The digital revolution has transformed the way we live,
work, and play. Digital technologies have brought immense benefits to
individuals, businesses, and society as a whole. Digitalization, which is the
adoption of digital technologies, has had a significant impact on the
operations and activities of non-profit organizations. This paper aims to
examine the effects of digitalization on non-profit organizations in terms of
their communication, fundraising, and service delivery. The study draws on a
review of the existing literature and analysis of case studies to provide a
comprehensive understanding of these impacts.
The findings indicate that digitizing non-profit
organizations has had several positive impacts including significant
improvements in communication, reaching wider audiences and effective
engagement with stakeholders, providing new revenue generation channels, and
connecting with donors. Digitalization has also facilitated the delivery of
services and reached more people in need. The paper also discussed the positive
contributions that digitization can make to sustainable development, including
increased efficiency, reduced resource use, new business models, increased
access to education and healthcare, and improved environmental management.
However, the adoption of digital technologies has also created new challenges
for non-profit organizations, including the need to invest in technology
infrastructure and manage data security, and privacy issues. e-waste, the
digital divide, and cybersecurity challenges.
This paper provides an overview of the impact of
digitalization on sustainable development and concludes with some
recommendations on how to maximize the positive impacts of digitalization while
minimizing the negative impacts.
The ethics kiosk project (the digital alliance for civil
society) won first place in the national initiative in the Suez Canal region
for the category of non-profit projects, as it is the first ERP system that
combines operational and development departments and works on the governance of
donations in receiving and disbursing them. It is a technical version of an
ethics kiosk project which has been discussed before in a different scientific
paper (Elgammal, 2023). It is the first in the Arab world to take care of all
developmental and charitable aspects within the framework of the governance of
administrative and accounting operations. It was presented to the Prime
Minister and the Ministers (the Minister of Planning, the Minister of Social
Solidarity, and many others), also the Governors (the Governors of Ismailia,
Suez, and the Governor of Port said). Everyone honored and praised this project
during the national initiative, it won first place in the category of
non-profit projects.
Author(s) Details
Nour-Elhouda Medhat
Elgammal
Mishkat Nour Foundation, Cairo, Egypt.
Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/crbme/v6/3458G
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