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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. The much-heralded wearable computing era arrived with a crop of smartwatches during 2013. A 2013 survey from The Millennial Impact. There are remedies. Smartwatches.

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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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. 4) What is your best piece of fundraising and online communication advice for Kenya NGOs when it comes to raising money through crowdfunding?

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Martín Burt’s Best Kept Secret

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He will serve in this position until Franco finishes his term in August 2013. It was a daring venture: Paraguay was then still under a military dictatorship and it was extremely difficult to advance social work. Fundación Paraguaya was the country’s first microfinance program and first development NGO. and Africa.

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If You Do Nothing Else, Use An Editorial Calendar and Measurement for Your Content Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. The LightBox Collaborative 2013 Editorial Calendar is here!

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Seeds for a Future Part 3: Creating a sustainable future

ASU Lodestar Center

“Our goal is to provide the community with a “sustainable” program.”. This may be the most overused and least accurate phrase we hear nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) utter in Guatemala. Those programs almost always need subsidy and if they do not, it may be fair to ask whether they serve the poor.).

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

Tech Soup

The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. Monthly giving programs in particular have seen explosive growth, with revenue growing by 43 percent. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. NPTech Online Fundraising Trends.

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Measurement Wisdom for Nonprofits from Bill Gates

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You have to measure accurately, as well as create an environment where problems can be discussed openly so you can effectively evaluate what’s working and what’s not.” Gates shares many examples from their work. The government is now working to develop better plans for the poorer performing regions.

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