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Using Technology to Build a More Accountable Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tech Soup

"), have risen as leaders in grassroots organizing and civic activism in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). was the pre-election campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2006. organized the protest entirely on mobile phones, using SMS to get a quick response and mobilize large crowds in Sarajevo. (“Enough!”

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Use Social Media to Reel in Big Fish Donors

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The relationship starts online, but the “ask” happens offline, perhaps on the phone, but most likely face-to-face. An organization dedicated to “never again” a genocide — such as those in Europe, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur — must raise awareness and advocate with as much energy as it raises money. No problem.

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The Future of Fundraising, Part Two

Tech Soup

, which means "enough," began online and moved offline to solidify a movement to create a better Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Restart Romania challenge resulted in citizens proposing technological solutions to a range of real world problems such as corruption in the medical system.

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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. They can go straight to work to create useful apps and other tools for solving social problems.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

It’s called the TechBridge Nonprofit Exchange and it is designed to address the problem of grantmakers’ reluctance to fund infrastructure improvements for charities. It hooks up to a phone, tablet or computer so the information can be messaged to a hospital. The concept of the Nonprofit Exchange is that any U.S.

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