Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

The new BRIDGE system, however, randomly generates BRIDGE Numbers for chapters and even in some cases fiscally-sponsored projects – and not only for nonprofits in the United States, but for nonprofits, charities, NGOs, ONGs, and CSOs worldwide. The 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 30, 2013

Before raising the hopes of any community, one of the first things an NGO should ask itself is: After we leave, what will remain in the community, and is it something they want and can sustain? R ead "Seeds for a Future Part 1: Getting your NGO off the ground," and "Seeds for a Future Part 2: Understanding communities and traditions.".

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

After finishing a four-day intensive training in Delhi for the Networked NGO , I stayed on a few days in India to visit colleague, Rufina Fernandez, who I met when she was the CEO of the Nasscom Foundation when she brought me to India to speak at the leadership conference and teach workshops back in 2010.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

Governance and managing across difference in power and capacity in network participants / members. How to support NGO leaders who want to work with a network mindset but run into obstacles, like their board? On the afternoon of Tuesday, April 5th, here’s a few of the topics we’ll be discussing: Taking Risks with Networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Many of you know that I have had the honor of working with IIE on some amazing Networked NGO and social media skills capacity building and train the trainer projects in the Middle East over the last 2-3 years. ” It also brings up issues about the r ole of social media and a connected society for delicate diplomacy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!) Government delegation, as a next step possibility. This is an effort to create a voluntary project between the publishers and the Trusted Intermediaries. Joint Recommendation Proposal (US-JR). law today. •

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Through projects that integrated statistical analyses into multidisciplinary human rights work, we engaged in the public debate about human rights violations in Colombia. 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 Statistics 150

Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had more time to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. What Are the Biggest Barriers to More Widespread NGO Migration to the Cloud? Find the first and second post in this series online.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Some of the negative indicators that we think could slow giving: Remote work and lack of social connection to on-the-ground nonprofits Increased social assistance support coming from the Government may impact perception of nonprofit need Return to pre-COVID giving patterns may depress giving this year. Giving Tuesday gifts: 3.6

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 20, 2004

Although Benetech has no projects planned in the area of HIV/AIDS, I was interested in learning more about this. One of the guys from Merck was surprised to see a generic form of one of their drugs, since Merck had donated a ton of this drug to Mozambique's government. More stories from my recent trip to Africa.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 29, 2011

initiative is a 50-film project led by Independent Television Service. " In addition to the film project, more than 50 partner organizations will launch related projects such as online and mobile games, interactive educational tools, and online community builders. (APM) The heart of the Women and Girls Lead. communities.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The end of the Guatemalan Civil War resulted in a flood of non-governmental organization (NGO) programs spreading across the country in the hope of helping desperately poor people gain everything from their human rights, to better health care, food and nutrition, and training in governance.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

According to our 2012 NGO Global Cloud Survey , collaboration is already one of the top ten current uses for cloud-based software among charities. We work together in grant-funded projects, with teams of volunteers, with public agencies, with other nonprofits. Huddle is very useful for collaboration and also for project management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

And the circumstances under which user data is provided to governments, or human rights information and accounts are taken down from services are not always transparent. Access , the organizers of RightsCon, who work for digital freedom worldwide, consciously pitched this not as a human rights NGO conference.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2013

I’m well acquainted with the big digital inclusion projects in the U.S. and was completely surprised at how African projects like MyDigitalBridge are getting low-cost Internet to low-income people in a mostly rural country. An NGO with A National Mandate. MyDigitalBridge is an NGO that started its work fairly recently.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 24, 2012

This post is a continuation of Seeds for a Future Part 1: Getting your NGO off the ground. When starting a nongovernmental organization (NGO) in a community other than your own, it is important to recognize that there are cultural barriers (try to call these "opportunities") to consider. Like this article? Get another!

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Community NGO Culture Roles 75

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. Since most nonprofits are not equipped to build a game on their own, they need to seek out game design experts.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Nonprofits, government agencies, schools, and corporations organize events bringing awareness to fundraising and volunteering. A representative from each NGO presented his or her project. The students then divided into teams based on their interest in the projects.

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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? &#. Someone in the audience asked about the ecosystem of Free Agents. It got me thinking.

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Reflection Network Free Tech 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. Netsquared Innovation Fund Netsquared Announces the 21 Featured Projects and solicits for feedback. Someone tagged the NGO-in-a-Box with nptech just today. " Have any to add?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Our partners around the world have been busy working on some interesting projects, articles, and blogs for the nonprofit sector. NGO Pulse (South Africa). From funding challenges to the need for better governance, find out about the current state of NGOs in South Africa and what must be done for it to improve.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

We discussed cloud adoption in Brazil's NGO sector with Valter Cegal of TechSoup Brasil. TechSoup Brasil is a project of Associação Telecentro de Informação e Negócios (ATN). ATN is an NGO association of over 2,000 telecenters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2019

Government & Regulation. This was a fascinating conference, and the possibilities for positive social impact using blockchain and AI in the nonprofit/NGO and social enterprise space are already real, and growing. Financial Services. Healthcare. Security & Identity. Technology & Platforms. The Innovation Economy.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

With numerous speakers and a packed agenda, I had a chance to hear some of the projects that's happening in this space. One of these projects, Opinion Space , is being used by the Department of State to foster the exchange of ideas in an interactive manner. NGO capacity is still lacking, but they must learn to own technology.

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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. Jan 24 - 25.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

This is the first in a series of blog posts that we'll be doing as part of our new App It Up project called Cool Apps Roundup. The Locavore app offers government and NGO info on which food items are in season in your locale. This inaugural post will cover a variety of green or environmental apps that are already out there.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 3, 2006

she worked on a program called the “African Peace and Development Initiative” at the NGO, World Learning for International Development , doing project backstopping for peacebuilding initiatives in East Africa. Up with People is apolitical and nonsectarian with no ties to any government, religious or political organization.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2010

A recent publication titled Global Philanthropy , from the Mercator Fund , a project of the Network of European Foundations, helps bring the variable global philanthropic landscape to light. Four themes emerge from the book, which provides an overview of the philanthropic sectors in countries across the world: 1.

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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. Deus Robotics specializes in full-cycle projects, including hardware engineering, software development, and integration, focusing on automating warehouse and logistics operations.

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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. NGOsource, a project of the Council on Foundations and TechSoup Global , streamlines the task of evaluating whether a non-U.S. grantmakers and a burden on the very organizations they hope to support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

There's an interesting idea for "emergency NGO in a box" in the notes about Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Tools and an interview with Gregg Swanson of HumiNet by Britt Bravo from the Summit. " Michele Martin talks about the barriers to adoption of google tools in government agencies and nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2018

A statement to the international news agency Reuters read: “We revised our Ad Grants policies to help nonprofits be more effective with AdWords and improve the quality of their ads, which will lead to targeted awareness of their projects and mission.” We’ve posted the exact email at the bottom of this post. What actually changed.

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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. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Governance Matters: Create a More Powerful Board Through Policy Governance. Monday, July 4, 2016.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 2, 2006

Any project built from the ground up is, by nature, creative. It is, rather, working with the system, specifically, government bureaucracies that have never known the word nimble. It is now before the New York City Council, which, if passed, would be implemented in all 1400 schools citywide. women nonprofit leader

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 27, 2006

MOTM's main project is Turn Beauty Inside Out (TBIO), an annual campaign that explores the portrayal of girls and women in film, television, music, advertising and government. Mind on the Media (MOTM) is a nonprofit organization out to inspire independent thinking and foster critical analysis of the media. beauty girl image media

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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. Seven Billion and Counting (Projecting future population is a very uncertain business). Last week, the world’s population reached a staggering 7 billion people. Available to the general public at www.7billionactions.org/data

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2007

I did a stint as a humanitarian analyst for the US government (where I spent more time advising them on new technologies than I ever thought I would) to see what it was like to leave the tech field altogether, and in 2005 I won a two-year fellowship supporting the NGO Pact in Cambodia on a women's microfinance program.

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