Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 30, 2011

Similar to Myspace and Facebook in 2007 and 2008, there’s seemingly a geographic difference between Foursquare and Gowalla users. A phone is required. Gowalla may not get the online buzz that Foursquare does, but where I live it’s more popular than Foursquare.

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Double the Donation

JUNE 10, 2021

Consider picking up the phone and calling your fundraisers. Have a plan for reaching out to top fundraisers, your VIPs. Develop a clear thank you program to ensure fundraisers and donors feel appreciated. Take time for one-to-one outreach. Ask them how things are going, and thank them for their work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 7, 2011

When you compare that to only one trillion text messages sent in 2008, it’s clear that text messaging is growing faster than any other Web-based communication method out there today, and yet it is a tool almost entirely untapped by the nonprofit sector. 1) Mobile-optimized petitions sent via group text messaging. That said, bravo PETA!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

I like my 60G iPod that I’ve had for a while, and although I tire of lugging around three electronic devices (cell phone, Palm, iPod), and that my current phone is about to fall apart, the cost and the fact that it was so new made me decide not to go for it, even though AT&T is my carrier. Too expensive, for one thing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 11, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits June 11, 2008 The Tides Foundation is accepting applications for the 2008 Antonio Pizzigati prize , a $10,000 annual award for outstanding contributions to software in the public interest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

In early 2008, villages and cities across Kenya were ravaged with violence following the disputed re-election of the sitting Kenyan president. The Award, which recognizes exceptional grantees and helps ensure their long-term sustainability, provides each organization with up to $1.5 million, depending on the size of its budget.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 18, 2007

I wrote a case study about it in the NOSI primer – it can allow for really great flexibility in building phone systems. You choose the House or Senate committee you want to call, type in your phone number, and Committee Caller will sequentially dial each member of the committee so that you can leave your comment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2007

com - a free site where people can create and share ringtones about the 2008 election. com is first free site that lets people easily create and share ringtones about the upcoming 2008 elections. Jo Lee from CitizenSpeak emailed me to let me know that CitizenSpeak has a new sibling called RingTones08.com RingTones08.com Ringtones08.com

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Chrome September 4, 2008 The hiatus is over with a short entry about Google Chrome , the new browser from Google that I learned about on the twitterverse while I was stopped at one rest stop or another.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

First, some supporters will prefer to flip through a physical book during the event, while others would rather pull up the catalog on their phones, so having both versions available will accommodate all participants. There are two main reasons to do this. Jeff and his team at Winspire have helped over 12,000 non-profits to date.

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Whole Whale

MAY 26, 2022

since 2008, with 44,000 Americans losing their lives through suicide in 2020, which was just two years ago. This is also a timely service given that the number of suicide cases that would have been prevented happened because of the lack of expertise in handling behavioral health crises. As stated in the research by PEW.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 17, 2008

So, if you want to catch up with me, email, and I’ll send you my phone # so you can call or text me, or twitter me. { So, if you want to catch up with me, email, and I’ll send you my phone # so you can call or text me, or twitter me. {

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NetWits

JUNE 9, 2011

billion in 2008, the council’s fourth annual “Run Walk Ride Thirty” study reports. If you look at the shift in fundraising over time from door-to-door to the phone, mail, email, the Web and social media sites, you will also be able to see a fundamental shift in donors’ attitudes. According to stats from the RUN. The collective $133.9

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits August 13, 2008 I love these tidbits blog posts. Some really interesting things are brewing with CiviCRM. I’m excited to see what community-driven development can do! It looks interesting.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Did you know that mobile web use increased by 230% between 2008 and 2009? [1] 1] And not just that, according to Gartner Research, by 2013 mobile phones will take over PC’s as the most common web access device. [2] People will interact with these devices, like mobile and smart phones, in new and enriching ways. Get Engaged!

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AFP Blog

APRIL 4, 2008

3, 2008: "NEW YORK (Fortune) -- 'Technology is making more changes in our way of life than ever in human history,' says Muhammad Yunus. The way the Internet and the mobile phone are spreading, you cannot compare with any technology of the past.' Muhammed Yunus on tech, profit, and the poor - Apr.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Some vendors, like Qgiv, even provide unlimited phone, email, and chat support free for every client. About the Author Mark Becker founded Cathexis Partners in 2008, providing technical and consultative services to nonprofits of all sizes and types. Some vendors offer additional paid customer support options.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

More people have access to a cell phone than to a toilet. TapIt water bottle refilling network was founded in 2008 to give New Yorkers free access to clean sustainable water on the go. Learn more about TapIt, get the app for your phone, and start today with a disposable-bottle-free lifestyle at: [link]. What is Blog Action Day?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

We first extended Bookshare services internationally in 2008 with the launch of Bookshare in India. In this grantmaking area, too, The Fund was key to Bookshare’s global expansion and to our ability to better serve low-income users, in developing and developed countries alike.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. It eventually garnered 45,000 users who took advantage of the easy-to-access tool to place reports.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing, take 2 January 31, 2008 Back in August, I did a review of web conferencing tools, with a decidedly unusual slant – as a presenter, I had to be able to share my Linux desktop.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006

Which, on one hand, seems like a lot, but it’s not, when every cell phone, PC, router, cable set top box and toaster has one. IPv4 , the last version, was thought up in the world that existed when PCs didn’t exist, really, and no one could even imagine that, well, you’d want to give your refrigerator an IP address.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Unplug chargers for computers, cell phones, iPods, and other chargeable devices. According to Green Home Huddle "Your cell phone charger, iPod charger, laptop charger, etc. keep drawing electricity even if your phone/iPod/laptop/etc isn't charging. This post was originally published in December 2008, but.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

I used to have this great system where I used the Mac Addressbook, which would nicely sync with my cell phone. There are still some, shall we say, hanging chads. One big one was my address book. It also integrated well with Mail.app and iChat. It was great. First problem: Linux address books … suck.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I started the social culture discussion with a story describing an Twitter and board meeting experiment I did back in 2008. I dreamed up some scenarios of boards and social media in practice based on my experience in 2008. It also made me wonder about how you could parallel what happens in other channels, like the phone.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Data – We collect only data that is on the public web like all other search engines and never display personally identifiable information (phone, email, address). I take feedback from users very seriously 2. As a search engine, users never have to sign-up to get value from Spock.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2012

Microsoft Lync is one of the least understood Microsoft product donations in the TechSoup catalog; however if yours is a larger organization that already runs on Windows Server 2008, uses Office Professional Plus 2010 , and has multiple offices or lots of work out in the field, it's definitely worth looking at. Lync Online.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

June 24, 2008 I’m doing a webinar on Linux Desktops next month, and it’s making me think a lot about my own experience using Linux on the desktop, and where I think things are going. The eePC is a great example, as are cell phones, media players, etc. This is where Linux will shine. 3 Seth Schneider 06.24.08

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Update: This post was originally published in December 2008, but since it holds lots of useful information for closing your office over a holiday break, we wanted to update it and put it at the top of our list for the 2009 holiday. Unplug chargers for computers, cell phones, iPods, and other chargeable devices.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

This is an increase of 13% in call volume over 2008. 2-1-1 is an easy to remember phone number that connects individuals with resources in their community. From our colleagues at the United Way of America, an update on 2009 Call Volume: 2-1-1 call centers across the country have completed their annual survey of call traffic.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

In 2008, over two trillion text messages were sent worldwide. Have you considered how your current Website looks on a mobile phone? There are more than 65 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices and that number grows daily. 1 trillion of those were sent by U.S. How about your nonprofit?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Here’s a summary of a few of the top ideas: AgriTextBot Info Hub: A tool for farmers that responds to localized questions and provides up-to-date, real-time information on topics from market pricing to weather indicators and farming support, through a guided conversation and accessible via a feature phone.

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

In 2008, I found Ravelry. Communicating entirely through email and sending him pictures taken on my phone, I completed the sweater pieces, taking notes on stitch counts and making changes as we went along based on Mathew’s feedback. I know, it’s strange. Only my fellow fiberaholics can understand.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

The organization got started when a group of Kenyan bloggers led by Erik Hersman began doing online mapping of violence reports after the 2008 Kenyan election. We got to know Ushahidi's work when it entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May of 2008. So much innovation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Sometimes it has worked swimmingly like this one with Amy Sample Ward in 2008, other times not. For the audio, we use a phone line that was fed into the AV system and wireless mic. So, I asked our session moderator to use her cell phone and text me updates while Liz or I were presenting.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 9, 2015

We are both at home, speaking over the phone and recording our conversation on ReadyTalk. Habitat for Humanity of Omaha has built 993 homes for families since 1984, and has doubled in size twice since Bob Lynn joined the team in 2008. I can provide a phone like that for any of our associates that need to work remotely."

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The "Fall Festival" advertised on their homepage is for 2008, and the "events" link opens up to a May 2009 calendar. Long overdue, the IRS finally pulled the trigger.

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