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APRIL 10, 2014

Calling all techies: Donate your skills : But this year, Technically Philly co-founder Brian James Kirk is focusing on something beyond his usual promotion of entrepreneurship and networking. The idea: push the technologically skilled to donate help to nonprofits that desperately need it.'

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JUNE 18, 2015

Pennies extends its digital donation box to mobile apps : "People making payments through companies' retail apps can now make donations at the same time, using a service set up by microdonations organisation Pennies. When people use these retailers' apps they will not have the option to donate to charity at the same time.

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MAY 16, 2016

Contactless donation terminals will help hungry schoolchildren » Charity Digital News : "Contactless payment terminals have been placed in cafes and restaurants in London and Oxfordshire to enable consumers to make a spontaneous donation to charity." 'via via Blog this'

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JULY 2, 2013

Half of people give up when trying to donate by mobile : It takes givers too long to navigate the donation process, delegates heard More than half of people who try to donate to charity online by using a mobile device never get as far as making the donation, delegates at the convention heard yesterday.'

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JULY 1, 2014

Study uncovers record-high satisfaction with text donations | Charity Digital News : he mGive Foundation (TMF) has released its annual Text Donation Study, which showed record-high levels of satisfaction among respondents with text giving.'

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Fundraising Trends: United Way Hops on the Bitcoin Donations Bandwagon : FundRaising Success Over the past year or so, Internet currency Bitcoin has received plenty of attention in the nonprofit fundraising sector. NPBitcoin'

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JULY 6, 2011

Cell Phones Make Donating Easier - Mobiledia : "'[The program] has a number of advantages over cash collection,' Laurence told the Institute of Fundraising in London. 'It It appeals to the younger generation of donors, half of which do not donate to charity at all.

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JANUARY 11, 2013

Are You Getting the Most Out of Your Donation Forms? Having easily accessible online donation forms is an important factor in increasing overall donations, but it’s really only half the battle. To ensure that potential donors who visit your forms turn into actual donors, there are many other aspects to consider.

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APRIL 16, 2015

Cisco Employee Changes Lives Through Technology Donations | 3BL Media : "In 2013, Roland Holloway learned he was cancer-free. With the help of Cisco’s Employee Purchase Donation Program (EPDP), Roland is empowering a local nonprofit with new technologies and helping others in need.

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DECEMBER 23, 2014

How To Donate Bitcoin To Charity And Get A Big Tax Deduction : "Along with the growing popularity of Bitcoin, the number of charitable organizations that accept virtual currencies has been growing.

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MARCH 1, 2013

End of Anonymous SMS Donations Devastates Swedish Charitable Giving - Reason 24/7 : Reason.com : The Swedish Red Cross has reported a 92-percent drop in SMS donations since Swedish mobile operators required their customers to register online, including the submission of sensitive personal information, in order to greenlight a money transfer via text (..)

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Facebook Launches Ebola Charity Donation Button - ABC News. NPebolaFundraising'

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APRIL 10, 2014

''Technology can offer charities more than just online donations'' : Charities are focusing too much on using digital tools for fundraising instead of how technology can be used to improve services for stakeholders, a digital expert has warned.

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APRIL 27, 2016

Students learn to code for free while donating skills to nonprofits | KSL.com : "In the 18 months since we launched, more than 300,000 people have signed up," Larson said. Since the beginning of Free Code Camp, student-developers have donated over $850,000 in free coding to nonprofits.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Text-to-donate a huge success: "Misty Harris, Postmedia News  Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010Text-to-give campaigns are one of the biggest philanthropic success stories of 2010, with mobile relief efforts having raised tens of millions in micro-donations across North America -- more than $750,000 of which came from Canadian phones."

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MARCH 18, 2015

Social media ''slacktivism'' encourages people to donate, finds JustGiving report : "People who share a fundraising page on social media are four times more likely to donate than those who don’t, and those that share using a mobile device are seven times more likely to give, according to a report by JustGiving.

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MAY 13, 2015

Ads will target Internet Week for Nepal donations : "New initiative will use targeted ads to raise money for Nepal earthquake relief" 'via Blog this'

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APRIL 23, 2015

A third of Britons donate to charity by text message, reveals survey : "Over 30 per cent of Britons donate to charity by text message and 61 per cent now donate through online giving websites, according to a study by online shopping scheme Give as you Live.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Finextra: Finextra PR: Digital charity box Pennies records 20 million micro-donations : "Pennies, the innovative charity leading a digital transformation of the third sector, marked a key milestone of 20 million micro-donations collected, with an event hosted by Pennies’ partner, Gieves & Hawkes, at No.1

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Text-to-donate: charitable giving in 8 characters | TechSoup Canada : I’ll come back to this, first the facts: Text-to-donate in Canada is made possible through the Mobile Giving Foundation Canada (MGFC), a registered charity whose purpose it is to enable text message donations for the benefit of other registered charities in Canada.

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AUGUST 20, 2014

Million in Donations to The ALS Association - The ALS Association : Ice Bucket Challenge Still Going Strong: $31.5 Million in Donations to The ALS Association Washington, D.C. million in donations compared to $1.9 million in donations compared to $1.9 Ice Bucket Challenge Still Going Strong: $31.5

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JANUARY 15, 2016

Charities must build confidence to unlock £1.7bn text donation opportunity » Charity Digital News : "Only 17 per cent of UK adults prefer to use their smartphone to make a charity donation according to new research released today by Fonix and One Poll, " 'via Blog this'

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MARCH 27, 2015

Tim Cook to donate his fortune to charity | WMDT.com Maryland-Delaware : "Cook, who is close to becoming a billionaire, says he will pay for his nephew''s college education, then donate the rest of his wealth to philanthropic projects, according to Fortune.

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JULY 1, 2014

CAF Donate platform launches to open up Direct Debits to charities | Charity Digital News : CAF Donate is a new platform that will help free up small and medium size charities from the administrative burden of processing donations on and offline and make it easy for them to accept regular donations by Direct Debit, as well as one-off gifts.

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APRIL 27, 2015

Facebook to match your donations to Nepal relief efforts after massive quake : "Facebook is urging its members to donate to the emergency response teams responding to the 7.8-magnitude Facebook has added a message at the top of the News Feed to encourage its members to donate funds to the International Medical Corps.

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

Google''s charity donation app comes to iOS for the holidays : It''s the season of giving, and this year, iOS users will be entitled to share the love with Google''s One Today app'

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MAY 11, 2015

Facebook Donate Button Raises $15 Million for Nepal - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : "A simple call to donate appearing in Facebook’s news feeds for one week raised more than $15 million from 754,000 people for relief efforts in earthquake-shattered Nepal, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Friday. "I

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APRIL 19, 2016

Colleges are going online to crowdsource donations, and they’re raising millions - The Washington Post : "The small liberal arts school in Massachusetts did it without bombarding alumni with phone calls, sending out a batch of mailers or soliciting donations for seats at a gala event.

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APRIL 18, 2016

Apple to Donate Proceeds from 27 Apps to World Wildlife Fund | Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly : "Apple said on Thursday, April 14th, that it would donate its proceeds from 27 apps and games, including some of its most popular downloads, until April 24th to the WWF. via Blog this'

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APRIL 27, 2015

Please Donate to Help Nepal’s Earthquake Victims Now | Beth’s Blog : "The next thing I noticed in my Facebook feed was a post from Robert Scoble mentioning a new Facebook feature that lets you check on friends in a disaster.

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AUGUST 25, 2015

Facebook rolls out 'Donate' button for nonprofits : 'via Blog this'

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

This service enables Microsoft to scale its donation of Office 365 for Nonprofits, available in 41 countries immediately and in up to 90 countries by July 2014.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Facebook Gifts Now Supports Charitable Donations | News & Opinion | PCMag.com : Facebook today launched a new feature that allows you to make charitable contributions through Facebook Gifts. Kiva, Livestrong, Oxfam America, RAINN, St.

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OCTOBER 12, 2011

Microsoft donates $16.7M nonprofits : Microsoft said Tuesday it has donated $16.7 Just last week the company kicked off its annual Giving Campaign and announced it had donated more than $949 million to charity last year. in cash, software to Calif. million in cash and software to more than 60 San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Donations to Singapore Red Cross now possible at iNets kiosks : Charitable individuals can now make their donations to the Singapore Red Cross on-the-go at 96 iNets Kiosks islandwide.

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MARCH 11, 2015

Facebook CPO Donates $1 Million to East Palo Alto Nonprofit | NBC Bay Area : "Facebook CPO Chris Cox and his wife, filmmaker Visra Vichit-Vadakan, have donated $1million to Live in Peace, an East Palo Alto nonprofit that provides academic, music and technology training to inner city youth." ''via Blog this'''

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JANUARY 23, 2013

Packable philanthropy: Donate a TEDx in a Box : What is a TEDx in a Box, you ask? It’s a suitcase stuffed with everything an economically marginalized community needs to host their very own TEDx event — a projector, an iPod preloaded with subtitled TED Talks, a sound system, camcorders to capture fresh talks, and a how-to guide.

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