ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

It wasn’t simply about throwing money at an international issue - it was about listening to local problems, local solutions, and local thought. My days as an Ally are behind me, but the passion remains: in December of 2012 I found myself on a plane bound for a Tanzanian NGO. Local problems, local solutions. I got this.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

As a fast-growing developing country, this problem it’s quite real. A lack of government resources in the slums and low-income areas to address the problem of animal abandonment and cruelty has inspired many Brazilians to give to nonprofits that support animal welfare and wildlife conservation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

In less than 24 hours, I will be boarding a plane bound for Mumbai to present at the NASSCOM conference called NASSCOM India Leadership where I'll be on a panel on NGO and Social Media as well as lead a discussion at an unconference on whether CEO/Executive Director's should use social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2019

This was a fascinating conference, and the possibilities for positive social impact using blockchain and AI in the nonprofit/NGO and social enterprise space are already real, and growing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

The design for this project was very different than my accustomed way of designing and delivering the Networked NGO trainings and social media skills. I facilitated a session that introduced networks, networking, and the Networked NGO. Network assessment. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

The “State of Mobile” topical sessions will be facilitated by leaders in both the NGO and private-sector-sphere. Sessions promise to cover leading theories and practices.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 11, 2012

Note from Beth: I have the honor of leading a “Networked NGO Training” in Delhi for grantees of the Packard Foundation and have lined up some guest posts to supplement my reports from India. The Collective Impact of Love guest post by Stefan Lanfer, Barr Foundation.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

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. NASSCOM Foundation's Survey of NGO Cloud Readiness.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

I have a soft spot for nonprofits that tackle really hard problems, and autism is certainly one of those. 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

JUNE 18, 2013

An NGO with A National Mandate. MyDigitalBridge is an NGO that started its work fairly recently. What's really interesting is how Namibia is approaching the huge infrastructure problem of providing broadband in places that don’t have much basic electricity yet. Citizen Connect.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

This is the problem that Foundation Center, GlobalGiving, GuideStar, and TechSoup have set out to solve by creating BRIDGE (Basic Registry of Identified Global Entities). If you work with an NGO, it means that donors will be able to find your organization more easily to support your cause. Expect More Innovation.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Ushahidi is an NGO headquartered in Kenya. Ushahidi has built a new IT device called BRCK (pronounced "brick") that deals with problem of frequent Internet and electricity outages in much of the developing world. Here’s some news on a now famous NetSquared alumnus project. BRCK is a wi-fi router and mobile modem in one.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2010

Panelists representing the corporate, public, foundation, and NGO sector presented both the opportunity and challenges of current entrepreneurship policies in Europe not only to create a more competitive Europe and enable growth but to also provide meaningful solutions to serious social problems.

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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. Lastly, although "insider threat" was the least prominent threat among the four Symantec identified, it is still a potential problem for any organization.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2012

This week we got a great comment from a TechSoup member to our Cloud Technology and the NGO Community blog post. In our TechSoup Global NGO cloud survey we found that people in nonprofits and libraries are indeed concerned about data security in the cloud the world over. How Big Is the Cloud Data Security Problem?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

I have a soft spot for nonprofits that tackle really hard problems, and autism is certainly one of those. 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. in Staatsburg, New York is doing.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2011

The problem is that this isn't always the case. The problem here, I think, is in the baggage that comes along with the term "charity." In some contexts, nongovernmental organization , or NGO , is popular and widely used. Nonetheless, given its currency, NGO is a candidate. Not-for-profit. Yeah, I guess, if you want.

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Care2

JUNE 7, 2010

"The dominant theme weaving its way through this year's PDF conference keynotes and hallway chatter was a refreshing wake up call to political campaigns and NGO's.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

The UN finds that 119 countries have now passed domestic violence laws, though enforcement remains a problem. International NGO Leadership. By 2011, American women surpassed men in gaining college degrees , including advanced degrees. Last year, U.S. women became the majority of law students. Shortfalls. Law and Advocacy.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Matt Jung and NGO 2.0 NetSquared (soft) launched our latest project, the Hacker Helper , a wiki that connects social good hackathons with problems that need to be solved. Check out the blog to keep on top of the gossip from our community. hosted our first NetSquared Camp in China. Image: evilpeacock. Event NetSquared tsevent'

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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. Before the donation, the organization was using old software, which caused problems when the staff tried to share files externally. All of them happen to use Microsoft Office to good advantage.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Prior to her trip to Malawi her biggest problems revolved around school, boys and the mall. She has been able to will this global NGO into fruition from her kitchen table. based NGO and Malawian NGO, Hope Endeavors needed help. Maddie is from a small town in Michigan. Finding a Way to Make It Work.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2011

As the weeks pass, the disaster recovery is increasingly shifting out of the hands of professional first-responder organizations into the hands of the local NGO community. The program supports the IT development of Japanese NPOs and their activities that aim to solve societal problems. Photo by Jon Downs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2012

At one point, it entered a partnership with KFC , whose menu is viewed by many as contributing to many health problems and thus is a bizarre partner for Komen, which is dedicated to women’s health. So, when Geri offered up this second post about nonprofits and LinkedIn, I couldn’t resist.

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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!). What don’t I have a problem with at this point? law today. •

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A copyright exception allows specialist organizations (generally a government agency or disability NGO or library) to make an accessible version of a published book without having to get permission from the author or publisher. It’s this kind of problem that the global treaty is designed to solve.

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2012

The international environmental NGO, Waste Ventures , won the contest with their presentation that demonstrates the problem of trash collection in developing countries. This presentation is also a great example of what can be done with multimedia (music and video) in SlideRocket. How To Get SlideRocket.

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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. How do you start to tackle this problem? So what do you do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2017

Different Ways Nonprofits Are Using Design Thinking to Solve Problems and Achieve Impact. After having have had some early success, they were being confronted with criticism of lack of awareness of the scale or scope of the problem. Mike Radke agreed to share this post about the work. They felt stuck. Failure does not mean harm.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2008

If you are thinking you want to volunteer your time, Natalie Jesionka has a post on Our World titled " Responding to Burma Crisis " that includes a list of opportunities to travel to the Burmese border and volunteer your time and energy to the underground grassroots NGO activity. The Mae Tao Clinic. Karen Women's Organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

You have to measure accurately, as well as create an environment where problems can be discussed openly so you can effectively evaluate what’s working and what’s not.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2018

One of the big problems that has arisen with the grant is that, in order to use the full amount, many spend excess money on broader terms that may not apply to the organization rather than losing the chance to spend the money. reclaim their spot in the front of users’ minds. Google Ad Grants as an Answer to #FakeNews.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The combination of new middle class wealth with the legacy of public distrust of charities has given rise to giving practices that seek to bypass the official NGO sector. Though these funds are registered as NGOs, they pride themselves on having zero administrative costs. Direct help or assistance funds are mushrooming. read more.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Finally, knowing I’m able to consistently work with an astounding group of consultants and clients to solve business process, data, and communication problems to better serve their students and alumni keeps me motivated daily.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Whether building a business or pursuing higher education, BITS maintains that all participants greatly benefit from skills acquired through their peer mentorship, such as research, writing, problem solving, concept development, money management, public speaking, and sales presentations.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Whether building a business or pursuing higher education, BITS maintains that all participants greatly benefit from skills acquired through their peer mentorship, such as research, writing, problem solving, concept development, money management, public speaking, and sales presentations.

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