This is a guest post authored by Brent Scott, a Cybersecurity Advocacy Writer at LifeLock The ugly truth is, cybercrime is becoming strikingly widespread. An attack can happen to anyone, yet nonprofits and NGOs are increasingly prime targets, thanks to the donor and financial data they hold and, in some cases, the causes they support. […]
By Tony Connor, Director of Marketing, Public Interest Registry As a part of our reoccurring #ORGinAction series – which spotlights organizations who trust the .org domain to support their communication efforts – we are happy to introduce you to the Partnership With Native Americans (PWNA) who was also this year’s #ORGinAction social contest winner! PWNA […]
By Brian Cute, CEO of Public Interest Registry It can be easy to forget that there are many people in this world without access to the internet. The digital divide is, in fact, vast. I recently came across a UNICEF video that told the story of 10 young children who gained internet access for the first time after fleeing from their homes in a war-torn country in the Central African Republic. Separated from their families and confused about what was happening, the children searched the internet for relatives as well as answers about why they were forced to leave in the first place. They searched for connections to their home – both in the form of people and information. I encourage you to watch the video here on YouTube. The video is a powerful reminder of the impact the internet can have on a person, on communities, and on the
Written by Paul Diaz, VP of Policy, Public Interest Registry This post is part of a Public Interest Registry series called “NGOs and Data Security” aimed at providing educational insights to noncommercial internet users around different data and information security themes. Using social media as your primary online resource can be appealing for NGOs – […]
Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good Release the 3rd Annual 2018 Global NGO Technology Report RESTON, Va., January 29, 2018 – Public Interest Registry, the nonprofit operator of the .org domain, and Nonprofit Tech for Good today released the results of the “2018 Global NGO Technology Report.” The third annual report analyzes how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) 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 findings from a survey of 5,352 NGO respondents from 164 countries across Africa, Asia, Australia & Oceania, Europe, North America and South America. The report provides insight on the online and mobile communication tools NGOs around the world use to promote general awareness, communicate with core audiences and raise funds from donors, as well as an analysis of those online tools and comparisons of regional usage. New
By: Tony Connor, Director of Marketing, Public Interest Registry Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good today released the results of the third annual Global NGO Technology Report, the only annual research project that analyzes how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide use web, email and mobile technology, online fundraising tools, and social media. In addition, […]
By Marc Saitta, COO, Public Interest Registry We’re starting 2018 in celebration mode here at Public Interest Registry, marking the organization’s 15th anniversary of managing .org. While we continue to celebrate the more than 10.3 million domain names registered worldwide, this celebration also brings about a refreshed recommitment to support the global noncommercial community, and […]
By Brian Cute, CEO, Public Interest Registry Public Interest Registry has much to celebrate this year — January 2018 marks our 15th year managing the .org domain. As our organization has evolved, so has the domain. .org is currently the world’s third largest generic top-level domain with more than 10.3 million domain names registered worldwide. […]
By Brian Cute, CEO, Public Interest Registry When we launched the #ORGinAction Contest in December, we were excited to see how organizations using the .org domain would showcase ways they are active in their local communities. It turns out that excitement doesn’t begin to cover it; we were completely blown away. The numerous creative photo […]