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12 Demographic & Technology Trends Changing the Nonprofit Sector Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

4) China currently has the highest population in the world, however, by 2050 India will be the most populated country at 1,676 million (compared to China’s 1,387 million). 6) By 2018 more than half the world will have access to the Internet and by 2020 global internet users are expected to reach 4.2 Source: eMarketer.

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10 Emerging Trends in Online Communications and Fundraising to Watch in 2018

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As personal computers, smartphones, and the Internet of Things evolve, so must your nonprofit. The Internet of Things. By the year 2020, over 50 billion things – cars, appliances, roads – will be connected to the Internet of Things. Mass adoption of giving through the Internet of Things will likely take 5-10 years.

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20 Crowdfunding Services for Nonprofits Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

To fill in the gap, social good entrepreneurs worldwide have built upon the momentum of crowdfunding and extended crowdfunding services to nonprofits, NGOs, and charities in regions where online fundraising has been challenging up to this point in the Internet’s short history. Ketto (India). BackaBuddy (South Africa). give.asia.

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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The third pillar of Bookshare International is developing new language capabilities. My second blog post in this series will describe how we are growing our Spanish-language program. This is an area of special focus for our Bookshare team. My next two blog posts will be on this topic.

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A View of the Cloud from India

Tech Soup

This is a communique on the current state of cloud adoption in India from Prashant Pandit and Pooja Jayna from TechSoup Global's, NASSCOM Foundation BIGTech Program , which is an NGO committed to building ICT capacity in civil society in India. Of the 3 million NGOs that operate in India, most are small and dependent on volunteers.

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A Call for Millions: Ending the Global Book Famine for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re already delivering services at scale in three other countries—Canada, the UK, and India. Cheap devices and internet connectivity mean everything is digital. The majority of donations stay local, sourcing content in local languages and creating jobs. This one does. We just need the resources to scale.

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The Road to Accessibility without Borders: Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Thus far, more than 75 countries have signed the Treaty, and in June India became the first country to ratify it. We hope that many other countries will follow India’s ratification. The Treaty will take effect only after 20 ratifications are presented to WIPO. Its signature period has now ended.