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12 Early Adopters of the.NGO and.ONG Domains

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Mission: To ensure corporations respect human rights in their global operations. Mission: To foster peace among young adults through the arts in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina. billion people worldwide who do not have clean drinking water. Mission: To restore Kenyan highland forests and elevate the discussion on sustainability.

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

Tech Soup

How can people fight back? The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. Three project winners were chosen from each country: From Bosnia and Herzegovina: Centar 72 aims to solve community problems within 72 hours. Through technology!

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The Future of Fundraising, Part Two

Tech Soup

Globally, 34 percent of people report owning smartphones. Online video consumption rates are now as high as television viewer rates globally. which means "enough," began online and moved offline to solidify a movement to create a better Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Growth in Smartphones and Social Media.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

The tool will allow hackers and coders to get up to speed before the hackathon by reading problem statements written from the perspective of the people who are working to solve social problems on the ground: NGOs and activists. We are testing it out at hackathons this month in San Francisco and also in Sarajevo in Bosnia.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. Find what TechSoup Global thinks about the new FCC net neutrality decision here. It’s time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news again!

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

Tech Soup

Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. I could go on and on about this one so I'll just tell you what I've been reading on the topic: University of Toronto: A Global Overview of Digital Wallet Technologies. Accessibility.

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

Tech Soup

Fundacja TechSoup in Poland, in a close partnership with Dokukino and other local organizations from the Western Balkans, has launched open challenges for the best technology-based social projects that address transparency and accountability issues in the the Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia. CNET Coverage on Digital Wallets.

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