Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Small nonprofits in Brazil are usually created by social entrepreneurs in the slums or other low-income zones, people with no management skills but lots of love to give. Doare was founded in 2012 with a focus on recurring donations. Doare built the platform, both multi-language and multi-currency, so people can donate anywhere.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Started in 2012, this movement inspires millions of individuals to donate to their favorite causes annually. You want to make it easy for your donors, especially because so many people are likely going to donate on their phones. That’s why a toolkit of templated social media and email language is crucial. Develop A Toolkit.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

You can build applications using any language, tool or framework. Poor technology planning is a liability not only to your nonprofit, but also to the people who rely on it. And it works for nonprofits too! We’ve asked a few of our global network partners to be on hand to provide their take on the issues.

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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. Our qualitative survey results also indicated that language may be a barrier to cloud adoption. Or can, anyway.

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NTEN

MAY 20, 2013

Because we know that the term "IT Staff" means something very specific to people, and the concept of who is "IT Staff" has not changed as rapidly over the last few years as the role of technology in an organization has. I''d like to take a closer look at one aspect of our research and organizational practice: technology staffing levels.

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Whole Whale

MAY 11, 2022

Shakespearean answer : If the topic of Google Analytics and all things web tracking feels like a foreign language and you’re more of a theatre person here is a quick Shakespearean summary of what is going on. This article is meant to help people that were familiar with UA and are now trying to make the transition to GA4 for reporting.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

We'll discuss best practices, platforms, cloud services and filesharing, how to edit together when you're not in the same place, and how to agree on ways to tell your story when you may not be speaking the same language. David is a cross-disciplinary mediamaker, working at the intersection. His forthcoming. newscasts for CurrentTV.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

” In 2012, while I still encounter a few skeptics, there is more often curiosity and questions about “How can we use a networked approach with more impact.” Looking forward, we expect there will be a point when specialized support, specialized consultants and specialized language won’t be needed.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

By Patrick Ball On 14 February 2012, the New York Times reported that a Swiss team had found a weakness in a key algorithm used to make secure connections online. On 15 February 2012, another team (Heninger et al.) The kind of public key math most commonly used for most applications, including Martus, is called RSA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

How can we create standards of practice or at least shared language and framing? I wrote a quick reflection on some of the techniques used to facilitate the meeting. And it requires thinking above and beyond traditional organizational boundaries. What is the role of facilitators, consultants and intermediaries in these networks?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. ARC already has a training lab there that provides lifelong learning opportunities for older adults, many of whom speak languages other than English. Windows MultiPoint Server. Five refurbished LCD monitors.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2013

and was completely surprised at how African projects like MyDigitalBridge are getting low-cost Internet to low-income people in a mostly rural country. Its official language is English. I’m well acquainted with the big digital inclusion projects in the U.S. like Connect2Compete. An NGO with A National Mandate.

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NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2012

Yet we spend a lot of time trying to persuade people by focusing on the 5% rational brain with statistics, rational arguments and feature lists. Yet we spend a lot of time trying to persuade people by focusing on the 5% rational brain with statistics, rational arguments and feature lists. Almost all of them did.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

While many nonprofit professionals are digital immigrants , we’ve had 20 years now to learn the language and customs of the digital native world. There are 7 billion people on Earth and 5 billion of them have a mobile phone. Back in 2012 , I wrote why nonprofits must avoid the year-end online giving trap. It’s a trap!

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

We'll discuss best practices, platforms, cloud services and filesharing, how to edit together when you're not in the same place and how to agree on ways to tell your story when you may not be speaking the same language. In Brazil, David wrote and directed newscasts for CurrentTV. Thomas Grasty - Stroome.

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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. We did that in our survey, so we hope we sorted things out in regard to what cloud services people are actually using.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

What does it mean to live in a “social” world in 2012? C is for collaboration because this revolution enables people to organize themselves within companies and societies into loosely coupled teams to take on any kind of challenges — from designing a new product to taking down a government. O , he says, stands for open.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

Fast Forward to 2012. Several models also come with Symantec Norton Antivirus 2012 with system restore capabilities. The program is scheduled to launch in late 2012 or early 2013. In the first couple of years we distributed around 100 PCs per month. to scale up RCI in California. How Green Is Refurbished IT Equipment?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September; we've now had several months to consider the findings and talk to some of you about what you think. People are familiar with it and using it, at a minimum, in a lightweight way. In this post, I'll share our thoughts on what should be done next.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

I am certainly not the first to observe that the internet has the potential to reshape the way people find and support causes and charities. Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle. that touches on the subject.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 16, 2016

Foundations tend to reinvent the wheel rather than building upon others’ efforts, and are generally unaware of how to truly relate to the people and communities that they aim to serve. The language we use around defining missions and goals is unnecessarily convoluted.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Despite increasing commercialism, the holidays traditionally get people thinking about ways they can give—whether they’re wrapping gifts for loved ones or donating time and money to a cause they care about. Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 at the 92nd Street Y’s Belfer Center for Innovation and Social Impact in New York City.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 9, 2014

We went through a similar process in 2012, although with a slightly different group of agencies. And when it came to our agencies, they also pulled in the appropriate people to weigh in. So we added that as an option to the 2012 survey and it was the #1 option. For us, this meant working cross-functionally within our office.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

CON: can make people feel like second-class board members instead of equal leaders in the organization. In 2012, we tried creating an intercultural community advisory board called C3 (Creative Community Committee). People opted into the meetings where they had interest or expertise and ignored those where they didn''t.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

LinkedIn has a new feature where people can congratulate each other on work anniversaries. It has some of the same feel as the disconnected affection of people wishing you a happy birthday on Facebook, with professional reflection baked in. We have an incredible group of people working together at the MAH right now.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

In case you didn’t see, nonprofit click-through rates declined 16% in 2012.**. But since your goal is to get people to click-through to the next step, it’s a worthwhile test. Test the link language, placement, image vs. text, or link frequency. Next, try testing call-to-action links. There are likely many reasons for this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

We emailed this glossary document to attendees and also WhatsApp’d the PDF, bridging the language barrier between those putting out tech tools and those using those tools. Emails and messages were sent to NGOs, explaining the type of video we wanted, and people replied in two days via WhatsApp.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Since 2012, Educational Testing Service (ETS) has engaged Forum One to design and build more engaging, interactive reports to share the NAEP results, including the most recent 2022 Nation’s Report Cards for Mathematics and Reading , with data at the national, state, and district levels. This inspiring work took home two awards this year!

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Since 2012, Educational Testing Service (ETS) has engaged Forum One to design and build more engaging, interactive reports to share the NAEP results, including the most recent 2022 Nation’s Report Cards for Mathematics and Reading , with data at the national, state, and district levels. This inspiring work took home two awards this year!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

As they watched people interact with the prototype ATM, the team was able to actually see potential customers using the application, and could identify areas of improvement. The organization delivering services to people at risk and affected by trafficking, and integrates revenue streams into their service model.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

And I’m a man of the people. So in other words, philanthropy is shifting from the middle-class boomers to people like Mark Zuckerberg. For many of us, it’s new language. So the more trust both of those people feel in your process and your ability to accept their gift, the better. We are going to do this.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

According to Emarketer, the proportion of companies using dedicated blogs as a marketing channel—excluding blogs on social networks and microblogs such as Twitter—will rise to 39% in 2011 and to 43% by 2012. Use real language. Don’t talk over people’s heads. Post regularly. Talk in your normal voice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

We the People :: petitions.whitehouse.gov. We the People is an online petitioning service launched by the Obama Administration that enables U.S. It can also translate your messages in multiple languages. You can also view statistics about what time people voted and from what country. What The Trend :: whatthetrend.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

A directory of quotes by famous people, this websites list thousands of inspirational quotes useful for Tweeting and Facebook Status Updates. Part-website, part-smartphone app, this tool enables free group texting between small groups of people. BrainyQuote :: brainyquote.com. GroupMe :: groupme.com. Infogr.am :: infogr.am.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

And I’m a man of the people. So in other words, philanthropy is shifting from the middle-class boomers to people like Mark Zuckerberg. A big thing that I can’t stress enough and it was something that I had to do before I gave this webinar is becoming confident in your ability to talk about these different ways that people can give.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A directory of quotes by famous people, this websites list thousands of inspirational quotes useful for Tweeting and Facebook Status Updates. Part-website, part-smartphone app, this tool enables free group texting between small groups of people. They also offer their premium services for free through their Animoto for a Cause program.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2008

Compare the major campaigns and judge for yourself how (or if) they integrate social media tools to mobilize real people to action: www.barackobama.com , www.johnmccain.com , and www.votenader.org. eLECTIONS is an interesting example of civics for young people, updated from 2004. A couple of examples: [link] and ( [link] ).

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