Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Nonprofits don’t have to pay a service fee, only the payment processing fee. 14% donate in response to natural disasters. ? 42% are most inspired to give by social media, email (18%), and an NGO’s website (18%). Doare built the platform, both multi-language and multi-currency, so people can donate anywhere.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

When we surveyed NGOs and libraries around the world this year about where they are in regard to using and needing cloud based IT services, we didn’t know how far things have gone toward cloud adoption. Cloud Services That NGOs Need.

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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. Can cloud vendors simply close your account without notice?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2010

By coincidence, Nasscom (our partner NGO in India) was hosting its annual India Leadership Forum that same week in Mumbai, and several of our partners had staff attending the conference. Last month, I got to attend Ashoka's Tech4Society conference in Hyderabad, India, as a guest writer for the AshokaTech blog. read more.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 16, 2010

The American Red Cross is providing food, water, temporary shelter, medical services and emotional support, coordinated through the International Red Cross. • International Medical Corps is assembling a team of first responders and resources to provide lifesaving medical care and other emergency services to survivors of the earthquake.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

However, drones are also being used for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering aid, tracking environmental conditions, and helping out in disaster relief. Assessing disaster-stricken areas. Drones also show promise for delivering goods to rural or disaster-stricken areas that would otherwise be inaccessible. Tracking storms.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Delivering Services Through a Global Network. Disaster Planning: What Organizations Need to Know to Protect Their Tech. Disasters are often the times that communities most rely on the nonprofit sector. We'll also discuss the post-disaster operations analysis and triage processes. Lynn Van Housen. No PowerPoint.

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Conference Technology San Francisco Disaster 44

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Younger people who are the most deeply engaged demographic on social media are likely to also use services like YouTube and also Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, and Instagram. According TechSoup’s Global NGO Cloud Survey , cloud storage and back-up is one of the most useful cloud technologies out there. Shared.com. Google Drive.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 15, 2015

So while it isn’t unusual for me to see these partners in good out and about, it is a bit of surprise when that person turns out to be the leader of an international non-governmental organization (NGO) based many states and hundreds of miles away (who also happens to be a Blackbaud customer). And again, I felt my worlds colliding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

There's an interesting idea for "emergency NGO in a box" in the notes about Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Tools and an interview with Gregg Swanson of HumiNet by Britt Bravo from the Summit. The Summit runs until Saturday and the correspondent reports and notes are being filed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Phil Agre's How To Help Someone Use A Computer, circa 1996, is still relevant to anyone who is teaching someone how to master a new piece of software or Internet service. Check out this disaster simulation game from the UNISDR called Stop Disasters ! Events and Conferences: Live Blog Notes, Upcoming, and How-Tos.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2014

Harnessing Databases for Disaster Relief. This was a well-meaning but ineffectual way to reunite families and friends after such a large disaster. to automate subsequent disaster relief data collection efforts. He believes that technology is really just an amplifier or enabler for change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. I ask people to share what is top of mind when they think about social media and their NGO.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

We also noticed a significant increase in the way that mobile technology is being used in disaster relief. The crystal ball on mobile computing looks to be an area of dramatically increased use of tablet computers, and also the convergence of cloud computing services and mobile. Mobile Computing. This trend is expected to accelerate.

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