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). Search Engine Optimization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

I just spent two amazing days at the Social Innovation Summit 2013 , a cross disciplinary crowd of people who work on social good in the areas of technology, investment, philanthropy, international development, and business. Tweeting Cow (@Cow1321443) November 20, 2013. With Dave Evans - Futurist At Cisco.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2014

Whether compared to adoption of the wheel, the car, or even fire, the mobile phone is the most popular tool in human history. Don’t Forget Email: As of Q4 2013, 61% of emails are viewed on a smartphone or tablet. I’ve signed up and love the fact my my mobile broadband hotspot is helping someone in need! It’s easy to switch.

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BoardAssist

APRIL 26, 2016

Adopting Instagram into the mix is no longer a fun luxury, it’s a necessity. The social media site best known for its recipes, cat pictures, and fashion advice, Pinterest reported a nearly 44% increase in ecommerce sales in 2013, a category that should raise more than a few eyebrows in the nonprofit sector.

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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. Google Drive Mobile is a free app for viewing and editing Google Docs on an Android phone or tablet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Harvard Business Review, March 2013. SSIR Blog, January 2013. Also, in some places of the world there is lower adoption rates of social — for example in very rural areas of the developing world – where this data would not be useful for informing a funding strategy. Long Live Strategy.”

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2013

AFP’s president and CEO, Andrew Watt, is on the 2013 NonProfit Times list of the 50 most influential people in the charitable sector. Facebook had just been made available to the general public and so AFP became an early adopter of social media. Much of their blog contact is tagged (e.g. ?NPtech

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Most of them are social media quick guides for using things like Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. The just released Blackbaud Charitable Giving Report reveals that faith-based organizations are leaders in online fundraising with an 18 percent increase in 2013. That’s the highest adoption rate in the nonprofit sector.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Announced at Dreamforce 2013, Salesforce1 is a unifying, mobile-friendly package of Salesforce's products and services. all platforms) is a social CRM service designed for small businesses, but can easily be adopted by nonprofits. Other CRM Apps. Many of the popular CRM programs have mobile counterparts.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

This spring, NTEN launched its Digital Inclusion Fellowship Program in which 16 young community leaders in eight Google Fiber communities will have paid internships for a year with local charities. federal government action toward broadband adoption , like the proposed Lifeline broadband expansion.

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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? You can reach her out on Twitter or Google+.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2014

Some early adopter large nonprofits are hiring multiple new media management staff—one or two to manage social media campaigns, another to spearhead mobile efforts, and yet another to pioneer the rise of smart TV. Google+ (4 hours): To share updates three to four times weekly, +1 the posts of others, and participate in Google+ Communities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Add Google Wallet to the list. Well, as of October 2012, Google Wallet is the first wallet service to launch the ability to donate online via a Google Wallet “Donate” button. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 25, 2015

The investment the early adopter nonprofits made into online fundraising technology and strategy in the late 1990′s and 2000′s is now finally starting pay off – especially if they have also invested into a smart, multichannel, integrated social media strategy. GivingTuesday 2014 raised 63% more than 2013. Source: PayPal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Add Google Wallet to the list. Well, as of October 2012, Google Wallet is the first wallet service to launch the ability to donate online via a Google Wallet “Donate” button. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Add Google Wallet to the list. Well, as of October 2012, Google Wallet is the first wallet service to launch the ability to donate online via a Google Wallet “Donate” button. The new time allotment and updated tool list is as follows: Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and YouTube: 15 Hours Weekly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Some early adopter large nonprofits are hiring multiple new media management staff—one or two to manage social media campaigns, another to spearhead mobile efforts, and yet another to pioneer the rise of smart TV. Google+ (3 hours): To share updates three to four times weekly, +1 the posts of others, and participate in Google+ Communities.

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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. This breakthrough instrument was negotiated in 2013 and has now been signed by over eighty countries. And so we campaigned for the Marrakesh Treaty.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

People are comparing this venture to Google’s Project Loon. We’ve had multiple celebrations of the web in recent years: the 20 th anniversary of the first public web page in 2011 , another 20 th anniversary webpage anniversary in 2013 , and this month, the 25 th anniversary of the idea of the web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2013

Over the past year, large corporate brands have embraced Facebook apps from companies like Wildfire (purchased by Google), Buddy Media , (now part of Salesforce) and WooBox, for things like coupons, sweepstakes, and contests. Red’s Get Well card was one of Best Friends’ most popular and most engaging posts in February 2013.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2015

According to the infographic, 40 percent of North American consumers have already adopted mobile payments in some form. Google Wallet. Online giving was up 14 percent in 2013, with monthly giving revenue up 25 percent compared to 2012. " This image is part of an infographic explaining cryptocurrency and mobile payments.

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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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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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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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