Candid

AUGUST 25, 2021

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is making a bold and public move to use Candid’s GuideStar profile and demographic survey to track data from grant applicants and recipients. So, there was this very clear need for us to have this kind of information, and we simply didn’t have it.

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Data Conversation Demographics Profile 105

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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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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NGO Survey Global Adopt 62

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.

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Romania Facebook Campaign NGO 178

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Agency for International Development and for an international NGO. We’ve already seen AI’s potential to transform our own products and benefit the world through applications like flood forecasting or monitoring whale species. Many successful applications of AI in the social sector are the result of a multi-partner approach.

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Google Challenge Interview Impact 84

Forum One

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

He spoke of his vision for a "cloud of aid information". Owen is based in Ethiopia; his wife works for an NGO that builds clinics. In this domain, unlike aid information, data seems to be readily available, but both overwhelming in quantity and facing signicant obstacles due to proprietary ownership issues.

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International Develop Ethiopia Seattle 52

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

" Facebook app causes raises $16m – "Causes, the popular Facebook charity application, has raised another $9 million in funding and introduced gift cards to let people donate online without using a credit card. This blog seeks to capture the information gathered at the workshop, keep the discussion alive and build momentum."

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Web Romania Indiana San Francisco 175

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 23, 2006

: successful high tech entrepreneur turning to the social applications of information technology. They have a large array of IT projects focused on the Spanish speaking NGO world. I am hoping to stay in touch and learn more about Iwith.org in the future.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

I often get the comment during a leadership seminar I teach that goes something like, "Well this is all well and good for large organizations, but what about my twelve-person NGO?" 4) Share an application with an organization in your sector. The group has an informal oversight Board run by one of the member CIOs. And it will!

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Collaboration New Hampshire Classroom NGO 75

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

While a lot of NGOs are using at least one cloud-based application, deeper use of cloud tools is relatively low. Sam explains a bit about cloud computing and disaster recovery basics, and outlines the different types of cloud storage and products designed to help NGOs prepare for disaster recovery.

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Survey Global South Africa Results 61

Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2012

And the GuideStar India program was launched by our partner, Civil Society Information Systems (CSIS) India, through our GuideStar International program. Nonprofits throughout India are now benefiting by getting high visibility and access to information and technology for their work. million NGOs in India.

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India Data Technology Hunger 55

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Here’s a sample of our accomplishments: Martus , our secure, open-source information management software for human rights defenders continued to empower many human rights groups worldwide to secure thousands of stories of human rights violations and to use this information strategically to advance their causes.

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International Guatemala Colombia Analysis 150

Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

Thousands of people - with the aid of their computers, mobile phones, and online applications - were able to do important work to save lives and bring resources where they were badly needed, without needing to travel. This information was then picked up by first responders who were able to get help and to where it was needed.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

As the weeks pass, the disaster recovery is increasingly shifting out of the hands of professional first-responder organizations into the hands of the local NGO community. More information is available here in Japanese. Japanese culture, following Buddhist tradition, often marks the 49 days after a death as a formal period of mourning.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

Because we’re a relatively small NGO with a fairly specialized focus, it’s been great to be a part of UniversalGiving and gain the additional exposure to potential donors that we may have never otherwise reached.

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Impact Help Thailand Case Study 111

VisionLink

AUGUST 20, 2023

Doing so helps to identify recovery needs, informs the administration of benefits, can be used to vet and verify service providers, and support the equitable distribution of resources. A clearinghouse of affected households and families also facilitates the use of a call center for inbound calls for assistance.

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Disaster Phase NGO Aggregator 246

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2011

In some contexts, nongovernmental organization , or NGO , is popular and widely used. I've heard people who work in these contexts use the term NGO to refer broadly to all organizations operating in the domestic tax-exempt sector. Nonetheless, given its currency, NGO is a candidate. Not-for-profit. Yeah, I guess, if you want.

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NGO Charity Nonprofit Government 89

Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Windows Azure is an open and flexible cloud platform that enables you to quickly build, deploy and manage applications across a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters. You can build applications using any language, tool or framework. Anna Jaeger. And it works for nonprofits too! All forms of curation questions are welcome!

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Conference Technology San Francisco Disaster 44

Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2015

Using a mobile application, teachers take note of those who attend the program and those who don't. They connect the team in Bucharest to this information in real time with the mobile app. Last year the NGO accessed Office 365 for nonprofits with the help of TechSoup Romania. Microsoft Office 365 really helps us a lot.

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Romania Children Skype Calendar 36

Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2015

Using a mobile application, teachers take note of those who attend the program and those who don't. They connect the team in Bucharest to this information in real time with the mobile app. Last year the NGO accessed Office 365 for nonprofits with the help of TechSoup Romania. Microsoft Office 365 really helps us a lot.

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Romania Children Skype Calendar 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

If you already have a presence on MySpace, check this out - causes has just launched an application at MySpace. Nonprofit Tech Blog points to a new report from United Nations Foundation and The Vodafone Group Foundation, " Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use." Who has installed it? And if you???

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Nptech Tag Summary Mashup 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Every non-profit works with “systems” – internal ones relating to how work gets done, issue systems relating to the topic that the NGO is working to address, and mental model systems about strategy. They are diagrams of arrows and nodes that can communicate tremendous amounts of information visually much more easily than volumes of text.

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Map System Profit Guatemala 86

Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

In December 2013, drones from the NGO Direct Relief were put to work assessing damage and participating in search and rescue operations in the super typhoon Haiyan-stricken Philippines. Drones are used to inform planting, as well as precise applications of water, nutrients, and pesticides. In the U.S., Drones and Privacy.

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Benefit Los Angeles Disaster Conservancy 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Social Media, NGOs, and Romania View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. tags: ngo socialmedia ) Next, Iulian Comanescu - Training coordinator for the program is explaining the program. Goal is to provide web presence for most ngos in Romania. It also has events with a goal of being a news agency for NGOS.

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Romania Foundation Web Sponsor 50

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

This post originally appeared on the Netsquared blog and was authored by Bari Samad, an NGO domain expert for NetSquared. SAP , a TechSoup Global donor partner and a leader in enterprise software applications partnered with the UNFPA to unveil two interactive population dashboards to mark the milestone.

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Pakistan Netsquared Data Life 44

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I felt very strongly that the information gap about non-profits in the country severely impacted philanthropy; it was so hard to find out who was doing what and where in the country, and then screen them through due diligence filters in order to give a guarantee that these were credible non-profits. Why did you set up GuideStar India?

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India NGO South Africa Profit 93

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 7, 2006

Applications Take a look at Gliffy. But this flash-based software is not a toy application either - you can use it build network diagrams, entity-relationship diagrams, floorplans, mockups of user-interfaces. I've also been exploring DesktopTwo - this application came to my attention via Emily Chang's eHub site. Take a look.

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Application Phone Technorati NGO 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

non-IT professionals understand web applications for collaboration. The best question to come through the "Ask Your Friends" application on Facebook thjs week is "Have you used Mechanical Turk?" Compete provides information on every site on the Internet including site traffic history and competitive analytics.

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Nptech Tag Facebook Wiki 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Workshop Ngo Feb 13 View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Finally, I taught two social media strategy workshops for NGO and CSR practitioners before having two days to get a taste of India and then a 24 hour journey home. . Using that information, I was able to customize. NGOS in India. I'm still recovering.

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India NGO Social Media Reflection 96

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

East-West Technology, Culture & Food Exchange: Innovation and culture sharing with NGO counterparts in India. Traditional community organizing informs a successful online campaign and lays the groundwork for a sustainable, effective movement for social change. Listen First! When : 1:30 p.m.

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NTC Netsquared NGO API 126

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. I ask people to share what is top of mind when they think about social media and their NGO.

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