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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! Charity Digital News , Wired , and several other UK tech publications recently reported on Nominet Trust 100 , or NT100, which is a new comprehensive global list of promising applications of digital technology for social good.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

If you’re trendspotting the latest in webwear like me, you’ll notice that the bold and beautiful charity websites are slimming down the text and accentuating the images. that the very latest trend in web design this fall is all about the images. Major web design competitions often have charity categories.

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MAY 7, 2013

The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. Pinterest is a social media photo-sharing website that allows users to create online image collections around specific events or subjects. The images are called pins and collections are called. Image: Digital Wallet, Shutterstock.

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AUGUST 8, 2013

The forecast for 2013 is for giving to slow down. Use services like Charity Navigator and Guidestar. They are looking for a handful of charities like Boys & Girls Clubs of America that can make a big impact. They are looking for a handful of charities like Boys & Girls Clubs of America that can make a big impact.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

Charity Water. In a simplistic, success story approach, Charity Water perfectly demonstrated how to convey what their cause is about in a restrained time frame. Now – as we see in the video – Charity Water funding means Sarpan and the other women in Engereda village have water taps right at home. v/bJm0XD7zgUA.

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MAY 21, 2013

TechSoup Global’s CEO Rebecca Masisak is presenting at the Social Enterprise Alliance Summit 2013 this month in Minneapolis. It is the part of the world where businesses that behave like charities, and charities that behave like businesses, find common cause. Image 1: Ashoka logo. Image 2: BetterWorld Telecom logo.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

In 2013, in only its second year, 10,000 groups in 40 countries participated. Some of the ways she mentioned are: Cities and counties raising funds for several local charities. In 2013, according to Melissa Cronin, the overall volume of donations increased 270 percent from the same Tuesday in previous years.

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JUNE 17, 2013

For those new to their work, GlobalGiving is an online fundraising platform for nonprofits and charities of all sizes all around the world. The next Open Challenge will begin on September 1, 2013. The deadline to submit the full application is July 22, 2013. Image: Global Giving. Get Started!

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AUGUST 22, 2014

Any charity anywhere in the world can send us a short video or five-picture Flickr slideshow that tells about their work and will be entered to win some cash prizes. The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge received many many entries from 12 different countries. Storytelling: One of the Most Important Things that Charities Do.

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MARCH 19, 2013

first installment of our 2013 TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge webinar series, Creating a Culture of Storytelling. of storytelling at your nonprofit, library, charity, or social benefit. Image: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Please join us on April 4 at 11 a.m. Pacific time for this. organization.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Google launched a similar service for their Chrome browser in 2013. The app uses the Guidestar database to search for charities and Network for Good to process donations. Image one: Creative Commons: Handset Out For Repair : CC BY. Image two: Creative Commons: Garbage Recycling : CC BY NC ND. The Give App.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

It's not our first time advocating for charities and libraries in the hallowed halls of the U.S. TechSoup Global's mission is to do whatever we can to provide the IT resources and knowledge that charities, NGOs, and libraries need to operate at their full potential. Our latest opportunity was on February 13 2013.

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AUGUST 12, 2015

Image courtesy Tsahi Levent-Levi via Flickr. Jeff Bauman , who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013, has the second most successful fundraiser on the site with over $800,000 raised. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2013. T-shirt giant CustomInk backed and launched Booster in 2013. Co-Disruptor: YouCaring.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Mobile matters for nonprofits, charities, and libraries. According to 2013 Pew research : 91% of American adults have a cell phone, 55% have a smartphone, and 42% own a tablet computer. What does this really mean for your nonprofit, charity, or library? Image: Martijn van Exel. Mobile by the Numbers. Over 15% of U.S.

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JUNE 30, 2014

Since the fall of 2013 when Microsoft made its product donations available to 501(c)(3) faith-based organizations including churches, synagogues, and mosques lots of faith-based organizations have been discovering TechSoup. See how charities are using it here. Images: Amber Candle: Shutterstock. Refurbished Computer Initiative.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

It was a pretty interesting summer for charity fundraising launches. Facebook expanded its Donate Now buttons to all charities; eBay has a new Sell for Charity mobile app. " Facebook piloted "Donate" buttons for some big charities like the Red Cross and the American Cancer Society back in 2013.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

hjc, Blackbaud, Edge Research, and Sea Change Strategies recently studied the giving habits and communication preferences of four generations of Canadian donors and published findings in a report called The Next Generation of Canadian Giving 2013. LinkedIn use rose 24% from our 2010 study to 48% in 2013. Highly Active on YouTube (95%).

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JULY 17, 2015

This spring, NTEN launched its Digital Inclusion Fellowship Program in which 16 young community leaders in eight Google Fiber communities will have paid internships for a year with local charities. It is a Scotland-based charity that has to date helped more than 20,000 people to gain digital skills. Image : ESOlex / Shutterstock.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Back in 2013, GuideStar, BBB Wise Giving Alliance, and Charity Navigator formed an alliance to combat the overhead myth. Image 1 : Andrey_Popov / Shutterstock. Image 2: GrantStation. How are nonprofits coping with this issue? By cutting staff and services, according to our most recent State of Grantseeking Survey.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The online protest was to raise awareness on NSA mass surveillance practices and also to promote ‘Aaron’s law’, a response to the 2013 suicide death of activist Aaron Swartz who was convicted of hacking data on an academic website and getting a sentence of 35 years in prison. Image 1: Microsoft. Gaming for Good.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

"By Youth, For Youth" is the motto of Business in the Streets (BITS), a Toronto-based Canadian Registered Charity that focuses on peer mentorship for struggling and low-income youth with a business idea. Veronika got her start at BITS by volunteering as a peer mentor in 2013. Images: Business in the Streets.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

"By Youth, For Youth" is the motto of Business in the Streets (BITS), a Toronto-based Canadian Registered Charity that focuses on peer mentorship for at-risk and low-income youth with a business idea. Veronika got her start at BITS by volunteering as a peer mentor in 2013. Images: Business in the Streets.

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JULY 24, 2013

With an exponential increase in people accessing the Internet on mobile devices, the nonprofits, charities, and libraries that don't have a website optimized for mobile devices or that haven't created a separate mobile website risk irritating — or losing — their supporters. Logos and images: Guide by Cell.

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DECEMBER 15, 2013

By partnering with Case Foundation, Network for Good, and CrowdRise, SixDegrees.org was able to create a #GivingTuesday Challenge that encouraged supporters to give to their favorite charities, and offered up some pretty hefty prizes as incentive. The breakdown shows what can happen when we come together for causes bigger than ourselves.

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MAY 7, 2013

Portland, OR: Mini Sessions from Locals Who Presented at 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Charity & Nonprofit Analytics Meetup: Email. Image adapted from original photo by Dunechaser. How Individuals Are Using Technology and Data to Support Vulnerable Populations. Denver, CO: May 21 The Why and How of Fundraising Data.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 23, 2014

In 2013, online fundraising grew by 13.5 They improve brand image. Affiliate storefronts demonstrate a merchant’s commitment to making the community a better place and serve to enhance the brand’s image. Today, fundraising is a little different. Instead of hiring door-to-door salespeople, organizations now rely on the Internet.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

We’ve been talking to folks from some of the 350,000 congregations around the country and have been hearing that they’d like more coverage of IT resources for religious oriented charities on TechSoup. Image: Aftab. That’s the highest adoption rate in the nonprofit sector. Please log in to comment on this blog post.

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APRIL 25, 2014

From 2005 to 2012, telework growth in charities has been 87 percent. Just under 200 million of them were sold worldwide in 2013. Image Credits: Image one: Working from the beach courtesy of Citrixonline via Flickr Creative Commons. Image two: Polar vortex courtesy of Elvir via Flickr Creative Commons.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Among charities and libraries, who tend to hang on to their PCs longer than other organizations, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s still over half of the PC install base. Image: courtesy of Kit_Hartford via Flickr Creative Commons. The end of XP support is a big deal because so many organizations are still using it.

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MAY 12, 2014

Murtis Taylor Human Services System is a charity that provides health and human services support to people in need in Cleveland. We went live in October 2013. Images: Logo / Murtis Taylor Human Services System. A clever and inexpensive "nonprofit in a box" enables them to do that. Cloud Computing / Shutterstock.

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JANUARY 13, 2014

Office 2010 and Office 2013 are available for donation to charities, foundations, and libraries. Image: Eurritimia. To get your upgrade software, find Microsoft Windows and Office Donations on TechSoup here. Use the pull-down menu under 'Browse Products' to find specific products. We also have both Windows 8.1

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AUGUST 1, 2013

While beautiful charity galas and creative offline campaigns still gather support for nonprofits’ causes, they slowly slip away from donors’ focus. According to the 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , online revenue grew by 21% over 2011 totals, presenting nonprofits even more reasons to pull out the heavy gear and start online fundraising.

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

Despite declining sales, well over 300 million PCs will be sold worldwide this year while tablet sales are in the range of 200 million in 2013. These programs provide low-cost Windows and Office licensing to 8,600 PC refurbishers in 80 countries, who in turn supply computers to low-income individuals, schools, and charities.

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AUGUST 5, 2013

I’ll review some new developments in email technology including Gmail’s new tabbed inbox and how it affects your charity newsletters, and the array of new email filtering services that cut down on email overload. Images: Shutterstock. It's time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news!

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APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013. Digital Wallets.

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OCTOBER 14, 2013

As always, I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends. TechSoup donor partners, Microsoft and Cisco are teaming up with Google , the Omidyar Network , USAID , UKaid , and a host of additional charities and tech companies to launch the initiative. Image: Courtesy of Shutterstock.

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MARCH 12, 2013

We're in the season for charities to brush off their video cameras to tell their story and it's looking like the other Facebook (Google+) is starting to become a more useful tool for community organizing. Time for Nonprofit and Charity Videos. Also charities from anywhere in the world can participate.

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