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 […]
#ORGinAction Photo Contest: Show How Your .org Makes A Difference! Are you an #ORGinAction? Whether you’re a small running club or a national nonprofit – you’re a part of the .org family because you’re an organization making an impact. It takes passionate people coming together to inspire change and make your community a better place. […]
By Tony Connor, Director of Marketing, Public Interest Registry We’re excited to share another #ORGinAction with you through our recurring series, which highlights how organizations who trust the .org domain are using it to anchor their communication, networking and advocacy efforts online. Meet Global Impact, which works directly with for-profit and nonprofit organizations to enhance […]
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 insight to noncommercial internet users around different data and information security themes. Part 1 of this blog series walked through best practices for preventing a data […]
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 insight to noncommercial internet users around different data and information security themes. If you’ve read Part 1 of this blog series – NGOs and Data Security: […]
Written by Tony Connor, Director of Marketing, Public Interest Registry Are you ready? #GivingTuesday is quickly approaching on November 28 this year. With a little over a month to prepare, it’s recommended to begin outreach around your campaign on October 28, one month before the actual date. As a campaign centered around social media, one of the best ways for nonprofits to amplify their #GivingTuesday efforts is to ramp up social media and email efforts in preparation for and during the global campaign. A few weeks ago, Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good partnered together with Giving Tuesday to share the best practices in preparing a social media campaign for #GivingTuesday. We’ve included a summary below of the five key takeaways covered in the webinar, and the full notes from the webinar can be accessed here Best Practice #1: Start Promotion by October 28th It’s important to start