Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

This post is Development Director Ryan Ginard's first impression of seeing how powerful a virtual reality video is in putting the viewer in the middle of a compelling story at the most recent meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative. A Highlight at the Recent Clinton Global Initiative Meeting. My Prediction.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

That's why TechSoup supports a global network of tech trainers called NetSquared. In Peru, the group explored how Azure can help NGOs and in Tanzania , people learned about the concept of cloud productivity services. Technology helps nonprofits deliver on our missions more effectively, but it can also be fiendishly complicated.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

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. That NGO can continue for the foreseeable future, operating chiefly on Western dollars and donations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. I wondered whether or not those results would be replicable ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 7, 2009

There’s these kids sitting at the other lunch tables in our global cafeteria. But I think it’s also the road to really fully becoming global.” To be truthful, I’d rather hang out with you than just about anybody. And I think it’s good that we’re building such a fun, vibrant community…but not good enough. starts around 17:27).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2014

But giving, isn’t just about making a donation or volunteering your time. She is making barrettes, selling them , and donating the proceeds to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. It’s about engaging, participating, and being part of something bigger than yourself. Raising Money To Fight Food Insecurity.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The big nonprofit tech trends this past year seemed to be in the areas of making websites viewable on mobile phones, using mobile phones more in the workplace, cloud computing, social media fundraising, foundations and Microsoft donations, greater self-sufficiency among NGOs in developing countries, and some cutting edge things like hackathons.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Find my piece, “ Will Facebook’s Internet.org Bridge the Global Digital Divide? The service has 17 million users and is transforming the way wealth is distributed in poor countries, which now include Tanzania, India, and Afghanistan as well as Kenya. Smart Watches. Another post-PC device to buy and pay attention to.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 1, 2006

What makes us write a donation check, spread the word about a campaign, or show up for a meeting or protest? You can check out the pilot project on the Global Voices blog here. Menu of Hope by Chez Pim : Led by Chez Pim, food bloggers donated a delicious array of food-related raffle prizes for the second annual Menu for Hope in 2005.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2008

Martin Fisher: The problem we're trying to solve is global poverty. As long as we have massive global poverty, we really can't solve any of our other biggest problems because if you have people who are starving, they're going to do anything to stay alive. What follows is an edited transcript of our conversation on July 2, 2008.

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