Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

DREAM’s annual report is doing everything right: beautiful images, student stories, and (of course) thanking their donors. We especially love how they paired a full-page image of a student with key stats that support the organization’s overall mission, a mix of showing and telling. The grassroots climate justice advocates at 350.org

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The IT press was buzzing in late April about the free portable WiFi embedded by Microsoft in select May 6 Forbes Magazine print issues. promotional ad in Forbes that turns the magazine in to a free T-Mobile WiFi hotspot for 15 days. It's a free download at ebenchmarkstudy.com. Strange News. Yes that's right.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Every month TechSoup's NetSquared community organizers volunteer to bring free (or low cost) nonprofit technology events and workshops to more than 50 cities. Get social at an NGO Ho Ho in Vancouver and Victoria or join Pittsburgh's Bagels & Bytes for its annual party. Image 1 : Marie Grace BINJENJ SAME / CC BY-NC-SA.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Agency for International Development and for an international NGO. A great place to start is with our free educational resources on the AI Impact Challenge website. I’ve been leading this work at Google.org for five years and was previously at The Bridgespan Group where I helped nonprofits and foundations address strategic questions.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Every month TechSoup's NetSquared community organizers volunteer to bring free (or low cost) nonprofit technology events and workshops to more than 50 cities. Get social at an NGO Ho Ho in Vancouver and Victoria or join Pittsburgh's Bagels & Bytes for its annual party. Image 1 : Marie Grace BINJENJ SAME / CC BY-NC-SA.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Every month TechSoup's NetSquared community organizers volunteer to bring free and low-cost nonprofit technology events and workshops to more than 50 cities. Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the digital divide by giving every NGO the tools and skills to accomplish its mission efficiently and effectively.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Ushahidi is an NGO headquartered in Kenya. It is a nonprofit tech company that develops free and open-source software for information collection, visualization, and crowdsourced interactive mapping to help mitigate disasters. Image: BRCK in action ( Ushahidi ). Here’s some news on a now famous NetSquared alumnus project.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2013

NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. Victoria, Canada: Heartbeats & Remarkable: Building a Winning Communications Strategy for Your NGO. Victoria, Canada: NGO HO HO: A holiday party for Victoria’s non-profits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

Click to See Larger Image and Full Data by Marc Smith. That often intimidates nonprofit folks (including me), but it doesn’t have to be that way. There are low tech tools and online (low cost or free) SNA tools and great resources like Marc Smith at NodeXL. GuideStar India - Networked NGO Workshops - Packard Grantees.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. Disaster relief is one of the primary activities of the NGO sector, and crowdsourced volunteer digital disaster work is an important and expanding part of it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

According to the Global NGO Technology Report , 44% of nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use WordPress.org as their content management system (CMS) for their website ( 7% use Drupal and 3% use Joomla ). Prioritize images and video over text and provide ample white space. Use a top-rated Content Management System (CMS).

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Our live events for the nonprofit tech community are free or low-cost and are held monthly in cities around the world. Matt Jung and NGO 2.0 Image: evilpeacock. But you can only taste them if you show up! So join your closest group today and fill your belly with sweet, nourishing knowledge. Event NetSquared tsevent'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A copyright exception allows specialist organizations (generally a government agency or disability NGO or library) to make an accessible version of a published book without having to get permission from the author or publisher. There is much more work to be done to ensure accessibility of all content, including math, images and other media.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

NetSquared holds free or low-cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. Mukono, Uganda: Free Microsoft's Office 365 for NGOs. Taipei, Taiwan: 民眾、社群與 NGO 的協作：飲水地. Image : Doxieone / CC BY-NC-SA. Thursday, December 31, 2015.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. Naples, Florida: #Storymakers 2017: Creating Images and Video with Adobe Spark. Image : Jeremy Hiebert / CC BY-NC-SA. ¡Te Esperamos!

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2015

Make It Rain: Using Google AdWords to Drive Impact Techsoup / Webinar / Fee: Free. How to Launch a Social Media and Content Strategy for Your NGO OnGood / Webinar / Fee: Free. Writing Successful Direct Mail Appeal Letters In-House, Part 1 with Tom Ahern Nonprofit Marketing Guide / Webinar / Fee: $99, free w/ All-Access-Pass.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

I designed and facilitated “ A Global Conversation: Free Agents and Nonprofits in a Networked World ” at the SXSWi Interactive over the weekend as an opportunity to experiment with some of these ideas. As many of you know, I’m comfortable with public learning, so using this post to share what I learned.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 19, 2015

Not only does WORTH work towards creating a barrier-free world for the physically challenged, it does this work with the help of people who have different abilities, creating a circle of empowerment. Technical training centers provide free vocational training to boys and girls with orthopedic and hearing challenges. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Summer Social. Austin, Texas: Google Digital Inclusion Fellowship — NTEN, Skillpoint, and Austin Free-Net. Image : Chris Heuer / CC BY-NC-SA. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License. Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Portland, Oregon: PDXTech4Good Summer Social.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 30, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Free Design Resources for Nonprofits. It’s estimated that the average American sees up to 5,000 advertisements and brand images in a single day. Research indicates that only 12 of those images make a true impression on the target audience! Below are a few of our favorite free tools.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

As of January 25, there are 40,000 nonprofit members attending free tech networking events and workshops in 75 cities. Peterborough, Ontario: Domains, Branding, and Identity — NGO,CA,ORG, and more. Image : Sylvie Ndahimana / CC BY. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Social Misfits Media and Aegis Media in the UK have just launched a new free online social media guide for charities to help relieve our perplexity. I like their new free publication, Cloud Computing for Nonprofits. Free Cloud Storage. I’m hoping the competition for free cloud storage will keep going next year.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Veronika never really thought that she would wind up at an NGO; she had a vision of working in a skyscraper for a Fortune 500 company. We've also got great, free learning resources to help nonprofits to get up to speed on QuickBooks, both for new users and existing users. Images: Business in the Streets. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Veronika never really thought that she would wind up at an NGO; she had a vision of working in a skyscraper for a Fortune 500 company. We've also got great, free learning resources to help nonprofits to get up to speed on QuickBooks, both for new users and existing users. Images: Business in the Streets. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Free and Inexpensive Communications Tools | MCN (free). Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Summer Social. Image : aldisley / CC BY-NC-ND. Thursday, June 9, 2016. Austin, Texas: Microsoft | How to Obtain a Donation and the Benefits of Microsoft 365. Friday, June 10, 2016. Monday, June 13, 2016.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

We believe that NGOs learn best from each other, so NetSquared provides a platform where we can come together face to face to share technology tips and create a community of practice around tech for good. Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Ho Ho: A Holiday Party for Victoria's Nonprofits. Friday, December 2, 2016.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2006

Image from Internet Village Motoman project in Ratanakiri Village in Cambodia The above image is from the Ratanakiri Village project in Cambodia. And, it is a free resource too! The village is located in a remote region of Cambodia's northeast. There are no highways, no electricity, and villagers life a simple life.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Any nonprofit or NGO can participate in Giving Tuesday, and there’s no payment or registration needed. Once you have your keywords, contact lists, and messages planned, a text fundraising campaign can be a hassle-free way to pull in donations on Giving Tuesday. What organizations can participate, and how do we register?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

According to the Global NGO Technology Report , 47% of nonprofits purchased Facebooks Ads in 2019. Perhaps they can not get a Facebook ad budget approved or they are simply stuck in the outdated “social media is free” meme. Perhaps improved storytelling (text, images, videos, polls, stickers, etc.)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2017

2017 is the final year of free webinars for nonprofits ( view final schedule ). To date, Nonprofit Tech for Good has trained 49,000 nonprofit, charity, and NGO staff worldwide on how to succeed in online communications and fundraising. 3) Never release an infographic as a PDF.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

The web introduced publicly viewable web pages that include text, images, and sounds. My current favorite digital inclusion NGO is our newest TechSoup Global partner, Computers For Schools Kenya. One of the most effective free tools to block these data trackers is Disconnect and Disconnect Search. Image one: courtesy of Wello.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It did herald the coming of something called augmented reality — overlaying digital images on the real world. The migrant humanitarian crisis has been rocking governments and dominating NGO humanitarian work for the last two years. Among Apple Store's Best Apps for 2016 is Prisma , the free new photo app for iOS and Android.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

As summer starts, we’ll report on what happened to Facebook Causes, some big developments in cloud computing including the launch of Salesforce1, a big partnership between Salesforce and Microsoft that bodes well for charities, and the launch of Box.org, free cloud storage for nonprofits. The Demise of Facebook Causes.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Here's your monthly roundup of free in-person #Tech4Good events. This remarkable cohort of 250 community builders are hosting monthly free workshops and networking events in more than 74 cities, and they're doing it entirely as volunteers. . ## Africa. ## Europe. ## Asia and Pacific Rim. --> North America. Seattle, Washington.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2014

In our upcoming free webinar, Four Nonprofit CRM Strategies , our presenter will be an NPTech leader I’ve followed for a good long time – David Geilhufe. Global Impact Investing Ratings System) and the new Bridge Project to create a unique NGO identifier ignore one important point: How do nonprofits put data into those systems?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

It's a free download at ebenchmarkstudy.com. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. Pinterest is a social media photo-sharing website that allows users to create online image collections around specific events or subjects. The images are called pins and collections are called boards.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

This time I’ll review a yet another massive new digital inclusion initiative, the launch of a new free mobile phone calling and text plan, new technology in encrypted web browsing, a new NPTech news source find, scary stats on the looming Internet of things, and the coming of the bionic eye. They already offer free private browsing.

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