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• Date: 01 April 2018
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/nba.30443
• Published date: 01 April 2018

NONPROFIT BUSINESS ADVISOR APRIL 2018

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DOI: 10.1002/nba

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Study shows nonprot tech use

around the world

New research from Nonprot Tech for Good and

the Public Interest Registry, the nonprot operator

of the �org domain, shows that charities around the

world are investing in their digital technology to make

it easier for supporters to donate online and/or via

mobile devices� The 2018 Global NGO Technology

Report analyzes how nongovernmental organizations

worldwide use web, email and mobile technology;

online fundraising tools; and social media, as well as

manage data and security� The report details the key

ndings from a survey of 5,352 NGO respondents

from 164 countries across Africa, Asia, Australia and

Oceania, Europe, North America and South America�

According to the report:

• Ninety-two percent of respondents have a web-

site� Of those, 87 percent are mobile-compatible, a 9

percent increase from 2017�

• Email dominates as the preferred form of com-

munication to donors, with 63 percent of respondents

regularly sending email updates, but 18 percent use

messaging apps and 15 percent regularly send text

messages to supporters�

• Seventy-two percent of respondents accept on-

line donations, an increase of 5 percent from 2017�

• While 95 percent agree that social media is effec-

tive for online brand awareness, only 32 percent of

NGOs worldwide have a written social media strategy�

• Facebook leads global use as the highest-utilized

social media platform, with 93 percent of respondents

having a dedicated page, followed by Twitter (77 per-

cent) and YouTube (57 percent)�

• Twenty-ve percent of NGOs post daily to their

Facebook page and 24 percent tweet two to ve times

daily, yet 68 percent of NGOs post to LinkedIn less

than once per week�

• Eighty percent of NGOs worldwide rely on the

Microsoft Windows operating system for desktop/

laptop computers; on smartphones/tablets, global

Google Android use outweighs the Apple iOS�

• NGO respondents indicated using customer

relationship management software to manage com-

munications with donors (45 percent), and of those,

64 percent use cloud-based CRM�

• Only 41 percent of global respondents use encryp-

tion technology to protect data and communications�

According to Heather Mansfield, founder of

Nonprot Tech for Good, the ndings conrm that

nonprots worldwide are rapidly expanding their use

of technology�

To read the full report, visit http://techreport�ngo�

Facebook launches new

Community Leadership Program

Facebook has announced the launch of its Com-

munity Leadership Program, a global initiative aimed

at empowering leaders from around the world who are

building communities through the Facebook family

of apps and services� The company plans to commit

tens of millions of dollars to the initiative, including

up to $10 million in grants that will go directly to

people creating and leading communities�

The core components of the initiative include:

• Residency and fellowship opportunities that will

offer training, support and funding for community

leaders from around the world� Up to ve leaders will

be selected to be community leaders in residence and

awarded up to $1 million each to fund their proposals�

And up to 100 leaders will be selected for a fellowship

program and will receive up to $50,000 each to be

used for a specic community initiative�

• Community Leadership Circles that will bring

local community leaders together to meet up in per-

son to connect, learn and collaborate� The company

piloted three of these circles in the United States in

2017 and will be expanding them globally this year,

Facebook said�

For more information, visit https://communities�

fb�com. ■

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The judge ruled that the district met its burden of

presenting a legitimate reason for the transfer, and

Rodriguez had not presented any evidence to raise

a dispute about whether the stated reason was false�

She then granted summary judgment in favor of

the district�

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trict, U�S� District Court for the Southern District of

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