Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2016

The rapid rise of social media and mobile technology has had a profound impact on website design and email marketing, yet many nonprofits have not yet adapted to the new aesthetics and functionality of a mobile, social Internet. 10 Website Design Best Practices for NGOs. your NGO must mobile-optimize your content.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

This week in San Francisco, technologists and human rights advocates are meeting at the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference (or RightsCon )to grapple with the realities of how we better manage the human rights implications of new technologies. At WITNESS, we’ve been wrestling with the promise and peril of new communications technologies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 22, 2012

Last month I did a Networked NGO training in Dubai for Pakistan NGOs where I experienced Internet censorship first hand. According to Pakistan’s Express Tribune , the request to block the site was made by the Ministry of Information and Technology, because of a drawing competition (details here ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Upload your avatar/logo (250 x 250), a cover photo(1128 x 191), add a description and website URL, your company/organization size, industry, and city and country. In fact, according to the Global NGO Technology Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have an official policy to allow staff to work on their LinkedIn Profiles during work hours.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Are you headed to San Francisco this week for the Nonprofit Technology Conference ? 12NTC is the go-to event every year for nonprofit professionals who work on technology, communications, or guide their organizations in tech decisions. "The Online Nonprofit Technology Conference will let you connect with. Lynn Van Housen.

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MARCH 30, 2012

The prize will be awarded on Thursday, April 5th at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, during the awards luncheon. The decision matrix in below will help you decide which photos to share and how." The deadline to vote is noon (Pacific Time) on Monday, April 2nd.

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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. Sometimes, you just need some good photos to take your report from good to great. We also love the evolving design for each year’s report. Girls Who Code.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Photo by Be Chandra.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Flickr Photo by SMEX Beirut. 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. It is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and as part of Civil Society 2.0.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Granted, the positives do outweigh the negatives, but it is important to step back occasionally and take a critical look at how social media is impacting nonprofit technology at your organization as well as your digital staff. Write message, add a link, upload a photo, post. Thousands of times. Repeat, Repeat.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

We found out about them through our Show Your Impact Program in which nonprofits describe how they’re using technology to support and further their work. This NGO runs a primary day school, a residential high school, and a residential polytechnic college. They’re a great example of an NGO that really knows their IT.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. This is technology for good news from India. The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. Accessibility. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe. Social Media.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

10 Website Design Best Practices for NGOs. your NGO must mobile-optimize your content. There are hundreds of responsively designed, low cost WordPress.org templates for NGOs and freelancers available for hire. 10 Email Marketing Best Practices for NGOs. Your NGO must invest in an email marketing service.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

This trip, I carried over two large suitcases of technology t-shirts for the Cambodian Bloggers that were donated by the generous readers of my blog and included nonprofits and web2.0 The photo opportunity in the orphanage was a very low keyed and orderly event. They said thank in Khmer and bowed without being prompted!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2013

NetSquared holds free or low cost educational events for people and organizations who want to learn more about using technology for social good. Our events are powered by a global network of volunteers dedicated to building strong, self sufficient local communities of nonprofit technology practitioners. Tuesday, December 3.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

This week on the Microsoft Citizenship blog , there's an interesting profile of Concern Worldwide , an NGO that fights poverty in 25 of the poorest countries in the world. The real work was in coaching the organization on aligning its programs to a more thorough technology plan. Photo: Leo Reynolds , CC license.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

We found out about them through our Show Your Impact Program in which nonprofits describe how they’re using technology to support and further their work. This NGO runs a primary day school, a residential high school, and a residential polytechnic college. They’re a great example of an NGO that really knows their IT.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My experience so far has been to develop curriculum – mostly focused on technology that is adapted in different countries by local organizations. The photo above shows the “Fish Bowl” technique. I facilitated a session that introduced networks, networking, and the Networked NGO. Fish Bowl Exericse.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

How One NGO Serves 70,000 Children. This is an NGO that is relies heavily on good communication and effective project management. "Every year, we hold a photo exhibition of children from the villages we support to raise awareness in Japan. Photo of Haitian children courtesy of ATCAC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2006

Annette Kramer, Learning Lab Blog The Collaborative Technologies Conference sponsored by CMP took place in Boston this past week. In this context, you can't talk about collaborative technology without also talking about change management both in the abstract and in the room at the moment of conversation.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Seattle, Washington: Fall Nonprofit Technology Speed Geek. Matloding, South Africa: Technology for Rural Development. Morogoro, Tanzania: Technology for Livelihood Improvement. Taipei, Taiwan: NGO要怎麼搞群眾募資？- 綠盟經驗談. Left photo : Gregory Munyaneza / NetSquared Rwanda / CC BY. Tuesday, October 17, 2017. spanhidden.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The 2021 Open Data Project [ español , français ] seeks to gain a better understanding of how nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide use technology for digital marketing and fundraising. To access the complete data, please take the 2021 Global NGO Technology Survey and then visit the Open Data Project Hub.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Photo Credit: Broken Banjo Photography Last year, we tried something new at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC): A Demo Stage. This year, the Demo Stage is back, and with a completely sold out schedule of presentations. Plus, of course, lots of amazing prizes!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2011

Learning goes from a lower level of entry to higher order thinking skills as follows: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating. But we’re also using social technologies which made think of the various “Ladders of Engagement&# that communications strategist use to shape a campaign.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

TechSoup was founded in 1987 on the belief that technology is a powerful enabler of social change. Whether you are a donor partner, nonprofit, library or NGO, or just someone who is interested in TechSoup, we would be delighted to hear from you. Photo: kopp0041. Questions or comments for the community team?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Photo by @sdarine. 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.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

Have you ever thought about hosting nonprofit technology events in your community? Busia, Kenya: Hackathon: -New Technologies and young talents-Kenya. Victoria, BC: NGO Summer Social. ——- Photo: NetSquared Europe by Mel Findlater. You should, because it’s awesome fun. Thursday, July 3, 2014.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are one of the most surprising technologies for good. Here is what we've found out about how drone technology is being used to benefit humanity. Precision agriculture is one of the fastest areas of growth for civilian drone technology. What Are Drones, Anyway? Gathering Data.

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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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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 ). Use a top-rated Content Management System (CMS). Install an SSL Certificate on your website.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

It requires the right combination of fundraising expertise, engaged staff members, and savvy technology. According to the Global NGO Online Technology Report , Millennials are most inspired to give by social media. Add a great default photo to fundraising pages. Your photo may inspire others to donate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

DC Metblogger Flickr Photo. But when I realized it would take a long time before a small NGO working in a country, like say, Cambodia, might be able to purchase a small number of them (less than 100) to outfit a school, I was disappointed. Virginia Debolt who covers the technology beat at BlogHer has a great roundup of the reactions.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

This post originally appeared on the Netsquared blog and was authored by Bari Samad, an NGO domain expert for NetSquared. Utilizing SAP (the official campaign analytics partner) business analytics technology, the dashboards create greater transparency and awareness around population data and trends.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Ensure that when potential new followers land on your Facebook Page, the design of your cover photo and your avatar is visually compelling. According to the Global NGO Technology Report , 47% of nonprofits purchased Facebooks Ads in 2019. 3) Upload visual content that tells the story of your organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 15, 2018

The Reach app encourages users to explore the world by sharing photos and videos of their travels or visits to local landmarks and natural sites. Take a photo of your unwanted goods, schedule a pick up, and a charity will collect your goods directly from your door. For 2018, these are the must-download mobile apps to explore.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2011

SANGONeT's mission is to help the approximately 100,000 NGOs operating in South Africa with technological and computing support. Photo: SANGONet's No Pain No Gain. TechSoup's partner in South Africa SANGONeT , that like TechSoup was founded in 1987, organized the No Pain No Gain fundraiser.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

DeeDee is also part of the team that brings Personal Information Technology Workshops to university campuses around the country, sharing tips about how to take advantage of the web. In this photo, Pagna is on the left. How can BLOG (technology) help to make the situation better? Photo by Thomas Wanhaff.

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