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6 Ways To Increase Mobile Giving In 2014

TechImpact

According to the DEC (disaster emergency committee) , a UK based coalition made up of 14 charities who band together in times of crisis, 6 million british pounds were raised via mobile donations after the Philippines was rocked by the typhoon that occurred earlier this year. Ensure donors can access donation screens quickly.

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Selfies for Good?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. Although selfies have been around for years , they have gained popularity recently. This campaign combines the popular selfie with the time honored hold a sign meme.

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Blog Action Day 2010: Water

Amy Sample Ward

More people have access to a cell phone than to a toilet. This means that sewage spills into rivers and streams, contaminating drinking water and causing disease. Cebu, Philippines. Learn more about TapIt, get the app for your phone, and start today with a disposable-bottle-free lifestyle at: [link]. Hulhumale Maldives.

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Women Ingenuity is Powering Solutions for the Digital Divide

Connection Cafe

And then there is Myrna in the Philippines, who escaped trafficking as a young girl and worked as a domestic helper. For Barbara — a participant in a training led by World Pulse community member Loyce Kyogabirwe in a remote fishing community in Uganda — the issue of domestic violence and mobile phones has been transformed.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofit Software and Hardware and Cell Phones. Can cell phones ensure a free vote? Election observers across Nigeria will be using mobile phones to text officials if they spot irregularities during Saturday's election. If you're lucky enough to be getting a tax refund, why not donate to a good cause? " Findhabeas.

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Operation Smile and #BitcoinTuesday

Top Nonprofits

It runs parallel with #GivingTuesday every year to connect crypto friendly nonprofits with crypto donors and companies to help raise money for worthy causes before the end of the year during that crucial, fourth quarter. We had humble beginnings 40 years ago in the Philippines and our founders Bill and Kathleen Magee. It’s crazy.

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

I’ll review Mary Meeker and Liang Wu’s annual report on the Internet, a new NTEN report on nonprofit technology assistance providers, Facebook’s new guidelines for nonprofits and causes, charities losing control of Hactivism, Google’s new micro-donation app, and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month.

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