Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2010

One of my goals for 2011 is to better track the amount of time I spend on social media posting, planning, etc, and measuring that against actual engagement, as measured by: donations (via special source codes) and engagement (comments, reTweets, etc).

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

As one of the biggest days of the year for donations, the philanthropic holiday falls on November 30th this year. You’ll want to host creative fundraisers alongside the giving day to attract attention to your nonprofit and maximize donations. Share links to educational resources and other volunteer and donation opportunities.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2017

That displacement has happened mostly as a result of the wars in Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq. The site points NGOs to TechSoup product donations and features how-to and other technology information. It'll include product donations, educational content, and other high-value resources that are curated and easily accessible.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

She originally founded the Voice of Women Organization (VWO) to educate girls in Kabul in secret schools under the Taliban, and has since expanded to support and assist underprivileged women and children throughout Afghanistan. There are many ways that you can contribute: What has your mother taught you?

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BoardAssist

JUNE 27, 2017

And how about the fact that 17 per cent of donations are made via mobile devices? The average donation amount per text is $167. Donations are 100 per cent secure thanks to services such as PCI DSS Certification – donors don’t have to worry about their personal or banking information being shared and can give with confidence.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

He shared incredible stories from over two decades of providing rehabilitation for disabled people in Afghanistan. Winners receive gift cards that they can use to donate to a project of their choice on GlobalGiving , the first and largest global crowdfunding platform for nonprofits.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

As one of the biggest days of the year for donations, the philanthropic holiday falls on November 30th this year. You’ll want to host creative fundraisers alongside the giving day to attract attention to your nonprofit and maximize donations. Share links to educational resources and other volunteer and donation opportunities.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2014

I've donated to some weird crowdfunding campaigns. I've also donated to personal fundraisers, where my friends are raising money for a pet project or trying to pay off a large medical bill. How many kittens have you rescued with the money donated so far? Show a Clear Connection. Report Back. This one is huge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The concept of empowering individuals to fundraise for a charity by asking their friends to donate has been around for years offline. Razoo has promoted local giving days, including Twive and Receive and recently announced reaching a milestone of raising $100 million.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

Project creators offer rewards and incentives for donations to thank backers for their support. What's at Cost: This is an all-or-nothing platform , meaning that if you don't meet your set goal for funds, you don't get to keep any of the donations. Kickstarter. based projects, pledges are processed by Amazon Payments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Good Magazine wants to sign up 50,000 subscribers and will donate 100% of the $20 subscription fee towards the subscriber's choice of one of twelve nonprofits described briefly below. If you do the math, that's $1 million donated to these organizations. Here's how it works.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Project creators offer rewards and incentives for donations to thank backers for their support. What's at Cost: This is an all-or-nothing platform , meaning that if you don't meet your set goal for funds, you don't get to keep any of the donations. Kickstarter. based projects, pledges are processed by Amazon Payments.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

TOMS Shoes is a shoe company with a charitable cause: For every pair sold, a new pair is donated to a child in need of shoes. In his books, he tells the story of founding his nonprofit and recounts tales of the struggles they faced while fulfilling their mission of providing education to girls in remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 1, 2006

I've posted a couple of times about giving circles, groups of people who get together to learn about an organization's work, and pool their donations to have a greater impact. Brodsky documents the inside story of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA).

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Global Giving

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Picture their excitement at getting approval to donate software to an inspiring nonprofit down their street. It combines government data, public information, and other reliable records to give the most comprehensive virtual map of nonprofits from Afghanistan to Venezuela. Help your users recommend new nonprofit partners.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

The service has 17 million users and is transforming the way wealth is distributed in poor countries, which now include Tanzania, India, and Afghanistan as well as Kenya. This service enables anyone to donate as little as $5 to directly fund medical care for people in need. Move over Gates Foundation. The Future of NPTech.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

How the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is using the web to bring back together their band of brothers and sisters. Even then, those who donated were definitely contacts with whom I had more in-depth conversations. The examples are there, too. The Obama campaign, for one. The aforementioned Greater Greater Washington.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2016

The Red Cross led the nonprofit texting revolution back in 2010 when it launched a successful mobile campaign to ask for donations for the earthquake victims of Haiti. In the U.S. alone, a full 90 percent of the population has a cellphone, with two-thirds of adults owning a smartphone. Back then, only 27 percent of the U.S.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

So more than 80% of all this money that’s donated to charities comes from people, comes from people. Well, they want to know number one, has my donation made a difference? You know, don’t just send it after they’ve made a donation, send a thank-you or send a special note when they least expect it.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

With finances a little tight this year, I've had to reduce the number of organizations I'm donating to in 2009. We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. Then, I wanted to donate anything I could for women in Bosnia. That's the story of Women for Women.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 17, 2008

Women for Women International supports women survivors of war in conflict and post-conflict areas (Afghanistan, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Sudan). Each woman is paired with a sponsor whose donation helps to cover some of their basic necessities (food, water, medicine).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

The program takes cash donations but it also links each hospital to an Amazon.com Wishlist where you can directly purchase games and hardware the staff at that hospital would like to provide to kids who are staying in the hospital. Green Laptops One Laptop Per Child give one, get one has been extended to December 30th.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

I like to remind people of the fact that for $50 you can put a young girl through school in Afghanistan for a year. I hear very often from people that they feel like, "Well, what difference will my small contribution make?" That's less than the cost of one latte a day per month for the next 12 months. It's something worth thinking about.

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