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Mobile Trends Your Nonprofit Should Be Watching

Tech Soup

At the same time, smartphone cameras are getting better and better and more people are using them as their primary picture-taking gadget. Mobile payments are especially popular in Africa as it doesn't require Internet access nor does it rely on Africa's weak banking infrastructure.

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11 Creative Charity Fundraising Event Ideas

CauseVox

Innovation: Africa has an entire page set up encouraging supporters to create their own fundraisers on their own schedule. In the example pictured, a young man chose to fundraiser instead of receiving gifts for his Bar Mitzvah. They also offer support to ensure that fundraisers feel confident, which works through CauseVox’s templates.

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A trajectory of trends in Advancing Human Rights  

Candid

Writing in a year of so much global unrest, we see this report as a baseline and an offering, a trajectory of the trends that helps identify places where philanthropy can better meet the needs of human rights movements around the world. . Yet, we hesitate to paint too rosy a picture: this funding is a drop in the bucket.

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A Field Guide to Mobile Payments

Tech Soup

In Africa, however, NFC and other mobile payment systems have been quite popular as they don't require bank accounts or Internet access. File this technology under your "trends to watch" list. Also, one major U.S. smartphone doesn't support NFC: Apple's iPhone. Mobile Payment Processing Tools. Further Reading.

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Data and Storytelling: 6 Ways to Use Data to Move Your Mission

NTEN

Charity Water , an organization that raises money to build wells in Africa has learned the lesson. Using video explanations of even simple charts and graphs can help site visitors quickly get the big picture - and arms them with an understanding of the data that lets explore and discover more confidently on their.

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The 10th annual human rights report: collaborating to drive impact

Candid

For example, we see a 38% increase in funding for disability rights between 2018 and 2019, but a 16% drop in funding for human rights work in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2 In the report, we put these trends – and many more – into context and ask where funder intentions might be out of alignment with actual grant dollars. From HRFN’s Side.

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SEO For Nonprofits: A Beginners Guide To Digital Marketing Success

Nonprofits Source

So how are nonprofits tapping into the evolution of donor trends? For example, if you write about a shortage of clean water in the world and then link to a website that is dedicated to providing clean water to children in Africa, then Google will read your page as clean water shortage + Africa. Last year saw a 7.9%