Video Chatting Connects Operations | The NonProfit Times

Video Chatting Connects Operations | The NonProfit Times: Laura Quinn, executive director and founder of Portland, Maine-based Idealware, said that Skype is ideal for organizations that have a lot of remote partners. “It’s a free way to do video conferencing,” said Quinn. “You are able to see people’s faces and gestures — things you wouldn’t get over a phone line. It makes people feel like they are part of the team even if they are far away.”

Donors still lack confidence in digital giving, survey finds

Donors still lack confidence in digital giving, survey finds: Polly Gowers of Give as you Live, which polled 8,000 people, says the research will help charities to focus their resources in the right places

Digital giving channels are playing an increasingly important role in inspiring donations, but donors do not feel confident enough to give significant amounts of money through them, according to a survey of online charity supporters.

Nonprofits Race to Get Ahead of the Explosion in Small Screens - Technology - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Nonprofits Race to Get Ahead of the Explosion in Small Screens - Technology - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Another sign of the growing importance nonprofits place on the new medium: A handful of organizations, including the Humane Society of the United States and World Vision, have hired mobile directors.

But Katya Andresen, chief operating officer at Network for Good, questions whether nonprofits have done enough.

Cancer Research UK creates data game to find cancer cure | Charity Digital News

Cancer Research UK creates data game to find cancer cure | Charity Digital News: Cancer Research UK has teamed with Facebook, Google, Amazon and the Citizen Science Alliance to deliver a game for smartphones which aims to involve the public in finding a cure for cancer.