Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2020

This year’s questions delve into how donors prefer to give to their favorite causes and will reveal the impact of social media, emerging trends (such as cryptocurrency, Amazon Alexa, gaming for good), and the role of crowdfunding, peer-to-peer fundraising, #GivingTuesday, and volunteerism in individual giving worldwide.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Even though a large percentage of NGOs in Asia Pacific now regularly use social media in their online fundraising and communications campaigns, few social media practitioners in the NGO sector have been properly trained on how to best utilize sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. The Broadcast Web), Web 2.0 (The

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Social Media Asia Media Practice 200

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

day conference was split into two tracks for IT and NGO, sometimes meeting separately, sometimes coming together to collaborate. I also had the chance to provide a couple presentations to the NGO track, one focused specifically on using facebook for campaigning in Romania.

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Romania Campaign Facebook NGO 178

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2019

Maybe a problem that needs to be solved, a person that needs help, a goal that’s not yet met — then let them know what role they’ll play when they create a personal fundraiser. Based on the 2018 Global NGO Technology Report. When you communicate with supporters about this opportunity, present real situations. Calm their concerns.

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Program Fundraising Practice Campaign 279

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The lack of trust between NGOs and local Kenyans and the expectancy that NGOs are funded from outside Kenya are the key reasons for limited local fundraising towards NGO in Kenya. By establishing trust, M-Changa can assist NGOs in Kenya to raise more funds and therefore achieve more.

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Kenya Giving Trend Mobile 194

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2012

Last month I did a Networked NGO training in Dubai for Pakistan NGOs where I experienced Internet censorship first hand. According to TechCrunch, Ali has also played a role in a past campaign in the country to keep Facebook from getting banned. The block did not last long.

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Internet Pakistan Skype NGO 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

In this interview, Pushpa discusses her journey prior to founding GuideStar India, her role in helping NGOs and how WhatsApp is driving strong communication among stakeholders. I was working in financial services and my role was in the Managing Director’s office, which enabled me to gain an overview of running a large organisation.

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India NGO Profit Nonprofit 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

My role over the past year been in the areas of: program design, design and delivery of a train the trainers intensive workshop in-country last March (see posts #1 , #2 , #3 ; #4 ); and develop and support the target NGO curriculum (intensive strategic and skills based curriculum). I’d like to share some of these below.

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Social Media Tunisia Morocco Media 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2018

GivingTuesday India is powered by GuideStar India, India’s most reliable NGO information repository with over 8700 NGOs. With over 7500 verified NGOs across India, IamHere, another app makes it possible for people to discover NGOs near them and donate. Of course, social media plays a pivotal role.

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India Global Giving Celebrate 116

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

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

I'll not only be speaking at the conference and CSR Track, but will be leading two workshops for NGO and CSR practitioners. NASSCOM Foundation was set up to support the Indian IT industry’s role in nation building and to promote the underprivileged to help them become self-reliant and productive participants in the country’s progress.

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Foundation Leadership India NGO 94

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. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Office of the Middle Eastern Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and managed by IIE.

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Tunisia Reflection Social Media NGO 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

The design for this project was very different than my accustomed way of designing and delivering the Networked NGO trainings and social media skills. I facilitated a session that introduced networks, networking, and the Networked NGO. Network assessment. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Rwanda Social Media Leadership Train 116

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 17, 2013

Fundación Paraguaya was the country’s first microfinance program and first development NGO. To my inquiry about his current role Martín replied: “Well, you know how things happen… I was asked by our new President to serve as his chief of staff until August 2013, when he finishes his term.

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Paraguay Award Teach Africa 142

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

The afternoon also included a small group role play exercise. " The young woman in the pink shirt suggested that we create a role play around how media might help resolve the issue of domestic violence. because u r the seeds of new generation of bloggers. angkunh is a kind of seed.??? i asked myself then ???john, He also narrated.

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Social Media Cambodia Blogger Roles 56

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2004

So she started an NGO to work on the issues outside the doctor's role of treatment, that are needed to break the cycle of hospitalization that leads to death. Her group uses volunteers as the main engine of activities.

Brazil 100

Brazil NGO Children Problem 100

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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Research Gift NGO Africa 81

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

Recognizing the significant role of NGOs as influential agents of change on a global scale, The Global Journal has sought to move beyond outdated clichés and narrow conceptions about what an NGO is and does.

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Web Children Social Media Journal 132

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2017

The leadership has covered this issue in the NGO sector for years, and were well aware of the depth and breadth, but they were struggling to translate that to a business whose funders were looking for returns on impact and profit. Know your role.

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Design Problem Impact Difference 106

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

But although her fundraiser raised plenty of money, Khi realized there was no viable NGO to distribute the supplies on the ground in the middle of a fast-moving war zone. This led her to creating the Sunflower Relief NGO. The next few weeks were a blur. Seven months later, she now has a team of 200+ people spread internationally.

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Ukraine Donation Help NGO 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

For example, you can hear the story about how the above Tunisian NGO went from “crawling” to “running” over the course of the program. This blog post is a summary of reflections about the instructional design and how NGOs in these countries are becoming Networked NGOs. Group Photo with Certificates.

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Morocco Conference Reflection Tunisia 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

Last week, I participated in three very intense days of project, curriculum, and online community planning for a new project, E-Mediat , a multi-stakeholder capacity building project for NGOS and Social Media in the Middle East. Multi-stakeholder projects with many organizations, people, and roles are complex.

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Network Build Social Media Participatory 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. The group has an impressive breadth and depth of expertise, including NGO capacity building, social media expertise and training design and delivery.

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Network Build Social Media Exercise 100

Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

As the weeks pass, the disaster recovery is increasingly shifting out of the hands of professional first-responder organizations into the hands of the local NGO community. The nonprofit sector in Japan has a major role to play now in providing services and support to the devastated local communities.

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Japan Disaster Local Program 68

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. The community itself plays a role in building a peaceful community. Our New NGO Partners in Indonesia.

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Vietnam Indonesia Papua New Guinea NGO 54

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Education is a major focus for nonprofits and NGOs, accounting for 9% of NGO activity worldwide. views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity. Even in the U.S.,

Brazil 60

Brazil Map Local Impact 60

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Waste4Change was created by founder and CEO Mohamad Bijaksana Junerosano based on conversations between PT Greeneration Indonesia, an NGO, and waste management organization PT Bumi Lestari Bali (ecoBali) to form a company that reduces the amount of waste that ends up in landfills. Founded in 2014, Waste4Change has seen a CAGR of 55.1%

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Indonesia Build Environment NGO 87

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

Mine included: How can blogs play a role in online community building? Technorati Tags: nonprofit , development , ict , ngo , nptech , nonprofit We "met" when we both took the incredible Nancy White 's Online Facilitation Workshop. How can one integrate audio/podcasting and video logging into online conversation effectively?

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Technorati NGO Audio Nptech 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Every non-profit works with “systems” – internal ones relating to how work gets done, issue systems relating to the topic that the NGO is working to address, and mental model systems about strategy. We can easily be overwhelmed by the complexity of our work. Clearly “seeing” those systems is important for success.

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Map Profit System Guatemala 86

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

This would be the first step I guess to making something better that was sustainable for NGO’s. . “If we build it they will come&# only works in the movies. { 1 trackback } Bookmarks about News 11.09.08 at 3:45 am { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 David Geilhufe 07.07.08

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Open Open Source Blogger Press 100

Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 22, 2021

He has experience on the front lines of the nonprofit industry from his time as a youth worker and he brings a wealth of experience in supporting the tech stacks which power the nonprofit industry after five years in various roles at Blackbaud. UK and a marketing support officer for the environmental NGO Become Carbon Negative.

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Fundraising Nonprofit Tanzania NGO 52

Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 22, 2021

He has experience on the front lines of the nonprofit industry from his time as a youth worker and he brings a wealth of experience in supporting the tech stacks which power the nonprofit industry after five years in various roles at Blackbaud. UK and a marketing support officer for the environmental NGO Become Carbon Negative.

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Fundraising Tanzania Nonprofit NGO 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2007

The Cambodian Bloggers Summit included some small group role playing exercises. " The young woman in the pink shirt suggested that we create a role play around how media might help resolve the issue of domestic violence. We were divided into small groups, were handed a bunch of props, and a concept. They go to the Internet Caf??

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Social Media Media Social Cambodia 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

GuideStar India - Networked NGO Workshops - Packard Grantees. This is a role for hubs or perhaps “network weavers.” Here’s a collection of network maps from a couple of recent workshops – and you can see how they use color to show differences as well as different types of lines to show the relationships.

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Social Media Measure Social Media 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

More importantly, how can you bring them in beyond being passive listeners or re-tweeters but engage in the discussion? Finally, having just returned from the Middle East working with social media/NGO trainers , how can you create a global back channel so that language isn’t a barrier to learning?

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Facilitation Social Media Channel Reflection 99

Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 30, 2022

Smart tech can also play a role by streamlining workflow, using chatbots to provide information to the public, and improving worker health and safety by encouraging screen breaks and supporting work-life balance. VP, Nonprofit and NGO Solutions and Strategy – Salesforce.org. Opens new window. About the Authors. Lori Freeman.

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Survey Trend Change Nonprofit 59

Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

NGO capacity is still lacking, but they must learn to own technology. How does security play a role? TechSoup's NetSquared Initiative partnered with the HRC in the first conference The Soul of the New Machine in 2009 to help select a winner in their Mobile Challenge. relevant to the audience you are serving.

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Conference Technology Open Source Uganda 52