report that examines how NGOs worldwide use technology to engage their donors and supporters. MeetUp :: meetup.com. For Nonprofits Only. Dipjar :: dipjar.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2009

This year the girls each received a handmade doll by two women from a nursing home in Massachusetts and the boys got matchbox cards donated by a local Cub Scout Troop, along with handmade birthday cards. The Sharing Foundation hosts an annual, for-everybody-at-once Birthday party, with cake, fruit, and soda.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

This other one, I found that an NGO in Lebanon was doing WhatsApp surveys with Syrian refugees to see what had been their experience in the country because the refugees, most of them, 80% of them had a phone but they didn’t have a computer, they didn’t have anything else. Like anyone can send anything to anyone. My dad uses it.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

It is being used and analyzed by the media, the private sector, governments, and civil society organizations to inform their decisions. And so are the ways in which governments, civil society. NGO representatives, parliamentarians, journalists, and. technology geek, statistician, and government official though civil.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2005

Tharum started his blog in June 2004 while a student at the National University of Management and working for the Open Forum for Cambodia , a Cambodian NGO devoted to digital divide issues. What are some lessons learned for providing local content for local people? He worked as a content editor for the Khmer language portal.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 27, 2025

Perez Tomas , left, at his local seed bank. Tomas local branch of the seed bank, run by a committee of local farmers of which he is a member, has seen his community through crop-destroying frosts, floods, heat waves, and a severe seed shortage in 2018. Without the seed banks, it would have been disastrous, Tomas said.

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