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How Charities Get Tech Support in Uganda

Tech Soup

It's tough out there everywhere for NGOs and charities to get help with their technology. NetSquared is TechSoup's answer to providing local tech support and learning opportunities. For his day job, Robert runs Communications without Borders and the NGO Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organization.

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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. Traditionally, NGOs in Kenya have depended on outside support from grant makers and wealthy individuals. 5) What you like the world to know about how NGO fundraising is developing in Kenya?

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The Davos Blur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In the hallways, you’re as likely to run into the head of an international NGO, as CEO of a Fortune 100 company, as a renowned professor as the foreign minister of a major country. In the morning, I attended a session put on by the Young Global Leaders with six interesting proposals. Each hour there’s something memorable.

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Meet Michaela Hackner: BlogHer and Nonprofit Techie

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was asked to participate on a panel proposal at SXSW 2008 with several nonprofit colleagues. I was just a tech girl with limited knowledge about the world. last January (after nearly 2 years abroad), I set about really learning the non-profit tech industry. No, I'm not blogging on the plane! I wrote it in advance).

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. So how do we propose to pay for it? Trish Perkins offers up a list "cool free tech tools." Someone tagged the NGO-in-a-Box with nptech just today. " Have any to add?

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Personal Fundraising with Widgets: A Few Reflections and Campaign Update

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I wanted to start with my blog readers and nonprofit tech colleagues and Cambodian blogger colleagues. I'm on the board of the ngo that I'm doing this campaign. At our last board meeting, we discussed online fundraising strategies and I made a proposal about using the fundraising widget and a campaign. What a dork I am!

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. Technology in the Arts is accepting session proposals for its October 2007 conference. The tagging community that lies beneath the npdigg structure has taggers, consumers, aggregators, and meta aggregators. Deadline March 23, 2007.

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