Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Our government is discussing providing free wifi throughout in Mexico City which is a very good sign for crowdfunding and even better for NGOs funding. Does this data match what you see on the ground in Mexico? 3) What is the greatest obstacle that NGOs in Mexico need to overcome in order to raise more money online?

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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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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 22, 2021

He now seeks to activate the network of leading crypto organizations look-ing to support charitable causes while driving crypto adoption. UK and a marketing support officer for the environmental NGO Become Carbon Negative. duke@thegivingblock.com [link] [link]. Michael Sullivan. About Author. Amy DeVita. Share This Post!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Odds are, LinkedIn Analytics will evolve to become some of the most useful data in your social media strategy. It’s for this reason that nonprofits have been slow to adopt LinkedIn Ads. 4) Experiment with LinkedIn Ads (maybe). Compared to other social networks, LinkedIn Ads are expensive and the site spends your money fast.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

When we surveyed NGOs and libraries around the world this year about where they are in regard to using and needing cloud based IT services, we didn’t know how far things have gone toward cloud adoption. We found that lack of knowledge is the biggest barrier to deeper cloud computing adoption. Cloud Services That NGOs Need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2007

and nonprofit adoption. I haven't yet digested the report, but I was pleased to see that the report wasn't just a series of data findings, but also include some in-depth reporting on attitudes about using the tools. In Cambodia, NGO staffers were eager to learn about Web 2.0 2006: Why does it matter? With Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2012

This week we got a great comment from a TechSoup member to our Cloud Technology and the NGO Community blog post. It asked about cloud companies going out of business and how secure data is in such cases. Cloud data security and privacy challenges were cited by 27% of respondents as a significant barrier to cloud adoption.

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Since its adoption at the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, the Declaration has become a universal standard for the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide. First, in partnership with Colombian NGO Corporación Punto de Vista, we assessed a methodology for studying conflict-related sexual violence in the country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2010

TechSoup Microsoft NGO Connection Day. He works for an NGO in Australia and we met on Twitter (via Eddie Harran ) prior to his visit to America to attend the Wisdom 2.0 9: Assesses organizational culture and has strategies to address issues that may prevent adoption. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 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. This is a communique on the current state of cloud adoption in the United States from me, this time. Here's what we found out: Current Cloud Adoption.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

Click to See Larger Image and Full Data by Marc Smith. GuideStar India - Networked NGO Workshops - Packard Grantees. Since the goal is for participants to learn and adopt these practices, they are given “recipes” to do the mapping and then share with colleagues. Radio Bilingue.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Summer Social. Boston, Massachusetts: TNB and MKI Training: Sharing Your Success: Visualizing Outcomes Data. Seattle, Washington: Know Thyself: Considerations for Nonprofit SharePoint Adoption. Open Data Leads to Development: Is This Wishful Thinking? Yaoundé, Cameroon: Open Data.

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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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

This would be the first step I guess to making something better that was sustainable for NGO’s. MPower Open is now on Sourceforge , they released their product under the GPL v3. These are good steps forward. It would make me feel dirty but I guess it might be worth it since you recommend it so much.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

There's an interesting idea for "emergency NGO in a box" in the notes about Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Tools and an interview with Gregg Swanson of HumiNet by Britt Bravo from the Summit. " Michele Martin talks about the barriers to adoption of google tools in government agencies and nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Commentary on the data here. David Wilcox shares an example of growing divided in the UK nonprofit sector between "traditional" online communities (listservs) and those who are adopting Web2.0 CEO Kintera steps down. Some reactions here. What do you think? Web Worker Daily describes five new jobs of the Web2.0 Generation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen set forth the “Innovator’s Dilemma” which states that companies that have accomplished great change are reluctant to adopt the next disruptive innovation because of its impact on the existing successful business. The first is in using data at scale to influence the human rights debate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

One of the examples was from an Indian NGO “ Clothes Box Foundation ” that collects donations of clothing for those living in poverty. marniethedog , a 12 year old senior dog who was adopted, but diagnosed with an illness that made her head tilt. His talk was a powerful combination of human stories and data.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

My current favorite digital inclusion NGO is our newest TechSoup Global partner, Computers For Schools Kenya. I just had a chance to chat with Dr. Tom Musili who runs that incredible NGO to find out what all they’re doing to bring the knowledge economy to school children and electronics recycling to Africa. What the heck.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

based National Center for Charitable Statistics and adopted by the IRS back in the pre-Web 1980s. These organizations house data for a combined total of three million NGOs worldwide. 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

Human Rights Patrick Ball recently spent a month at the International Criminal Court (ICC), where he held office hours and helped prosecutors use quantitative data and statistical analysis to pursue war crimes cases. If you're interested in learning more or would like to download the software, visit the website at www.miradi.org.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

While we had a decade to adjust to websites being important, we’ve had a lot less time to figure out social media, and even less time to adopt a mobile first world. Today, your next door neighbor is seen as just as credible a source of information as an academic, government, business or even an NGO.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

While direct mail may be declining in some markets since its heyday in the 90s it is still an effective form of direct communication to raise funds and the NGO brand. If the age is rising, your adoption of new channels must show a corresponding increase. July 6, 2009 | Gordon Borrell This is a fascinating series of posts!

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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. So I always share this cartoon from Beth Kanter’s blog, if your cat adoption numbers are tanking, it doesn’t matter if you’re going viral on YouTube. What is interesting?

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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. " Our internal IT staffs will struggle to integrate them into organizational email, security, and data collection. During the last week of December, 1.76

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