Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. Accordingly, U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

In order to make change that is sustainable and scalable, additional funding sources need to be considered to help nonprofits achieve their core missions. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue? It may be time to rethink how these important social organizations are funded.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

Because mobile apps are expensive to build and maintain — and are not adopted if not built well — having a mobile website should take first priority. Help with Account Setup : You'll receive a training call from Guide by Cell to set up your account. You may be asking, what about creating a mobile app ?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Around 2013 we began to notice an exciting renaissance in the SF tech scene as startups and entrepreneurship took off. Airbnb and Uber, for example, were created by Outsiders who had no institutional knowledge of the hotel or taxi industry – and that was a big part of their edge. Storytelling helps you build a tribe.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

Around 2013 we began to notice an exciting renaissance in the SF tech scene as startups and entrepreneurship took off. Airbnb and Uber, for example, were created by Outsiders who had no institutional knowledge of the hotel or taxi industry – and that was a big part of their edge. Storytelling helps you build a tribe.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Around 2013 we began to notice an exciting renaissance in the SF tech scene as startups and entrepreneurship took off. Airbnb and Uber, for example, were created by Outsiders who had no institutional knowledge of the hotel or taxi industry – and that was a big part of their edge. Storytelling helps you build a tribe.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2017

Let’s consider how much has changed in tech over the last 4 years: Since 2013, we’ve seen the adoption of the smart phone, the start of smart watches, selfies, and touch ID. And perhaps most notably, 2013 was also the beginning of responsive design (Mashable). Apple Pay).

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2013

TechSoup Global’s CEO Rebecca Masisak is presenting at the Social Enterprise Alliance Summit 2013 this month in Minneapolis. The Social Enterprise Alliance Summit 2013 is having some of my heroes speak at the event. TechSoup is now helping to improve technology for charities and libraries in 40 countries. billion euros.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Also, check out Lucy’s Digital Civil Society wiki for examples of open data used for the social good. Harvard Business Review, March 2013. SSIR Blog, January 2013. We identified several great examples of nonprofit using social media data for decision-making, mostly to support communications strategy. Not Data Driven.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. To add a donate button, e-newsletter, mobile alerts opt-ins, and social network icons to your blog, for example, you need to know how to work with an HTML editing software.

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Everyaction

JULY 18, 2018

The best fundraising strategic plan tells a complete, organized, and analytics-based story that your team can actually use to help your campaign be more successful. We created this guide to help you build just that. Bonus: some helpful examples and templates to put this into action now. ). Goals + objectives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

Victoria Dougherty (@VJDConsulting) April 18, 2013. The latter can be a very geeky topic, requiring expertise in statistics, understanding social network analysis terminology, and hard to master software. Ventura County Community Foundation - March, 2013. GuideStar India - Networked NGO Workshops - Packard Grantees. Radio Bilingue.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. For example, the Pueblo City-County Library in Pueblo, CO offers classes on how to use iPads and e-readers. Defining Digital Literacy.

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2014

This post examines the shift from traditional phones lines and discusses what types of organizations are already benefiting from adopting VoIP systems. For example, in California , AT&T has raised basic rates 115% between 2006 and 2013. If you are interested in making the switch to VoIP, TechSoup can help!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

It pulls from 22 church tech blogs like Church Tech Matters , Church IT Help , Worship Tech Online , and my favorite in terms of clever naming: Tech, No Babel. It’s a classic example of hiding a light under a bushel. That’s the highest adoption rate in the nonprofit sector.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The Donor: Establish a DAF with a public charity, like a community foundation, or a charitable fund (Fidelity Charitable or the National Philanthropic Trust, for example). For some, DAFs are a great alternative to setting up a charitable remainder trust or family foundation, and adoption rates prove their growing popularity.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2015

I thought it would be interesting to look at some recent examples of emerging technology for disaster relief in action. GlobalMedic says that the images captured by the drones can help workers deliver relief more effectively. For example, Welmer Cordova, who was badly burned in a gas explosion in Guatemala, lost part of his right hand.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

At the same time we saw this decline, stock prices for Facebook rose by about 35 percent between October 2013 and February 2014. Consider the Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), for example. THS posts frequently feature photos and descriptions of adoptable animals, receiving sometimes hundreds of likes and shares.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Nonprofits are adopting telework faster than most other types of organizations, including commercial companies. Tablet adoption is very brisk. Just under 200 million of them were sold worldwide in 2013. There is a ton of info on how telework helps the environment and is considered part of green technology.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 8, 2014

Please—you were an early adopter. At the 2014 AFP International Conference on Fundraising in San Antonio, Lisa Chmiola and David Tinker helped us through some of the lesser known social media sites that can help your nonprofit with efficiency and productivity. Your mission is all about helping other people. And Twitter?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

He gave numerous examples of how pervasive access to the Internet has changed families, the nature of work and society. He called them “Consequential Strangers,” and they can help you out. Adopt a mobile mindset and do everything on your mobile phone for a week, no matter how painful it is. Sample survey.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2013

According to the 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study , online revenue grew by 21% over 2011 totals, presenting nonprofits even more reasons to pull out the heavy gear and start online fundraising. So which are these extra ingredients when adopting an online reach for donations? Thus, it’s an area requiring a fresh perspective.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

One would like to think that after 20 years of testing, more testing, conferences, webinars, and pithy blog posts about online giving that there might be wide adoption of best practices. Studies done by Dunham+Company in both 2013 and 2018 reveal that even many leading nonprofit organizations have struggled to implement common best practices.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

For example, nonprofit IRS filings—IRS Forms 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, and 990-N, which U.S. We introduced the GuideStar Seals of Transparency in 2013 to address these questions and to provide visible recognition when a nonprofit shares information on GuideStar. This guide will help you get started. social sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2013

About a year ago, Facebook began rolling out a series of important changes, most notably the launch of Facebook Open Graph , designed to empower app developers (like us here at ActionSprout ) to create tools to help brands and organizations get more out of Facebook. These are powerful tools. Red’s Get Well Card. Happy Endings for All.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2014

Engineering in November 2013. I personally have developed fantastic relationships with members of my EMBA cohort at the Bloch School of Management (class of 2013) that are going to last a lifetime. This can only help your company and you personally in your professional life. Daniels : U.S. Engineering 2-Ton truck.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

These are events that pair up nonprofits with good ideas and volunteer techies who can help them realize them. An example is Charity Wallet , an online tool that simplifies the online giving process for donors who support more than one organization, which was launched during the event! That preceded ours by a few months.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

I'm discovering that it helps me to understand Microsoft's objectives with Windows 8 and Windows RT by looking at a surprising new crop of devices that have just launched that are designed for the new OS family. Examples of Windows 8 touch screen ultrabooks include the Dell XPS Duo Touchscreen Ultrabook. All-in-Ones.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Next up is to get carriers in other countries to adopt a similar practice. And that giving experience needs to account for scenarios like recurring giving, memberships, and event registrations if you really want to help a broad section of nonprofits. And plenty of things Apple could do to help the sector instead of this.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2022

It’s helpful to reconnect with all the benefits giving has to offer. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.” Sometimes people have more trouble modifying bad behaviors than beginning good ones; why not help them ? Don’t be stingy when sharing opportunities to give; you’re helping, not hurting.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 16, 2013

So, in the spirit of learning from the past, and fully aware that is this Monday-morning quarterbacking, here are a few politically neutral “lessons learned” from the launch that will hopefully help with your next nonprofit technology project. User Adoption and Change Management. Selection and Procurement.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Craigslist can help. Instacart, for example, sometimes bundles multiple orders from different addresses but only pays for the work of one order. Consider, for example, the case of Instacart, an on-demand grocery delivery platform founded in San Francisco in 2012. Airbnb has an app for that. Check out Grubhub or Uber.

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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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