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12 Demographic & Technology Trends Changing the Nonprofit Sector Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The good news is that global philanthropy is on the rise , but the challenges are great and NGOs will play a critical role in continuing to inspire the global community to give and volunteer. Source: Pew Research Center. 11) 45% of donors give to nonprofits, NGOs, and charities located outside of their country of residence.

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What Is Your Net2Local Group Cooking Up?

Tech Soup

Research Triangle Park, NC: Google for Nonprofits. Matt Jung and NGO 2.0 hosted our first NetSquared Camp in China. Denver, CO: Lighten Your Load with Online Tools. Victoria, Canada: Showing Up: Using Online Tools to Drive Real-World Actions. Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Monthly meetup. Wednesday, November 20. Thursday, November 21.

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Cheap and Cheerful Audience Analysis for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When I ask an NGO “who are you trying to engage with?”, You can, however, engage in some poor man’s demographic and psychographic research. You can’t use this tactic in China, for example, where Facebook (and Twitter, among other social media channels) is blocked. Imagining Supporters with User Stories.

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Conquering a Cruel Continent for a Cause

Tech Soup

The Gobi Desert in China (the windiest desert on earth). His first race was dedicated to raising money for the Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT). According to Greenpeace's research , air pollution from Eskom's coal-fired power plants is currently causing an estimated 2,200 premature deaths a year in South Africa.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Someone tagged the NGO-in-a-Box with nptech just today. Social Media and Nonprofits Anshe Chung Studios in China has been quietly building a Second Life space, managed by TechSoup, for non-profits. NTEN blog points us to Code for Change this Summer , an opportunity for those with drupal skills to put them to good use. Paul Lamb might.

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

And these are all very complicated topics sometimes, and so I started researching ways in which communication can help us explain very complex topics in very simple ways. I mean, this is an example that I’ve also faced is right now I work with a lot of organizations in China, for example, and China doesn’t have social media.

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Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Hogwash! - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

And as Forest Ethics found when researching the anti-junk-mail campaign cited in the article Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit? , While direct mail may be declining in some markets since its heyday in the 90s it is still an effective form of direct communication to raise funds and the NGO brand. My 2 cents.

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