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Using Pinterest To Raise Awareness About Violence Against Women in Nigeria

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was going to write something patriotic about social media, but I got an email from Mari Tikkanen with story about her recent experience working with maternal/reproductive health organizations and human rights NGOs in Nigeria for the MacArthur Foundation. LACVAW also hope to raise global awareness.

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Fake Facebook Friends and the CIA

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Until it quickly became a classic advance fee scam conversation (originally made famous by folks in Nigeria with faxes). Bottom-line: If a sophisticated state actor really wants your data, they have a lot of ways to get it, and probably will The whole point of crypto and security is to raise the cost of breaking into your data.

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How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Nonprofits

NonProfit Hub

Another example of a chatbot being used for good is in the WFP (World Food Program), which uses the chatbot in Haiti and Nigeria to ask people about the food security and prices in their communities. Raising funds for orphanages. It operates in many languages via access through the low-band internet. .

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Akilah Institute for Women: Social Media Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One Student, Giselle, has used Razoo to help raise her travel funds to a conference in the United States. I worked with 39 young women between the ages of 18-30. Everyone was using Facebook. There were a handful who were using LinkedIn and Twitter as professional networking tools.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Women for Women International

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Of all the mass communications tools your organization is using (website e-newsletters, social networking sites, mobile), which is resulting in the most online dollars being raised (directly or indirectly)? Overall, I want to make sure that we’re showing our supporters what we do and then opening up the stage for them to discuss.

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Measurement Takes Center Stage in Bill Gates' 2013 Letter

NTEN

The call to action in the letter is clear, and I think one that resonates with any nonprofit who struggles to find more efficient ways to achieve their mission and to raise support from grant-makers and donors to help them do that.

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Future of Social: Gen Z

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China, and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. According to a recent research survey of UK/US teenagers , 26% have raised money for a cause and 32% have donated their own money (or allowances.). And, they have generosity in their genes.

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