Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 25, 2016

In time, Snapcash may be used for fundraising, but for now it’s all about being an early adopter. United Nations . 5 Must-Add Government and Publisher Snapchat Accounts . National Geographic . Is your nonprofit considering experimenting with Snapchat? snapchat.com/add/unitednations. Service Works. FOUR PAWS .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

This webinar was presented on December 19 to more than 1,900 nonprofit staff worldwide and focused on what’s new and next in online communications and fundraising to help nonprofits prepare for the future and embrace being an early adopter. In 2017, early adopter nonprofits began launching Amazon Skills. will become a minority by 2045.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Tammy Knapp, CFO of National Math and Science Initiative , says, “I want people to understand the rationale, because then they can join us on this journey where we’re trying to improve what we’re doing.” 2 CFR 200 Part 200) for government grants is extensive and can be intimidating. Adopt a robust fund accounting system.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

On June 1, programmers, activists, and civic leaders participated in the first ever National Day of Civic Hacking (NDoCH) across 83 U.S. The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. Image 1: National Day of Civic Hacking, IntelFreePress.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

With AI showing up as a wonder tool in nearly every platform we use, it’s no surprise that every industry, every business unit is suddenly racing to adopt AI. Fortunately, there are several frameworks for trustworthy AI, such as those from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Responsible AI framework from fundraising.ai.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

Now that the United Nations Millennium Development Goals have expired and in some ways, have succeeded surprisingly well , the UN has developed a new set of even more ambitious goals. Governments, foundations, and charities learned a good deal from working to implement the previous UN goals. I'll say more about that below.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Last year, the murder of George Floyd sparked a national reckoning with systemic racism and an outpouring of support for communities of color as companies made commitments to Black Lives Matter. 95% of Black Americans agree that companies should promote racial equity in the workplace , but 83% said companies have more work to do.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

As luck would have it, a Congressional delegation was also on hand and, upon seeing the dogs and learning of the work, asked if the program could be brought to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Our hope,” said Jen, “is that other service dog organizations will consider and adopt this approach.”.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

Adopt Radical Empathy with Terri Givens. Craig Foster, a former Australia National Football Team captain who played 29 times for Australia, led an international campaign to free a young Bahraini footballer and refugee, Hakeem al-Araibi, from a Thai prison. Jolene Chan, Michelle Malpass, Traction on Demand.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Unesco has a paper and a call to action for international and national policies and regulatory frameworks to ensure that artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies benefit humanity as a whole. Since many NGOs are just not far along on their digital transformation journey , the bar for AI adoption is fairly high.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Respondents were from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, the Netherlands and Nordic nations (Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland). Governing bodies studied by BoardSource in 2019 included a higher percentage of people of color than the previous study — 22% in 2019 versus 16% in 2017. First up is finances.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 5, 2013

Benetech and Bookshare will continue working with coalition partners, like the National Federation of the Blind and the American Council of the Blind, to determine the best path forward to ratification here in the United States. We have a treaty…and it’s great! Thank you to everybody who helped to make the treaty possible!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 24, 2009

To learn more about the Fund, I attended a panel called Social Innovation: Harnessing What Works to Address Critical National Challenges at the 2009 National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Barriers to entry: The government prescribes a lot of requirements (i.e.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The international legal landscape for people with these disabilities dramatically changed on June 28, 2013, when the World Intellectual Property Organization adopted the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled. delegation signing the treaty.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

These early adopters understood the need to explore opportunities outside of conventional funding sources to achieve financing needed to scale their work and increase their impact on communities. For these organizations, the balance of “money and mission” offered by social enterprise approaches was a promise fulfilled.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 10, 2009

Introducing the National Talent Bank - The National Talent Bank is an idea proposed by the Council on Social Action. Fission Strategy | Fast Company - Based on recent studies about Internet and communication technology use or adoption, the Digital Divide doesn't seem to necessarily be disappearing.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Social networks and social media has busted out of the marketing communications and fundraising silos and changing the way nonprofits deliver programs, manage, and even govern. governing through networks. Staff started to see the value in social media and it led to adoption of tools. Register Now! —— [link].

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2019

In 2015 all the United Nations member states adopted the impact measurement framework which consists of 17 broad goals, 169 targets and, currently, 232 indicators. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are “the world’s best plan to build a better world for people and our planet by 2030” according to the United Nations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

First, it makes creating a national domestic copyright exception an obligation of countries that ratify the Treaty. It’s a nonprofit or government agency that makes accessible copies of Works, and limits distribution of those copies to people with bona fide disabilities, the “Beneficiary Persons,” defined in the next article.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

They started by using technology to connect data across their 4,900 Club locations so that national leaders could gain a real-time view into members’ needs and preferences. . They shared valuable insights that addressed the many challenges nonprofits are facing around smart tech adoption, content strategy, change management, and leadership.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Further, Occupy has put pressure on the government to better regulate corporations and banks. I have to agree with his assessment: "The classical theorists gradually adopted the math and some of the terminology of science. Second, spur economic growth by investing in infrastructure and creating jobs.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Further, Occupy has put pressure on the government to better regulate corporations and banks. I have to agree with his assessment: "The classical theorists gradually adopted the math and some of the terminology of science. Second, spur economic growth by investing in infrastructure and creating jobs.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Blackfoot people are from four First Nations: Siksika, Kainai, Apatohsipiikani, and Ammskaapipiikani (Piikani). Together, the four nations call themselves the Niitsitapi, the Real People. They had to develop protocols for how they would adopt, revive, and recirculate the bundles in the community. But the gamble worked.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Brazil is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, but the cost of broadband Internet is hobbling cloud adoption in the region. We discussed cloud adoption in Brazil's NGO sector with Valter Cegal of TechSoup Brasil. Needless to say, the expense of Internet affects cloud adoption.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

Counterproposals have been made, governments have been engaging with rights holders, consumers and NGOs (or not!) Government delegation, as a next step possibility. They would be binding international law if negotiated and adopted, stating that all countries should have an exception for the print disabled. law today. •

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

The event's purpose was to join industry and government in putting into action some of the precepts developed at the 2012 United Nation’s Pan-African Forum on E-Waste in Nairobi, Kenya. To identify industry leaders in Africa willing to be early adopters of international standards. Images courtesy of Caroline Bowley.

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.orgSource

APRIL 10, 2023

But good governance shouldn’t be comfortable. Some associations put power behind those words by quickly adopting strategies to expand gender, racial, cultural, demographic, and age distribution within their memberships as well as their leadership. The boardroom is the last place where CEOs want to rock the boat.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2015

Only the opportunity I am now pursuing at Open Primaries to reform our political system could draw me away, because I know that nonprofits need a stronger partner in government in order to succeed. There is a reason that nonprofits carve out this “third space” – apart from the pursuit of profit and apart from government.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

As Jeremiah points out, we are entering the next phase where robots, drones, bots, AI, and self-driving cars will have widespread adoption. NGOs, activists, and even governments have used bots to automate positive social change activities: Pregnancy and newborn care education. Grassroots organizing. Poverty Reduction.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

This is a communique on the current state of cloud adoption in India from Prashant Pandit and Pooja Jayna from TechSoup Global's, NASSCOM Foundation BIGTech Program , which is an NGO committed to building ICT capacity in civil society in India. It is one of the BRIC nations with its economy growing at 8% annually.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

In the absence of social media compliance and regulatory standards, social networking technologies face increased scrutiny in both the government and commercial sectors. While many government leaders and corporate executives recognize the ability for social media to enable organizations to ?tap tap into the vast amounts of knowledge ?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Nonprofits are adopting telework faster than most other types of organizations, including commercial companies. During the polar vortex winter 2014, telework has done some unexpected things like keeping federal government services open for business during one of the really bad snow storms. Tablet adoption is very brisk.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Since its adoption at the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, the Declaration has become a universal standard for the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide. This analysis is now helping to reframe how sexual violence is studied and understood by groups in Colombia and by the United Nations.

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Forum One

JANUARY 22, 2009

The promise of the knowledge economy has attracted the interest of national governments both in advanced industries and developing economies. In our work these days with non-profits and large government agencies alike, changing the culture within is often harder than any technical implementation. Lots to learn here!

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

The National Digital Inclusion Alliance. The National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) is a new U.S. federal government action toward broadband adoption , like the proposed Lifeline broadband expansion. nonprofit organizing effort advocating for U.S.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

century skills have been adopted throughout the Common Core State Standards Initiative by 45 states as of November 2012. Year Up, another national nonprofit, teachers business skills, tech training, and provides job connections to urban youth. And what if government agencies and corporations better supported these efforts?

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