Business Technology, Non-Profit Business

3 Ways Non-Profits Use Emerging Technology to Further Donor Dollars — And How You Can, Too

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A U.S.-based non-profit organization wants to send clean-burning stoves to rural Guatemalan heads-of-households. The idea is for recipients to use the stoves to start small businesses in support of their families. But what if one of those stoves breaks down? Ixo helps non-profits collect, measure, evaluate, value, and tokenize verifiable impact. Their application of the …

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Despite FinTech, Financial Services Still Need Some Humans: How to Safeguard Your Job

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In 2008, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney entered the political rings to compete for the US presidency. One candidate had a competitive edge. His Silicon Valley supporter, Steve Spinner, created a novel fundraising approach: mine social media for contacts most likely to give, then ask them to fundraise among like-minded contacts. By pinpointing one high-potential …