Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Accessibility. The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. It's a very useful tool for charities who want to amplify their social media presence and share ideas through images. Ginny's Pick: Environmental Mobile App of the Month in Honor of Earth Day 2013.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

With an exponential increase in people accessing the Internet on mobile devices, the nonprofits, charities, and libraries that don't have a website optimized for mobile devices or that haven't created a separate mobile website risk irritating — or losing — their supporters. Make Updates a Breeze.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2013

Now available to nonprofits, charities, and libraries through TechSoup, Bitdefender security products protect individual PCs and Macs as well as enterprise networks. A two-way firewall continuously monitors Internet connections and prevents unauthorized access — even on a WiFi network or when working remotely.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The online protest was to raise awareness on NSA mass surveillance practices and also to promote ‘Aaron’s law’, a response to the 2013 suicide death of activist Aaron Swartz who was convicted of hacking data on an academic website and getting a sentence of 35 years in prison. Safer Internet Day. Gaming for Good.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

Murtis Taylor Human Services System is a charity that provides health and human services support to people in need in Cleveland. We went live in October 2013. A hotspot device that provides wireless mobile broadband Internet anywhere. These provide broadband Internet access to case managers anywhere in the Sprint network.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2014

Since the fall of 2013 when Microsoft made its product donations available to 501(c)(3) faith-based organizations including churches, synagogues, and mosques lots of faith-based organizations have been discovering TechSoup. See how charities are using it here. Pacific time (2 p.m. Eastern time). The admin fee for this service is $20.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Microsoft Office Web Apps lets you take Office on the road with Internet-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. A smartphone is the perfect traveling companion: it provides directions, maps, apps, Internet connectivity, and more. Sharefile has enhanced, encrypted security that comply with HIPAA requirements.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. More than a million tax-exempt organizations exist in the United States, including public charities, private foundations, and civic organizations—not counting the 220,000 religious congregations that are also registered.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

In the early 2000s, Google gained broader traction and then took off to become what it is today as it became accessible to people beyond government and businesses. They had at the tips of their fingers vast amounts of information and knowledge, so they no longer had to travel to libraries to obtain research and have access to information.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

To be able to telework, people usually need five things: a computer or tablet, broadband Internet, access to work email, access to work documents, and a phone. From 2005 to 2012, telework growth in charities has been 87 percent. Just under 200 million of them were sold worldwide in 2013. The Almighty Smartphone.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

In the digital age, where most traditional storytelling is done over the Internet, attention spans are ever shrinking. National Library of Medicine put the average 2013 attention span at 8 seconds. Emerging Trends Interactive Research & Trends Social Media charity charity:water instagram photos Pinterest storytelling water'

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Back in 2013, GuideStar, BBB Wise Giving Alliance, and Charity Navigator formed an alliance to combat the overhead myth. We refinanced the mortgage, decreased Internet costs, and found as many places to save money as possible. How are nonprofits coping with this issue? Attempting to Combat the Overhead Myth.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Instead of hiring door-to-door salespeople, organizations now rely on the Internet. In 2013, online fundraising grew by 13.5 For merchants, they offer a way to contribute to a cause and access new customers. Today, fundraising is a little different. percent and accounted for 6.4 percent of all charitable giving.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Kudos to Erin Palmer over at TechSoup's NetSquared Project for this: "The Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that, as of early 2012, 88% of American adults had a cell phone. This offer is available to all nonprofits, charities, foundations, and public libraries. Three out of five of those were smartphones.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

One of their most current philanthropic projects is Connect 2 Compete , which in a big new digital inclusion program that aims to provide a PC and broadband Internet in every U.S. InterConnection recently worked with us to test out Windows Multipoint Server in charities and libraries to see how it works.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

This time I’ll review some new developments in digital inclusion, smart watches, accessibility technology, apps in Africa, crowdfunding resources, and digital trends to expect in the next five years. Accessibility. All that and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 25, 2015

Today, as donors, activists, and volunteers worldwide have embraced the Internet for news and entertainment, so have they transitioned their giving and their trust to digital. GivingTuesday 2014 raised 63% more than 2013. Individual that earn $25,000US or less donate the largest share of their income to charity. Source: Kimbia.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

The most interesting thing about the report is not the end-date estimate, but rather the several dire predictions on the results of universal Internet access. " Facebook, Solar Drones, and Cheap Internet. These drones can supply Internet access at a fraction of the cost of near-earth satellites. TechCrunch.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

I’ll review Mary Meeker and Liang Wu’s annual report on the Internet, a new NTEN report on nonprofit technology assistance providers, Facebook’s new guidelines for nonprofits and causes, charities losing control of Hactivism, Google’s new micro-donation app, and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Back in 1995, in the early days of the internet, a San Francisco innovator named Craig Newmark started a small email distribution list for friends, highlighting local events across the Bay Area. Certainly, people seemed to appreciate access to the platform apps that began changing their world. 9</sup).

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Here’s what the buzz seems to be for 2013 from a nonprofit technology viewpoint. TechSoup's online community manager, Michael DeLong, also predicts that nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs will increasingly integrate an overall mobile strategy into their work in 2013. Mobile chip sales will overtake PC revenues in 2013.

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