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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , there are 6,500+ NGOs registered with the NGOs Coordination Board in Kenya. This is because the process to open a bank account is very tedious in comparison to getting a sim card and adding cash through a local M-Pesa agent. 78% of donors in Kenya volunteer.

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Two Crucial Themes from the GDPR Featuring in US-Privacy Legislation

Connection Cafe

The Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal broke, spawning nearly a dozen investigations by international and US regulators over Facebook’s data practices. These events all pale in comparison, though, to the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) in the European Union. The New York Privacy Act (S.5642,

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

With the rise of MySpace and Facebook , it will only be a matter of time before there are Facebook consultants who can develop and implement a comprehensive Facebook strategy for organizations and campaigns. Will there be conferences for Orkut experts to exchange best practices?

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

With the rise of MySpace and Facebook , it will only be a matter of time before there are Facebook consultants who can develop and implement a comprehensive Facebook strategy for organizations and campaigns. Will there be conferences for Orkut experts to exchange best practices?

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Donor Management: The Ultimate Guide

Neon CRM

Fundraising Donor Management Software Comparison: What’s Right for Your Nonprofit? No money (or time) is changing hands yet; this step includes actions like responding to your latest Facebook post or signing up for your newsletter. 7 min read Read Now 2. After all, this is where the real relationship-building begins.

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It includes international trade and development, security, micro-finance, LBGT rights, renewable energy advocacy, water policy, security, human rights for indigenous people, terrorism financing, refugee protection policies and rights, law enforcement, trafficking, peace in conflict areas, and poverty reduction.

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How to Protect Yourself from the New ISP Law

Tech Soup

On April 3, 2017, President Trump signed into law a bill that compromises consumers ' Internet privacy. What Is the New Law? The new law not only overturns those rules, but it prevents the FCC from introducing similar privacy protection laws in the future. There has been much controversy over this bill.

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