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In October 2024, at the Innovate 4 WASH Conference in Kisumu, Kenya, TaroWorks’ Marketing Dire.....
October 31, 2024
Beyond Data Collection: Achieving Real-Time Management for Frontline WASH Operations with TaroWorks
October 23, 2024
Digital Solutions and Carbon Credits for Climate-Resilient Agriculture: How TaroWorks is Bridging the Digital Gap
As the global community gathers for the NetHope Global Summit, one of the spotlights is on how digit.....
August 28, 2024
Revolutionize Your Fieldwork with TaroWorks: The Ultimate Offline Mobile CRM and Field Service App
In today’s fast-paced world, organizations with ambitious social missions often face significa.....
July 24, 2024
Carbon Financing for Social Impact: How To Successfully Sell Carbon Credits To Fuel Your Organization’s Growth
Some forward-thinking nonprofits and social enterprises generate funding for their operations by sel.....
March 26, 2024
How a Centralized Data Management System Can Streamline Operations and Improve Efficiency
In this blog post, we'll dive into how TaroWorks and Salesforce can help you with data centralizatio.....
June 20, 2023
How Technology Can Support Economic Growth for Refugees
World Refugee Day showcases the rights, needs, and aspirations of refugees, serving as a catalyst fo.....
May 22, 2023
TaroWorks Offered as a Service to Partners
At TaroWorks, we specialize in streamlining field operations and enhancing data transparency for org.....
April 7, 2023
5 Case Studies: How to Strengthen Healthcare Operations at the Last Mile
No matter the industry, TaroWorks is a tool that strengthens and drives efficiency at the last mile .....
March 20, 2023
Using TaroWorks as Educational Software
Did you know that TaroWorks is more than just a data collection tool? This robust software can be us.....
March 8, 2023
Women's Empowerment Through Technology
Did you know that in 2022, only 63% of women were using the internet, compared to 69% of men (ITU)? .....
February 17, 2023
Supporting the Visually Impaired through Mobile Technology
As technology advances, we have an unprecedented ability to connect to more people, globally. Howeve.....
October 24, 2022
Salesforce and TaroWorks as a tool for advancing International Development
As technology progresses, so does the potential for this technology to create innovative solutions t.....
April 20, 2021
Poverty Alleviation and Women's Empowerment When Women Use Tech
Village Enterprise provides business mentors and entrepreneurs with technology and data fostering po.....
January 28, 2021
Inventory Management: How Biogas Producer Scaled Last Mile Distribution
Inventory management challenges last mile distributors but Sistema.bio enhanced its supply chain usi.....
August 17, 2020
Digital Coordination - Mobile Tools Bolster International Development
COVID-19 is pushing international development organizations to make more use of digital tools to hel.....
March 27, 2020
Base of Pyramid Marketing: 3 Ways Mobile Tech Helps Drive Sales
TaroWorks clients iDE and SOIL are using mobile app technology to implement and gauge the effectiven.....
February 18, 2020
Last Mile Distribution: How Software Can Serve This Sector
The Global Distributors Collective report on last mile distribution highlights how LMDs can use soft.....
January 7, 2020
Sistema.bio Case Study: Scaling and Streamlining Operations with TaroWorks
This case study reviews the work of TaroWorks client Sistema.bio - a social enterprise that manufact.....
December 2, 2019
Clean Cooking Forum 2019: Tide Turning on Sector Financial Support?
A takeaway from Clean Cooking Forum 2019 is that financial commitments driven by the World Bank may .....
August 1, 2019
White Paper: Enabling The BOMA Project To Graduate Women And Children Out Of Poverty
This white paper was created in collaboration with BOMA Project. We periodically take deep dives int.....
April 30, 2019
Data Analysis Methods: Use Headlights Not Just a Rearview Mirror
Nonprofits and social enterprises need to use data analysis methods to spotlight future opportunitie.....
January 2, 2019
Data Collection Methods: Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up
Both of these data collection methods have their pros and cons in terms of optimization and scalabil.....
November 20, 2018
Data Nerds, Central American Silicon Valley and Impact Investing in Latin America (FLII Recap)
The Guatemala City - Antigua region seems poised for growth in entrepreneurship and organizations ma.....
November 19, 2018
Accelerating Investment: 3 takeaways from Clean Cooking Investment Forum 2018
The Clean Cooking Investment Forum 2018 was billed as the first-ever convening of business leaders, .....
November 7, 2018
Data-Driven Decision-Making: How BRAC Mines Answers From Metrics
How BRAC uses data-driven decision-making in a Bangladesh skills training program to develop better .....
October 31, 2018
Select Dreamforce 2018 Sessions
Client stories from Dreamforce 2018.....
August 8, 2018
Nonprofit Pivot: Behind TaroWorks' Spinoff from Grameen
TaroWorks exists because its parent Grameen Foundation pivoted its internal software product to beco.....
June 27, 2018
Assessment: Field Service Mobile App vs. Data Collection Tool
It’s time to switch your field agents from paper to digital - but do you need a mobile data collec.....
May 12, 2018
Have Established Social Enterprises Outgrown Business Accelerators?
Can an established social enterprise still benefit from the strategic thinking, business training, m.....
February 12, 2018
Leapfrogging Technology: In Global South, Most Workers Skip PCs for Mobile Devices
Over the next 20 years, most emerging market field staff will be leapfrogging technology - moving fr.....
December 15, 2017
ICT4Ag Trends: To Bundle Or Not To Bundle?
Do full-stack vertically integrated ICT4Ag platforms still make sense? Connecting software and serv.....
December 14, 2017
PAYG Solar Agent Networks: 7 Lessons From Other Industries
As PAYG solar companies push forward, the industry is still trying to crack the code on building and.....
November 3, 2017
Financing Smallholder Farmers: 5 Steps For Social Enterprises Before Lending
Social enterprises offering asset-based financing to drive sales are getting a crash course in loan .....
October 31, 2017
3 Ways Solar Energy Companies Use Mobile Tech
Solar energy companies are employing mobile and cloud-based technology to increase sales and manage .....
October 2, 2017
Webinar Recap: Digitizing Financial Service Agent Networks
There’s a growing need to not only track the financial product and transactions but also to start .....
September 29, 2017
Agent Networks - Sweat Small Stuff To Avoid “Terminal 5 Syndrome”
Create systems to help agent networks handle small details that can derail use of your product, serv.....
August 15, 2017
Base of Pyramid Sales: Mobile Apps Help Sell Cleantech
Clean energy product sellers like Solar Sister, Ilumexico and Proyecto Mirador use mobile and cloud .....
July 27, 2017
Base of Pyramid Sales: 4 Lessons From Mobile Network Operators
4 Lessons learned by mobile money agent networks selling services to base of pyramid consumers......
June 21, 2017
5 Tools You Can Use As Farming Apps
Solutions are moving in the direction of strategic partnerships and combining the power of multiple .....
ICT4D AgTech: Don't Build a Tractor When a Taxi Will Do!
Startups and developers that take time to understand small-holder farmers needs will be the ones who.....
June 19, 2017
What’s next for ICT4Ag? - Mobile Agriculture Webinar Recap
We assembled a panel of experts to share their thoughts on the future of ICT4Ag, especially as it ap.....
June 6, 2017
ICT4D Cloud Computing: Is It Pie In The Sky?
ICT4D cloud computing is gaining popularity but consider cost, connectivity, collaboration and data .....
April 28, 2017
Calculating Land Area: How It's Done with TaroWorks
Calculating land area is one of the most important agricultural data collection and analysis tasks i.....
March 24, 2017
Close Feedback Loops with Mobile Data Collection
Mobile data collection and analysis can help close nonprofit feedback loops by giving customers and .....
March 8, 2017
Field Training Success: How To Ensure Mobile Tech Adoption
Resources and tips to help ensure successful field training on mobile technology used to collect dat.....
February 13, 2017
Finding Pro Bono Consulting & Grant Funding For ICT4D
Suggestions for stretching your technology budget with the help of pro bono consulting and grantmake.....
January 12, 2017
Monitoring and Evaluation: Address Ethical, Tech Considerations Early
Use of mobile technology to collect and analyze field data for monitoring and evaluation has raised .....
November 10, 2016
Buying Mobile Field Devices: 7 Questions To Ask
With the price of smartphones dropping below $100 and more sophisticated SMS and IVR tools available.....
November 2, 2016
Mobile Offline CRM: Moving Beyond Data Collection
TaroWorks, a mobile offline CRM app built into Salesforce.com’s CRM platform, is one of a growing .....
October 24, 2016
Selected Dreamforce sessions for non-profits and social enterprises
Salesforce’s Dreamforce sessions at their annual conference are full of great real-world use.....
June 8, 2016
Our marriage to Salesforce: Why we're still in love
Learn more about the TaroWorks & Salesforce integration and why it is beneficial for our clients. .....
June 2, 2016
The TaroWorks Guide for Adoption of Mobile Data Tools
Here at TaroWorks, we know how difficult it is for field staff to successfully adopt mobile data col.....
May 25, 2016
Shifting from Paper to Mobile Forms For Data Collection
Mobile data provides numerous benefits to organizations working in the last mile that go above and b.....
May 23, 2016
Sustainatopia Conference: Transformative Tech and Impact Solutions
Earlier this month, our CEO Emily Tucker was able to join over 1,000 innovators, thought leaders and.....
May 9, 2016
Taking “Transformation Through Innovation” From Vision to Reality
Later this month, the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) will be held in Istanbul, Turkey......
April 28, 2016
Engineering For Change: Mobile Data Collection Tool
There are numerous mobile data collection tools in the market that can help you successfully manage .....
April 14, 2016
Go Beyond Data Collection: Who Does that Number Represent?
The global development sector is making a massive deal about the need for more data collection but a.....
March 16, 2016
Mobile Data Has the Answers, But First, We Need to Ask the Right Questions
HOW TWO SOCIAL ENTERPRISES ARE USING MOBILE DATA AND ANALYTICS TO TRANSFORM THEIR BUSINESS .....
February 11, 2016
Data Trends for Global Development
The year is very young and we’re still (hopefully) full of optimism for what 2016 has in store as .....
February 3, 2016
Data and Donors, Part II – Tips for Funders
Recently, we shared some insight for organizations looking to leverage data in building relationship.....
January 19, 2016
Data and Donors, Part I – Tips for Organizations
It’s a new year and that means many of us are working on resolutions to start off 2016 on the best.....
December 22, 2015
The Emergence of Philanthropreneurship
Earlier this month our Strategy & Operations Manager, Brett Austin Cooper was selected to attend the.....
December 18, 2015
Data in Action: 2015 Recap
As 2015 comes to a close, we’ve been reflecting on what a big year it has been for TaroWorks......
December 4, 2015
Growing the African Digital Ecosystem
Last month, our own Anna Bofa, Business Development Manager attended AfricaCom. .....
November 18, 2015
Spurring Entrepreneurship: The Value of Data
Communicating with potential funders can be intimidating at first; there’s no doubt about it. But,.....
November 3, 2015
Mobile Data Collection Tools: 5 Considerations
With the recent announcement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals for the next fifteen years,.....
October 30, 2015
The Down Low on Data & Impact Investment
One of the buzzwords in the current investing lexicon is “impact investment.” As with many hot t.....
October 28, 2015
MERL Tech: Transition from M&E to MERL
Earlier this month, we attended MERL Tech in DC which acted as a great platform for us to learn, net.....
October 14, 2015
How a Mobile Solution Can Enable MERL Success
On Friday, October 16, we will be exhibiting at MERL Tech in DC. MERL Tech focuses on how new mobile.....
October 13, 2015
7 Principles of M&E System Design Success
As we all know, having the right M&E system in place from the beginning is key to a project’s succ.....
July 30, 2015
How to deliver high quality data: Tracking Errors
Recently, we co-hosted a webinar with Kevin Zeigler of TechnoServe about data quality......
July 21, 2015
How to deliver high quality data: Negative Reports
One of the major issues of running a data-driven organization is that your data can be problematic......
July 8, 2015
Ensuring Data Quality - video & highlights
One of the big problems about running data-driven operations is the relative quality of the data col.....
May 21, 2015
Tracking Products In The Last Mile With QR Codes
What connects QR codes, Ugandan musicians, cinemas and mobile phones? Our last webinar of course!.....
April 29, 2015
Make it as easy to manage across the last mile as across the first
Power-houses in the U.S. have been using data for years to delight customers and maximize their reve.....
March 25, 2015
The 10 Top Tips For Field Staff Training On TaroWorks
Our last webinar about training field staff on TaroWorks inspired our in-house expert, Gordon Lau, t.....
March 10, 2015
Gallery: Using data collection tools to promote financial security in Northern Kenya
The Boma Project is an NGO that helps women in Northern Kenyan states gain vital financial security......
March 6, 2015
Video: Performance targets with TaroWorks
Watch Erin show you how to integrate performance targets into your mobile data collection and analys.....
November 3, 2014
WATCH: Ilumexico tell us how to create amazing dashboards
Manuel from Ilumexico went over how they use TaroWorks to quickly import data from surveys to create.....
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