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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

T, December 10th, the international community is observing Human Rights Day to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This past year, our HRP team helped the human rights movement achieve great things. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders.

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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , there are 6,500+ NGOs registered with the NGOs Coordination Board in Kenya. In the local context, Kenyan’s give an extremely high proportion of their earnings as donations (cc. 2) How do M-Changa’s crowdfunding services fill that void?

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#IFC2014 International Fundraising Congress: Inspire, Connect, Transform

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m just back from a trip to Europe where I was part of the opening plenary at this year’s International Fundraising Congress outside of Amsterdam. (I I also keynoted the NGO track at the Internet Festival in Pisa, Italy (more about that in separate post later). Source: Pamela Sutton-Legaud. Yes, we did it!

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We are working very closely with Dr. Yasmeen Qazi who is the Pakistan Country Advisor and her very talented team members, Dr. Iftikhar Soomro and Seema Zameer — all of whom understand capacity building programs. Her knowledge of the country and the culture made it easier to localize the curriculum.

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New Frontiers in Fundraising

Top Nonprofits

Additionally, Rebecca is a digital mapper for the Tanzania Development Trust mapping rural Tanzania to aid the work of local anti-FGM activists. UK and a marketing support officer for the environmental NGO Become Carbon Negative. Rebecca is passionate about delivering impact in a wide range of areas.

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Getting Social with Your Local Nonprofit Tech Community

Tech Soup

The **NetSquared Victoria** team has been investigating [tools for online collaboration]([link] Check out the storify! * The targets need to be linked like so: --> Jump to events in North America or go international with events in. Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Summer Social. Want to learn about PCI compliance?

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Giving Trends in Brazil: How Crowdfunding & Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Nonprofit Sector

Nonprofit Tech for Good

When those NGOs receive funding they usually know how to use the funds very efficiently and are able to grow. Those initial fundings rarely come from online donations, most are community-based initiatives, companies, and local government incentives. They also get training and support from the Brazil Foundation and Doare teams.

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