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APRIL 15, 2013

Watsi, a Crowdfunding Site, Offers Help With Medical Care - NYTimes.com : Over the next several months, he devoted his free time to creating a business plan for an online start-up that he named after the town where he got the idea.

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MAY 26, 2015

5 Ways Technology Can Help Your Nonprofit Do More Good : FundRaising Success : "According to "The Science Behind Why People Give Money to Charity," it takes multiple actions to drive someone to give. The first action, simply asking, is one we take for granted. " 'via Blog this'

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

PRESS RELEASE New Crowdfunding Site ‘Survive the Streets’ Helps Prevent Homelessness Through Early Intervention - Press Release - Digital Journal : New crowdfunding website Survive the Streets ([link] launches to help the nearly homeless in the U.S.,

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MARCH 30, 2012

Goodnet has been developed as a gateway for Doing Good, to offer everyone a direct path to finding the opportunity that best suits them to help others.

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APRIL 13, 2007

PRESS RELEASEVirginia Based Tech Company Works With Non Profit To Help People At Risk: "Richmond, VA (OPENPRESS) April 13, 2007 -- Code 71, Inc. continued its commitment to using technology to help people at risk and alleviate poverty by donating time and talent during their attendance at the 2007 Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC).

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JUNE 13, 2014

New site rallies volunteer troops to help make Dallas a better place - CultureMap Dallas : Imagine a website that helps both nonprofits and volunteers equally, one that allows people to explore opportunities by cause, agency or date and gives organizations a place to submit information, find volunteers passionate about their particular cause and, perhaps (..)

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

How data science is helping charities save lives and their budgets — Tech News and Analysis : The problem is that many of these efforts have been of the volunteer variety. A meaningful, sustained effort by nonprofit agencies to optimize their operations with data is likely going to require a serious investment in both people and technology.

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AUGUST 6, 2015

Open Data Could Help Lift the Veil | TakePart : "A social entrepreneur named Bibhusan Bista might have the answer. Where Is All the Aid Money for Nepal Going? via Blog this'

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DECEMBER 2, 2013

Iowan helps provide high-tech eyes of disaster relief in Philippines | Des Moines Register Staff Blogs : Harwath is one of four Global DIRT members currently on the ground in the Philippines.

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AUGUST 30, 2012

Charity Grants Can Help Tech Solve Social Ills In Africa - Ventures Africa : Loren Treisman, trust executive for grant-making foundation Indigo Trust, believes that time has come for more charitable organisations to tap into technology to tackle social issues in Africa.

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OCTOBER 29, 2013

Twitter Helps Intel Foundation Plan Grants - Technology - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : The Intel Foundation plans to award $100,000 in education grants to celebrate its 25th anniversary, and it turned to Twitter for advice on what programs and organizations to support. “We

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JANUARY 28, 2010

New technology tools help Haiti earthquake relief - NashuaTelegraph.com: "Volunteers have built and refined software for tracking missing people, mapping the disaster area and enabling urgent cell-phone text messaging. Organizations including the International Red Cross, the United Nations, the World Bank and the U.S.

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JUNE 29, 2012

How A Web App Can Help Nonprofits Tell Better Stories And Raise Cash | Co.Design: business innovation design : Nonprofits depend on successful outreach campaigns to survive.

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APRIL 13, 2010

Giving is good, but wise giving helps even more - USATODAY.com: "Technology helps more people see vivid pictures of disasters that strike far away. It also makes it easier to donate on impulse."

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JULY 2, 2012

GISuser.com GIS Location Technology - Microsoft Local Impact Map helps nonprofits illustrate the difference they make in a visual, dynamic : To meet that need, Microsoft is making the Microsoft Local Impact Map available to nonprofits to help them share their stories in a compelling way on their websites.

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JUNE 28, 2010

Cleveland software firm holding 'tech camp' to help nonprofits with websites | cleveland.com: "We're inviting a bunch of geeks and people passionate about software development to help do good things for charity,' is how Stahl describes GiveCamp, set for July 16-18.Keyboards

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JULY 14, 2008

Nonprofit tapping social networking to help ex-soldiers nab civilian jobs - Network World: "Hire a Hero is a nonprofit initiative founded in January 2007 by Internet entrepreneur and Gulf War vet Dan Caulfield as part of the Armed Forces Support Foundation.

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

Numbers, used sparingly, can help explain a community need, measure how a charitable program is helping to address it, and show donors and funders the return on their investment in the program. Don’t get bogged down in data « Philanthropy North Carolina : "nonprofit and philanthropy professionals love data, maybe too much.

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

Content repurposing can help you “be everywhere,” since it can be distributed in different forms on multiple social media sites. It also helps you reach people who would not consume the content in its original form." ''via Blog this'''

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JANUARY 9, 2015

Harnessing the power of crowdfunding for nonprofits : "Crowdfunding campaigns can help fund a new program your nonprofit is trying to start, go toward a new building, or help buy supplies to hand out to those your organization is trying to help.

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JANUARY 9, 2015

Harnessing the power of crowdfunding for nonprofits : "Crowdfunding campaigns can help fund a new program your nonprofit is trying to start, go toward a new building, or help buy supplies to hand out to those your organization is trying to help.

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JULY 22, 2015

Virtual Reality Could Be the Next Big Thing in Charitable Giving | Smart News | Smithsonian : "Poon reports that activists and filmmakers are experimenting with virtual reality technology with the goal of creating stronger connections between would-be donors and the communities they could help. via Blog this'

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MAY 14, 2015

8 Remarkable (and Stolen) Content Marketing Ideas : "One of the benefits of my work is that I get to travel around the world to meet with fascinating people who have amazing ideas. I’m sharing them with you in the hopes that they will help you as much as they’ve helped me." 'via via Blog this'.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Our plan, ultimately, is to help every school in the country that wants solar to get it. But to get going, we need your help. To raise money and make sure that other people are as excited about solar schools as we are, we’re starting by crowdfunding our pilot project.'

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

Red Cross launches mobile app on disasters | The Jakarta Post : "The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has launched an Android-based mobile application that helps users anticipate natural disasters and share disaster-related information.

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AUGUST 14, 2014

People are visual animals – what we see helps us process information more quickly than what we read or what we hear. 8 Ways Nonprofits Can Add Engaging Images to Their Social Media : There is no doubt that visual marketing is driving online, and especially social media, content.

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MAY 21, 2013

The Facebook group was expanded Monday, to help people who were affected by the devastating tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., killing dozens of people." ''via Blog this'''

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MARCH 12, 2013

Donors still lack confidence in digital giving, survey finds : Polly Gowers of Give as you Live, which polled 8,000 people, says the research will help charities to focus their resources in the right places Digital giving channels are playing an increasingly important role in inspiring donations, but donors do not feel confident enough to give significant (..)

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

The Non-Profit That''s Using Technology to Put Itself Out of Business | WIRED : "Ferrari is the CEO of Heifer International, a non-profit that donates things like livestock, seeds, farm equipment, and other essentials to farmers in the developing world, helping them become self-sufficient.

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JULY 21, 2015

We liked this story from Trish Tchume of the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN), who engaged people within her own network to help get the right fit.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Just download the kit, gather your favorite people, and jump right into your #nprlisteningparty. And please tag yourselves and @NPRgenlisten in your pics to help us spread the spirit of giving and curiosity this holiday season." 'via Sign up to be the first to get the NPR Listening Party Kit: Giving Edition right here. via Blog this'

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

link, the target site includes a banner-style ad reading, “Someone wonderful shared this page—to help people in need through the American Red Cross.” Developed with Bit.ly, the URL-shortening service, Hope.ly also condenses long Web site addresses, but when a user clicks on a Hope.ly The aid organization will launch Hope.ly

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

White House-Backed Kickstarter Campaign Raises Refugee Aid - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : "At the request of the Obama administration, crowdfunding site Kickstarter is hosting its first humanitarian campaign, aimed at raising money to help Syrian refugees, The New York Times reports. via Blog this'

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MAY 8, 2015

earthquake rocked Nepal on April 25, killing more than 7,000 people and injuring at least 14,000 more, Howat and one of his colleagues, a researcher at the University of Minnesota, realized that the technology they use could help relief efforts." 'via via Blog this'

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APRIL 2, 2013

But with so many people downloading mobile applications, or apps, to their mobile devices, it makes sense to consider the types of apps available to help with fundraising. Some nonprofits are optimizing their websites to make it easier for mobile users to donate, others are experimenting with text-to-give programs.

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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. After completing a series of online courses and certifications, students are paired with nonprofits who are looking for help online.

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JULY 16, 2015

Jessica Washington will collaborate with the Urban League of Central Carolinas, and Ruben Campillo will work with Charlotte Mecklenburg Library to help people who have limited digital access." 'via via Blog this'

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