Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

For the last two weeks the organization has been writing compelling posts that evoke strong emotions, uploaded photos that accentuate the story, added a “Donate” button their posts, and tagged their posts as “asking for donations.” The 2018 Global NGO Technology Report. Facebook Fundraisers. Facebook Donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 27, 2019

Instagram is planning to launch a donate button for Stories its platform later this year – and that’s all we know for now. The 2019 Global NGO Technology Survey is now live! If you work at a nonprofit or NGO, please volunteer 6-8 minutes of your time and take the survey.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

As a follow-up to Five Online Fundraising Best Practices for Small NGOs in Developing Countries , below are five social media best practices specifically tailored for small NGOs in developing countries. 1) Tell your NGOs’ story in photo essay format. 1) Tell your NGOs’ story in photo essay format.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 9, 2020

The next step is for the organization to craft and disseminate a story through the “digital storytelling ecosystem:”. The story should be consistent, cohesive and compelling, and readily accessible by a simple Google search of the organization’s name. Transparency.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

We spent Day 2 of the E-Mediat Train the Trainer sessions on “ Translating The Networked NGO in the Arab World.&# To localize Networked Nonprofit concepts to an Arab NGO context, as appropriate, for improved project outcomes. There were many ideas, but all agreed sharing success stories from NGOs in their country was important.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Stories are a great way to inspire action, get thousands of “likes” and online followers, further spreading your message across social networks. An effective story not only helps nonprofits attract new donors but also increases overall brand awareness, which can be good for landing corporate sponsorships or attracting media coverage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2011

Networked NGO. I spent my part of my birthday giving a presentation at the Packard Foundation Program Forum on translating the Networked Nonprofit into the Networked NGO. I spent my part of my birthday giving a presentation at the Packard Foundation Program Forum on translating the Networked Nonprofit into the Networked NGO.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Many small NGOs are also unaware of the services and resources offered to the NGO community by TechSoup Global , SANGONeT , NASSCOM Foundation , Meedan , and FrontlineSMS. Before each training I review the Web presence for each NGO in attendance. However,ngo and.ong will be available soon.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The lack of trust between NGOs and local Kenyans and the expectancy that NGOs are funded from outside Kenya are the key reasons for limited local fundraising towards NGO in Kenya. By focusing on projects, NGOs can gain the confidence of donors by keeping them updated on how funds are to be used.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

However, the use of social media could affect the trust people have in your nonprofit organization or non-governmental organization (NGO). 1) Social media helps enhance your NGOs credibility. Your NGO can use a variety of compelling storytelling methods to share your history with your supporters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 16, 2016

Follow and use the #AFPFC hashtag to share your fundraising success stories, to share fundraising resources, or to reach out to fundraising and nonprofit technology experts. The 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report. 2,780 NGOs • 133 Countries • 6 Continents. Follow #AFPFC on Twitter. Follow #AFPFC on Periscope.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Also, online communication skills are lacking at many NGOs compared with the online marketing skills at e-commerce sites. At Donadora, work with NGOs to help them tell simple, but impact-full stories in order to inspire donors to give. Video: The rising consumption of online video (Instagram and Facebook stories, Snapchat, etc.)

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We know that good stories power fundraising and marketing, so join one of our free events to discover powerful case studies and connect with digital storytelling experts in your community. The world is better when nonprofits can better tell their story. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin: How to Tell Your Nonprofit Story with Spark.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 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. Host your blog/stories* inside your website: audubon.org. 10 Email Marketing Best Practices for NGOs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 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. Host your blog/stories* inside your website: audubon.org. 10 Email Marketing Best Practices for NGOs.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2006

As I've mentioned in previous posts, I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that is helping to bring the social web to nonprofits & NGOs by sharing stories and building tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2017

According to the 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report , 52% of nonprofits worldwide have used social media to report live. Instagram: Share photos and video clips and stream using Live Video Stories. To register for future free webinars, please see the Nonprofit Tech for Good Webinar Schedule. Before the Event: Get Organized.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 6, 2013

story-telling animation called: " She's the Solution." For more on resources Microsoft provides to nonprofits around the world, visit: www.microsoft.com/ngo. So they did what a lot of nonprofits do: create a short pitch deck. But through creative use of PowerPoint , the deck became a three-second.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Specifically, 33% donated to a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign while 18% created their own peer-to-peer fundraising campaign to benefit their favorite NPO or NGO. 11) 67% of donors worldwide have volunteered with a NPO or NGO within the last 12 months. 13) Donors worldwide are very supportive of NPOs and NGOs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

Even more cumbersome is the trend to not only publish your stories on your blog and website, but to also have to publish them on Medium , Steller , as Facebook Notes , on LinkedIn Publisher , and soon directly into Google.com. Your nonprofit blogs or publishes a story on your website at least twice monthly. We’ve all heard it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Spotfund is a location-based mobile app that allows users to search for stories (created by nonprofits) to donate to that are in near proximity or located in their local community. Perhaps a new button hardware will be introduced by a service other than Amazon? 7) Spotfund. spotfund.com. 8) Tiltify. tiltify.com. and YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Now its fourth edition, the 2019 Global NGO Technology Report has over 1,000 useful statistics for NGOs, NPOs, and charities worldwide. Of those NGOs that use social media: 2) 44% have a written social media strategy. 94% of NGOs worldwide agree that social media is effective for creating online brand awareness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2017

The Resource Alliance has been presenting the NGO Awards in Thailand, India and Vietnam for 10 years, but 2017 marked a substantial change in the award program’s focus and delivery. They also had a talented filmmaker capture the winners’ stories in brief videos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2011

How to support NGO leaders who want to work with a network mindset but run into obstacles, like their board? In the evening on April 5th from 6-7 PM PST, I’ll facilitate an evening conversation about inspirational stories of the power of networks. Story of Stuff. The Story of Stuff: An Inspiring Story.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Yes, Snapchat is good for branding among 18-30 years olds if your Snapchat Stories are awesome, but if they aren’t, Snapchat could be hurting your brand. It’s one of the reasons why Instagram Stories and Snapchat stories are so popular righ now. Without training, that’s no easy feat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2012

I’m here at the Dead Sea in Jordan where I delivered the key note for the E-mediat Networking Conference, “New Media for the Networked NGO.” Organizations raised almost $125,000 through integrated social media campaigns from donors. 12 training centers have been established.

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BoardAssist

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. Host your blog/stories* inside your website: audubon.org. 10 Email Marketing Best Practices for NGOs.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Through my work with TechSoup Global, all kinds of amazing stories cross my desk, but a letter we received from the Cystic Fibrosis Association of New Zealand after their recent earthquake piqued my interest. earthquake struck Christchurch on September 3, 2010.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured IT to further their missions. By far, the biggest set of stories are the ones from organizations that serve youth and children. More Stories, Let's Add Yours.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Education is a major focus for nonprofits and NGOs, accounting for 9% of NGO activity worldwide. UNESCO views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity. spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2011

My role over the past year been in the areas of: program design, design and delivery of a train the trainers intensive workshop in-country last March (see posts #1 , #2 , #3 ; #4 ); and develop and support the target NGO curriculum (intensive strategic and skills based curriculum). I’d like to share some of these below.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

A few years ago, Jeff and I went on a pro bono IT consulting project to Uganda to serve a Action for Children, an NGO that fights poverty by preserving families and delivering micro-finance. Long story short, Jeff built a prototype fundraising platform, and we were able to raise more than enough funds to go.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2013

I will be facilitating peer learning groups on “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit” and sharing many stories of how nonprofits are learning from measurement and making sense of the data to improve social change outcomes.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 25, 2010

The story in the San Francisco Chronicle says the new gift cards are available in Safeway and Vons supermarkets in California in denominations of $25 and $30."

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. By far, the biggest set of stories are the ones from organizations that serve youth and children. More Stories, Let's Add Yours.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs. 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. For example: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2014

I also keynoted the NGO track at the Internet Festival in Pisa, Italy (more about that in separate post later). He shared an amazing story of how his institution has adapted to online networks and digital photography, but the even more inspiring were the many photos and the stories of social change behind those photos.

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