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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

1) Access to the internet in Mexico has grown very rapidly over the last decade. How has this impacted individual giving to NGOs in Mexico? Fundar is a 20-year old Mexican NGO in the filed of research and advocacy to fight corruption, impunity, and to adovcate for human rights. Is online giving growing rapidly as well?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

The study, called the Broadband Barometer and focusing on broadband technology adoption in Latin America, shows that low-and-medium-income groups have not adopted as quickly as the higher socio-economic segment of the population. percent in 2008.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

day conference was split into two tracks for IT and NGO, sometimes meeting separately, sometimes coming together to collaborate. I also had the chance to provide a couple presentations to the NGO track, one focused specifically on using facebook for campaigning in Romania. In July 2010: 1,555,360 total number of users in Romania.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. NASSCOM Foundation's Survey of NGO Cloud Readiness. Only a handful of the bigger and established NGOs have adopted cloud technologies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2007

and nonprofit adoption. In Cambodia, NGO staffers were eager to learn about Web 2.0 Jeremiah Owyang lay out a set of social media adoption questions that corporations ask: 2005: What is Social Media? Earlier this week, the Overbrook Foundation released a report on Web 2.0 Allison Fine, author of the report titled, "Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Brazil is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, but the cost of broadband Internet is hobbling cloud adoption in the region. We discussed cloud adoption in Brazil's NGO sector with Valter Cegal of TechSoup Brasil. ATN is an NGO association of over 2,000 telecenters. is four times higher than in Brazil.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. Our New NGO Partners in Vietnam. VietNet-ICT’s vision is to narrow the digital divide by providing ICT access to poor people in Vietnam.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

In follow-up interviews we discovered that many nonprofits were using cloud-based software without even realizing it, so the adoption rate could be even higher. The survey also found that once nonprofits begin using one cloud software solution, they are likely to adopt other cloud tools. Primary Findings. states In the fall of 2011.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

We’ll draw from recent experiences in setting up an active advisory group made up of NGO partners from all corners of the globe; our network-wide campaign to survey NGO technology trends in 24 languages; and, our own technology solution to communicating with these partners to deliver services in 37 countries.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Summer Social. Seattle, Washington: Know Thyself: Considerations for Nonprofit SharePoint Adoption. Yaoundé, Cameroon: Open Data, Open Education, and Open Access for Development. Naples, Florida: Telling Your Story: Using Video as a Medium for Spreading Your Message. Thursday, July 9, 2015.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

From Arkenstone to Bookshare The field of access to books by blind people is where Benetech has twice been the key engine of positive equilibrium change at scale, and we are already working on the third change. Blind people were dependent on sighted people for access to books. Enter the Born Accessible movement.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

will enable customers to access Salesforce and run their business from their Windows devices. based National Center for Charitable Statistics and adopted by the IRS back in the pre-Web 1980s. If the software is used in places without internet access of any kind, the software can cache data for uploading later.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

In essence, we're being paid to deliver – free – accessible books to all students with print disabilities in the United States for the next five years. I'm especially excited about our efforts to reach students who haven't traditionally had access to assistive technology. I bet you're wondering what we must accomplish.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

The most interesting thing about the report is not the end-date estimate, but rather the several dire predictions on the results of universal Internet access. These drones can supply Internet access at a fraction of the cost of near-earth satellites. A number of the experts were not optimistic about a connected world at all.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

He said that Facebook is on a mission to make the world more open and connected. “A fully connected world gives people access to life long learning and economic opportunity. One of the examples was from an Indian NGO “ Clothes Box Foundation ” that collects donations of clothing for those living in poverty.

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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 technology itself is not the fundamental block to the adoption of appropriate ICT solutions. It is the lack of competent and trusted advisors to support charities as they adopt the solutions.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Edward offered a few more tips when thinking about IT Strategy: IT Strategy at an NGO is about capacity building and moving the agenda up the strategy pyramid to mission-moving applications. NGOs cannot follow in the footsteps of corporations; we need to stand on their shoulders. They must be involved in the technology plan.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2015

We expanded this year to be able to provide product donations to pretty much any NGO in the world — 236 countries and territories to be exact. Here's our take on what 2015 brought in the areas of fundraising, software, hardware, mobile, cloud adoption, and security. Adoption of Online Services. Fundraising.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

So, yes, I think the Global NGO Technology Report found the majority of nonprofits do agree social media is effective for creating brand awareness. It puts a more human face on what you’re doing, and it makes you more accessible. ” So we got access to their audience. It’s not available to 100% of people.

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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. Barclays Bank analyst Ben Reitzes forecasts a 6 percent year-over-year decline in the sales of PCs due to increasing adoption of tablet computers and smartphones.

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