ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The end of the Guatemalan Civil War resulted in a flood of non-governmental organization (NGO) programs spreading across the country in the hope of helping desperately poor people gain everything from their human rights, to better health care, food and nutrition, and training in governance. Make sure you know what minimum wage laws provide.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

A few years ago, Jeff and I went on a pro bono IT consulting project to Uganda to serve a Action for Children, an NGO that fights poverty by preserving families and delivering micro-finance. Our experience in Uganda helped us see how valuable technology and fundraising is to creating change. Interview: Rob Wu, CauseVox Founder.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Education is a major focus for nonprofits and NGOs, accounting for 9% of NGO activity worldwide. UNESCO views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. Like so many people here at TechSoup, she has broad experience.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Education is a major focus for nonprofits and NGOs, accounting for 9% of NGO activity worldwide. views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. Like so many people here at TechSoup, she has broad experience.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Our team has our clients with new Salesforce systems leveraging Commerce Cloud, Experience Cloud, MuleSoft, Tableau, and more—using best-in-class technology and talent to move them closer to their missions.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

This school is run by an NGO (a nonprofit) and provides free education to children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. They are very focused on education linked to vocational outcomes: the goal is to help these children move up the economic ladder with real job skills. The children were simply delightful.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 26, 2023

With Marketing Cloud Customer Data Platform , Save the Children (STC) saw an opportunity to completely revolutionize their data management strategy in service of their mission. STC works around the world and around the clock to save children’s lives and protect them from harm — and that’s not a small task. million girls and adults.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2009

In Roteang Village, where the Sharing Foundation has programs that help over 1,500 children each and every day, there was a birthday bash at the orphanage for the 70 plus children. This year, I experimented with Facebook Causes birthday application. In total, have raised over $220,000 since November, 2006.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m packing my bags for a trip to India to lead a training for NGOs that are Packard Grantees to kick off a peer learning project called “Networked NGO.” As childhood obesity disproportionally impacts children of color, we specifically used social media strategies to reach communities of color.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

David describes his ultramarathon experiences this way: "I run with 10 to 12 kilos [22 to 26 pounds] on my back and I am deeply tired after each race. His first race was dedicated to raising money for the Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT). This includes approximately 200 deaths of young children every year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

Today, I got a report via the TechSoup Second Life listserv about an awareness-raising campaign for homeless children in Second Life - reported here , here and here. According to my colleague Rik Riel, this campaign is sponsored by the Spanish NGO Mensajeros de la Paz , which is leveraging various new media to draw attention to their work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2007

She has worked for that NGO for almost two years. This was a trip to bring urban young people to experience life in a rural area and to deliver school supplies for children who live in the province and are very poor. I can talk about my volunteer efforts to help poor children in the remote province.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2006

And again, this discussion can't be carried out to its full potential without a play among these experiences and the technologies that make them possible. Annette is involved with a ngo called Half the Sky Foundation that supports orphans in china with educational and development programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2006

It is a partnership of UN agencies, NGOs, businesses, schools, universities, communities and individuals who all believe that we can work together to end child hunger. From their annual global Walk the World to educating decision makers on the importance of well nourished children. The main focus is raising awareness.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 26, 2006

MOMS is a grassroots movement of pregnant women, nursing mothers, and other caregivers who are concerned about the threat that environmental contaminants pose to our unborn and nursing children. All of the exciting elements in building an organization from the ground up can also make it a terrifying experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2006

She caught my attention because she founded an organization that works with orphaned and disabled children in Kenya. She also asked some really good questions about blogging for ngos on the listserv. She lived in China for 8 months with her 2 young children. Volunteers are able to post about their experience in country.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 16, 2009

If you are in charge of communications for your nonprofit or NGO, I recommend you read The She Spot: Why Women Are the Market for Changing the World, and How to Reach Them by Lisa Witter and Lisa Chen. Well, I have two small children; two and five months. I read children's books a lot. What does that mean for a nonprofit?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

that is experimenting with high tech balloons to supply Internet in remote places. My current favorite digital inclusion NGO is our newest TechSoup Global partner, Computers For Schools Kenya. These drones can supply Internet access at a fraction of the cost of near-earth satellites. The World Wide Web Turns 25. What the heck.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2004

The best part of that move was including something called "Live the Experience," where attendees were able to visit social entrepreneurs before the summit. Not only did I get to experience the work of these two exciting entrepreneurs, but I also was able to meet their management team and talk about the challenges and opportunities of growth.

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Tech Soup

MAY 10, 2011

This is a guest post by Eamon Stack, CEO of ENCLUDE , which is TechSoup's NGO partner organization in Ireland. There were appalled at the plight of women and children. My experience is that nonprofit leaders feel poorly-equipped to make ICT decisions. From a Nonprofit Leader Perspective.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

They shared stories from their experience there, and talked about how they are trying to do development and social change work differently. Women hold these toxins in their body, and this is what they have to pass on to their children. It is about a future that is possible for their children, and for future generations.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

The argument was that those for whom the Depression and World War II and its aftermath were formative experiences were the backbone of direct mail fundraising, and that they were dying off, never to be matched by their juniors. Our children likewise will have a story to tell their grandchildren. That was nearly 30 years ago.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

And I wrote two books which are also like my other two children. So, yes, I think the Global NGO Technology Report found the majority of nonprofits do agree social media is effective for creating brand awareness. And we’re going to talk about this, how to create that frictionless, seamless experience for your donors.

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