Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Focus on building relationships first, fundraising is different to begging, you must offer value to the person giving. In 2015 he moved to Kenya, working to advance microfinance efficiency through technology. Seeing the limitations of microfinance, Matt sought alternative financial solutions to improve financial access across Africa.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

An online fundraising campaign is different than a simple online fundraiser. There are lots of different reasons to run an online campaign. In other words, don’t throw this together at the last minute and expect it to work! Interest Keepers: Post photos and videos of your work in action throughout your campaign.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Then, create a crowdfunding site for your campaign and get to work sharing it with your networks. One example is Innovation: Africa ‘s ongoing iCampaign. Innovation: Africa makes it easier than ever for fundraisers to sign up and get started. Innovation: Africa’s Fundraiser Signup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

I love connecting with nonprofit technology colleagues who are also promoting work/life balance and how to avoid digital distractions. Here’s what I learned: How did you get started working in the nonprofit sector? However, now I’m bringing a new tool to my work in the form of mindfulness.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit the American Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit that works to defend the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

From people in Latin America who face severe water scarcity to at-risk human rights defenders and students with disabilities, our users and their families are the ones who best convey the impact of our work. As we look forward to 2015, we recognize that much work remains to be done, and we definitely need your continued support.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

labor force today and they have greatly different media patterns, behaviors and habits compared to their parents. Creating a sense of urgency also works well for a matching gifts campaign or when showing a donation progress bar with a countdown timer to when a fundraising campaign ends. It’s time to decide.”.

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Candid

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Frank, on the contrary, came from a struggling, working-class, immigrant family in Brooklyn, reached unimaginable heights in his career, but never forgot from where he came. I was hired to work for Ford Foundation in 1991 as a program officer in Brazil, when Frank was still President.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

For the past ten days, I’ve been in Rwanda, Africa. The group will working together over the next three years, meeting regularly face-to-face in the different countries as well as work together online.

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

While applying to grants can be time consuming, they offer plenty of benefits to nonprofits, such as more awareness for your organization and a positive reputation for the work you do on top of the financial benefits. You’re more likely to receive funding if the purpose of the grant aligns with the work you’re doing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

He worked at Cern or the UN at the time and everyone wanted to view his public FTP folder - after all it was the "secret" folder.). As the Web started to explode in 1995ish, I remember the dance links getting so plentiful that I started to organize volunteers who could self-organize different sections on their servers. (I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2012

I’m honored to be working on some social media capacity projects to assist NGOs that are supporting women’s issues – from a learning exchange for Packard Foundation Grantees in Pakistan to a Women’s Leadership Network in Africa to the e-mediat that is working with many NGOs that support women and girls in the Arab World.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. What was last year’s celebration like and how do you think it’ll be different this year? What are you up to right now in Africa?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Avi is just back from Tanzania where he and other Epic Change team members were working with the students in the classroom built with last year’s TweetsGiving proceeds. What was last year’s celebration like and how do you think it’ll be different this year? What are you up to right now in Africa?

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Interview Tanzania Change Africa 108

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Customers in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) can read more about our fundraising solutions specific to their regions to get started. Andrea Goezinne is an EMEA product marketing manager at Salesforce.org and has spent the last 10 years working with hundreds of nonprofits to grow their fundraising.

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

McGruder, the Ford Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer, oversees Ford’s global operations and finances for its offices in New York, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. United for Social Change, sister organizations working to positively influence how black boys and men are perceived and treated by law enforcement and in society.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

We know technology alone won’t solve these issues alone, but we think it can help those who are working to address the issue amplify their impact. For the last 20+ years, she has worked in management with and for nonprofit organizations. Meet Our Salesforce.org Impact Lab Climate Action Experts. Clayton Aldern.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. To this point, your work with your volunteers is all procedural. Complete the paperwork.

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Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Health crises such as the recent outbreak of coronavirus add a heightened level of urgency to the work that Wikipedia does on a daily basis, and so Marketplace ’s Molly Wood sat down with Katherine Maher, chief executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation , to talk about the challenges of misinformation and the future. CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

From famine in Africa to war in the Middle East to global economic collapse, people are increasingly becoming overwhelmed by all the tweets, status updates, photos, and videos of gloom, doom, and despair. If your nonprofit works in disaster relief, share a story of survival. Engaging them just makes it worse. 3) Social media burnout.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit the American Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit that works to defend the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Proceeds benefit Amnesty International, a nonprofit that works for the human rights of all people – no matter who they are or where they are.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

Note: This article will focus on international development from my perspective working in an African country, although the questions raised are pertinent to any “developed” country or continent’s relationship to a “developing” region. I worked with a locally founded (and inspiring!)

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

The Ambassadors are senior NetSquared leaders who offer their support to other organizers in their country or region, allowing us to serve members in different time zones and in languages other than English. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa + Middle East. Mississauga, Ontario: Hustle Hour — Bring Your Work!

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

Earth Day is a great time to support these initiatives, in addition to the year-round work that nonprofit organizations commit their mission to achieve for us all. CELI does this work by equipping emerging leaders and professionals with the skills and expertise to lead the transition to a clean energy economy. Connect with CELI: .

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

And while there’s nothing wrong with your standard fundraiser, sometimes it’s fun to do something a bit different. Plus, speaking as a fundraising professional, I know how nice it is to do something new and different every once in a while. You’ve most likely already done some form of live streaming in your work in the past year or two.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The nexus for this work is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations agency that deals with such matters. WIPO has a mandate from its member states, and is working to address the need to change laws and get more accessible books flowing. law works: the one that made Bookshare possible.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The more people know about the organization they’re contributing to and how those organizations are making a difference in the community, the more likely they’ll be willing and excited participants at future events! If you’re trying to get people excited about helping kids in Africa go to school, show photos of smiling kids!

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Foundations in the United States focus their funding priorities on many different issues. Grant research tip : As you look over the list and peruse potential funders, take notes of those who best align with your work. By keeping a sharp focus on education and work, they hope to bring lasting economic benefits to communities worldwide.

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Achieve

MAY 28, 2014

We want to make a big difference, and we want to do it now. Through this pursuit (and I’ll spare you all the details), we learned that a simple skill we had could actually mean a world of difference for others. You have to travel to Africa to do it. We are young, we are passionate, and we want to live our lives with purpose.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 26, 2017

One of them was Vincent Law who is doing interesting work with teaching young children about giving and philanthropy. Different culture has different understanding of philanthropy and we use different words to represent various aspects of the concept. In most cultures, philanthropy existed a long time ago.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2017

Well, tech planning is really no different than how you plan your summer vacation. "It [the course] worked well for me. Note that this account will be different from your TechSoup.org login. We're working to bring you some great courses to increase your tech confidence one TechSoup course at a time.

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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. My organization, Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organization , is devoted to humanitarian work. Here in Uganda and Africa in general, governments do not provide for elderly people.

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2013

Sometimes the day-to-day work at a nonprofit can make you feel worlds apart from the fast-moving mobile tech industry. Tablets now come in all different shapes, sizes, and operating systems. Microsoft's Windows 8 tablets are made by different manufacturers, like Asus and Lenovo, that have put their own spin on the tablet design.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

What Are the Different Types of Corporate Giving? Did you know that actively disengaged employees cost the organizations they work for $483-$605 billion per year ? What Are the Different Types of Corporate Giving? As a result, these organizations can gain new connections with like-minded businesses and expand their networks.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

I have led Martus outreach and training for the past 4 years and worked with human rights defenders all over the world, but because of the project-specific nature of our work, I interact with each of our partners separately.

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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. This may make sense in strictly education institutions, but it is ridiculous to stop there in organizations that are already engaged in activist work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Note from Beth: As a supporter of the work that the Sharing Foundation does for children in Cambodia, I’ve seen first hand the value of literacy programs in developing countries. Over the past year, one of the ways we’ve been working to be a force for good in the world is through our partnership with Room to Read.

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