Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This is similar to the success of projects like Restart Romania in which social activists got help to develop online tools to address corruption in high places, and also a national website for tracking medication shortages in Romania. The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Net2Local, TechSoup Global’s grassroots #nptech community-building initiative has almost reached the end of 2013. Our current crop of Ambassadors are based in Douala (Africa and French-speaking countries), Cambridge (UK and Europe), Wellington (Australia and New Zealand) and Guatemala City (Latin America and Spanish-speaking countries).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2015

" This is an emerging economic paradigm that promotes systems that help eradicate waste not just from manufacturing processes, but also throughout the life cycle of products and their components. Clic Vert is a significant international environmental and ICT for development project that is not well known outside of France and Africa.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

It was the last keynote of the day and it was a long day, so I improvised a movement exercise that involved some Samba movements to keep them engaged (see my post over at the Chronicle ). Now, I can’t wait for my international projects in 2013! Teens As Free Agents. ” Philantroteens. Un Foundation.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Luckily, TechSoup is here to help, with mobile-website creation tools and all the resources you need to plan and implement a solid mobile strategy. According to 2013 Pew research : 91% of American adults have a cell phone, 55% have a smartphone, and 42% own a tablet computer. TechSoup Donations are Here to Help! Over 15% of U.S.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2014

Since the fall of 2013 when Microsoft made its product donations available to 501(c)(3) faith-based organizations including churches, synagogues, and mosques lots of faith-based organizations have been discovering TechSoup. You can see how this works at the case study: How the ACCO Used Crowdfunding to Help Kids with Cancer.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

However, drones are also being used for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering aid, tracking environmental conditions, and helping out in disaster relief. In December 2013, drones from the NGO Direct Relief were put to work assessing damage and participating in search and rescue operations in the super typhoon Haiyan-stricken Philippines.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Josh: I was recently inspired by Kickstarter’s 2013 Year in Review , and I’ve had a lot of ideas related to their design. I also read up on a lot of web design blogs, which explain the things you might already be seeing but help identify what’s working and what’s not. WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO FEEL CREATIVE? Smashing Magazine.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends. Open Data in Africa. All that and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month. Now, here's the latest: Email. Click "Yes!"

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2014

Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. billion in 2013 and nonprofit fundraisers using crowdfunding platforms and techniques continues to explode (according to this infographic from Craig Newmark). Crowdfunding in general has raised more than 5.1 What could be better than that?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

These are events that pair up nonprofits with good ideas and volunteer techies who can help them realize them. Smartphone adoption in Africa is expected to roughly double in each of the next three years. TechSoup hosted one in September and our office in Warsaw, Fundacja TechSoup also hosted a hackathon this year.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Through adding accessibility features to ebooks that are critically needed by people with disabilities, and helpful to many other people, we envision a world where all commercial ebooks work effectively for the community we serve. This breakthrough instrument was negotiated in 2013 and has now been signed by over eighty countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

In 2014, it rang in the new year with a new series of its Internet data reports , which aggregate a range of statistics to help make some sense of what’s happening in terms of Internet usage around the globe. 2013: A Year in Social Media. Global Conversations. Benchmark Studies and Examples.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. American Nicaraguan Foundation :: @ ANF.

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