Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

Save Your Seat: N2Y4 Mobile Challenge Conference is almost here! The organizers of this year’s N2Y4 Mobile Challenge & Conference tell us there are still a few seats left for the 2-day event convening the best and brightest from an inter-disciplinary field of hackers, entrepreneurs, activists and philanthropists. REGISTER here!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Fundar is a 20-year old Mexican NGO in the filed of research and advocacy to fight corruption, impunity, and to adovcate for human rights. Mobile: 70% of our traffic comes from mobile. Charities need to adopt mobile-first solutions to collect online donations. are quickly replacing TV.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones. In addition, we will be using a wiki to showcase learning and a private Facebook group for daily contact and “just in time” support.

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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? Cloud Contradictions in the NGO Sector. The global NGO average is 36%.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This month the news is about WiFi embedded in a magazine, Braille smartphones, ultramobile devices, innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the mobile app of the month. Of course mobile phone payments are not new.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

51% of donors in Brazil prefer to give online (credit/debit card), 22% by bank/wire transfer, 13% cash, 9% via PayPal, 3% through direct mail, and 2% via mobile payments. ? 42% are most inspired to give by social media, email (18%), and an NGO’s website (18%). 45% are enrolled in a monthly giving program. ?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2010

Earlier this week , we told you about TechSoup partner CDI Chile 's plan to restore connectivity to Chilean NGOs. The CDI Mobile Telecentre is now on the road, connecting individuals to loved ones and connecting NGOs to resources helping them get back on their feet. The trip has been supported by the Canadian Embassy and UNESCO.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

In my companion blog post on Why Apps Are Green , I talked about how apps permit the use of lighter IT infrastructure like mobile phones to accomplish things we previously used to do just on PCs. Planet Green's 7 Best Green Apps for Mobile Phones. App TVs Top Ten Green Mobile Apps. are a good example.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2013

An NGO with A National Mandate. MyDigitalBridge is an NGO that started its work fairly recently. In Africa, Internet is wireless, and Africa uses mainly cell phone towers to provide broadband. The new 4G networks can carry much more data and so are suitable for both mobile phone and PC broadband. In the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

Thousands of people - with the aid of their computers, mobile phones, and online applications - were able to do important work to save lives and bring resources where they were badly needed, without needing to travel. For others it was not so clear. One of the main ones that anchors this work is Ushahidi.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The big nonprofit tech trends this past year seemed to be in the areas of the emergence of mobile devices, social media stratification, the launch of Office 365 for Nonprofits, some huge digital inclusion initiatives, and lots of other things. PC Sales Continue To Decline While Mobile Sales Increase. There are remedies. Smartwatches.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

The Cell Phone Solution: Easy Emergency Preparedness for Nonprofits. Remote Access Proves Critical to New Zealand NGO After Earthquake. CDI Chile's Plan to Restore Communications to Chilean NGOs. Update from CDI Chile's Mobile Telecentre and How You Can Help. Cool App Roundup: Disaster and Emergency Edition.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Unless your nonprofit or NGO has specific adversaries or is being spear phished , the hacking you may encounter is probably less sophisticated and less targeted. Nonprofits should avoid having sensitive data stored on mobile devices and drives if possible.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

We discussed cloud adoption in Brazil's NGO sector with Valter Cegal of TechSoup Brasil. ATN is an NGO association of over 2,000 telecenters. But ranked 96th in Internet affordability, especially for fixed broadband Internet and mobile phone Internet. Needless to say, the expense of Internet affects cloud adoption.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2012

I was able to get fast wifi and 3G on my smart phone almost every where I went, with the exception of very brief patches in rural areas when we left main roads. However, our taxi driver was talking on his cell phone during the drive. I had to adapt all my social media techniques for very low bandwidth and do it in real time.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

"The revolution will be mobile!" NGO Pulse (South Africa). From funding challenges to the need for better governance, find out about the current state of NGOs in South Africa and what must be done for it to improve. Read all about the events Connecting Up Australia are putting on for their country's organizations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

This change creates an incredible opportunity that will affect the entire world, making access an affordable reality as more and more people have a device in their pocket that is capable of being an accessible e-reader: from inexpensive mobile phones and MP3 players to braille notetakers that can store thousands of ebooks in digital braille.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Imagine this scenario: You’re an NGO working in an African country to advocate for clean water. Mobile phones. Computers and phones require power, and whether batteries or electricity, if you don’t have it, you can’t work. They include things like: Access/FileMaker databases on desktops or laptops. Wikis/Blogs.

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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. How does your NGO use technology to support your advocacy and education work? Mlup Baitong???s It is a benefit.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 7, 2006

For example, he has lots of ideas based on the possibility that your phone could use face and voice recognition software to know who is around you physically when you are using the phone. I think in the near future we'll wonder what the hell we were doing with our mobile interfaces. He's right.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Nonprofit Software and Hardware and Cell Phones. Can cell phones ensure a free vote? Election observers across Nigeria will be using mobile phones to text officials if they spot irregularities during Saturday's election. Check out Greenlight Nigeria and Mobile Monitors. " Findhabeas. Freecharity.org.uk

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

While that's not earth shattering, it is native for mobile and computers both, and it reduces our reliance on our overburdened email. Probably the most amusing mobile story of 2016 was the overnight success of the Nintendo Pokémon Go scavenger hunt mobile app and how nonprofits attempted to use it for a hot minute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

" Does that include cell phones? So, do check out the Audio/Video Edition of the NGO-in-a-Box which includes a collection of Free and Open Source Software tools. Mobile MobileActive.org has released a new resource for mobile activists in the Spanish-language according to the AFP blog. hard to use ?"

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 29, 2010

East-West Technology, Culture & Food Exchange: Innovation and culture sharing with NGO counterparts in India. One of the most significant advances in information technology (IT) today is the growing connectivity among devices— computers, mobile phones and even televisions. Listen First!

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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. Well, the time is upon us.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

It is a specialized cloud database to help nonprofits organizations manage their business, run programs, and maintain donor relationships from any browser and on mobile devices. Here are the plans: Salesforce1 for Windows and Windows Phone 8.1 Mifos provides a web app with mobile phone capability.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013. Social Media.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

We want to leapfrog the current unjust equilibrium (blind people are read to, but mostly not) to a new place where the widespread availability of cheap mobile phones and MP3 players can be harnessed. Benetech successfully spun off our data team as the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, an independent NGO.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

It's time to catch up on some of the nonprofit technology trends and news out in NGO-land. Mobile-friendly is necessary. Flatter, simpler websites make them much easier to optimize for mobile devices, which are the largest current trend in IT. Coolest Social Good Mobile App. Cheaper Cloud Storage?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2015

It appears that a fair number of these predictions (on mobile payments, cloud computing, collaboration tools, and crowdfunding) have actually come true. We expanded this year to be able to provide product donations to pretty much any NGO in the world — 236 countries and territories to be exact. " Mobile. Fundraising.

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Care2

JUNE 1, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) These channels will develop and co-exist.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

So, yes, I think the Global NGO Technology Report found the majority of nonprofits do agree social media is effective for creating brand awareness. So check that out when you get a chance and just see what it looks like, and see what it looks like on a phone because we want to bring people into these experiences as much as possible.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

His big prediction was that 2012 would be a breakout year for mobile computing in nonprofit tech. We also noticed a significant increase in the way that mobile technology is being used in disaster relief. Mobile Computing. billion mobile apps were downloaded across 20 countries. During the last week of December, 1.76

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