Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Help for Charities to Develop a Mobile Giving Campaign. Fund for UNICEF, and United Way Worldwide to bring more mobile technology resources charities.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2014

The thing is activated by stomach acid, which functions like a chemical in a battery. Why would a homeless person need a mobile phone? A recent study by California nonprofit Community Technology Alliance found that almost 70% of the homeless people surveyed in their county did have a mobile phone. Here’s the part I like.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Since not a whole lot is out there yet on the role of mobile devices in telework, I thought it’d be interesting to have a look a look at that. Call us what you will, the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that by 2015, a bit over 37 percent of the total global workforce will be made up of mobile workers. The downside?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Mobile CRM apps can help you stay organized and track potential donors while you're at a fundraising event, on the road, or networking at a conference. Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Mobile. The app lets you access your activities, accounts, contacts, leads, and opportunities from a mobile-optimized dashboard.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2013

For example, panicking over the changes to Gmail Tabs is a moot point if your organization’s emails aren’t optimized for mobile. A whopping 66% of Gmail opens occur on mobile devices, with only 19% opened in a web browser ( Litmus ). According to Google, there were more than 425 million active Gmail users as of June 2012.

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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. The New York Times Outs Google+.

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News Technology Game Cancer 62

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

And, then it is an ongoing activity of f eeding and tuning your network as Howard Rheingold says it in this still very relevant article about building your professional network on Twitter back in 2009. Googling is great, but when I needed to know about content strategy, I tapped my network on Facebook. Copyblogger.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. The amount of time that a nonprofit can invest in mobile and social media depends on capacity. Mobile and social media are powerful, but when implemented on a small scale, the power is overshadowed by other more traditional online campaigns.

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Social Media Mobile Media Time 261

Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

Outlook.com launched in February 2013 and all existing Hotmail users have been upgraded to Outlook.com as of early April. Outlook.com now has 400 million active accounts, more than a quarter of which are getting their mail, contacts, and calendars on mobile devices via Exchange ActiveSync. Google Chrome 23. Firefox 17.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. The Mobile Web. .” The Mobile Web. Add Google Wallet to the list. Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. The Mobile Web. .” The Mobile Web. Add Google Wallet to the list. Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0.

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Social Media Social Chapter Media 210

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 25, 2015

GivingTuesday 2014 raised 63% more than 2013. PayPal mobile donations on Giving Tuesday 2014 increased 101% over 2013 in the United States and Canada. of nonprofit event registrations occur on mobile devices. East Asia constitutes a staggering 33% of all active social media accounts worldwide. Source: Frogloop.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

This time I’ll review a yet another massive new digital inclusion initiative, the launch of a new free mobile phone calling and text plan, new technology in encrypted web browsing, a new NPTech news source find, scary stats on the looming Internet of things, and the coming of the bionic eye. Well, the time is upon us. smartphones.

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News Technology Phone Nonprofit 54

Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

All that and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month. I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends. Google Gmail. Ginny Mies' Mobile App of the Month.

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News Technology gMail Haiti 62

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

In the 10 years since the “Nonprofit Organizations” brand has expanded to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr, Storify, Flipboard, Periscope, and most recently Snapchat. The time required to be active on those social networks is time well spent. Google+ made the cut for another year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. The amount of time that a nonprofit can invest in mobile and social media depends on capacity. Mobile and social media are powerful, but when implemented on a small scale, the power is overshadowed by other more traditional online campaigns.

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Social Media Media Time Fundraising 100

Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

We're in the season for charities to brush off their video cameras to tell their story and it's looking like the other Facebook (Google+) is starting to become a more useful tool for community organizing. Coming immediately after the doGooder Video Awards is TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge (TSDIGS) coming April 1.

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News Technology Australia United Kingdom 36

Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

Create a public calendar invite on Google (and others) to remind your audience to take action on Giving Tuesday. Go through the process on mobile and donate $5 to make sure the donation flow performs correctly. Fox Foundation did this very well in 2013. Create a PUBLIC calendar invite. Prepare for landing (page).

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Ideas Giving Calendar Facebook 111

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Whether it’s Microsoft transforming the PC software industry, or Google or Facebook, it’s clear that the world is different because these companies exist. Instead of providing a scanning tool for independent reading, Bookshare would aggregate the scanning activity of the entire community. And so we campaigned for the Marrakesh Treaty.

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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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News Technology China Nonprofit 47

Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

Those who have been following mobile trends and news know that the show has gotten quieter for all things smartphones. With Mobile World Congress and CTIA coming in the following months, the big mobile news tends to come a bit later. With mobile devices becoming more and more like computers, should the PC industry be worried?

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