Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

By Michelle Chen , an independent scholar who recently graduated with a PhD in mass communications with a focus on advocacy, activism and social change. Stories also need to connect, inspire and motivate people to act. People want to know and see the impact of their donations. Millennials are the largest generation in the U.S.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

We are committed to actively advocating for clear and consistent science-based climate policies that facilitate a just and equitable global transition to a 1.5°C org is an international movement of people working to end the age of fossil fuels and build a world of community-led renewable energy for all.

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Candid

DECEMBER 10, 2021

government effort to deliver at least 40 percent of the benefits from federal investments in climate and clean energy to disadvantaged communities; $51 million in support of land restoration in the United States and Africa; and $1.5 Grants totaling $23.5 million in support of tracking and monitoring efforts. public health system.

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

As a people, we have to tell our own story.” – Evans Okinyi, CEO, East Africa Philanthropy Network Coming from a family of storytellers and strong matriarchs, I was interested in “Black (Women’s) Power: Our Voices.” There were many activities lined up that were centered around Black joy.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 29, 2014

Last week, I learned that ninety-six elephants are killed every day in Africa. I would guess that most people have no idea that this work is happening at zoos. I had a vague sense of how conservation fit into their educational missions, but I didn''t realize the extent of the direct advocacy and activism happening every day.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2016

Nearly one in three (31.5%) people worldwide donated to charity in 2015 and one in four (24%) volunteered. 40% are active on Instagram. They are regularly active on 2.8 And email ROI and online giving is up, up, up! Source: CAF World Giving Index 2015. billion, or 33% of the world population. 83% have a Twitter Profile.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 17, 2013

A citizen of Paraguay, he is the founder of Fundación Paraguaya , a financially self-sustaining social enterprise that promotes entrepreneurs in Paraguay and Africa through microcredit and entrepreneurship education. and Africa.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

I’m not one to jump into a freezing cold lake, but I know plenty of people who are thrill-seekers and adventurers who would love to have a polar plunge checked off their list. Yes, people will jump into ice cold water for your cause! One of the best parts is that it’s an activity that can be held while socially distanced.

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Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Although Maher doesn’t detail new recruitment strategies in her interview with Wood, she does say “there are a number of people across the Wikimedia community and groups that are actively oriented to writing women into history.” The website also highlights a plan to “ increase contributor diversity. ”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Yes, I could have used an online giving portal, but like most people, my smartphone is becoming central to my personal economics. Africa Wildlife Foundation. Six of the 32 nonprofits (19%) included the option to make an honor/tribute gift within their donation form. Sixteen of the 32 nonprofits (50%) had a one-page donation form.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

We need to show people what is possible. Many people don’t even know that a landscape is degraded, because for them, it’s always looked like that. People need to know what is possible, and they need to see how it works in real life. But if you go back 150 years, it was a densely thicketed forest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2012

Over the next two weeks, I will be sharing what I learn about the connections of networks, networked approaches, and social media for Women’s Rights NGOs in Africa. I took a deep dive with Twitter to discover where African women are tweeting after seeing this report, “ How Africa Tweets ” and focused in on Rwanda.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 1, 2016

Whatever the power of search engines or social networks, it’s really the smartphone that is the most incredible tool for tracking our every move and activity. When we called an LGBT organization in Africa last year for a regular check-in, we found that they took the call from the back yard of their offices. Who they love.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2012

While they are not the slick, product-placement-type images prevalent on Pinterest’s lifestyle boards, they are unique and compelling shots from the field, images that allow viewers to meet the real people Camfed supports and partners with, and see where they live, work and learn. Please share your thoughts!

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

The outdoors became our main source of activity and entertainment, reminding us that we’re surrounded by life even in isolation. Organization Mission: SF Parks Alliance champions, transforms, and activates parks and public spaces as the only 501(c)3 citywide nonprofit dedicated to this work in San Francisco. SF Parks Alliance.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Uganda is no different except for one thing: its amazing NetSquared Regional Ambassador for East Africa, Robert Kibaya. As an unpaid volunteer, he organizes NetSquared in-person events where people from NGOs from all over the region come to talk shop and help each other. We have people who come from NGOs such as the Cape of Good Hope.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The Marrakesh Treaty was signed last year, and now the efforts are ramping up to ratify and implement the Treaty, with the goal of helping overcome the book famine faced by people with print disabilities. Imagine a library for people with disabilities where you can’t have a book on your shelves if a patron could buy the book in that format.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Now we’re going to look at the next step, and what some people might consider why any volunteer is really there: getting the volunteer up to speed on their specific role, and duties within that role. If it’s possible to introduce people from these areas, all the better. There are a couple of ways of addressing this.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

TechSoup Global's vice president for Africa David Barnard did. David Barnard has completed six of these grueling races: The Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa (its name is derived from a Tswana word meaning "the great thirst"). But then you'd have to get up the next day and run another 25 miles (or more).

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Achieve

MAY 21, 2017

That is, once they’ve cultivated a new donor, they spend a considerable amount of time and effort attempting to persuade that donor to volunteer or participate in some kind of hands-on activity at their headquarters or at an off-site location where the donor can experience their work firsthand. Because people are busy. Sound familiar?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

FT.com / Weekend columnists / Tim Harford – Perhaps microfinance isn’t such a big deal after all – "Last December, I showed some unwitting prescience by worrying about a backlash against microfinance, the practice of providing small loans – or perhaps savings products or insurance – to poor people.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Today, people of color and low-income communities are more likely to be impacted by natural disasters, live close to hazardous waste, and die of environmental causes.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 10, 2013

Sadly, slacktivism – actions performed via the Internet in support of a political or social cause but regarded as requiring little time or involvement ( courtesy of the Oxford Dictionary ) – is the popular avenue of support when it comes to contemporary activism. Because people were only engaged momentarily. But does that really help?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2012

The four-day workshop covered effective practices of networked ngos, including culture change, integrated social media strategy, and tactics. I worked with a group of eight organizations with two staff people from each. So, I’m very interested in this topic and will have a lot more to say once I recover from jet lag.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

NetSquared holds free or low-cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. The link need to be like so: Africa. TARGET END LINKS ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

people over the next three years. supporting young people is falling behind. In Latin America, more young people. North Africa who have university degrees, but they are more likely to be unemployed than their less-educated peers due to the realities of the. We've created Microsoft. outcome is the same everywhere.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Organization Size: Approximately 70 DC/stateside employees; more than 100 field staff employees in eight countries in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. We currently have nearly 50,000 Facebook fans and posting there helps us reach the most people, though the focus of how we’re using Facebook is changing (more on that below).

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Some people think virtual reality could revolutionize the film industry in less than a decade. Many people are under the impression climate change won’t cause problems in their lifetimes, so they don’t feel compelled to take action to stop it. Make People More Empathetic. Highlight the Severity of a Problem.

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Global Giving

MARCH 7, 2019

dollars and British pounds, and donors in India and East Africa can contribute in their local currencies via our partnerships with ImpactGuru and M-Changa. The end of the year is usually when we have the most activity on the site and, therefore, we’ll reach a large sample size faster. The Big Question.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

More than 20 NetSquared-affiliated organizers will be at the conference — look for the people wearing NetSquared pins. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa and the Middle East. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

and have a reason to hang out with other cool people! The link need to be like so: Africa. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Los Angeles, California: Using Technology in Local Activism. If you're interested, apply now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2015

Last month, I was lucky enough to receive an advanced copy of Ben Parr’s new book, Captivology : The Science of Capturing People’s Attention that is packed with research, insights, and tips about how to capture your audience’s attention. Disruption: Violates people’s expectations to change what they pay attention to.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 13, 2008

years, I have been working extremely hard to build an organization from scratch that makes it really easy for people to find and share opportunities to make a difference. I started 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa with the simple goal of working fulltime on Social Actions by July 1st. fundraising campaign started: For the last 2.5

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2013

If you're not active on the technology your community is using, how can you reach them? At the same time, smartphone cameras are getting better and better and more people are using them as their primary picture-taking gadget. But nonprofits should still keep tabs on movement in mobile as it is shaping workplace technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2011

When Cancer Council SA (that’s South Australia, not South Africa) started the Ambassador Project as an experiment in revitalizing volunteerism and community fundraising , jumping in to the social media pond was not even on the agenda. We’re never going to regularly connect people face-to-face … but we can connect digitally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

On Tuesday, right before the KONY video exploded on the mainstreams and went viral online, my 6th grade son came home from school and announced, ”Did you know that there are more people on Facebook today compared to the number of people on the planet ten years ago? I immediately asked him how do you know that?

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Care2

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Nonprofits and their staff will learn to engage a community, develop a blog strategy, define key metrics, scale up activities and sustain projects via the latest tools. Within weeks, and at minimal cost, more than 2,000 people had signed up to support the campaign.

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