Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

To confront these challenges, a nonprofit should ensure that its digital storytelling adheres to four essential guideposts: Transparency speaks to a nonprofit’s ability to demonstrate its legitimacy as a good steward of donated funds by, for example, sharing its audited financial statements and other, similar information.

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Candid

JULY 22, 2021

This time around, more than 30 recipients were fiscally sponsored entities, collaboratives, or specific funds within organizations. For example, several donor collaboratives housed at Borealis Philanthropy were individually supported, including the Black Led Movement Fund, the Disability Inclusion Fund, and the Spark Justice Fund.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

So, now’s the time, before the holiday frenzy begins, to make sure your website is ready so visitors can easily find what they’re looking for on your site, they like what they see, and they click on that “Donate Now” button. Pulling up your website is like meeting your organization for the first time and you want to make a good impression.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I wrote a post at the time with the detailed suggestions from the expert group about the text of the draft. This is why the making of accessible books is a classic example of market failure: if publishers could make a lot of money selling braille, large print, audio, and fully accessible textbooks, we wouldn’t need a copyright exception.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2006

I recently learned about an nonprofit organization in India dedicated to using video to help alleviate poverty and accelerate social change in the developing world. They partner with a range of NGOs to create an ongoing community video unit to support the NGO's programs by placing a full-time trainer in the NGO for a one-year period.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Dar Veverka (DV): Grassroots Mobile Survey is a great example of this. It’s not just useful for offline situations like interviewing people in rural India. Every time I talk to an organization, they can see a use for it specific to their organization. Why is it important for you to find the time to work on a project like this?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

For example, looking at trends in the higher education sector, 23 out of 43 Australian universities have appointed a new vice chancellor in the last two years. For example, more than half of U.S. Now is the time for our educational institutions to invest and boldly move forward.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 17, 2009

It never ceases to amaze me: the cool social entrepreneurs that I get to meet all the time, coming up with mind-blowing innovative ways to accomplish social good. As a successful example of how to build a scalable approach to a chronic issue, I noticed that PWX was highlighted in the recent Irvine Foundation convergence report.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The NASSCOM India Leadership Forum has multiple tracks based on theme. In addition, during a roundtable on social media at the conference, I was fortunate to meet social media experts in India ( @ nirav @ amnigos @ pranavbhasin @ paritoshsharma and @ avinashraghava ) who shared some examples.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2012

Technology product donations, training, and nonprofit data are all part of TechSoup Global’s offering to civil society in India. Our BigTech program is run by our local partner, the NASSCOM Foundation in India. million NGOs in India. According to the Indian Central Statistical Office, there are 3.3

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Then we had a discussion to pull highlight and discover different practices. I used this exercise right after lunch to avoid the after lunch energy drop and use the time for instruction. I was in India this past summer to facilitate an intensive four-day training for Packard Foundation grantees working on family-planning issues.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Starting a monthly giving program is a great use of your time because monthly donors are the lifeblood of a small nonprofit – bringing in sustainable revenue and creating a safety net of loyal supporters. . Illuminate India and Clubhouse Guatemala both completely cover the cost of many of the children in their programs with monthly sponsors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. India has a reading problem and the problem is two fold.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The answers to those questions can fill entire books, but at the very least it will take time and hard work to make sure you get the support you would hope for this fall and winter. The holiday season is a time of renewed generosity. “ Philanthropy needs patience, tenacity and time.” Invest in your donors.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 27, 2008

I've met with Thulsi, the executive director, in Europe at different events, but this was my first time on his (impressive) home turf. The first thing I noticed was that the start-up costs had been supported by Lavelle Fund, which is also funding our first major project in India (more on that later).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

For example, I extracted many insights about the international development field reading books like Easterly’s Tyranny of Experts or Maren’s Road to Hell. At the same time, there are some flaws in his arguments that are worth pointing out.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

April Rinne Today, April shares these additional insights with us: I believe because of the past 1-1/2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic that readers will find Flux both incredibly useful and at the same time comforting. Flux is both timely and timeless: It is useful immediately today and also can help readers every day moving forward.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

By last month, the user ratio between male and female had come up to about 70/30 and the country with the second highest number of users was India at about 13 percent. If they’re not, it’s OK to wait—especially if time and energy are scarce. So far, the demographics of Google+ skew toward American males working in technology.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks. Direct Content. Indirect Content. Why Social Media?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

How about Facebook friends in India? That means understanding the platforms they are using and finding out where they are spending their time, rather than assuming if you set up an account they will simply flock to you. For example, there are many differences between US and UK English. Probably not. Use the right platform.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

In 2005, Shannon Keith visited India and was confronted by the harsh realities of brothels and prostitution. Punjammies is one example of a nonprofit that is using e-commerce — specifically, a tool called Shopify — to give women a renewed sense of purpose and to operate sustainably. Nonprofit art galleries.

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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. The Ultimate Outcome. Make It Yours.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

technology all the time. good to highlight a few examples of its uses and briefly examine its. bag at all times, will eventually be the primary way to connect to the. There are many examples of the benefits of the mobile in emerging and. It is an extraordinary example of one of these tools. have changed.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 27, 2010

Although this is my sixth time to Davos for the WEF, the train trip never fails to enchant me. The time out from the normal grind, plus the influence of dynamic peers, often leads to a leap of creativity. And then we're in a small ski village in Switzerland! I’m already getting into the spirit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

Many times, it means both the “doer” and the “decision maker.”. In addition, I do a little real-time assessment in the room by doing “raise your hand” polls or in a webinar by using the polling feature. This can help you adjust in real-time to the audience needs or what I call a real-time pivot.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2013

On Monday, April 16, TechSoup took its Digital Storytelling global with a full-day tweet chat spanning 10 time zones. A lot of helpful and insightful digital storytelling advice was shared; below are some of the highlights: India: NASSCOM Foundation, TechSoup Global partner, led the way with How to Create High Impact Stories.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

University of Technology Research Fellow, Augustin Chevez and Senior Lecturer, DJ Huppatz note one early example of the office in classical art: Botticelli’s “Saint Augustine in His Study,” painted all the way back in 1480. Now, 71 percent are working from home all , or most, of the time and more than half want to keep it that way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

In February 19th, Joel Comm has organized an event called " Tweetathon " on Twitter to promote and sell copies of his new book, Twitter Power: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time and help a nonprofit that supports children in Africa, China, and India. Very interesting times for fundraising on the social web.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

For example, when we asked respondents if they were using a specific cloud-based app (such as Skype), responses were different than when we asked if they used a cloud-based app to perform a function, such as web conferencing. Here are some examples: 62% of global respondents cite cost as an advantage to adopting cloud computing.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

Correction error: In the podcast, I suggest the East India Company first moved into their office in Britain in the 19th Century, when it was in fact the 18th Century. One disgruntled employee even diarized his distaste for the East India Company when it did away with the “yearly turtle feast.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 22, 2009

Wikis are a perfect example of co-creation. Open group blogs, photo pools, video collages and similar projects are also good examples of co-creation. The third C, Community, refers to the idea that social media facilitates sustained collaboration around a shared idea, over time and often across space. The Third C: Community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The American Jewish World Service (AJWS) , for example, shot amazing video of their work in India, Uganda and El Salvador a few years ago. While the programs continue in those countries, the original video also referenced the work they were doing at the time around the Asian Tsunami.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change. Todd Bishop put like this: Can Microsoft change the world and conquer it at the same time? Or the Web site Microsoft Hohm that lets people calculate their energy footprint and get tips on conservation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China, and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. Here’s a few examples: Cooper Aaker, 13 year-old son of Stanford Professor, Jennifer Aaker, is raising money for money for NothingButNets , inspired by Golden State Warriers, Steph Curry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

The event attracted a lot of attention because it was an example of integrating a live charity event with Twitter. (See It was launched by Dr. Mani who raised money for heart surgeries for poor kids in India. Twitter users are encouraged to craft their own Tweet or use one of the examples below. “I apowerfulnoise [link].

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2015

This fundraising strategy runs for a fixed time and has an overall goal; personal fundraisers set their own personal goals to work toward the overall goal. This fundraising strategy has no fixed time and no overall goal; personal fundraisers set their own fundraising and impact goals.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

Not For Sale operates in Peru, the Netherlands, India, South Africa, and Romania. They recognize that human trafficking is an upsetting subject and that "Asking someone to be that close to something that painful for a very long time is a lot to ask." or read on for a recap. Please visit the site to view this video).

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