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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

Tech Soup

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! If you’re a nonprofit news junkie, have a look at all our Nonprofit Technology News pieces from this past year. TechSoup Technologies for Good. Hacker Helper is all about not reinventing the technology wheel.

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Global Philanthropy

Tech Soup

The legacy of this situation "poisoned the whole notion of volunteering in Russia for many years.". Tags: Donors Event Finances Fundraising Grants for Technology Grants for Technology Legal Considerations Running Your Organization Tech Planning. A cultural incompatibility with the idea of "charity" in some cases.

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Crowdfunding Controversies and How They Impact Nonprofits and Charities

Tech Soup

James Robinson, the author of the article, wrote: "And so, keen to be the first reporter to cover this marvelous piece of technology, I started asking questions. Rather, I found a publicity shy company, operated remotely from Russia, promoting a device unsupported by any medical or scientific evidence whatsoever.

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Metro4All — Making All Metro Systems Accessible

Tech Soup

So far, Metro4All has apps for 14 cities in Russia and other countries in Europe. It is now a diverse international group with team members in Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, and the U.S. Tech for good often knows no geopolitical boundaries. There are no apps yet for U.S. Basically, its process is as follows.

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

It's time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends. Now, here's the latest. There are now 2.4 Social Media.

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Nonprofits Imagine a Better Sharing Economy

Tech Soup

The Sharing Economy -- the use of networked, often mobile, information technology to share goods and services -- offers nonprofits new possibilities for innovation and efficiency along with new paradigms to move from scarcity to abundance. trillion annually, exceeding the total GDP of Canada, Australia, Russia, or India.

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Burning Problems With Social Networks: What do you think?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Vladislav Chernyshov , a self-identified geek and masters student at Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU) in Novosibirsk, Russia and who is currently working on a next generation social network project called Genome identifies five major "burning" problems with social networks. 1) the lack of sufficient privacy protection.