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Ethos Advisors & NGO Post created a short survey to assess the needs of the NGO community and identify concrete solutions to improve motivated, high-impact NGOs across India.
Some of the key points from the summary of the surveys are:
- 63% of the NGOs surveyed work in the education sector and 47% work in the health and disabilities sector.
- 77% of the NGOs surveyed have less than 20 employees.
- 35% of the NGOs are registered as trusts, 48% as societies and 11% as Section 25 companies.
- 36% of the NGOs find volunteers by word of mouth and 48% of the NGOs are satisfied with the volunteer skills they receive.
The early bird prize winner of the survey was – Kilikili – an organisation devoted to making public spaces accessible to special children. One of the earliest organizations to fill the complete survey, they won a media package – a promotional video film!
The winner for the Rs. 5000 Cash Prize is – Samaritan Help Mission. Visit their blog at
http://samaritanhelpmission.blogspot.com/
Also, see these stories about SHM on NGO Post -
http://ngopost.org/story.php?title=A_man_with_a_mission-1
http://ngopost.org/story.php?title=Need_help_developing_a_website_for_Samaritan_Help_Mission
There are more prizes to be won – so fill the survey if you haven’t already…
NGOs: Dig into your strengths and opportunities AND win great prizes!
In addition, there are three great reasons to complete the survey:
1. A free assessment tool for your NGO. The survey is based on questions that leading NGOs around the world have asked themselves and, by finding the answers, have found new ways to succeed and scale. Take a moment and complete this survey to better understand your strengths and opportunities.
2. Tell us and tell the world what are the new tools, websites and training that you need. This is your chance to help donors, service providers and CSR departments to design and customize new services for the NGO sector based on the information you share.
3. For a chance to Win Excellent Prizes!!! Including:
- A new fuly-customized website for your organization based on cutting-edge technology that is simple and easy-to-use.
- Custom media package offered by Grassroutes that tells your organization’s story and an independently managed marketing campaign for any purpose you choose
- Feature story in a leading newspaper
So please take a moment, 10 moments actually, and help us help you.
Here is the link to the survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=KxFJvLldn9jXRI5jPDbBxA_3d_3d
NOTE: Complete survey results will be shared on NGO Post following the survey completion. Your private information however will not be shared with anyone.
Best Regards,
NGO Post & Ethos Advisors
NGO Post now has its youtube channel! Subscribe to favorites and playlists on real issues, amazing NGOs etc on www.youtube.com/ngopost
With youtube changing the way we interact and inform each other online, NGO Post decided to start its own channel on youtube. Now we can channelize the videos of common interest to many of our fans and us! All youtube videos linked in stories on NGO Post have been posted and linked on the NGO Post channel.This will get all these videos additional publicity and a wider audience to reach and spread the word. In the future, we hope to upload personalized accounts of social and NGO work and benefit works being done. Hope all of you enjoy the channel and keep posting great stories on NGO Post. If you would be interested in publicizing other NGO related videos also through this channel, please do mail submit@ngopost .org.
NGO Post is proud to announce its new team contributors in the form of a featured writer, Ashwin, and also moderators for three of the 15 categories of stories and posts on NGO Post. Moderator candidates are still solicited for the 12 other categories. Our featured writer, Ashwin, has been contributing great stories on NGO Post and in a combined enthusiasm from the NP (NGO Post) team and Ashwin, he has become our first featured writer who will contribute regular stories and links on NP! We look forward to more of our great users to become featured writers on NP, giving our audience a wholesome experience of dedicated stories for issues in focus. Here is a short bio of Ashwin:
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Ashwin Krishna is currently heading the India chapter of Juniper Networks Foundation Fund. He also has volunteered for Divya Deepa(http://divyadeepatrust.org), a grass roots Non Profit working for empowerment of Rural Children. He is currently working on an idea to build a platform where Funding Agencies, Non Profits, Social Entrepreneurs, Corporate and Government will work together for India’s Development. A budding social entrepreneur, he dreams to set up an university, with a focus on Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation. He wishes to empower a million rural youth and their families.
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Our new feature of having moderators for each category of stories is planned so that each category on NGOPost has its own focused development and its moderators can follow the stories more closely to develop a close knit community around that category. This community can be intertwined with other communities on NGOPost and can lead to an organic growth and sharing of resources and knowledge on NGOPost, one of the primary goals of this platform. Our three new moderators for three categories on NGO Post are:
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- Adarsh will moderate the category Environtment and Ecology. A short bio pic of Adarsh:
Adarsh, is a native of Mysore, and has been involved with various nonprofits. She strongly believes that collaboration between nonprofits, individuals, and the government is essential to address complex issues that we face today. She likes to read, travel and listen to music. An avid tennis fan and follower of all things Federer! She has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, a Master’s degree in Communication and currently works in a FDA – regulated industry. She believes that everyone can make a difference and hence her blog is aptly named “eksparsh” http://eksparsh.wordpress.com
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- Aish will moderate the category Governance and Infrastructure. A short bio pic of Aish:
Aishwarya Mishra works as a software quality analyst for Pramati Technologies. Prior to this, he worked for Satyam Computer Services, now Mahindra Satyam . He has graduated with a B. Tech (Computer Sc. & Engg) from Cochin University of Science and Technology. He developed interest in matters of social importance after his college. He is passionate about financial inclusion and education as two key areas of social development. He feels that there is so much work already done in the social sector that it has become imperative to harness the existing information to ensure that lots of well-meaning individuals do not end up reinventing the wheel. Aishwarya is a Rang De (rangde.org) think tank member. Rang De is a micro-lending organization and the think tank is a small group of well meaning individuals who help Rang De in its strategy and outreach activities. Aishwarya is an author @ http://thinkchangeindia.org and his personal blog is at http://wheredoiblog.blogspot.com
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Badhri will moderate the category Education and Training. A short bio pic of Badhri:
He works as an electronics engineer in Synopsys India. Pvt. Ltd. He is primarily interested in improving the quality of education, especially in delivery methods that can be used to improve basic reasoning among students. He is also an active blogger and writes regularly for ThinkChangeIndia, and of course, NGOpost. Some of his links online are:
Social: targetingtheroots.blogspot.com || thinkchangeindia.org || ngopost.org ||
Personal: blacknike.blogspot.com || overtea.blogspot.com ||
Humour: comedydaze.blogspot.com
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Hi All,
The NGOpost team deeply mourns the sad happenings in bombay over the last week and condolences to all the victims. We pay our tribute to the heroes who lost their lives fighting the terrorists and wish the best for all the injured victims for recovery.
The NGOpost blog has been in hibernation for sometime while our team has been working on better and more useful features for NGOpost. We have new developments on NGOpost since the last month. Firstly, we have a list of all available RSS feeds on NGOpost at a new page:
We also have two focus of the month issues on NGOpost since September. The focus of the month for October was Education. The focus of the month for November was Food and Water. There are been many good stories and discussions in each of these categories with very good suggestions for NGOs to improve their skill sets and also reports of great NGO work in the corresponding areas.
There are going to be many more new features on NGOpost in the recent future to enable and facilitate more interaction amongst our enthusiastic users. As we await these new features eagerly, wish all our readers and users and everyone a safe and peaceful world.
NGO Post is growing, and with this comes the extra responsibility of ensuring quality and regularity of stories and discussions. Instead of regulating it all ourselves, we are going to partner with our most enthusiastic and knowledgeable users who will act as Category Facilitators.
Each of the categories (areas of social work) covered at NGO Post will have a facilitator who will be responsible for the overall health of that category. The facilitator will be in-charge of the category and will be responsible for its success.
Responsibilities
- Visit the category regularly to ensure proper quality, formatting etc of stories in that category
- Encourage discussions on the stories in that category – this may include sending messages to users who are likely to be interested in those stories
- Post stories if there are not enough story submissions from other users to keep the category consistently active
- Generate awareness about your NGO Post category amongst external blogs, mailing lists and other social-network communities to bring in new users and content
Minimum qualifications
- Have a natural interest in the chosen category – prior experience in that field is helpful, although not necessary
- Be an active user at NGO Post – so that you can “teach by example”
- Should be able to visit the site regularly
Would you like to become one?
- Turn your interest in social work into a highly productive and useful endeavor
- Help NGO Post in becoming better – we also recognize your contributions by highlighting the facilitators on our team page.
- Get the experience of building and sustaining an online community for social work
If this matches your interest and you would like to considered for a Category Facilitator in any category, please send us an email (parul@ngopost.org).
The NGO-post team has been working to make the users feel more at home when they visit the site. We are trying to get NGO post delivered to your virtual doorstep (mail inbox!!). Some new features on the site helps users keep track of stories and follow-ups right from their mail ids.
Updates have been made to the site to make it more interactive and user-friendly. An option to receive an email about any comments on posted stories to the member’s email address has been added. Any user posting a story on the site can check on a box which allows the website to mail the member whenever someone comments on the story posted by the member. Members who have posted stories already can also update their stories to receive a mail about the comments posted on those stories! The member has to visit the link to edit the story and at the end of the page, there is a check box that needs to be clicked on to activate this feature!! Hope all of you will love this!!
We are working on making this an option for any member of the site, to receive mails about comments on any story. This would reduce the effort of the member to follow up any story and also keep the member up-to-date with any addendum to stories/articles they are interested in.
Well, keep those eyes and ears open, folks…For NGO-Post is coming with more and more features to make you help yourself and every one in the community better and faster!!
We have paid internship opportunities available for computer geeks, and for social-work enthusiasts for the summer of 2008. Please send an email to nitin -at- ngopost.org if you are interested. Details follow:
Opportunity 1: Calling all Net-nerds! Be a part of a young social enterprise this summer.
About Us:
NGOPost.org is a website for sharing information and ideas about social welfare initiatives, and facilitating change through collective effort. NGO Post is run by a a team of IIT alumni with a long standing interest in technology and social enterprise, based in US and India. It is a non-profit effort and our motivation is to use our experience and skills to help positive developments in the society.
We are applying Web2.0 ideas for bridging the information gap that exists in the area of social work. The website is based on an open-source platform and there are a number of additional features that we would like to develop on top of it. While the current team members are working on several directions such as international outreach, funding, marketing & media, youth engagement etc, we also need a dedicated team member who can focus on advanced feature development. This is where you come in! You will work closely with Nitin Gupta, Co-founder and Director, Technology at NGO Post.
Requirements
We need someone with good programming skills and hacking aptitude. You must have some experience with web-programming. Experience with PHP is desirable, although not essential as you can pick it up quickly if you satisfy the first criterion! Also some understanding of databases (MySQL) is expected. We have a number of cool ideas that we would like to work with you on, and expect that you will commit time for at least 3 full months (equivalently, 400 hours). You are free to work from wherever you like, as long as you have a computer and internet connection. You will receive a stipend depending on the results delivered (Rs 4,000 to 6,000 per month).
Why work with us:
4. Earn some pocket money every month (we can also provide a certificate on succesful completion of the project).
3. Learn web-programming skills along the way and see how they are used in the real-world applications.
2. Be an early team member of NGO Post and experience what it means to be part of a young social enterprise.
1. Make an impact! Together, we will help solve some of the biggest social issues faced by people around the world.
Opportunity 2: Calling all social-work enthusiasts! Be a part of a young social enterprise this summer.
About Us:
NGOPost.org is a website for sharing information and ideas about social welfare initiatives, and facilitating change through collective effort. NGO Post is run by a team of IIT alumni with a long standing interest in technology and social enterprise, based in US and India. It is a non-profit effort and our motivation is to use our experience and skills to help positive developments in the society.
We are applying the latest internet technologies for building a strong community and bridging the information gap that exists in the area of social work. The current team members are working on several directions such as technical development, funding, marketing & media, youth engagement etc – your role will be to help with getting in touch with international NGOs inviting them to participate in NGO Post discusssions, and adding stories about global social activities on the site. You will work closely with Parul Gupta, Co-founder and Executive Director at NGO Post, based in Bangalore.
Requirements
All we need is the passion to make a difference! Good communication skills will come in handy. Though Bangalore is preferred, you are free to work from wherever you like, as long as you have a computer and internet connection. A monthly stipend will be arranged depending on the results delivered. Time commitment is also flexible – from 4 to 8 hours a day for 2-3 months and if things work well for both of us, we’d love to have you in our core team!
Why work with us:
4. Earn some pocket money every month (we can also provide a certificate on successful completion of the project).
3. Spread powerful ideas and network with changemakers around the world.
2. Be an early team member of NGO Post and experience what it means to be part of a young social enterprise.
1. Make an impact! Together, we will help solve some of the biggest social issues faced by people around the world.
We have created an elegant scrolling widget to display the Popular Stories from NGO Post on your blog or website.
To add this widget to your blog/website, just add the following code wherever you want the widget to show up:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertPanel.js?panelId=7cd573e1-b0cf-4256-802c-ff8f6b3fb6eb"> </script><img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border="0" width="0" height="0" src="http://runtime.widgetbox.com/syndication/track/7cd573e1-b0cf-4256-802c-ff8f6b3fb6eb.gif" />
The widget will look like this:
See a working demonstration here.
Blogger
Go to Customize -> Layout -> Add Page Element -> HTML/Javascript Add to Blog -> Paste the above widget code in the Content box and save.
The following platforms don’t seem to support Javascript, but you can add the NGO Post RSS feed directly without the widget.
WordPress
Go to Dashboard -> Design -> Widgets -> RSS Add. A new widget box will appear on the right – click Edit. Put http://ngopost.org/rss.php as the feed address.
Orkut
In the Left-side panel, Click on “edit” just next to “Apps”, then click on “My Feeds”, and enter http://ngopost.org/rss.php as a new URL to add.
Add the application “Simply RSS” (http://apps.facebook.com/simplyrss). Select “Enable field on profile”, and “Do not display time” options, and click on Add.
Imagine this:
You: Check out NGO Post dude.. it’s an awesome way to keep up with ongoing social welfare initiatives! Nice, feature-packed and easy to use website, very Web 2.0′ish. I love it.
Dude (your friend): NGO Post? lemme see what they’ve got.. hey… they don’t even have a blog! how do you even communicate with them?
And you have no place to hide your face. Well, now you do! NGO Post has a blog, to save your grace 
Besides as a grace-saver, we will use this blog to communicate with you any new plans or features for NGO Post, or simply any discussion related to NGO Post. You already have a way to provide feedback on the website; this blog will be the place for us to talk to you about what new things we are planning for NGO Post and get your feedback on them. Your views matter to us, so please don’t be shy in speaking out.
And don’t forget to subscribe to the RSS feed for entries in this blog, as well as the comments.
Happy NGOPosting!
Parul & Nitin
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