Tech Soup

AUGUST 9, 2011

and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. Disaster relief is one of the primary activities of the NGO sector, and crowdsourced volunteer digital disaster work is an important and expanding part of it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 15, 2006

My primary destination in Bangladesh was to meet with BRAC , which is the world's largest NGO (nonprofit organization) with nearly 100,000 employees. In an action-packed hour meeting, I heard about BRAC's efforts to create jobs, change the educational system, expand access to microcredit and other exciting ventures.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

In December 2013, drones from the NGO Direct Relief were put to work assessing damage and participating in search and rescue operations in the super typhoon Haiyan-stricken Philippines. According to a recent economic study by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International , the potential for the civilian drone industry in the U.S.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

I often get the comment during a leadership seminar I teach that goes something like, "Well this is all well and good for large organizations, but what about my twelve-person NGO?" 3) Partner with colleges and universities. Plan with other local NGOs and create an informal board of IT advisors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2005

Born in Roxas City, known as the seafood capital of the Philippines, she graduated from the University of the Philippines with a degree in mass communications. 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.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. The report also talks about a new growing form factor called "ultramobiles." Social Media. CNET Coverage on Digital Wallets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I was there for seven and a half years, and I had a fascinating time applying what had worked for me in the for-profit sector, including scaling up various systems and processes, to the non-profit space. We want to have the entire population of non-profit organizations on an online system. How do you see GuideStar India evolving?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

Caitlin tells it like it is--the nitty gritty of starting up an NGO, and why she believes it is important to help the people you are serving to create the change they want to see, not to create the change for them. I am currently on leave of absence from my university to work on establishing this project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2007

There was almost universal frustration voiced about using outside technology consultants. maintaining systems or tools for which they didn???t In Cambodia, NGO staffers were eager to learn about Web 2.0 t know who can translate these things for our needs.??? t feel qualified.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 5, 2017

This is exactly why the practices of Design Thinking and Systems Theory has enjoyed such welcome from the social sector. They are speaking the language of people, and empathy, and systemic change. Systems Theory allows you to map the complexity and nuance that is necessary to build adaptive organizations and innovative interventions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

Erickson founded FORGE (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment) in 2003 when she was a 20 year-old junior studying public policy at Stanford University. He showed so much leadership and promise that we ended up sponsoring him to a university through our FORGE education fund.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

There is also your new classification compliments of the BRIDGE Project, and the first universal software for micro finance, another free cloud service. It’s a new international charity classification system that will pave the way for better grantmaking, especially online and international philanthropy.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

It is 2025 according to a new report by the nonprofit Pew Research Center and Elon University in North Carolina. The Pew/Elon University prediction is non-partisan, however, and is based on the views of 2,558 experts and technology builders about where we will stand by the year 2025. What the heck. The Big Picture.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

We can talk to our cars with voice command systems like the Ford SYNC. Probably gesture-controlled systems like the Fibaro Swipe that let us control our homes and offices with hand gestures. Security of our IT systems and data will be a worry for the foreseeable future. Don't forget Google Home and Apple HomeKit.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Ho Ho: A Holiday Party for Victoria's Nonprofits. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: DIY Donor Management System Selection. Douala, Cameroon: Strengthening the Capacity of Female University Dropouts. Buéa, Cameroon: Strengthening the Capacity of Female University Dropouts.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Cutting animal products from your diet was named by researchers at the University of Oxford as “the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth”. Cutting animal products from your diet was named by researchers at the University of Oxford as the change with “the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth”.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. The report also talks about a new growing form factor called "ultramobiles." Social Media. CNET Coverage on Digital Wallets.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Cutting animal products from your diet was named by researchers at the University of Oxford as “the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth”. Cutting animal products from your diet was named by researchers at the University of Oxford as the change with “the single biggest way to reduce your impact on planet Earth”.

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