Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2020

The 2020 Global Trends in Giving Survey is now live and available in seven languages! The survey is anonymous and your participation will help provide charitable giving benchmarks for nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide. Please volunteer 5-10 minutes of your time and take the survey! <<

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 27, 2019

InLieu is a mobile app that allows users to make donations in lieu of purchasing material gifts for friends and family, and at the same time, makes donating fast, easy and social. The 2019 Global NGO Technology Survey is now live! If you work at a nonprofit or NGO, please volunteer 6-8 minutes of your time and take the survey.

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Tools Online Fundraising NGO 260

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2019

The message was clear that we can all reclaim social media for good, one post at a time. The 2019 Global NGO Technology Survey is now live! If you work at a nonprofit or NGO, please volunteer 6-8 minutes of your time and take the survey. The survey is 100% anonymous and available in 4 languages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The third edition of the Global Trends in Giving Report (the sister report to the 2019 Global NGO Technology Report ) will be published September 15, 2020 , and for the first time, we are conducting an open call for partners worldwide. How to Apply. To apply in English, please complete the online application. About the Report.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 27, 2018

If you are a donor, please volunteer 4-7 minutes of your time and take the survey. If you have donated to a nonprofit, NGO, or charity within the last 12 months, then please take the survey! The services themselves have taken on the responsibility of vetting the nonprofits and for that alone, deserve muchos kudos. backabuddy.co.za.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

First-time access the mobile internet is exploding across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East and in Europe, North America, and Australia, the mobile web has surpassed desktop. Today, out of roughly 6,000 languages in use, ten languages make up 82% of the content on the Internet. Source: The Guardian.

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Demographics Trend Technology North America 238

sgEngage

MARCH 30, 2022

As the leader of a non-government organization (NGO), you know how important it is to leverage your online presence in order to publicize your mission, draw in donations, and connect with your supporters. Tone and language for web content: Do you want your NGO to come across as fun-loving and laid back? Serious and professional?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 21, 2018

The 2018 Global Trends in Giving Survey is live through June 30 and available in five languages – ???????????? , English , français , português , and español. Please volunteer 4-7 minutes of your time and complete the survey. Your promotion of the survey to your online communities is also greatly appreciated.

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Survey Global Trend Giving 102

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Many small NGOs are also unaware of the services and resources offered to the NGO community by TechSoup Global , SANGONeT , NASSCOM Foundation , Meedan , and FrontlineSMS. Before each training I review the Web presence for each NGO in attendance. However,ngo and.ong will be available soon.

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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! According to the Public Interest Registry, more than 3,000,000 NGOs will come online by 2025. Today, 10 languages make up 82% of web content. Instagram allows multiple people to go live at the same time.

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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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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had a few months to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. Many NGOs Find Cloud Computing Confusing: Why? Cloud Contradictions in the NGO Sector.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 17, 2015

First, “NGO” is an acronym meaning “non-governmental organization” whereas “ONG” means “non-governmental organization” in countries where a romance language is spoken i.e., Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian. When a donor or supporter receives an email with .NGO

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2021

At the same time, there is an increased call for organizations to be transparent about the demographic makeup of our grantees. I know from being in the NGO world for many years what kind of a burden that can be. So, there was this very clear need for us to have this kind of information, and we simply didn’t have it.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Movement building is something I’m very passionate about, and I think we can truly make lasting social impact if more organizations, campaigns, and changemakers operated in a movement focused way, instead of investing resources and capacity into one-time efforts. Time: 10 am – 11 am PST. How to Contribute.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

If your nonprofit has a large following on LinkedIn and a signature program that is well-known to the public, then a Showcase Page could be worth time and effort. For example, Plan International’s website : 2) Post 2-3 times weekly to your LinkedIn Page and respond to your followers. X) Experiment with LinkedIn Events.

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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.” I delivered one of the keynotes and as you can see from this slide, we had two screens presenting materials in both languages. We were assigned specific seats at the VIP table.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2011

When tough economic times hit, it's often those on the lowest rungs of the income ladder who suffer the most. Or for Pedro, who was being disrespected at his job because of his poor language skills? This post originally appeared on the Microsoft Unlimited Potential Blog and was authored by TechSoup's Erica Scheidt. read more.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

In our data culture , we suggest your nonprofit takes the time to put one together as a means of showing your organization’s transparency — and bragging about your success in the past year. that allows readers to change years and see how their program market has increased over time. Save time on design and focus on showing your impact.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. Our New NGO Partners in Vietnam. English is increasingly favored as a second language. Our New NGO Partners in Indonesia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

I’m looking forward to spending some face-to-face time with the group when we meet on April 5th and 6th in San Francisco. They’re connected by a shared goal to understanding network practice and strategic allocation of their funds and time. How to overcome obstacles, like strict communications protocol?

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Whole Whale

MAY 10, 2024

In our data culture , we suggest your nonprofit takes the time to put one together as a means of showing your organization’s transparency — and bragging about your success in the past year. that allows readers to change years and see how their program market has increased over time. Want to get your site checked for inclusive language?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

. “Abrace o Brasil” is an online fundraising campaign in partnership with Brazil Foundation that gathers 100+ Brazilian nonprofits to crowdfund at the same time. Doare built the platform, both multi-language and multi-currency, so people can donate anywhere.

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Brazil Trend Giving Social 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs. Ahmed Hamza, the training coordinator in Tunisia, who speaks all three languages fluently, helped with last minute translation tweeks and with flipping slides in Arabic.

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Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference 102

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

My days as an Ally are behind me, but the passion remains: in December of 2012 I found myself on a plane bound for a Tanzanian NGO. Toting my understanding of international development, and my NGO experience, I figured I knew to expect the unexpected. In fact, the NGO was led by them. Local problems, local solutions. I got this.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

Huddle is offering its online service to charities and libraries at a one-time admin fee, and a very reasonable one at that. According to our 2012 NGO Global Cloud Survey , collaboration is already one of the top ten current uses for cloud-based software among charities. I used it to project manage our recent global NGO cloud survey.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Pacific time featuring speakers Patrick Callihan, executive director of NPower PA and npCloud , and Anna Jaeger, TechSoup Global's director of packaged solutions in the Community-Driven Innovation program. We want to help eliminate this barrier with our upcoming webinar on Thursday, October 11 at 11:00 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2013

Note from Beth: By the time you read this post, I will be in the USA from doing a training in Tunisia for NGOs and trainers who will deliver training to women entrepreneurs as part of the WES program and also improve their NGO’s use of social media. Participants at FFL Training Doing Content Strategy Brainstorm.

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Calendar Tunisia Content Strategy 120

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

I’m heading to Geneva later this month for the next major meeting at the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”), to hear the latest and make my three-minute oration as an accredited NGO representative (first time for me!). They all meet the definition of TI as a primary purpose of the agency or NGO.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

Many of these tools use crowdsourcing techniques, which engages large groups of people via the Internet to do important tasks like raise money, collect information on needs in a stricken area and get them out to first responders, translate information in to several languages, or map the crisis in useful ways.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

They want software that works well, is easy to use, and cost effective over time. My nonprofit colleague, Lara Franklin, has been saying that for some time. TechSoup Global is also in the process of adding to the body of cloud research with our Global NGO Cloud Survey. Negatives of the Cloud for Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

You can build applications using any language, tool or framework. Disasters are often the times that communities most rely on the nonprofit sector. Working remotely is becoming more and more common in nonprofits, whether for time-efficiency, greater focus, increased travel, environmental impact, or hiring far-flung talent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The group has an impressive breadth and depth of expertise, including NGO capacity building, social media expertise and training design and delivery. The Train the Trainers also included “laptop time&# for participants to write reflections in their blog journals for the project. Some observations from the discussion: 1.)

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2015

All times are Eastern Daylight Saving Time (EDT). If you are not located in Eastern United States, use this site to convert those times into your own time zone. How to Launch a Social Media and Content Strategy for Your NGO OnGood / Webinar / Fee: Free. Webinars and Other Online Events on Nonprofit Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

In the first, they need trusted NGO structures, trusted brand outreach, language and time zone support, and localization of programming. When they first started, since they didn’t have an extensive presence in these various countries, they wanted to be very careful that they were not the perceived as imposing “American&# ways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

How can we use graphic facilitation or graphic note taking in real time to deepen understanding of the topic being discussed? Live Beirut Tweet Up: @naeema and @sdarine from SMEXbeirut organized a live tweetup in Beirut during the same time as our panel which happen to be around midnight. My takeaways: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2005

My sister was working for an NGO as a volunteer agriculturist in Cambodia and encouraged me to take a job there. Tell us about your work in Cambodia with the NGO, Mlup Baitong. It was difficult to learn to the language at first! How does your NGO use technology to support your advocacy and education work? Mlup Baitong???s

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