Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

In the near future, nearly 10 billion humans will be in need of food and clean water, health services, education, and shelter. Must-Read: WWF’s Living Planet Report 2016. Source: 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report. Must-Read: Diversity in Giving Report. Source: 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report.

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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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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

NGOs are using the cloud. 90 percent of respondents worldwide indicated using some type of cloud technology, from "lightweight" services like email and social networking to "heavy weight" services like databases and web conferencing. How does your NGO compare? Read the Report.

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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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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. They typically focus on social, political, environmental, and humanitarian objectives through advocacy, research and by providing services.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

This new numbering system is a huge leap forward for global philanthropy and may one day enable individuals to donate online to any nonprofit with a BRIDGE Number – not through the BRIDGE Registry itself, but rather through an online or mobile giving service that uses the BRIDGE numbering system. The 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report.

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Candid

APRIL 14, 2022

US Service Members. service members deployed to Eastern Europe. While almost a third of grants went to organizations in Ukraine, recipient countries reflect giving to local chapters of the Red Cross and other international relief organizations, or to their Geneva-based headquarters. $214,611,350. Children. 109,238,660.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. 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. As part of a. I got this.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2010

HRDAG analysis of this information was carried out with the support of the current governments and NGO communities in both these counties. A cache of prison records generated by a former state security force in Chad provided data for a 2010 HRDAG report about human rights violations in Chad.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Yet as other people have commented these are more like shopping malls (which though they feel like public spaces are privately owned), than town squares – where freedom of expression and expectations of privacy are circumscribed by corporate terms-of-service.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2012

Keeping your critical data on an online cloud service has sparked ongoing debate in the nonprofit sector, not just in the U.S., argues that cloud-based services are likely to be safer and more secure than most in-house nonprofit computer systems. What the NTEN Cloud Survey Report Says. but all over the world.

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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. Can cloud vendors simply close your account without notice?

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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. Its mission is to offer products and services that help telecenters become self-sustainable while providing low-cost public access to computers and the Internet.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

nonprofits on their use of cloud services. To quote Annaliese Hoeling, NTEN’s publications director: A couple of the biggest take-aways for us were that 91 percent of nonprofits taking our survey reported using at least one cloud software solution?. You can also download the full NTEN cloud report at no cost. Learn More.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

When TechSoup and our global network of partners surveyed more than 10,500 NGOs around the world this year to find out whether they are using and needing cloud based IT services, we didn’t know how many would report cloud technology adoption.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2011

If you get your tax-exemption under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code, you get a special name: public charity. Its deep roots refer specifically to service to the poor, which is pretty limiting when it comes to describing the great breadth of organizations with a claim on public benefits. Not-for-profit. tax-exempts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

Large national and international nonprofits are often ahead of the curve. 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 ). that your nonprofit uses.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2012

There were a total of 12 NGOs present at the event, including the Maharashtra Dyslexia Association and the Sujaya Foundation , which provides educational services to underprivileged youth. 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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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

A very interesting part of the report describes the personal motivations for digital volunteers to be involved in disaster relief work, some of them for as many as 80 hours per week during the crisis. With only four twitterers in-country, their messages were retweeted (forwarded) and translated by hundreds of digital volunteers.

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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.” reclaim their spot in the front of users’ minds. How do I get my Google Ad Grant back?

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. The report also talks about a new growing form factor called "ultramobiles." The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. Accessibility.

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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. Finally, I taught two social media strategy workshops for NGO and CSR practitioners before having two days to get a taste of India and then a 24 hour journey home. . Teaching in an international context. My 8 day visit to India was a whirlwind. I'm still recovering.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Phil Agre's How To Help Someone Use A Computer, circa 1996, is still relevant to anyone who is teaching someone how to master a new piece of software or Internet service. DIA blog reports from the Freedom To Connect conclave today, and came back with a bit of darkly indistinct video of the feature presentation by Yochai Benkler.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

As summer starts, we’ll report on what happened to Facebook Causes, some big developments in cloud computing including the launch of Salesforce1, a big partnership between Salesforce and Microsoft that bodes well for charities, and the launch of Box.org, free cloud storage for nonprofits. This offer is international.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

The project has been so successful at raising student reading skills that they hope to provide similar services to their non-disabled students as well. We've identified key NGO partners that we believe would benefit from our technical assistance and are developing our plans and identifying support to continue our work on Darfur this year.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2009

If you are in charge of communications for your nonprofit or NGO, I recommend you read The She Spot: Why Women Are the Market for Changing the World, and How to Reach Them by Lisa Witter and Lisa Chen. Just don't have it be some organization online where you see graphics of bar charts and research reports, but not real human beings.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

The report also talks about a new growing form factor called "ultramobiles." The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. percent) as we transition to using more tablets and mobile devices.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

As Forbes reports, it legitimises a throw-away culture; we are told that it doesn’t matter how much plastic or paper we use, because we can recycle it, so throwing it away is a-okay. It’s estimated that the clothes industry alone accounts for 10% of global emissions , and Trusted Clothes reports that this could increase by 60% by 2030.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 19, 2009

Sometimes this material is generated in the context of providing relief services, legal aid, or other support to victims. In some cases, the information is intended for use in court cases or international prosecution, to support a human rights report, or advocacy campaign. Their meticulous work is now a key aid to the courts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The service also provides analytics about content performance. Squared is a service that enables Instagrammers to print their favorite Instagram photos or convert them into magnets and posters. BlueHost is w low-cost web and email hosting company with excellent customer service and free SSL Certificates. Loomly :: loomly.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

IFTTT is a free applet creation service based ont he the premise of if this happens, then do this. Squared is a service that enables Instagrammers to print their favorite Instagram photos or convert them into magnets and posters. You can also use the service to convert graphics into multiple sizes with one click.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Nonprofits can use the service to visualize organizational and campaign data geographically. OptInMonster is a service that allows users to create floating bar and pop-up email opt-in forms for their website. The service provides analytics, A/B testing, and mobile compatibility. The 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

The crystal ball on mobile computing looks to be an area of dramatically increased use of tablet computers, and also the convergence of cloud computing services and mobile. " Our internal IT staffs will struggle to integrate them into organizational email, security, and data collection. This trend is expected to accelerate.

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