article thumbnail

CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SocialCoding4Good brings together individual software professionals as well as corporate social responsibility teams from companies such as Cisco, Google, Hewlett Packard, LinkedIn, and VMware to volunteer their technical skills to nonprofit partners that develop and maintain free and open source software addressing critical social problems.

article thumbnail

8 Ways Nonprofits Can Help P2P Fundraisers Meet & Exceed Their Goals

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Audrey Phillips , a customer success manager at Classy – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. your connection to soccer, teens, nonprofits, Classy, etc.). Make it more personal to you (i.e.

Goal 306
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Upcoming Nonprofits Live: DIY Blogging

Tech Soup

Here at TechSoup, we’re big on empowering nonprofits and libraries to make smart do-it-yourself technology choices since we know time, staff, and money are all limited resources. This month, we're examining the landscape of DIY blogging. and LA Media Reform Group , to name a few.

article thumbnail

Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding Myths & How To Ensure Success

The Modern Nonprofit

The average nonprofit email campaign has less than 25% open rates and less than 3% click-through rates. What frequently happens, is nonprofits try crowdfunding, it fails, and they think crowdfunding doesn’t work. Build a school in Zimbabwe. Direct mail just doesn’t yield what it used to. Even email is falling off.

Cancer 98
article thumbnail

Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

Have Fun - Do Good

The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. We are also in discussions about the whole process of getting international nonprofit licenses in different countries. We have $2 donors out of Zimbabwe and $20,000 donors out of San Francisco.

article thumbnail

How to Use Causes for Your Year-End Fundraising Appeal

NTEN

Planning for the year-end giving season is in full swing throughout the nonprofit sector. In 2009, giving in December alone brought in about 1/3 of the fundraising dollars to nonprofits. Causes has just updated their Fundraising Projects feature so nonprofits can effectively do project-based fundraising campaigns through Facebook. .

Causes 87
article thumbnail

Using Photography to Change the World: An Interview with Paola Gianturco

Have Fun - Do Good

A high school English teacher in Zimbabwe, whose name is Betty Makoni , began hearing stories from her students after school, that they had been raped. The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe. In this case, the girls were using poetry.