Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2019

Platforms like CrowdRise by GoFundMe give nonprofit’s at every plan access to advanced functionality, reporting, and world-class support to hold and grow a successful peer-to-peer program. Keep the conversation going by celebrating milestones, offering up support, checking in on them, and giving guidance whenever you can.

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Candid

APRIL 14, 2022

Images of massive tank columns, hollowed-out buildings, and refugees on the move are eerily familiar to those seen in the European Theater of World War II. Giving by populations served. Giving by geographic area served. Giving by funder type. Giving by funder type. Corporate giving program. Population.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2016

For many years, I served as a board member for an NGO, The Sharing Foundation , that manages an orphanage and many other programs in Roteang Village, including an education program. I also used Twitter to get pro bono donations of technology t-shirts from technology companies to give to the Cambodia bloggers.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Nonprofit annual reports play an important role as we head into the end of the fiscal year or the onset of giving season. We hope they give you inspiration for your own nonprofit’s annual report. DREAM’s annual report is doing everything right: beautiful images, student stories, and (of course) thanking their donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Google.Org is giving away $25 million to humanitarian projects that use Google’s machine learning technology. Agency for International Development and for an international NGO. At Google, we believe that AI can give us new ways of addressing problems and meaningfully improve people’s lives.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the (nonprofit) digital divide by giving every community organization the tools and skills to accomplish its mission in the most efficient and effective way possible. Get social at an NGO Ho Ho in Vancouver and Victoria or join Pittsburgh's Bagels & Bytes for its annual party.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Our chapter leaders believe that we can bridge the (nonprofit) digital divide by giving every community organization the tools and skills to accomplish its mission in the most efficient and effective way possible. Get social at an NGO Ho Ho in Vancouver and Victoria or join Pittsburgh's Bagels & Bytes for its annual party.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

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. Toronto has scheduled a Pints not Profits social, Victoria is holding its annual NGO Ho Ho party, and the Research Triangle will hold an NPTech Mixer. Upcoming Events.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Joy of Giving Week is a "festival of philanthropy" held October 2 through 8 all over India in conjunction with Mohandas Gandhi's birthday. The event was hosted by the Don Bosco Institute of Technology (DBIT), giving the IT students at the school a chance to hone their professional skills in a real work environment.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Net2Local organizers plan events because they have skills to share, want to give back and want to make the world a better place. So give your local organizer a hug next time you see them! Victoria, Canada: Heartbeats & Remarkable: Building a Winning Communications Strategy for Your NGO. Image : Liz Kearley.

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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

DECEMBER 8, 2015

NetSquared organizers plan events because they have skills to share, want to give back, and want to make the world a better place. So give your local organizer a hug next time you see them! Taipei, Taiwan: 民眾、社群與 NGO 的協作：飲水地. Image : Doxieone / CC BY-NC-SA. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

This last November, I had the honor of giving a plenary talk at the Eighth General Assembly of the World Blind Union ( WBU ), in which I addressed these opportunities and the challenges ahead. There is much more work to be done to ensure accessibility of all content, including math, images and other media.

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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. I’ll be participating in the session, as part of the context setting by giving an overview of themes in my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-author with measurement guru KD Paine. GuideStar India - Networked NGO Workshops - Packard Grantees.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Naples, Florida: #Storymakers 2017: Creating Images and Video with Adobe Spark. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Gearing Up for Give to the Max Day. Orlando, Florida: Microsoft Gives Back: Community, Education, and Philanthropy. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin: Giving Tuesday Brainstorming. Image : Jeremy Hiebert / CC BY-NC-SA.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

Ushahidi is an NGO project from Kenya that hosts a free online service that collects reports about a stricken area via mobile phone or computer and then maps them so relief efforts can respond. Image: AlphachimpStudio. One of the main ones that anchors this work is Ushahidi.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2016

You can help your tech-shy NGO friends cross the digital divide by bringing them to a nonprofit tech meetup. Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Summer Social. What Makes People Give? Image : Michele Mateus via Elijah van der Giessen / CC BY-NC. In fact, you probably know a few of these beginners. Monday, July 4, 2016.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2015

How to Launch a Social Media and Content Strategy for Your NGO OnGood / Webinar / Fee: Free. Monthly Giving Made Easy - A Step-By-Step Guide CharityHowTo / Webinar / Fee: $77. Monthly Giving Made Easy - A Step-By-Step Guide CharityHowTo / Webinar / Fee: $77. Image : Startup Stock Photos / Public Domain. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Monthly giving programs in particular have seen explosive growth, with revenue growing by 43 percent. 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.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

As an event host, you build your reputation, develop new tech skills, and give back to your community. Peterborough, Ontario: Domains, Branding, and Identity — NGO,CA,ORG, and more. Image : Sylvie Ndahimana / CC BY. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License. Thursday, February 23, 2017.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In collaboration with the TechSoup Global Network , our trusted partners give organizations worldwide access to the solutions they need. NetSquared's direct on-the-ground support of nonprofits gives us a unique insight into the technology needs of small grassroots nonprofits. Friday, December 2, 2016. Sunday, December 4, 2016.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2015

This will give the children a skill set at age 6 similar to that of other, better-off children. Last year the NGO accessed Office 365 for nonprofits with the help of TechSoup Romania. More than anything though, it helps give the organization more credibility by providing it with a unique and uniform "@ovid.ro"

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2015

This will give the children a skill set at age 6 similar to that of other, better-off children. Last year the NGO accessed Office 365 for nonprofits with the help of TechSoup Romania. More than anything though, it helps give the organization more credibility by providing it with a unique and uniform "@ovid.ro"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2007

I'll start the session with a very brief overview of examples ( NGO in a box - Open Publishing ) and an overview of the CC licenses. Brainstorm a context - ngo, goals, strategy, type of project 2. I'm debating about giving each group a different scenario - like the questions here. Each group would be asked to: 1.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 19, 2015

With doctors giving no hope that his eyesight would get any better, his parents were constantly worried about his education and ability to support himself. NASSCOM Foundation's BigTech donations program, run in partnership with TechSoup Global , aims to support the work of NGOs such as WORTH. Image : WORTH Trust.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2016

Startups Give Back: CSR at Growing Companies. Orlando, Florida: Orlando Gives — The Tech Way. Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Summer Social. Image : aldisley / CC BY-NC-ND. Las Vegas, Nevada: Benefits of Donor Software and How It Maximizes Your Fundraising Revenues. Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Thursday, June 9, 2016.

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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. According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 32% of online donors gave through Facebook Charitable Giving Tools in 2020. Once approved to use Facebook Charitable Giving Tools, feature the Fundraisers tab on your page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

In order to do this, you need to give people a brief context and articulate the interaction rules. Graphic Facilitation by Jonny Goldstein - click to see larger image. I feel it stifles learning. I like to use a wireless mic and roam the audience and ask questions that help create a bridge between the presenters and the audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

I tried very hard to use Cambodian photos and images in the curriculum, but was not able to find something that represented tagging. I used the pen image that I've used before and I knew that it would not translate. After the workshop, John Weeks created a Khmer image for tagging using Angkun. During the Web2.0

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 27, 2006

TBIO was created by New Moon: the Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams almost five years ago, which also promotes positive self-image among youth. Now I’m seeing every day how important it is to have open communication about beauty, self-esteem and image!!! beauty girl image media How did you get involved in this kind of work?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

Mobilize: Give people something to do. According to my colleague Rik Riel, this campaign is sponsored by the Spanish NGO Mensajeros de la Paz , which is leveraging various new media to draw attention to their work. Educate about your cause. And not just fundraise. Provide Hope. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 12, 2017

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. Infographics should be embedded in image format so that your supporters can easily share your infographic. 5) Buy giving day and signature event domains years in advance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Cyberspace Innkeeping: Building Online Community by John Coate was first written in 1992 and will give you a good context of online community practice. Flickr/Photo Sharing, Video, and Games for Change An interesting comparision between photos on flickr and Getty images. The Give and Take blog has coverage here.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Give your followers useful, interesting, retweetable content. Rather than only tweeting about its services, @OnGood curates good content tweeted by other NGOs by retweeting their tweets. The ideal image size for uploaded images on Twitter is 525 x 262 pixels. Cropped images receive significantly less retweets.

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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. The promise of this new field is to give severely disabled people a way to communicate and control their environment. What the heck.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 26, 2015

The Metro4All project creates web and mobile apps that give people with limited mobility point-to-point directions on using their subway system. When I asked Maxim Dubinin the inevitable sustainability question, he said that he worked as a techie for a Russian NGO for six years before starting his own company. spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2015

” Each presenter shared inspiring stories and thoughts about the future of social good on their particular platforms without giving a sales pitch. He said that Facebook is on a mission to make the world more open and connected. “A fully connected world gives people access to life long learning and economic opportunity.

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