Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 13, 2019

It is this idea that propels the work of Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The one area where American Muslims give differently than, for example American Christians, is that the former give more toward civil rights organizations, similar to U.S.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. The rational for "seeing data as a state" rather than a donor in Africa to help answer policymakers questions is also explained.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Governments were slowly waking up to the emergency, creating organizations like the Global Fund, one of the largest global health partnerships on the planet, but companies were still fast asleep. At that time, (RED) spoke at length about investments in global health systems, the importance of antiretroviral drugs, and so on.

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

You’ll find their mission statements, creative fundraising examples , and how to connect with each of them below. The global COVID-19 pandemic didn’t slow the momentum one bit. million metric tons of electronic waste was produced globally in 2019 alone, but only 11.4 When Is Earth Day? percent gets recycled.

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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. Martín has worked tirelessly to disseminate the social innovations he has created in Paraguay throughout the world.

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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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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

Let me illustrate with an example I learned from Zambia: many medicines cannot be found in remote regions of Sub-Saharan Africa because of hard-to-solve bottlenecks in healthcare, such as poor infrastructure and logistics systems. A workaround doesn’t try to tackle these bottlenecks; it circumvents them instead.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

For example, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, the landscape resembles what many people consider a typical African savanna, with a few trees every hundred meters or so and brown grasslands in between. People need to know what is possible, and they need to see how it works in real life. We have to act now.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

And, everybody is working on something and usually is interested in several issues. Today was an example of this. In the morning, I attended a session put on by the Young Global Leaders with six interesting proposals. Each hour there’s something memorable.

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Forum One

MARCH 8, 2009

These are internet-related projects which we think are worthy of funding because they address important civic problems, they will catalyze important work by others, they are imminently scalable, and they are projects which the private sector lacks sufficient incentives to undertake. Project #1 Global Development Commons.

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Forum One

JUNE 18, 2009

A couple of weeks ago a group of Seattle global health data experts met at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute to continue a conversation we started earlier this year on global health data. The impact of donor expectations on data collection. We'll continue to explore that key question in a couple of months when we meet again.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

In February of 2011, TechSoup Global board member and founder of the nonprofit Samasource , Leila Chirayath Janah published a piece in TechCrunch that explores an unusual aspect of telework. In GreenTech we've explored how telework, or working remotely via the Internet, is good for the environment and will likely change the modern office.

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JULY 19, 2023

This guide to grants for nonprofits covers the basics of grants including types of grants, examples, where to find grants, and tips for grant writing. For example, Tyson Foods supplies grants for organizations that give back to their community, such as nonprofits that help provide food access.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had a few months to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. TechSoup Global's NGO cloud survey found plenty of contradictions and confusion about cloud computing. The global NGO average is 36%.

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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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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. I view it as an extension of my work at the Ford Foundation. McGruder is also the founder and president of Moms of Black Boys United and M.O.B.B.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. This week we learn about the Resilient Africa Network (RAN), which is helping African students use open data for disaster relief.

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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. Part of being “GlobalGiving” is making sure we’re helping members of our community literally give globally! The Big Question. GlobalGiving accepts donations in U.S. Why It Matters.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 6, 2015

Alongside Africa is a tiny nonprofit: half a dozen people generally working from their homes in the UK to support an even smaller handful based across Uganda. " Alongside Africa recently received a selection of Skype credit vouchers as a donation via Technology Trust , TechSoup Global's UK partner.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

But supporting a rapidly expanding global network of volunteers is difficult, so we've enlisted seven of our most engaged organizers to act as Regional Ambassadors. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa + Middle East. Mississauga, Ontario: Hustle Hour — Bring Your Work! Africa + Middle East.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2015

There are very few charities I've come across that are as wide-ranging in their tech-for-good work as our French TechSoup Global partner, Ateliers du Bocage (ADB). ADB works in and around what the Europeans call the "Circular Economy." ADB's work is in three main areas: Local. The Circular Economy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2012

It sounds like science fiction, but let me share a few examples I heard about at the conference. One example comes from, StethoCloud , which developed a solution to diagnose childhood pneumonia.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient, local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. The link need to be like so: Africa. Mississauga, Ontario: HUSTLE HOUR — Bring Your Work!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2006

Via Joitske , Nancy White , and Britt Bravo , I read about The African Mentoring Project , run by Ore Somolu from Nigeria and who I know from the Global s projects. The topic of virtual mentoring came up and Nancy shared these examples/resources. I saw this while I was busy mentoring for the Young Caucasus Women Blogging Project.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. The link need to be like so: Africa. Atrisco, New Mexico: Working Group and Help Desk: Bring Your Projects and Tech Challenges. Africa and Middle East.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Our breakthrough in the conception of Martus came in 2000, when I was looking to expand Benetech to new frontiers of social good beyond our origins—helping disabled people access books in what is now our Global Literacy program. He went on to become Benetech’s Vice President of Human Rights and led our human rights work for nine years.

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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. NetSquared is TechSoup's volunteer-driven global network of nonprofit technology workshops and networking events. Here in Uganda and Africa in general, governments do not provide for elderly people.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

What if that time could be spent fighting rainforest destruction and global warming or supporting other environmental and social causes? One example of gaming for good is the PETA Pokemon game, which seeks to raise awareness about lab animal testing. In a conventional game, like Monopoly for example, players earn money for themselves.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 18, 2011

—– Whether it’s political or personal, global or local, funded or a grassroots effort, organizations and communities are campaigning for change in many ways, all of the time. How are you using your story to engage people around the campaign specifically and your work as a whole? The next example, is 350.org

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 21, 2016

For example, nonprofits seeking to help cancer patients could use VR technology to help potential donors learn more about standard therapies for treating cancer or what it feels like to be diagnosed with such an illness. These are just three examples of how the nonprofit sector could use VR.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

That's why TechSoup supports a global network of tech trainers called NetSquared. The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa and Middle East. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa and Middle East. ## Europe and UK. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Asia and Pacific Rim.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. 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. Seattle, Washington: How to Pick a WordPress Plug-In / WordPress Work and Support Lab.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

Learning how to thrive in constant change isn't a "one-and-done" quick fix, because that's not how change works. For example, some people may really struggle to Run Slower, while others find it harder to Start with Trust.) For example, historically we've expected leaders to have "the answers." Walk the talk.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

These global leaders are coming from Uganda, Australia, London, and Florida. We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. 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. HTML EXAMPLE.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But did you know that our work is global? That's why TechSoup created NetSquared , our global network of volunteer-led Tech4Good meetups. That’s why we invited NetSquared organizers and ambassadors to participate in the TechSoup Africa and TechSoup Europe Summits. The link need to be like so: Africa.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2015

We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. 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. Kansas City, Missouri: What Works In Social Media and Email Marketing for Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

The link need to be like so: Africa. Africa and Middle East. TARGET END LINKS. ## Central and South America. ## North America. ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Atrisco, New Mexico: Working Group/Help Desk: Bring Your Projects and Tech Challenges. Africa and Middle East.

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