Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had a few months to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. Many NGOs Find Cloud Computing Confusing: Why? The general public is vague on the subject as well. The global NGO average is 36%.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It shouldn’t be surprising that a nonprofit focusing on closing the gender gap in technology has a beautifully-coded annual report built right into its website. The nonprofit lets the impact stand on its own on certain pages – no pictures, very little language, and lots of white space. National Public Radio (NPR).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Doare built the platform, both multi-language and multi-currency, so people can donate anywhere. There will be more technology support from new startups and tech companies aiming new niche and international markets. 42% are most inspired to give by social media, email (18%), and an NGO’s website (18%).

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. It's a highly diverse country where 415 languages are spoken, 30 of which are major languages with over one million speakers each.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

According to our 2012 NGO Global Cloud Survey , collaboration is already one of the top ten current uses for cloud-based software among charities. We work together in grant-funded projects, with teams of volunteers, with public agencies, with other nonprofits. I used it to project manage our recent global NGO cloud survey.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

Many of these tools use crowdsourcing techniques, which engages large groups of people via the Internet to do important tasks like raise money, collect information on needs in a stricken area and get them out to first responders, translate information in to several languages, or map the crisis in useful ways.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

I’m heading to Geneva later this month for the next major meeting at the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”), to hear the latest and make my three-minute oration as an accredited NGO representative (first time for me!). has been very negative on a treaty in the past: their public statements have been softening lately.

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Tech Soup

JULY 9, 2015

Webinars and Other Online Events on Nonprofit Technology. How to Launch a Social Media and Content Strategy for Your NGO OnGood / Webinar / Fee: Free. Ask The Expert: Finding Funding for Technology Projects NTEN / Webinar #NTENlearn / Fee: Free / Members Only. Sites NetSquared Monitors for Nonprofit/Technology Events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The project is being managed by IIE and builds on a highly successful program launched in the Middle East five years ago, Women in Technology that trained over 10,000 women from 9 countries in the Middle East and in collaboration with over 60 training partners. There are different types of NGOS in the Arab World. February 27, 2011.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

It’s an old problem, made worse by the tantalizing potential that technology provides: how do you collect and aggregate quality data when you work in low resource areas? Imagine this scenario: You’re an NGO working in an African country to advocate for clean water. The cost of some technology tools and solutions has gone down.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2005

My sister was working for an NGO as a volunteer agriculturist in Cambodia and encouraged me to take a job there. Tell us about your work in Cambodia with the NGO, Mlup Baitong. s mission is to address the problem of deforestation in Cambodia, with a focus on educating the public on conservation of natural resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I had heard of GuideStar in the US, but being face to face with the founder, and understanding the credibility of information in a self-reported model, based on transparency and public accountability, was like the discovery of a solution much needed in India. Ever since that experience, we WhatsApp documents to NGOs.

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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. And don’t forget to use the hashtag #GivingTuesday to publicize your campaign and let supporters know about your involvement. Publicize your online store by posting about it on social media. Host a concert.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

without becoming slaves to technology. Small dots is an advocate for technology in the arts. Graphing Social Patterns is a conference devoted to the business and technology of Facebook taking place next week in Silicon Valley. See also the post on TechSoup, " How to Fund and Cost ICT ," a publication from the ICTHUB.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Have a question: I want to publically acknowledge the names of the donors here on this blog and what I don't know is whether donors opted to be anonymous or not? I created some template language to cut and paste into emails, skype/im pings, and thank you messaging, etc. I'm on the board of the ngo that I'm doing this campaign.

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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. Any type of online campaign, project, or publication that has a release or launch date needs a corresponding set of social media promotional graphics. 1200 x 1200. 1200 x 630.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Dulingo provides access to free online language learning tools. For nonprofit social media managers that work internationally, Dulingo’s design and gamification make it fun to learn the basics of a new language. The 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report. 2,780 NGOs • 133 Countries • 6 Continents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2007

technologies. Tara Hunt's reflection describes Twitter's value, attraction, and benefits while Andy Carvin looks at the potential value from an ngo perspective. points out that the initial fear of blogging isn't necessarily the writing part, but the "putting-myself-on-public-display-part." It means antenna of an ant.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

.” So I ended up serving in the Peace Corps, and I was creating what were essentially marketing programs, public health marketing programs for the people and the places that I was living and the people that I was working with. . So what I came to discover is that the principles of marketing are really still the same.

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