Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had more time to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. What Are the Biggest Barriers to More Widespread NGO Migration to the Cloud? Find the first and second post in this series online.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Until now, the social sector hasn't had this basic building block for an information system. Publicly launching earlier this month, BRIDGE is a system that assigns a unique identifying number — a "numerical fingerprint" — to philanthropic organizations across the globe. Expect More Innovation.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2012

And the GuideStar India program was launched by our partner, Civil Society Information Systems (CSIS) India, through our GuideStar International program. Our presence on the GuideStar India and a social networking site has helped us to get an industry donor looking for a small NGO.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

While Marnie didn’t say this, sounds like a silo issue or maybe just a matter of one database not integrating with another? As Marnie Webb put it, to participate in this network, you simply has to raise your hand and be willing to meet people in a bar to talk about social media and social change.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2012

This week we got a great comment from a TechSoup member to our Cloud Technology and the NGO Community blog post. In our TechSoup Global NGO cloud survey we found that people in nonprofits and libraries are indeed concerned about data security in the cloud the world over. Can cloud vendors simply close your account without notice?

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

I often get the comment during a leadership seminar I teach that goes something like, "Well this is all well and good for large organizations, but what about my twelve-person NGO?" Plan with other local NGOs and create an informal board of IT advisors. What can small nonprofits do to benefit from collaboration?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

This would be the first step I guess to making something better that was sustainable for NGO’s. And since it ties into Drupal or Joomla you get a complete frontend / backend system. ?? Thanks again for the post you bad blogger. ; > 4 Alfred Nutile 07.11.08 CiviCRM has a great forum for community. Thanks for a great site!!

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. The app uses its database to find out the source of the mail and will contact the sender to remove you from its distribution list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I was there for seven and a half years, and I had a fascinating time applying what had worked for me in the for-profit sector, including scaling up various systems and processes, to the non-profit space. I started GuideStar India as a project of GiveIndia, as there was no single reliable and comprehensive database of non-profits in India.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2011

About a third are using software as a service like Google Apps, or Salesforce.com, or a cloud database. Nonprofits are very aware that this new way of operating IT systems is on the horizon. Nearly half of respondents are not using cloud services (to their knowledge).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 26, 2015

It's looking for people in American cities interested in helping to map every metro system and fix that problem. The Metro4All project creates web and mobile apps that give people with limited mobility point-to-point directions on using their subway system. What Is Metro4All? Which Partners Are Best. Mapping Metro Stations.

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Tech Soup

MAY 10, 2011

This is a guest post by Eamon Stack, CEO of ENCLUDE , which is TechSoup's NGO partner organization in Ireland. The new cloud-based integration joins the organization's website with a new Salesforce CRM database, which in turn integrates with Microsoft Outlook email in Office 365 and an accounting system using Charity accountsIQ.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2014

He’s also one of the great ones in nonprofit database development and use, specifically constituent relationship management (CRM) databases. Harnessing Databases for Disaster Relief. David got really involved in nonprofit database work just after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. Databases are better than lists.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

It is a specialized cloud database to help nonprofits organizations manage their business, run programs, and maintain donor relationships from any browser and on mobile devices. It’s a new international charity classification system that will pave the way for better grantmaking, especially online and international philanthropy.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. The app uses its database to find out the source of the mail and will contact the sender to remove you from its distribution list.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2006

The mentoring will be in person or via email/skype and the mentoring connections will be established by a website and database that I am willing to take responsibility for creating but only if 250 other people will mentor a minimum of two people in their skills." I will do this for free for a minimum of six months (in my free time).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

More and more nonprofit, library, and NGO offices worldwide will need to accommodate personally-owned tablets and smartphones on wireless networks in order to work and communicate. Most products have had barcodes on them for years that feed information in to inventory databases and also collect data on consumer buying habits.

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