ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2020

Roughly one in five Americans have abandoned broadband Internet altogether and now exclusively use their mobile device. Whether it’s texting, responsive websites, applications, or cloud computing, mobile tools can be tailored to match each organization’s market and needs. Notably, this isn’t just a trend for younger generations.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. PC Sales Continue To Decline While Mobile Sales Increase. PCs aren’t going away, but mobile devices (phones and tablets) are flooding in to the nonprofit workplace.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

Microsoft's Lync 2013 is a unified communications application that enables users to talk to each other in a variety of ways, using instant messaging, voice, or video. Lync also integrates with Microsoft Exchange , Office 2013 , and SharePoint , and can incorporate an entire organizational phone system. What Lync 2013 Does.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2013. This webinar begins with a demonstration of how nonprofits can successfully design and launch a YouTube Channel for both desktop and mobile viewing – even if the nonprofit isn’t currently producing videos. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Winter Webinar Special. How to Register: Sign up !

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AFP Blog

MARCH 7, 2013

2013: Data needs to be turned into wisdom, says Dominguez( - Mobile - Internet - Software ) : Innhold a- Cisco Live! Cisco Live!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 1, 2013

Date: Tuesday, July 30, 2013. This webinar begins with a demonstration of how nonprofits can successfully design and launch a YouTube Channel for both desktop and mobile viewing – even if the nonprofit isn’t currently producing videos. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Spring Webinar Special. How to Register: Sign up !

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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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. Expert new media managers have the ability to anticipate the impact of emerging trends in mobile and social media. Experience.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

By combining industry best practices such as peer-to-peer fundraising with innovative technologies like Venmo and text-to-donate, Givebutter has become the world’s #1 rated online fundraising platform, according to Capterra, GetApp, G2, and Software Advice FrontRunners. Platform Fee : Free Transaction Fee : 2.9% + $.30 For Basics.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Dynamics CRM is customer relationship management (CRM) server software that offers tools for storing and analyzing customer records. New in 2013. Mobile Support. Is It Right for My Organization? Dynamics CRM is ideal for larger organizations that store substantial constituent data and run analytics on it. New User Interface.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! All that and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month. It covers 10 topics including humanitarian uses of drones: • Mobile and cell phones • New uses for TV and radio. TechSoup Technologies for Good.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2011

By "near" he is talking about 2013 or 2014. The robust smartphones of the near future will likely use a combination of mobile apps and cloud apps and because we'll dock them so much with our laptops, we'll begin using those types of applications much more on our computers as well. Photo: Lexinatrix.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 9, 2015

Nonprofits are mission-focused, usually run on a tight budget, and therefore sometimes hesitant about purchasing expensive software. Given recent technological advances, however, software advances may no longer be out of reach for nonprofits. Mobility and Collaboration. Lower Upfront Cost. Scalability. Less IT Administration.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

As a matter of fact, the funding for Benetech to start Bookshare and our Martus human rights software project came from a successful spinoff of our first social enterprise, the Arkenstone reading machines, which we sold to a for-profit for roughly $5 million.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

They’ve also told us about some great, but little-known online resources that explore faith-based IT like the pros and cons of the different church member management software packages and website content management systems for congregation websites. They review church member management software like Shelby , ACS , and Fellowship One.

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

I knew it was a bit of a leap, and I knew that if I hated it I could always go back to iOS when I was eligible for an upgrade again in early 2013. Android is going to be a great mobile operating system. Yet I am rebooting the phone way too often to solve various software ills. looks promising. I could go on.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Rather than a clever hacker directly targeting your nonprofit, your organization is more likely at risk from a software update you skipped in haste, a disgruntled employee who still has access to your cloud drive, or an unencrypted device left in an airport bathroom. If you skip a software update, you become vulnerable.

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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. SugarCRM Mobile.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2017

Mobile Beacon. Mobile Beacon offers Wi-Fi hotspot devices with $10 unlimited 4G mobile broadband data for use when you’re working or traveling in places without Internet access. Libraries across the country are loaning Wi-Fi hotspot devices with mobile broadband to "loan the Internet" to patrons.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2015

But it's also the second largest mobile phone recycler in France and one of the largest in Europe. ADB supplies French charities with low-cost refurbished hardware and software product donations through its TechSoup Solidatech Program. ADB is the charitable partner for these companies' mobile phone refurbishment efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

Gwen Walden (@WaldenPhil) April 15, 2013. gpf13 Technical part about data easy – hard part is getting humans to collaborate @ jacobharold — Beth Kanter (@kanter) April 15, 2013. Beth Kanter (@kanter) April 16, 2013. gpf13 “Data is an outcome, not just an input” @ mayurhpatel — Beth Kanter (@kanter) April 15, 2013.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2013

Eligible nonprofits, charities, foundations, and libraries can now request Office Standard 2013 and Office Professional 2013 editions through the Microsoft Software Donation Program at TechSoup: Office Standard 2013 (admin fee: $24). Office Professional Plus 2013 (admin fee: $32). About Software Assurance.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

When people can’t come to one of their offices, Murtis Taylor's 130 mobile case managers bring services to the people. Murtis Taylor now serves around 11,000 people annually across its 12 locations and via its dozens of mobile case managers. Moving to the Cloud to Enable Mobile Case Workers.

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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

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. Blackbaud eTapestry is web-based donor contact management and fundraising software. Pacific time (2 p.m.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Microsoft Office 365 for Nonprofits lets you have the best of both worlds: the full capabilities and secure environment of installed software with the collaborative, anywhere availability of the cloud. Mobile Gadgets and Apps. Get the most out of your mobile companion with these apps and gadgets: Need Internet connectivity in a pinch?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. Idealware released a new report, Understanding Software for Program Evaluation , to help nonprofits with the sometimes overwhelming process of selecting the right tool for the job.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. Idealware released a new report, Understanding Software for Program Evaluation , to help nonprofits with the sometimes overwhelming process of selecting the right tool for the job.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In the past few years, there has been a noticeable push by associations to leverage enterprise constituent relationship management (CRM) platforms from Salesforce or Microsoft as the platform for their association management software (AMS). If your association is going to be innovative, it needs to be running the latest and greatest software.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 21, 2013

I just returned from BBCon 2013 where one of the most frequent questions I was asked by my clients was about CRM (Constituent Relationship Management) systems. Cloud-based applications also have the advantage of being securely accessible from browsers or mobile devices making it easier for teams who work in the field to get their jobs done.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Windows 8 comes with built-in security software , but there are also third-party security apps available as well. " The contest began November 5, 2012 and all entries are due by February 28, 2013. Microsoft acquired Skype last year so the voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service has a brand new look for Windows 8.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

GiftWorks is fundraising and donor management software specially designed for nonprofits. Looking for a web-based software application for fundraising and contact management for donors and other contacts? is a mobile and web-based payment processing service that lets you accept donations from just about anywhere. PayAnywhere.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

During the intervening two years, we have entered the “post-PC” era in which laptop and desktop computers are being superseded by tablets, phones and other mobile devices. As adoption of mobile devices increases for both work and pleasure, IT will no longer be dominated by PCs. Jobs was as usual quite prescient.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 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. Resistance is futile… Ginny Mies' Mobile App of the Month.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

After spending all that energy and time researching, writing, and editing 75,000+ words about social and mobile media best practices for nonprofits – living and breathing it for three months straight – it was frustrating, heart-breaking, mind-boggling even to have to let it go and accept that the book was going to be imperfect. .”

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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. At the time the book was written, mobile wallets hadn’t been launched yet.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

Mobile World Congress , an annual tech conference in Barcelona, Spain, sets the tone for global technology trends in the coming year. Windows Phone 8 is designed to work with Windows 8 and Windows software. AppMachine is a public, browser-based visual content management system (CMS) for building mobile apps. Mobile Green Tech.

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