Can you go 24 hours without any tech? | Crave - CNET

Can you go 24 hours without any tech? | Crave - CNET: Reboot, a nonprofit group whose mission is to "reboot" cultures, traditions, and rituals in the Jewish tradition of Sabbath (a day of rest), is asking people to take a break from tech for 24 hours by participating in a National Day of Unplugging.

Attendees at Austin's SXSW Interactive give big - Austin Business Journal

Attendees at Austin's SXSW Interactive give big - Austin Business Journal: Convio Inc. (Nasdaq: CNVO), an Austin-based fundraising technology company, conducted a survey of SXSW Interactive participants and found more than 87 percent of attendees donate to charity. The top giving categories for the interactive crowd includes children, disaster relief, faith-based and human and social services.

Amicus Wants To Socialize Nonprofit Fundraising And Outreach, Raises $580K Itself | TechCrunch

Amicus Wants To Socialize Nonprofit Fundraising And Outreach, Raises $580K Itself | TechCrunch: You can see Amicus’ founders demonstrate the product in the video below, but the basic idea is that fundraising phone calls and emails are a lot more effective when they come from someone you know. If you’ve ever been contacted by some random person asking you to donate to a good cause, you can probably relate. Doubly so if you’ve been the random person.

Other companies like Causes and Fundly have been built around similar ideas, but they’re mostly limited to Facebook, while Amicus supports more old-school forms of communication.

Invisible Children's Web Strategist Gives A Crash Course In Going Viral | Fast Company

Invisible Children's Web Strategist Gives A Crash Course In Going Viral | Fast Company: Fast Company recently had the opportunity to speak with Javan Van Gronigen, the San Diego-based digital strategist and web designer behind Invisible Children's viral new media campaign. Van Gronigen's firm, Fifty & Fifty, is a digital studio that works with Fortune 500 firms and non-profits such as Invisible Children, World Vision, and Charity Water. We initially spoke with Van Gronigen before Russell's neurotic boogaloo seized the narrative. We kept the focus on tactics and strategy behind the Kony2012 campaign, rather than any of the tabloid hijinks that followed, in part because Van Gronigen's job was mostly done by then, but also because we wanted to know whether Fifty & Fifty had built something that could weather storms. Van Gronigen's experience includes lessons he learned when all hell broke loose. And they apply to all manner of hell.

Charity e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures - Civil Society - Finance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

Charity e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures - Civil Society - Finance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: An e-petition calling on the government to return the VAT on fuel payments for air ambulances is the first such petition to gain more than 100,000 signatures, making it eligible for debate in Parliament.

Following a social media campaign started by member of the public, Ken Sharpe, the e-petition Return VAT on Air Ambulance has collected 110,200 signatures.

Online Donations Bring the Middle East and Africa Closer to American Donors | Wamda.com

Online Donations Bring the Middle East and Africa Closer to American Donors | Wamda.com: The good news is this figure has also been steadily increasing in the last few years. The knock-on effect is that regions far away from the U.S., such as the Middle East and Africa, could potentially benefit if the Internet can help bring international causes closer to American donors.

"Reaching large numbers of potential donors is easier and less expensive using the Internet, whether through charity websites, social networking sites, or middleware platforms, such as Causes and Crowdrise," said Jason Wingard, vice dean of Wharton Executive Education, which now has a special team dedicated to outreach in the nonprofit, economic development and foundation sector.

Community Foundation launches new fundraising method | Home | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA

Community Foundation launches new fundraising method | Home | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA: LAFAYETTE — The Community Foundation of Acadiana launched a new donation method — an embeddable fundraising widget — to make it easier for people to give to nonprofit organizations that are assisting those recovering from last week’s flash flooding.

The “Rise Up, Help Now” fundraising widget is available via the Community Foundation of Acadiana website: http://www.cfacadiana.org for anyone to embed on their Facebook page, websites or other social media applications, said Kate Wynne, the foundation’s director of donor relations.

Heatherton takes part in Transatlantic charity link-up - Communities - Amersham & Little Chalfont

Heatherton takes part in Transatlantic charity link-up - Communities - Amersham & Little Chalfont: Children at Heatherton House School in Amersham got to hear from Amersham youth worker Duncan Dyason who is currently in the country working with his charity, Street Kids Direct.

Mr Dyason set up the charity in 1993 after seeing a BBC documentary about the abuse of children in the country and he introduced some of the youngsters he has helped during the link.

8 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Site With Google | Social Media Examiner

8 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Site With Google | Social Media Examiner: Would you like to drive more traffic to your website?

With new enhancements from Google , you can more easily accomplish just that!

One of the biggest changes recently rolled out by Google might even be called a seismic shift in search.

Indian American Giving in Silicon Valley

Indian American Giving in Silicon Valley: The Silicon Valley Community Foundation recently published a research paper on the philanthropy within the Indian American community of Silicon Valley. The report looks at the roots of giving in India, a history of the Indian American community in the U.S. and then describes the vision and values of Indian American philanthropists in Silicon Valley.

Survey Yields Suggestions for Nonprofits’ Use of Technology

massnonprofit.org ::: Survey Yields Suggestions for Nonprofits’ Use of Technology
March 16, 2012 — Nonprofits can take better advantage of available technologies to improve the services they deliver and the ways they deliver them, according to a recently completed assessment of 180 nonprofits.

Recommendations—summarized in a report titled Unleashing Innovation: Using Everyday Technology to Improve Nonprofit Services researched and written for MAP for Nonprofits, a management consultancy, by Idealware, which advises nonprofits on software decisions—were based on a survey of Minnesota human service nonprofits and detailed follow-up interviews.

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massnonprofit.org ::: Recommendations—summarized in a report titled Unleashing Innovation: Using Everyday Technology to Improve Nonprofit Services researched and written for MAP for Nonprofits, a management consultancy, by Idealware, which advises nonprofits on software decisions—were based on a survey of Minnesota human service nonprofits and detailed follow-up interviews.

The report suggested that the following steps can create notable impacts:

If you have news, it will be aggregated and/or curated — Tech News and Analysis

If you have news, it will be aggregated and/or curated — Tech News and Analysis: The Pew Research Center has come out with a massive new report on the state of media as part of its Project for Excellence in Journalism, and it comes to a number of conclusions about where the industry stands — including the fact that Twitter and Facebook are still driving a fairly small amount of traffic to media outlets (although this segment is growing quickly) and that tech giants like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft control almost 70 percent of online advertising. But one other thing that becomes clear from the Pew report is just how big a role aggregators of all kinds — both human and machine-powered — are playing in news consumption.

Director Less Than Invisible In Underwear And Is Hospitalized - TheNonProfitTimes

Director Less Than Invisible In Underwear And Is Hospitalized - TheNonProfitTimes: The director of the viral video “Kony 2012”, which is rapidly approaching 100 million views, was hospitalized in San Diego, Calif., after running through the streets in his underwear and vandalizing cars.

Wozniak to speak at AFPTechKnow 2012

TechKnow General Information Home: Apple Co-Founder and philanthropist Steve Wozniak confirmed to speak at AFP TechKnow!