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12 Demographic & Technology Trends Changing the Nonprofit Sector Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Rapid population growth and migration is dramatically changing societies and ecosystems worldwide and as this future unfolds nonprofits, NGOs, and charities will play a central role in safeguarding the world’s most vulnerable communities, the land upon which they live, and the wildlife that surrounds them. billion now. billion now.

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10 Emerging Trends in Online Communications and Fundraising to Watch in 2018

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Facebook Fundraising Tools [ Conservation International ]. The Rise of International Giving. The obstacle to international online fundraising thus far has been the lack of an international database of verified NPOs and NGOs. Today, 10 languages make up 82% of web content. Digital Payments on Social Networks.

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12 Early Adopters of the.NGO and.ONG Domains

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Unlike the.ORG domain which can be registered by any individual or brand (but mostly registered by nonprofits and socially conscious for-profits), the new.NGO and.ONG domains can only be registered by nonprofits, charities, NGOs (non-governmental organizations), and ONGs (non-governmental organizations in a romance-based language ).

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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Write tweets in clear, concise language. Embrace a writing style known as plain language which is becoming an increasingly important skill for social media managers. Scheduling tweets is a must for nonprofits that want to engage an international following. Format your tweets for easy reading. Retweet your own tweets.

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Our WIPO Statement on the Treaty for Access for People with Disabilities

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Canada, Europe and India. Bookshare now has hundreds of titles in Hindi, Tamil, and Spanish, and we recently announced a partnership with the government of Qatar to develop an Arabic language service. Bookshare has successfully piloted an international library for the blind, but we’ve barely begun to remedy the global book famine.

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Commercial Availability: The Poison Pill for Marrakesh Treaty Implementation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

And thus we have a book famine, where the typical blind person in the world has no accessible books, and depends on the charity of others to read books aloud. The Practical Case Charity provision is done on a shoestring. We now have volunteers throughout India adding local language titles such as Tamil into Bookshare.

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A First Look at Jumo

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Charities outside the US can set up a profile. To generate a robust profile, your organization should be able to plug in existing social media presences (Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Blog RSS Feed, Etc) so it seems to favor organizations that have already established a social media content strategy. Argentina, France, India, or Kenya?&#

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