Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Kiva Cards. American Rivers Gifts. charity: water Donation Cards. David Shelrick Wildlife Trust Orphan Adoptions. Defenders of Wildlife Adoptions. Heifer International Gift Catalog. Mercy Corps Gifts. Natural Resource Defense Council Green Gifts. Nature Conservancy Gifts of Nature. Nonviolent Peaceforce Peace Bonds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2007

With the assistance of dedicated volunteers, Kiva also maintains a presence on different social networking sites and has recently established a presence on Second Life through the Techsoup Nonprofits Commons Project. Kiva is not a charity. I sat down with to learn more about their efforts on Kiva's behalf in the virtual world.

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2012

TripAdvisor Combines Philanthropy And Marketing By Letting Reviewers Give A Free $25 Kiva Microloan | TechCrunch : TripAdvisor is demonstrating what Shah calls a “a very big trend”. In March 2012, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman put up $1 million to let other people try Kiva.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 15, 2007

When I loaned her $50 yesterday (my first Kiva loan), only one other person had given her a loan, Sergio from Switzerland. Kiva was started by a husband and wife team, Matt and Jessica Jackley Flannery. Two years later, Kiva has taken off. Ryan Gunderson of Riches for Good also made his first Kiva loans last week.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

UNICEF App. UNFPA 7 Billion Actions App. Oxfam App. National Zoo App. National Geographic Society App. Fox Foundation App. Livestrong App. Greenpeace App. Related Links: Webinar: How Nonprofits Can Successfully Utilize Mobile Technology and Mobile Fundraising. 12 Useful, Well-Designed, Worth-Downloading iPhone Apps Created By Nonprofits.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

You can read Matt's account of the taping on his blog, The Kiva Chronicles. Winfrey spent the next few minutes talking about the power of the Internet and "the Kiva model." If you had told me a year ago that I would watch these two people discussing Kiva in front of millions on TV, I would have laughed." Yay, Matt and Jessica!

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Jessica Jackley Flannery is the kind of person who makes you feel at home right away, like she is truly happy to meet you, which is why I wasn't surprised when she said, "Kiva started out of relationships and love, ideally I would love for that to be present in every single transaction that happens. What is Kiva? How did Kiva start?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 30, 2006

Jessica is the co-founder and a board member of Kiva , a nonprofit that is using the Internet to connect people through loans to alleviate global poverty. microfinance kiva internet microloan I just posted my interview with Jessica Jackley Flannery on the Big Vision Podcast.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 1, 2014

The History of Crowdfunding in the Nonprofit Sector: 2000: @DonorsChoose 2002: @GlobalGiving 2005: @Kiva || #CMF2014 pic.twitter.com/MltUrTCoG6. — @NonprofitOrgs (@nonprofitorgs) May 28, 2014. . — @NonprofitOrgs (@nonprofitorgs) May 29, 2014. 22 Retweets, 13 Favorites. 17 Retweets, 15 Favorites.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 3, 2009

Kushal described Vittana as "Kiva for educational loans." Tags: Chakrabarti microloans Vittana Kushal Kiva. This loan was the result of a conversation I had with Kushal Chakrabarti, the founder of the Vittana Foundation. Multiple people had connected me with Kushal, including my brother Tom, who worked at Amazon with Kushal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 14, 2012

Water.org. Survival International. Nature Conservancy. Museum of Modern Art. Jane Goodall Institute. Human Rights Campaign. Goodwill Industries. Communities in Schools. Animals Asia. American Heart Association. Related Links: Free Webinar on June 6: 10 Common Mistakes Nonprofits Make in Social Media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 23, 2012

Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The Field Museum. GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation). Greenpeace Brasil. Habitat for Humanity Ireland. KQED Science. Monterey Bay Aquarium. New England Aquarium. National Public Radio. Rotary International. Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The webinar earlier this week from the Lean Start up team, Lean Impact: Implementing Lean Startup in Mission-Driven Organizations, did begin to address this gap with a discussion and examples from Akash Trivedi of Kiva Zip, a pilot program from the nonprofit Kiva and Christie George from New Media Ventures.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 14, 2012

Water.org. Survival International. Nature Conservancy. Museum of Modern Art. Jane Goodall Institute. Human Rights Campaign. Goodwill Industries. Communities in Schools. Animals Asia. American Heart Association. Related Links: Free Webinar on June 6: 10 Common Mistakes Nonprofits Make in Social Media.

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NTEN

JUNE 23, 2014

Changing the Conversation About Overhead , by Rick Cohen, National Council of Nonprofits Bitcoin: A Fundraising Digital Disruptor , by Jason Shim, Pathways to Education We also go behind the scenes with Kiva , GlobalGiving, Urban Ministries of Durham , and FundsforNGOs , and the Surfrider Foundation reveals the key ingredient that''s needed to complement (..)

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AFP Blog

MARCH 26, 2007

Inside Bay Area - Kiva does well, with help from friends: "Kiva does well, with help from friendsBy Constance Loizos, MEDIANEWS STAFFArticle Last Updated: 03/26/2007 05:20:32 AM PDTIF YOU HAVEN'T yet heard of Kiva.org, a San Francisco nonprofitthat at just 18 months old is already the leading online microcredit site, you're about to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

She was recently accepted to be a Kiva Fellow and starting this October, and will be volunteering in Latin America for 6 months with two of Kiva's partner. The Acumen Fund's projects are inspiring and a great model for social entrepreneurs around the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2014

One sector is “Money” which includes crowdfunding, micro lending, and crypto currencies. We’ve witnessed how crowdfunding and micro lending has been a huge trend in the nonprofit sector – think Kiva for micro-lending, GivingTuesday, Give Local America, and the many nonprofit crowd funding platforms. But could cypto currencies, (..)

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Tech Soup

JULY 7, 2010

Kiva is probably the best-known example. Kiva lets individual lenders pool their resources and provide substantial loans to entrepreneurial borrowers in the developing world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

And Kiva ([link] builds on already existing networks (including that network of networks we call the Internet) to give people the opportunity to loan money to entrepreneurs in the developing world. The Value of Specificity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

My friend Jessica Jackley Kiva. told me early on that one of the reasons Kiva works is that you see the exact goat herder you’re helping with your loan (not to mention read his story and look at his pictures).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

The winner was Lethal Sheethal who was about to leave for six months on her Kiva Fellowship in Peru. Before leaving, she did a fundraiser and raffled off her copy of the book. After reading it, I did a book giveaway on my blog asking readers to suggest ways they might apply the ideas in the book.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 25, 2022

Clear comms: yes, but pushed down by large header which could slow comprehension Site search: yes Recommended links: not beyond the homepage Brand answer: concise and apologetic. Site : [link]. Clear comms: Pretty close. The title explains what happened without including the 404. Site search: Yes. Recommended links: Yes. Brand answer: Not quite.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Kiva, the microfinance organization, gives a monthly 30-minute recess to enjoy unstructured “play time” at the office. They give 15 minutes at 3 pm which helps keep staff morale high and helps employees feel connected to the mission.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 19, 2009

blog post from the SSIR opinion blog about why Kiva ([link] chose to be a nonprofit and the story of how it started. Find me on Delicious for more! Stanford Social Innovation Review : Articles : The Profit in Nonprofit … - Here is a great (long!)

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Kiva is a San Francisco based crowd-funding microfinance nonprofit that allows just under a million people to make little micro-loans to poor people around the world. Kiva is a classic nonprofit social enterprise that relies mainly on earned revenues rather than grants or donations. I chatted with my old friend, Bennett Grassano.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 1, 2009

Related Blogs Women for Women International's blog Sierra Club's The Green Life Oxfam America's blog GlobalGiving's Global Goodness Kiva's Inside Kiva Full disclosure: I have donated to Women for Women International, made loans through Kiva.org, and received a Good Card. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com Mother's Day gift donation

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

From Charity: Water and Alex’s Lemonade to Kiva and Tom’s Shoes, the authors tell the stories of how these organizations are using social technologies to engage and inspire people to participate in movements for change."

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 25, 2009

As far as I know, nothing like it exists, although it could, now that Kiva has opened its API so that developers can build their own tools to fund entrepreneurs. Kiva is going to be experimenting with loans to entrepreneurs living in the United States. Plus, according to a March 23rd article on CNNMoney.com, Micro-loans for Americans?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2010

Kiva :: Download. App Name: KivaAlerts. Updated: May 6, 2009. KivaAlerts is a super quick App that allows you to check the latest loan requests on Kiva.org. Loan requests on Kiva.org get fulfilled very quickly and we update open loan requests every few minutes so that you can find the loans of your interest quickly as they appear.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Kiva, Livestrong, Oxfam America, RAINN, St. The test feature is launching with about a dozen partners, including the American Red Cross, Blue Star Families, Boys & Girls Club of America, DonorsChoose.org, Girls Inc., Jude's Children's Research Hospital, and Water.org.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 16, 2012

National Public Radio. American Red Cross. Smithsonian Institute. Humane Society of the United States. World Wildlife Fund. Do Something. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. World Food Program USA. Limitation: Charity Navigator only has about 81% of organizations in the top 500 list rated. HOW THE LISTS ARE COMPUTED.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

That is, versions of their Web site content on a iPhone. A couple of examples: California HealthCare Foundation. American Cancer Society More Birthdays App. New York Philharmonic. What iPhone apps have you come across from nonprofits or charities or help raise money?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 21, 2007

December 25th, 9 PM EST, Frontline/World will be re-broadcasting four "do good" stories about Kiva in Uganda, PlayPumps in South Africa, the Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition in Poland, and Juan Quezada and Mata Ortiz pottery in Mexico. Fronline kiva PlayPump artisan Chopin

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 29, 2013

People might know Livestrong or the American Red Cross, said Sarah Feinberg, director of policy communications and run our social good programs, but might be less familiar with the likes of Kiva, Girls Inc., or Blue Star Families.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2009

And while Pete Cashmore announced that he would be doing a charity event in September around his 24th birthday, I'm wondering what charity wedding registry Sharon and Adam will register with? ( Kiva ?) Randi Zuckerberg of Facebook delivered the opening keynote. Randi suggests that having a personality is an asset.

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 29, 2011

I guess Kiva has attained sufficient mindshare to become a phishing tool. Sender: Kiva Micro Financial Loan Company <kiva@yahoo.com> Subject: APPLY FOR YOUR LOAN AS LOW AS 0.2%. of beating your self up, contact Kiva Micro Financial Loan Company now, Loan. General Consultant,Kiva Micro Financial Loan Company.

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