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. A giving portfolio app is definitely an app whose time has come and interestingly enough while writing this post, a new app called Givolio appeared in my Twitter feed that plans to launch this fall.

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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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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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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2010

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Stories about the impact that a nonprofit has on people’s lives can engage, recruit and solidify donors and members. " Check it out!

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Also, by involving people in the early stages, they will feel more connected to the project, and likely repeat their support and advocacy.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2009

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. ' Open Source Is Dead!

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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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

Mostly, because I get to read blogs by people that aren’t on my list of feeds I read regularly. There is an interesting case study of the marketing of Tampax and Africa on the Cause Related Marketing Blog. And I get to highlight the work of some of my favorite bloggers, too.

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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 Big Question. GlobalGiving accepts donations in U.S. Still, there are plenty of major currencies we don’t offer yet. We ran our test from late October 2018 through late January 2019.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

It’s become challenging to stand out from the crowd and build new relationships with people who are able to keep supporting a charity for a long time. Nowadays, some people say they donate in order to make an impact in somebody’s life. For example, $10 equals 1 book for a school, or $5 feeds a starving kid in Eastern Africa for a day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Twitter lists are very easy to create - so you can expect to see many people making Twitter lists and maybe even some large directories of Twitter lists. For example, I was looking for a list of Twitter users from Africa - and after some conversation with Kabissa on Twitter, I found their lists. And, that has to be done manually.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2010

We are rushing an emergency team to them to care for, feed and protect them. The fact that we have a global team means that we have been able to offer round the clock support, with the Africa-based team taking over when the US-based team goes to sleep and vice versa. Many of them are HIV+. Two are handicapped and can not walk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

I was seeking a way to combine my interest in technology and helping people. For example, with email, I think many people check it reflexively because of their device notifications, boredom, or having the false notion that busyness (e.g. So I tell people that you can do it all and you can have it all. Is it doing anything well?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2007

In reading through this amazing outpouring of posts, people have been very transparent if they are nominating their own project as well as their criteria and evaluation thought process. Six Proposals That Impact Civil Society in Africa looked at the six Net2 attributes and africa location. Here's Steve Wright modeling his ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

After studying irrigation and soil and water conservation, which pays attention to the interface between social systems and irrigation technology in developing countries, she worked for ten years in Africa. " She has worked in Africa as a trainer and later as an organisational advisor. t have a clue." and that???s Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Despite numerous dedicated efforts to end this crisis, Darfuri people are still suffering and struggling to survive. Just Africa. In addition, it puts a story in your needs feed. Here's the call to action from the web site. The bloggers kit also provides links to key bloggers on the topic: Chasing The Flame. Darfur Voices.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

And one of the things I like about the feasibility study is that if you’re discussing your project with the right people, it actually warms the donor and the community to your project before the beginning of your solicitation process. But Phil openly admits, “You know, our core competency is planning churches and feeding children.”

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2009

Sunday, I decided not to add them to the total – I did not count churches, but did count faith-based organizations, like the Mobile Loaves and Fishes truck feeding the homeless near a downtown park. One, I think it is important that people realize the impact of nonprofits on the community. ” “So what?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

comprising the people most likely to give and raise additional money." The research, he says, "made us realize people don't know what these wretched things called relationships are -- and that helps explain why we're so bad at them." NpTech Global Kabissa joins Aid for Africa for the third year running!

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

The most important way for people to collaborate is face to face, so we have a number of ways that we convene women who are doing this work on various different levels. For example, some of our women in Africa and India are interested in taking the ideas and the best practices that came out of this training into their regions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2008

KickStart is a nonprofit that develops and markets new technologies in Africa that help local entrepreneurs to establish small businesses. As we've heard, something like 18% of the people in the world live on less than $1 a day, and a much bigger percentage live on less than $2 a day. Britt Bravo:What is KickStart doing?

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Getting answers from real people: Digital platforms allow users to find and interact with people who have similar work needs and get answers to their questions from real people. Provide services: Services that people or organizations can themselves repackage and tailor to their own needs can be provided via digital platforms.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

” While were on the subject of email there are some new services that do automated email sorting and triage to help people cope with email overload. Open Data in Africa. The African Development Bank has developed an Open Data for Africa online platform that is now available across the entire continent. Click "Yes!"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

Building an Everyone a Changemaker™ world is a very different mission from simply looking for the world’s elite social entrepreneurs, it involves using the stories and examples of these entrepreneurs to inspire people to action, sharing lessons learned across our networks and opening up the innovation process to more people.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 11, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). One of the worst humanitarian crises continues to escalate in the Horn of Africa, where famine, war and drought are threatening 13M+ people.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Summer 2009 Our growth over the last year has been so phenomenal that I wanted to use this summer update to highlight some of the great people working for Benetech: our interns, summer associates and fellows. In her spare time, she updates her Twitter and Facebook feeds and engages with her Kindle, iPod and other assorted tech toys.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

So it’s for the people, by the people, is kind of the mantra here. . How do we do it in a way that feels inclusive, that people are heard, and that we can make decisions and not be overwhelmed by the process? So I know some people are raising their hand because this is a webinar with hundreds of people on it.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Photos of people are particularly compelling, so gather pictures of volunteers, beneficiaries, and community members. Stories that convey impact Your nonprofit’s blog is your chance to tell your organization’s story , which is really the story of the people, animals, or places you help.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2021

Yes, I will feed hungry children, yes, I will cure a terrible disease, yes, I will save animals, the environment – yes, I will save the planet! It’s wrong because of what marketing guru Seth Godin calls the prospective donors you’re trying to attract – “ lazy people in a hurry. Ah, the new donor. A relationship rife with possibility.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

It also raised money for famine relief in Africa. For each (free) download of Peter Buffett's Christmas album, Star of Wonder , Amie Street and The Robin Hood Foundation will donate enough money to feed 15 people through The Food Bank of New York. Profits from the record raised money for famine relief in Ethiopia.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Harvard lecturer and activist Marshall Ganz says people are rooted in their values and interests, rather than particular issues. We understand other people when we can relate to them, and the best way to relate is to know how we are similar, how our deep-seated personal values align. Storytelling can be a powerful tool for good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2009

He is a genius at connecting evaluation to other people's contexts. We tend to think that great social change is the province of heroes – an intimidating view of reality that keeps ordinary people on the couch. Gourma is in Africa. Here's their creation story: A group of people like Adam and Eve were there in the beginning.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2021

For the past 26 years, she has contributed organizational and individual value as a thought leader, manager, author, mentor, coach and consultant throughout the United States, and in selected projects in Africa and Central America. Ask them if they’d be willing to let other like-minded people to know about your nonprofit and its programs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

including finding a small group of people to support you in your process. Its main purpose is to help people really get engaged on the ground in social change. We do that through a model of living room circles, circles in cafes, and circles in yoga studios It's a place for people to actually plug in and get trained to be leaders.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 22, 2021

Calculate the number of people served over a specific period of time or program to compare different outreach efforts and to see how your impact grows. To know your impact, you need to find out how many people your organization has reached. That way, they have a tangible number on how many people they have reached from their gift.

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Online social networks in general? Cause marketing? We have more work to do in this area.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" Online social networks in general? Cause marketing? We have more work to do in this area.

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