Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Every day, American nonprofits, charities, and libraries rely on TechSoup's product donation program for the information they need to make smart decisions about technology. Find your local #Tech4Good group. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. But did you know that our work is global? Kampala, Uganda.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. Impacts to Society.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 21, 2014

You probably already know about TechSoup’s amazing donation program , our informative blog and our free webinars. These live, in-person events are free or by donation and are the place to be if you want to network with your peers, prefer learning in an in-person environment, or are looking for ways to give back to your community.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Or if face-to-face is more your style, join your local NetSquared group — NetSquared groups are holding digital storytelling events all month. Kisumu, Kenya: Social Media Week. Vancouver, Canada: Small Changes for Big Results: How to Optimize Your Online Donations. Busia, Kenya: Social Media Week Event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Since I’m enroute to Kenya, I invited Jeff Achen to share his thoughts. This incredible online fund raising event raised more than $14 million last year, and we’re hoping to raise the bar higher this year by engaging more than 40,000 donors to donate to any of Minnesota’s more than 26,000 nonprofits using GiveMN.org.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. Orlando's October event explores donation platforms for Giving Tuesday , and in Vancouver, the focus will be on creating effective matching donation campaigns. Orlando, Florida: Donation Platforms for #GivingTuesday.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Morrisville, North Carolina: Does Your Donation Page Need Work? Busia, Kenya. Maker Party Western Kenya. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. . ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Wednesday, October 15, 2014. New York, New York: How to Launch a Nonprofit Crowdfunding Campaign.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. 100% of donations went directly to disaster relief. Indirect Content.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

That network supports local leaders in improving education policy through advocacy. Local communities were. We wanted to share stories of that help and local support, otherwise everything would have been confounded in misery. We had to work closely to support local clubs in navigating this. People have lost their jobs.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. Kibera is a slum located within the city of Nairobi, Kenya. From our local neighborhoods to disaster-stricken villages a world away, the new and evolving uses of online mapping technologies will continue to help nonprofits fulfill their missions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Note from Beth: As you read this post, I’ll be at the Ushahidi Board Meeting in Kenya. Some might be working with our local affiliates, some with other volunteer organizations and others might be leading efforts on their own. I thought it would be a great opportunity to share a couple of guest posts this week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

On the Water is Life site there is not a fleshed about "About" page that tells me anything about the organization's board, founding, budget, or a donation link. The Water is Life project got underway to help children in Kenya last November. I'm attending TwestivalSf so will get see what a local event is like first hand.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

Austin, Texas: Microsoft | How to Obtain a Donation and the Benefits of Microsoft 365. NetSquared East Africa (South) Regional Ambassador's Summit for Local Organizers. Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Supporting Encryption and Journalism. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

In 2008, post-election violence erupted in Kenya. Kibera is a slum located within the city of Nairobi, Kenya. From our local neighborhoods to disaster-stricken villages a world away, the new and evolving uses of online mapping technologies will continue to help nonprofits fulfill their missions.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Ushahidi was originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Since then, the platform (which is open source ) has been modified for use in South Africa (mapping xenophobic violence), DR Congo , Vote Report India (to monitor the recent local elections) and more.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Fundacja TechSoup in Poland, in a close partnership with Dokukino and other local organizations from the Western Balkans, has launched open challenges for the best technology-based social projects that address transparency and accountability issues in the the Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

We have a vision to build a sickle cell-centric hospital in Western Kenya.” ” So over the past several months, we’ve been working with, you know, indigenous architects, the local doctor that’s going to oversee, you know, the opening and the management of the project. So there’s a need.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

It's really designed to make sure that all solutions are both emerging from the local community and tailored to the community's needs, and are developing the leadership skills of the most promising and emerging leaders at the same time. The "collaborative project planning process" is a mouthful.

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Kindful

MARCH 4, 2021

Optimize your donation page. Find matching donations. Optimize your donation page. Our first fundraising idea for 2021 to ensure that you’re getting the most donations throughout the year is optimize your donation page. Take a quick look at the donation page on your website. Find matching donations.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2006

They've gotten all their networks involved, their friends and family caring about it, coming out to the garden, donating to Urban Sprouts, and really supporting us; and to see that that can really impact a school. and if you liked the opening music it was an excerpt from Kenya Masala's Mango Delight.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

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. The success of mpesa in combination with the arrival of broadband there has stimulated the billion dollar ‘silicon savanah’ movement in Kenya.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2008

KickStart is a nonprofit that develops and markets new technologies in Africa that help local entrepreneurs to establish small businesses. For example, in Kenya, only 7% of the population, of the labor force, has a job in the formal private sector. They live about 40 miles outside of the big city in Kenya, Nairobi.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

Fundacja TechSoup in Poland, in a close partnership with Dokukino and other local organizations from the Western Balkans, has launched open challenges for the best technology-based social projects that address transparency and accountability issues in the the Bosnia and Hercegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

These issues and the nonprofits listed below will be at the forefront of my activism this year as well as the recipients of 10% of my webinar income (more than $10,000 donated thus far!): The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force works to bolster the strength of local LGBT activism in rural enclaves, small towns and cities nationwide.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

She is donating 100 percent of the royalties from the book to the Global Fund for Women. I've now documented women's lives in 40 countries, over the past 10 or 12 years, and everywhere I went, I found women who were helping each other, local women. Paola Gianturco: My name is Paola Gianturco.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

We went and had a victory party and then woke up the next day and realized that it didn't really matter because the company that wanted to build had gone to the state legislature to get them to pass a law to undercut the local ordinance that would protect our water. Have you guys ever heard of Freeport-McMoRan? We don't use that much wood.

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Care2

APRIL 20, 2009

As communicators who are fighting to change the world, we need to write passionately and tell stories that connect to people in order to motivate them to take action and donate some of their hard earned money. Framing It Is Everything MoveOn laid out what they were going to do with my donation. Click here." Tell Congress to fix this!"

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. It works in over 160 countries around the world. They are the majority of those who actually experience physical violence.

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