Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

To be able to telework, people usually need five things: a computer or tablet, broadband Internet, access to work email, access to work documents, and a phone. Since not a whole lot is out there yet on the role of mobile devices in telework, I thought it’d be interesting to have a look a look at that. Mobile Addiction.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

But thanks to a strategy focused on bringing low-cost smartphones to the masses worldwide, Google’s Android surged to a whopping 68% share of the global smartphone market in the second quarter of 2012. That’s four times the 17% global market share held by Apple. Sunlight Foundation :: Ad Hawk App.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

By David Farnes, Executive Director, Mobile Giving Foundation Canada , and Vice President, Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Associatio n and Jim Manis, Chairman and CEO, Mobile Giving Foundation. This year, in unprecedented numbers, more charities and corporate foundations have operationalized text?to?give

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

Recently, CTA conducted a study on mobile use by the homeless population of Santa Clara County (where CTA is located). The goal of the project, called ConnectSCC , is to come up with a sustainable model for a mobile plan for homeless and low income people. Mobile phones are also essential for finding jobs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

An Interview with Ruy Fortini , Founder and CEO of Doare and official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. 1) The Global Trends in Giving Report is meant to help the nonprofit sector better understand individual giving worldwide, but data and statistics don’t communicate well what is happening on the ground in Brazil.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Help for Charities to Develop a Mobile Giving Campaign. Fund for UNICEF, and United Way Worldwide to bring more mobile technology resources charities.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

These new UN Sustainable Development Goals are the de facto agenda for global philanthropy, and they have a new dimension: technology targets to enable implementation. Governments, foundations, and charities learned a good deal from working to implement the previous UN goals. The UN Foundation View on Technology. ending poverty.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Many small NGOs are also unaware of the services and resources offered to the NGO community by TechSoup Global , SANGONeT , NASSCOM Foundation , Meedan , and FrontlineSMS. 1) Launch a new website that is mobile-optimized. Before each training I review the Web presence for each NGO in attendance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

I was honored to be invited to cover this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum , a community of donors and social investors committed to international causes. ” with Jacob Harold , Guidestar; Robert Kirkpatrick , UN Global Pulse; Mayur Patel , Knight Foundation. Global Pulse @rgkirkpatrick.

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Candid

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The grants will fund nine new CER studies, including three focused on telehealth and mobile health strategies. The funding includes $261 million to further the 30x30 initiative to protect 30 percent of land and sea globally by 2030; $130 million to advance the Justice40 initiative , a U.S. Grants totaling $23.5 Grants totaling $23.5

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2013

They supply charities, libraries and foundations with discounted Cisco and Polycom office phones. These are packaged with discounted voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone services that unify all your organization's telephones, mobile phones, fax machines, and computers through a virtual PBX software application.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

What is it like for a nonprofit to have a successful, lasting partnership with a private philanthropic foundation? One foundation that has been a committed supporter of our work is the Lavelle Fund for the Blind. That’s what a lot of foundations would love to see happen: in this case, it’s happened multiple times!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Highlights of this Update: Human Rights Global Literacy Benetech Labs and Board of Directors Human Rights In the age of hyper-surveillance, it is clear that at-risk human rights defenders are no longer the only ones who need the know-how to protect sensitive information. I encourage you to read his powerful story on our website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. Click to See Visualization.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

Their systems and processes help them pivot when an unexpected turn of events (a global pandemic or a tidal wave of social activism, for example) turns their operations upside-down. buildOn mobilizes young people to transform their communities and build schools in developing countries. Where are you on the spectrum? About the Author.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Here's a glimpse of what's happening internationally around TechSoup Global: Connecting Up Australia. "The revolution will be mobile!" Learn how a nonprofit in South Africa, the Papillon Foundation , helps unemployed people learn new skills and find jobs. TechSoup Canada. Redesign or realign?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Michael Johnston is the president and founder of the global fundraising consultancy, Hewitt and Johnston Consultants (hjc), which has offices in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, and Cordoba. The increase in use of mobile devices has led us to a place where mobile fundraising can no longer be ignored.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Mobile has put a whole new spin on fundraising, connecting with donors, and kick-off campaigns. As part of the App It Up 2: Transforming Communities project, we had the opportunity to explore some of the latest mobile fundraising apps. Mobile Fundraising Tools. These mobile tools help you fundraise on-the-go.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy. The topic we explored was mobile fundraising, ranging from best practices, integration and why applications on phones haven’t taken off. Is mobile the best way to reach your target audience?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The audience includes top corporate CSR executives, venture capital investors, government leaders, foundations, nonprofits, and social entrepreneurs. Hon Weng Chong, a member of the team, described StethoCloud is a “cloud-powered, mobile-hybrid stethoscope for early detection of pneumonia.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2017

These were workshops at Cause Camp , Global Giving , and the Hartford Foundation. Slido allows you to crowd source questions from the audience who can use the web site from their mobile phones or laptops in real time. I pulled up the page on my mobile phone. Flash polls. Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2011

Since early December, the issue has been covered on over 60 nonprofit and philanthropy blogs, technology blogs and press, and news publications, including The New York Times , Huffington Post , The Guardian , Chronicle of Philanthropy , Nonprofit Quarterly , Cause Marketing Forum , and Foundation Center.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2013

Mobilisation Lab: Started by the digital strategy team at Greenpeace International, the Digital Mobilisation Lab is comprised of a growing global network of staff and volunteers dedicated to people-powered campaigning. Mobile phone use in campaigns is not just about text messaging, but about leveraging missed calls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 4, 2012

I was going to write something patriotic about social media, but I got an email from Mari Tikkanen with story about her recent experience working with maternal/reproductive health organizations and human rights NGOs in Nigeria for the MacArthur Foundation. LACVAW also hope to raise global awareness.

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Mobile payments to alleviate extreme poverty. Western countries are finally catching up in the realm of mobile payments. Just last month, Google launched Tez , an “audio QR” payment solution for mobile phone users in India. Featured Photo: Business School for rural women in India by Mann Deshi Foundation.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Juice jacking is a data theft practice you may not have heard about yet: Public charging stations can be configured by bad guys to read the data on your phone or laptop and also upload malware when you charge your device. Reimbursing Employee Mobile Phone Expenses. Image 1: TechSoup Global. It's pretty easy to use.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

That's why TechSoup Global and Microsoft teamed up to launch the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest last November. Developers from across the United States created twenty-one apps for both Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Windows Phone 8 : Health Center by Lance Seidman. Windows 8 : Eatfindr by Cameron Preson.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

” Nonprofits once limited to raising money through cookie sales, charity balls, and foundation grants now have access to almost limitless fundraising streams with new technology platforms, micro-funding models, and evolving culture of giving. ” Globally, people have more access to phones than the Internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

It will take place Wednesday December 9 at 10:30 CST as part of Business Boomer's Live Webcast and broadcast a conference session with Andrew Wolk, CEO of Rootcause, Elizabeth Darling, CEO of One Star Foundation, and Stacey Caldwell, Executive Director of Dallas Social Venture Partners. You can also livestream with your mobile phone. .

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

This year kicked off with the launch of the new United Nations agenda for global philanthropy, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will take us through 2030. Visual social media such as Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube videos moved up in priority again this year, surpassing blogging and phone banking for the first time ever.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

I also encrypt my Android phone. " I would add that HTTPs Everywhere was created by two nonprofits: The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. If someone happens to get in to my phone or computer, my browser’s password manager file is empty. Images: TechSoup Global. its] online banking site.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. It originally appeared on NetSquared. Data philanthropy efforts are reviewed and advice for writing about data is offered.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2006

Via a press release from Michael Stein Mobile phones have enormous potential in electoral, voter. Guide released today by MobileActive, a global network of organizations and. individuals using mobile phones for activism and civic engagement. Mobile phones have become a powerful emerging tool for.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 3, 2012

In our 2012 Global Cloud Survey we found that only 12 percent of respondents, mostly from larger organizations, are using cloud-based client relationship management (CRM) database services like Salesforce for Nonprofits , or Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Anyone in the organization can update the information so that it is captured in the one place.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2009

But it's also easier to disseminate information than ever before, since the internet, web and mobile technologies allow for more connectivity and access. There are a few foundational questions to be asked before building a cultural movement through the use of media and storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Ed Schipul wonders whether Facebook mobile and text integration will make Twitter redundant? Global NpTech: African Civil Society to Colombia Saidia.Org Blog is gathering stories about Web2.0 Nonprofit Tech Software + Mobile Phones = Citizen reporting? Mobile citizen reporting ? million users.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. The reason why The Fog is emerging is because of the amount of data overwhelming our 3G and 4G mobile networks. They’re calling it The Fog.

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