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Paper works for Salvation Army

According to the Dispatch-Argus, the Salvation Army still hasn’t found a way to make their iconic red kettles cashless. There isn’t an existing technology that is as quick, easy and secure as sliding a dollar into the red kettle. Read more...

Women Step Up for #GivingTuesday

According to the Nonprofit Times, women are significant donors to #GivingTuesday. A report finds that they contributed 63 percent of the total number of donations on #GivingTuesday 2016. Read more...

Donors Give Online

The 2017 Global Trends In Giving report from the Public Interest Registry (PIR) and Nonprofit Tech for Good find that people like to give online, reports the Nonprofit Times. Roughly 60 percent of donors do so online. Read more...

Wi Nonprofit Teaches Digital Skills

According to the Seattle Times, a Wisconsin nonprofit is working to bridge the digital divide. DANEnet works with community members to increase their computer literacy, including older adults just learning to navigate the computer and immigrants or refugees learning the new technology. Read more...

Tech Nonprofit Helps Kids Make Cards

Maydm, a Madison based nonprofit, hosted a Christmas card making program that encouraged kids to use STEM skills, reports Channel 3000. The Circuits, Cards and Code had kids making cards with LED lights in them. Read more...

Using 360 Video to Help Disabled

According to the Lansing State Journal, a local nonprofit is using 360 degree video to give those with disabilities a chance to visit companies virtually. Able Eyes posts 360 degree videos of local business that allow those with disabilities to view the establishment before visiting. Read more...

Facebook Adds More Social Good Features

During Facebook's second annual Social Good forum the company revealed several new tools to help nonprofits, reports CNN Money. Included in the tools was the new iMentor program and the International Rescue Committee. Read more...

Not All Nonprofits Use #GivingTuesday

According to Crain’s Chicago Business, not all nonprofits find value in participating in #GivingTuesday. For many smaller nonprofits they feel that they can get lost in the see of donation pleas on that day. Others find that their donors prefer to give in more hands on ways, such as volunteering versus just pushing a ‘donate now’ button. Read more...

Amazon Wishlist Changes Nonprofit Giving

Charity Navigator is seeing an upswing in nonprofits using Amazon Wishlist, reports CNN Money. Using Amazon Wishlist is another way for nonprofits to get the items they need for their mission, and donors know that they are giving the nonprofit exactly what they need. Read more...

Zoho Creator Offers Free Subscriptions

According to the Nonprofit Times, Zoho Creator, an app building platform, offered $10 million dollars worth of free subscriptions to nonprofits during the run up to #GivingTuesday. Zoho Creator  Read more...

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