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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , there are 6,500+ NGOs registered with the NGOs Coordination Board in Kenya. 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.

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RightsCon: The Promise and Peril of New Communications Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Access , the organizers of RightsCon, who work for digital freedom worldwide, consciously pitched this not as a human rights NGO conference. What are legitimate constraints on free speech under international human rights law? If this post has piqued your interest, check out the RightsCon livestream here or on CitizenTube’s channel.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

finds that charities aren’t effectively engaging younger donors via mobile friendly channels like social media and mobile optimized websites. According TechSoup’s Global NGO Cloud Survey , cloud storage and back-up is one of the most useful cloud technologies out there. A 2013 survey from The Millennial Impact.

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To answer Deborah's question, I don't think Facebook is yet the default front end for nonprofits, but it has become an increasingly important fundraising channel give the impressive growth statistics (not just users but in the age 35 plus category). And, of course, Facebook is a taste of what is coming in November. It's recently been updated.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Third, we pioneered a novel interpretation of the copyright exception for serving people with disabilities that is built into the basic law of the United States. Our vision is that the same ebooks available through mass channels like the Amazon Kindle or the Apple iPad should be fully accessible. Fast forward to today.

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NpTech Tag: People Behind Tags, NpTech Timeline, Twitter, and More Widgets

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tara Hunt's reflection describes Twitter's value, attraction, and benefits while Andy Carvin looks at the potential value from an ngo perspective. Tobias Schonwetter, discusses the analogy between copyright law and culture in many regions of the world and an interview with Anna Badimo, chairperson of LinuxChix Africa.

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