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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

Cyclone Idai struck Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, causing widespread flood destruction. Thank you to all the organizations that thoughtfully shared their data with Candid , which helped make this report and associated tools as robust as possible. Wildfires plagued the Amazon, California and Australia.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

There it brought teams of Google and LinkedIn employees to contribute code fixes and key feature enhancements to the open source mobile tools of our nonprofit project partner Mifos , whose mission is to enable financial institutions to become modern and digitally connected providers of financial services to the world’s 2.5 Martus Desktop 4.5

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

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The main goals are to make sure your constituents are ready to fundraise, understand the impact they will have, and have the tools needed to be successful. They are an awesome organization that was founded by two professional “futball” players from Zimbabwe. Try doing a drip email campaign that has a countdown to the campaign launch.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live: DIY Blogging

Tech Soup

" He has been an advocate and organizer with immigrants and refugees in Charlotte, New York/Newark, and Los Angeles, as well as in Zimbabwe and Great Britain, for organizations including Detention Watch Network. and LA Media Reform Group , to name a few.

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

The Modern Nonprofit

Below we’ll outline the strategies and the tools you’ll need. Build a school in Zimbabwe. KEYS FOR SUCCESSFUL CROWDFUNDING. Make it as specific as possible. The real reason that campaigns you see on GoFundMe have success is that they are set up for very specific and tangible projects : Help Bob get new teeth.

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How to Use Causes for Your Year-End Fundraising Appeal

NTEN

At Causes, the application on Facebook, we’re releasing huge improvements to our fundraising and communications tools just in time for the year-end giving season. Using this tool, the National Wildlife Federation has raised over $100,000 for their oil spill work in the Gulf Coast. Birthday Wish: Peer-to-Peer Fundraising.

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

Have Fun - Do Good

Can you talk a little bit about why they used arts, and why it was an effective tool? 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. There are no men in Zimbabwe who are immune to these girls' attention.