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Operation Santa Goes Digital
This year the U.S. Postal Services Operation Santa will be available online, reports GMA.
If you're looking to lend St. Nick a helping hand from the comfort of your own home this Christmas, look no further because the U.S. Postal Service's annual "Operation Santa" program is online.
Read more...New Giving Platform Secures Funding
Give InKind, a startup platform that coordinates a variety of giving options from cash to Lyft credits, recieved $1.5 million in seed funding, reports Tech Crunch.
Helping out a friend in need online can be surprisingly difficult. While giving cash is easy enough, that’s often not what people need most — so Give InKind aims to be the platform where you can do a lot more than write a check
Read more...Giving Education a Better Infrastructure
Team4Tech helps education nonprofits from around the world improve their in infrastructure, reports Silicon Valley Business Journal.
Leadership requires flexibility, openness — and creativity.
Lots of creativity
Read more...Should a Nonprofit be Tech Fluent
According to Forbes, lack of ‘tech fluency’ could be holding many nonprofits back.
It is often said that every company is a technology company; is every nonprofit a technology organization?
Read more...Tech Nonprofit Promotes Ethical Hacking
Technology nonprofit, Mid-Atlantic Gigabit Innovation Collaboratory hosted a virtual capture the flag for students interested in cybersecurity, reports Baltimore Sun. The exercise promotes ethical hacking.
Read more...Focus on Keeping Donor Data Safe
According to the Nonprofit Times, nonprofits need to increase their awareness of cyber security threats. In addition, they need to be proactive about preventing security breaches.
Imagine if you will, someone sitting in a room in an undisclosed city who sends your charity $1 on a credit card. All of a sudden all of your donor data is on the dark web. This is not an episode of “The Twilight Zone.” It happens every day in fundraising offices around the world.
Read more...Ed Surge Become Nonprofit News
EdSurge will now be a nonprofit newsroom thanks to an acquistion by the International Society for Technology Education, reports Ed Surge.
EdSurge is joining the ranks of nonprofit newsrooms. Today the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) announced that it has agreed to acquire EdSurge, in a move that leaders of both organizations say will provide a stronger financial base to continue to produce EdSurge’s journalism, research and other services about the intersection of technology and education.
Read more...Salesforce Boosts Nonprofit Success
Salesforce is expanding its offerings in its Nonprofit Success Pack, reports the Nonprofit Times.
Cloud technology firm Salesforce, which earlier this year announced it was folding its .org division, announced an expansion of its Nonprofit Cloud capabilities, adding case management, volunteer management and program management.
Read more...Social Media's Impact on Fundraising
Social media has changed a lot of things, including how nonprofits fundraise, reports Associations Now.
Recent research finds that giving days on sites like Facebook are shifting nonprofit fundraising strategies
Read more...Red Kettles Go Digital
According to the Chicago Tribune, the Salvatio Army is making it easier for donors to give by accepting digital payments.
The Salvation Army’s iconic Red Kettle bell ringers have been around since the late 1800s, but they’ll be stepping into the 21st century this holiday season when they start accepting donations using Apple Pay and Google Pay
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