Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

In 2005, we got a chance to meet face-to-face in London at the Global Voices Blogging Summit after I transitioned from being the Cambodia bridge blogger. Tharum has served as a communications director for a number of international NGOs based in Cambodia, but recently launched his own communications agency.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

As discovered in the Global Trends in Giving Report , the.org domain is by far the most trusted domain for nonprofit website and email communications. In fact, according to the Global NGO Technology Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have an official policy to allow staff to work on their LinkedIn Profiles during work hours.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2010

Tom Aageson, the co-Founder of the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship. In addition to being the co-Founder of the Global Center, he is also the Executive Director of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. Here's the direct download (mp3) link too. He is also the co-Founder of the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market.

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APRIL 12, 2013

Executive Director. Working with an intelligent and experienced staff of a Phoenix-based nonprofit involved focused on global issues, I was encouraged to ask questions of development organizations and to think through a lens of international aid. In fact, the NGO was led by them. Dianna Schwartz , Public Allies Arizona Alumna.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Below you’ll hear from Cloud for Good’s Managing Directors on what they are most thankful for as we enter the 2021 holiday season. . Dana Genson – Executive Vice President, Services Cloud for Good emerged from 2020 with considerable momentum after exhibiting incredible resiliency in the face of global challenges.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2010

This post originally appeared on the Microsoft Unlimited Potential Blog and was written by Erica Lorraine Scheidt, TechSoup Global's Director of Marketing Communications.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

Jane Meseck , senior director of global programs at Microsoft Philanthropies. Lisa Pool , founder and executive director of the Technology Affinity Group. International NGO Leadership. Catalina Escobar , executive director of MAKAIA in Colombia. Karen Haring , founder and executive director of Libera.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

When TechSoup and our global network of partners surveyed more than 10,500 NGOs around the world this year to find out whether they are using and needing cloud based IT services, we didn’t know how many would report cloud technology adoption. 90 percent of respondents worldwide indicated using some type of cloud technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

They are hosting the Global CSR track at the Indian Leadership Forum in Mumbai Feb 9-11. I'll not only be speaking at the conference and CSR Track, but will be leading two workshops for NGO and CSR practitioners. On Wednesday, February 10, I will leading a discussion on "Should CEOs or Executive Director's Use Social Media?"

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

And our Twitter chat was more global than ever before, with people from 20 countries participating! Best Global Story — What Is Taiwan Tongzhi (LGBT) Hotline Association? First, we want to thank every nonprofit and NGO who submitted. The Storymakers 2016 campaign surpassed all of our expectations.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

We want to give people an opportunity to really develop, innovate, and preserve their own culture." -- Tom Aageson, co-founder, Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship A week, or so ago I interviewed my Dad, Tom Aageson, for a special Father's Day show on the Big Vision Podcast. I've posted an edited transcript of the interview below.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2012

Note from Beth: I have the honor of leading a “Networked NGO Training” in Delhi for grantees of the Packard Foundation and have lined up some guest posts to supplement my reports from India. Chosen from among hundreds of executive directors of area nonprofits, these 12 receive a unique offer – to become Barr Fellows.

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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. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Doing Global Aids Relief from a Home Office. From Hope Endeavors’ headquarters in Michigan, Executive Director Darcy McLane runs a global operations and leads an army of volunteers and three on-the-ground staff members in Malawi. Sound like a typical Executive Director? She also does it without any U.S.-based

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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. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

Having been at TechSoup Global for eight years now, I can remember what it was like before we added the “Global” to our name (literally and figuratively). How exciting it was when we first started down the road of expanding our programs and services to NGOs in other countries! And we’re still at it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Access , the organizers of RightsCon, who work for digital freedom worldwide, consciously pitched this not as a human rights NGO conference. There have been significant initiatives in this area from groups like the Global Network Initiative but more momentum is needed. Sam Gregory.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

To quote Annaliese Hoeling, NTEN’s publications director: A couple of the biggest take-aways for us were that 91 percent of nonprofits taking our survey reported using at least one cloud software solution?. I did an internal survey of TechSoup Global’s use of cloud tools and we literally use dozens of cloud tools now.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2012

This week we got a great comment from a TechSoup member to our Cloud Technology and the NGO Community blog post. In our TechSoup Global NGO cloud survey we found that people in nonprofits and libraries are indeed concerned about data security in the cloud the world over. What should nonprofits do about this?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2010

Upon hearing the news of the earthquake, many of us here at TechSoup Global immediately turned our thoughts to our colleagues at El Comité para la Democratización de la Informática , our Chilean partner NGO. CDI director Javier Figueroa told us this morning that CDI's staff is all safe.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2012

Richard’s case has been making the rounds in the TechSoup Global network, most recently at TechSoup Canada’s blog. He is director of programmes at CTT, which is our TechSoup Global partner in the UK. Richard Cooper of Charity Technology Trust (CTT) in the U.K. But is that the end of the story?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2016

2016 NGO Online Technology Report. Based upon the survey results of 2,780 NGOs worldwide, the 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report is unprecedented and provides valuable insight into the global NGO sector and its use of online technology. The State of Nonprofit Cloud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2008

He is now a Program Director for the NGO he works for in Phnom Penh. He's a supporter (in spirit) of the Sharing Foundation's work - they don't use credit cards in Cambodia and so can't use the Global Giving page ). I've known Mean Lux through his blog for 3 years, but we got to meet last summer.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self-sufficient, local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Seattle, Washington: King County Executive Director Forum. Taipei, Taiwan: 民眾、社群與 NGO 的協作：飲水地.

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JANUARY 16, 2010

Orphans International America reports that they have been able to make contact with their program director in the town of Jacmel, a city about 20 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince that houses OI''s hospitals and schools. You can contribute to them through PayPal. • Donate to the IRC Haiti Crisis Fund.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

We're a global movement with chapters in 20 countries. Every month our global network of community organizers host Tech4Good events in more than 60 cities. Seattle, Washington: King County Executive Director Forum. Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Summer Social. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2011

In addition to Zoetica, implementation partners include SMEX Beirut , TechSoup Global , and Meedan directly, plus a network of in-country teams and training partners. The goal is to train over 150-250 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen, Morocco, and other countries and help them put social media skills into practice.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

In Ghana, SAP is using their technology and volunteers in partnership with a leading NGO to help women create thriving businesses through the harvesting of shea nuts. Although one million people may seem like an enormous number, consider this: on October 31, 2011, the global population reached 7 billion. Seven Billion Actions.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But did you know that our work is global? That's why TechSoup created NetSquared , our global network of volunteer-led Tech4Good meetups. Every month our global network of community organizers hosts Tech4Good events in more than 70 cities. Seattle, Washington: King County Executive Director Forum.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

If you don't have a local group (I can help fix that problem! ), there are also free online guides and a global Twitter chat October 5 using the hashtag #storymakers2017. Seattle, Washington: King County Executive Director Forum — October 6. Bristol, United Kingdom: Tech4Good Global Development.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2011

In addition to helping provide very deserving NGOs with technological resources the run also seeks to encourage awareness and connections among and between NGOs and the very people these organizations serve.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The Local Impact Map is a rich storytelling platform that uses mapping technology to place stories in a global context as you can see in the picture below. It reaches our global network resources and, combined with TechSoup.org, has over 5 million annual site visits. Poke around the map and see for yourself. Terms & Conditions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

David Saski from Global Voices summarized her presentation: Dee Dee's 10 minute introduction to why she blogs and what she got out of it put a big smile on my face. The day before the conference, I spent some time at the Open Institute , the NGO that hosts the KhmerOS (Open Source Software) project. Dee Dee with the BlogHer bag!

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Attendees include approximately 200 Directors and senior staff from Service and Conservation Corps across the country; officials from federal agencies; representatives from philanthropic foundations; and friends and supporters of the Corps movement. The Great Ideas Conference. The Great Ideas Conference. Mar 17 - 19.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 4, 2010

When I sat down to talk with the co-Directors, Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond, in early March, they had literally just returned from the West African Woman and Water Training in Ghana. MK: One of the highlights for me was the Global Peers program. What is Women's Earth Alliance, and what problem you're trying to solve?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

After meeting her at the Global Engagement Summer last spring, I knew I wanted to grab her for an interview before she became too famous. Now 26, Erickson is still FORGE's Executive Director. He did his degree in NGO Management, and will be graduating this coming June. I had a lot to learn.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

Box has chosen Bryan Breckenridge, formerly the head of LinkedIn for Good , as Box.org’s executive director. Back in 2012, in order to better meet the needs of the global philanthropic sector, the Foundation Center began an extensive review of their Philanthropy Classification System. This offer is international.

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