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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Qgiv

MARCH 5, 2024

What is an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization)? An NGO is a type of nonprofit organized at the local, national, or international level that works independently of any government involvement. These organizations’ primary goal is to benefit the public through donations and volunteer efforts to fulfill their mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The lack of trust between NGOs and local Kenyans and the expectancy that NGOs are funded from outside Kenya are the key reasons for limited local fundraising towards NGO in Kenya. 4) What is your best piece of fundraising and online communication advice for Kenya NGOs when it comes to raising money through crowdfunding?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Fundar is a 20-year old Mexican NGO in the filed of research and advocacy to fight corruption, impunity, and to adovcate for human rights. Online marketing is way more affordable than analog and NGOs have the potential to occupy more of the online space by promoting the amazing work they do everyday.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 13, 2019

But in its general technical usage, the word sadaqa denotes a voluntary offering of some form of benefit to another. -- @ZakatUS. From this we can see that charitable acts are not limited to money only. The Quran sometimes uses the word #sadaqa interchangeably with #zakat. Click to Tweet. American Muslim Giving Trends.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Specifically, 33% donated to a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign while 18% created their own peer-to-peer fundraising campaign to benefit their favorite NPO or NGO. 11) 67% of donors worldwide have volunteered with a NPO or NGO within the last 12 months.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2012

the large crowd that joined us online recently for our Cloud Computing: Benefits & Barriers webinar featuring Patrick Callihan from NPower PA. Anna Jaeger and Kevin Lo of TechSoup Global presented baseline data from our 2012 Global NGO Cloud Survey that raised important questions for the audience thinking about.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

How One NGO Serves 70,000 Children. This is an NGO that is relies heavily on good communication and effective project management. All of them happen to use Microsoft Office to good advantage. I hope you can take a moment to tell us how donations you've gotten through TechSoup have helped you serve your community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2019

Besides, having access to your supporters’ network is one of the biggest benefits of running a peer-to-peer campaign in the first place. Based on the 2018 Global NGO Technology Report.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Another benefit of having a user-generated storytelling campaign is the vast amount of digital assets you can collect from the campaign. As digital natives, many millennials (and younger) live on social media, which makes user-generated storytelling campaigns a great way to empower, inspire and engage this generation.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2021

I know from being in the NGO world for many years what kind of a burden that can be. Brad: What do you envision are the potential long-term benefits to making this shift to collecting demographic data? Could there be implications for the larger social sector?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Here is what we've found out about how drone technology is being used to benefit humanity. 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. What Are Drones, Anyway? In the U.S.,

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NetWits

MARCH 21, 2012

TechSoup Global wants to learn more about how nonprofits, libraries, foundations and all types of NGOs use traditional and cloud-based technology. The results will support NGOs in making informed IT decisions. Take the survey or share it with others you know. Don’t wait to long. Get the results.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

When selecting office space, NGOs face unique challenges while simultaneously benefiting from distinct advantages. Are you reaping the benefits of an optimal location? Discover these factors, and how one additional model could save your NGO up to 40% vs. the traditional lease model. Download it here.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

They will share our survey findings and the primary motivations and barriers that nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs have for moving their IT to the cloud. Register for our free webinar to discuss the 2012 Global NGO Cloud Survey and find out how to: Make more informed decisions about cloud computing adoption.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Bringing the benefits of technology to Austrian nonprofits - Microsoft Citizenship Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs : Technology donations for nonprofits made easy: What has benefited German nonprofits for nearly four years now, is now also available in Austria.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

53% donate to crowdfunding campaigns that benefit individuals. Of those that give to crowdfunding campaigns, 18% say that they give less to NGOs due to their financial support of crowdfunding campaigns. ? 4% create online peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns to benefit organizations. ? 11% of donors in Brazil give tribute gifts.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 8, 2024

While ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI , is the most well-known, each AI program has its benefits and can help your organization in different ways. Whether you’re a small community organization or a large international NGO, selecting the right technology is key for achieving fundraising success in 2024.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

According to our 2012 NGO Global Cloud Survey , collaboration is already one of the top ten current uses for cloud-based software among charities. I used it to project manage our recent global NGO cloud survey. Huddle is offering its online service to charities and libraries at a one-time admin fee, and a very reasonable one at that.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

For his day job, Robert runs Communications without Borders and the NGO Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organization. As an unpaid volunteer, he organizes NetSquared in-person events where people from NGOs from all over the region come to talk shop and help each other. What NGOs in Uganda Need. NGOs have many needs here.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

This is a communique on the current state of cloud adoption in India from Prashant Pandit and Pooja Jayna from TechSoup Global's, NASSCOM Foundation BIGTech Program , which is an NGO committed to building ICT capacity in civil society in India. NASSCOM Foundation's Survey of NGO Cloud Readiness.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2012

Once I recover from the journey, expect read reports about the Networked NGO in Rwanda and use of social media to support Women’s Rights organizations. ” They’ve put in the time to learn LinkedIn to learn how to use it and reap the benefits. Only the digitally literate power-users are beginning to “get it.”

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2011

This is a big deal because the federal government confers some nice benefits on the ones with a public mission. Its deep roots refer specifically to service to the poor, which is pretty limiting when it comes to describing the great breadth of organizations with a claim on public benefits. Not-for-profit. Yeah, I guess, if you want.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2007

Benefits of Global Blogging: Dinner Companions No Matter Where You Go! This is a similar challenge that ngo staffers may face in the US, but the difference is that a staff person the US is far more likely to own a personal laptop and enjoy an Internet connection (a high speed one) at home or a nearby coffee shop.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2012

Nonprofits throughout India are now benefiting by getting high visibility and access to information and technology for their work. million NGOs in India. Our presence on the GuideStar India and a social networking site has helped us to get an industry donor looking for a small NGO. We are thrilled to be associated with it."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

(I’ve been curating a list on failure and have them here ) Two really good resources: A new book called “ Why Success Always Begins With Failure ” by Tim Hartford. Here’s a post that gives you tip on how to fail in the right way and reap the benefits based on the book.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

I’m heading to Geneva later this month for the next major meeting at the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”), to hear the latest and make my three-minute oration as an accredited NGO representative (first time for me!). They all meet the definition of TI as a primary purpose of the agency or NGO.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2009

It’s a marketplace, really, of opportunities to take actions for social benefit in various topics you may be after—want to donate money and leave it at that? “ UniversalGiving ™ is an award-winning marketplace which allows people to volunteer and donate to top performing projects in more than 70 countries around the world.&#.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 17, 2008

AppAfrica is series of international technology conferences and forums for software developers, entrepreneurs, ngo???s s and others interested in discussing how web technologies can benefit developing nations. The first event will be held July 31 at Makerere University.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Hashtags have two major benefits – they help your tweets get found (by people who are searching for your subject), and they help you find good content. ngo – nongovernmental organization. Twitter really shines as a communications tool when you use it with hashtags. charitytuesday. foundation. foundations. fundraising.

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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. Japanese culture, following Buddhist tradition, often marks the 49 days after a death as a formal period of mourning.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Using custom-designed technology, research on best practices in global grantmaking, standardized methodology developed by leading legal experts, and local partnerships within the global NGO community, NGOsource has created a first-of-its-kind and efficient equivalency determination process. Grantmakers can immediately apply for membership.

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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 provides increased stewardship over donated dollars through program controls for eligibility, as well as reducing duplication of benefits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

According to the Global NGO Technology Report , 44% of nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use WordPress.org as their content management system (CMS) for their website ( 7% use Drupal and 3% use Joomla ). However, there are benefits to using a social sharing app, such as Social Snap , on your website.

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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?" What can small nonprofits do to benefit from collaboration? The benefit? Plan with other local NGOs and create an informal board of IT advisors.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Here are seven ways TechSoup is benefiting philanthropy. The process for clearing an NGO to receive a grant is much faster and much less expensive than it used to be — starting at $250 per equivalency determination. TechSoup has a lot to offer foundations, but the majority of foundations don't know it!

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