Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 12, 2017

YouTube launched almost 13 years ago on February 14, 2005 and you got to give credit to the early adopter nonprofits active on YouTube in its early years. These early adopters were also embracing Myspace when the vast majority of nonprofits hadn’t yet had their aha moment about social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 20, 2018

At the time, making an online donation was a radical concept that executive staff and donors resisted, but it was a new technology that Gen X knew would change fundraising forever – they just didn’t think it would take this long. The 2018 Global NGO Technology Report. 1) On average, nonprofits raise 7.6% Newly Released!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

This webinar was presented on December 19 to more than 1,900 nonprofit staff worldwide and focused on what’s new and next in online communications and fundraising to help nonprofits prepare for the future and embrace being an early adopter. In 2017, early adopter nonprofits began launching Amazon Skills. The Rise of Messaging Apps.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In 2012, TechSoup Global, in collaboration with our partners around the world, conducted a survey of nonprofits, charities, NGOs, and social benefit organizations around the globe. We wanted to better understand the current state of their technology infrastructure and their future plans for adopting cloud technologies.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

The first step toward efficiency is consolidating your fundraising technology. The first step toward efficiency is consolidating your fundraising technology. HOPE Atlanta’s donor retention rate steadily increased after adopting Classy for Salesforce. Automatically Transfer Data Between Platforms.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. These numbers are based on the performance of Nonprofit Tech for Good, and of course, vary depending upon how your nonprofit uses Facebook and Twitter. It’s for this reason that nonprofits have been slow to adopt LinkedIn Ads.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had a few months to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. Many NGOs Find Cloud Computing Confusing: Why? Cloud Contradictions in the NGO Sector.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September; we've now had several months to consider the findings and talk to some of you about what you think. It turns out that NGOs are trying out an array of cloud services. For the global NGO sector, cloud computing has arrived.

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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. Michael Sullivan manages The Giving Block’s partnerships with nonprofit technology and ser-vice providers. UK and a marketing support officer for the environmental NGO Become Carbon Negative.

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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. Michael Sullivan manages The Giving Block’s partnerships with nonprofit technology and ser-vice providers. UK and a marketing support officer for the environmental NGO Become Carbon Negative.

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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. Tags: Community Tech Centers Digital Divide. percent in 2008.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

In 2017 it will be interesting to watch if the nonprofit sector adopts the technology and creates more IoT Buttons for donating and advocacy. Perhaps a new button hardware will be introduced by a service other than Amazon?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The technology to donate online was launched in the late 1990’s and through a process of trial and error NGOs have slowly been able to build donor’s confidence in the technology and grow their online donor database. To register for future free webinars, please see the Nonprofit Tech for Good Webinar Schedule.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Granted, the positives do outweigh the negatives, but it is important to step back occasionally and take a critical look at how social media is impacting nonprofit technology at your organization as well as your digital staff. That’s what Nonprofit Tech for Good paid for an sponsored ad on LinkedIn. Thousands of times.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

This is Social Media 101, but a best practice still not widely adopted by most small nonprofits. To help you begin, Nonprofit Tech for Good has a three-step process for writing a strategic plan that can easily be revised on annual basis while at the same time is workable and moves your nonprofit forward.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Are you headed to San Francisco this week for the Nonprofit Technology Conference ? 12NTC is the go-to event every year for nonprofit professionals who work on technology, communications, or guide their organizations in tech decisions. your peers and learn the skills you need to put technology to work for. No PowerPoint.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

TechSoup wants to learn more about how your organization uses traditional and cloud-based technology and about your plans for the future. They will provide insights into how your peers are using technology and into the currents needs and issues around adopting cloud technologies. What Are We Doing with the Results?

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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. Prashant manages the Big Tech program and is an engineer by training. NASSCOM Foundation's Survey of NGO Cloud Readiness. The Long Road To NGO Cloud Adoption.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

When TechSoup and our global network of partners surveyed more than 10,500 NGOs around the world this year to find out whether they are using and needing cloud based IT services, we didn’t know how many would report cloud technology adoption.

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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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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. Our New NGO Partners in Indonesia.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology MPower Open keeps moving forward July 6, 2008 This is old news, but I’ve been busy. This would be the first step I guess to making something better that was sustainable for NGO’s.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

Have you ever thought about hosting nonprofit technology events in your community? This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , HandsOn Tech , DataKind , and more. Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Summer Social. Upcoming Events. Thursday, July 9, 2015.

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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. In our TechSoup Global NGO cloud survey we found that people in nonprofits and libraries are indeed concerned about data security in the cloud the world over. What should nonprofits do about this?

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 2, 2007

I delete the pooch blurb, and replace it with something somewhat more professional: I write for NGO staff trying to integrate technology more centrally into their strategic planning. So we explore new technologies, technology and organizational development, and issues of tech planning, purchasing, and troubleshooting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I spent the last two days at the TechSoup Global Summit getting inspiration overload about social media, networks, social network mapping, networks of networks, global peer learning, building a sector, nonprofit technology, and many other ideas I’m passionate about. The next day was all about practice, action, and doing.

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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

MARCH 9, 2007

It will be interesting to see how this evolves given the technology platform came before the social design , but as online community pundits note, web2.0 Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. applications have changed the rules of online community. Deadline March 23, 2007.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

The nonprofit technology news this month reports on the reinvention of the wheel in India and Africa, how nonprofits are leading the wearable computing field, the privacy threat you may not have heard about yet, and plenty more. An estimated billion people carry water on their heads, so this is potentially transformative technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I wanted to start with my blog readers and nonprofit tech colleagues and Cambodian blogger colleagues. I pinged some nonprofit technology and cambodian blogger colleagues via skype or email, asking for campaign advice. I'm on the board of the ngo that I'm doing this campaign. So, be sure to thank your donors promptly, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2012

initiative – an effort to galvanize the technology community to assist civil society organizations (CSOs) across the globe by providing capabilities, resources and assistance to harness the latest information and communications technology (ICT) advances to build their digital capacity. Unfortunately, that was not possible.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Of course, this is a familiar concept to me as someone who started his career building for-profit tech companies in Silicon Valley. We were trying to analyze the Benetech secret sauce: how do we go about changing the world for the better as Silicon Valley’s deliberately nonprofit tech company? And that’s what we did with Bookshare!

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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. Finally, we offer our sincere congratulations to AbilityNet , the most excellent UK based accessibility charity, for winning the Digital Leaders 100 Award for 2014 in the NGO category. NPTech Organization of the Month.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Technology planning in nonprofits is too often thought about in terms of how many computers we need and the IT staff to maintain them from the basement of the organization. But technology is critical to an organization's success: all staff depend on it to deliver programs, communicate the organization's mission, raise money, etc.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

We're sure we can do this because our technology allows us to cost-effectively and rapidly scale Bookshare.org. I'm especially excited about our efforts to reach students who haven't traditionally had access to assistive technology. Benetech is drawing top talent by offering Silicon Valley tech jobs with a social purpose.

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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. ENCLUDE provides hands-on technology solutions and software donations for Irish charities. The big problem is not one of technology - it is one of trust. Technology Leadership.

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