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! It covers 10 topics including humanitarian uses of drones: • Mobile and cell phones • New uses for TV and radio. There’s a lot in there. • Tracking technology (like GPS) • Translation tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Now, in your 6th year, drum roll, tell us Give to the Max Day by the numbers : Total raised: $18,316,626.42 (7% increase over 2013). Total gifts: 120,664 (13% increase over 2013). Total organizations: 5,544 (a 25% increase over 2013). Total donors: 62,607 (a 20% increase over 2013). This has been a huge year for us.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2014

Why would a homeless person need a mobile phone? For one thing, phones allow them to look for work, housing, or medical help. Phones also provide a reliable contact method for people who have no permanent address. It also uses Twitter to “find, counsel, and direct as many homeless people as possible to help.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

What follows are my notes, but if you want to spend more time learning about this topic, I’ve pulled together these additional curated resources: 1) Curated Tweets. 2) Curated Blog Posts and Resources that provide context to the discussion or resources mentioned. Gwen Walden (@WaldenPhil) April 15, 2013.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Furthermore, smartphone sales skyrocketed last year while PC sales are expected to decline in 2013. The speakers at The Chronicle of Philanthropy's Nonprofit Technology Forecast for 2013 , held in January, all emphasized the importance of responsive design for nonprofits this year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 21, 2014

It is the dominant form of content we all engage with – on our desktops, our tablets and now our phones. It’s no surprise that a tactic with a cost is high and unclear ROI gets minimal resources. You can use these stats with your leadership to secure some video resources. But we have reached an inflection point.

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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. Just as most nonprofits initially resisted getting on board with social media, they’re also apprehensive to spend the time and resources to devise and implement a mobile strategy. Darian is also the former E.D.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2020

According to Pew Research Center, a whopping 96 percent of Americans now own a cell phone, and the share that own smartphones is now 81 percent—up from just 35 percent in 2011. Organizations must execute a thorough assessment of constituents and their preferences along with organizational goals, resources, and strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The new generation of smart phones come equipped with excellent cameras and for many it means that they can easily shoot from the hip and capture moments in your organization’s work that make for great, socially share able content. Smartphones, while they are so much better than ever, still have limitations.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

To kick off TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge , we have compiled apps to help you showcase your organization in action. If your organization uses Flickr (Android, iOS, Windows Phone) to manage photos, the mobile app is a must-have companion. Some phones even let you upload to YouTube directly from your video gallery.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

All the traditional fundraising tools (phone-a-thons, direct mail) are. great, but they take time and resources. 34% of smartphone Internet users go online mostly using their phones. 34% of smartphone Internet users go online mostly using their phones. desktop screen may be hidden on a 4-inch phone screen.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

Guide by Cell has made two such offers available through TechSoup: a donation of a one-year subscription to the Cell Phone Audio Guide with up to 10 prompt numbers and a discount on the Cell Phone Audio Guide with unlimited. With these services, you can record an interactive audio tour that visitors can access with their mobile phones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. Click to See Visualization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

He reminded us that April 3rd was the 40th anniversary of the first mobile phone and today the mobile audience in the US is 89% of adults and 51% smartphones and 31% tablets. ” He went into details about how people consume or share content via mobile phones vs tablets. Weak ties bring in new thinking, ideas, and resources.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Interestingly enough, our 2013 budget projection for the Martus project is larger than the combined group was in 2012. It’s a great resource for organizations that are engaged in spinning off sustainable projects, or that are considering similar strategies. We used it to review our planning as we wrapped up this move.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2012

With GoToWebinar, audio is available either through free integrated VoIP services or through toll-based phone conferencing. First Dates in 2013. In the first half of 2013, the webinars will be presented on these dates: January 24, January 31, and February 7. More Training Resources from TechSoup. to 11:00 a.m.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2012

With GoToWebinar, audio is available either through free integrated VoIP services or through toll-based phone conferencing. First Dates in 2013. In the first half of 2013, the webinars will be presented on these dates: January 24, January 31, and February 7. More Training Resources from TechSoup. to 11:00 a.m.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Note: Right now Range only includes 2013 data for California because the full list of 2014 summer meal sites is not yet available. This means your email address and phone number are not shared with the recipient, nor is the recipient's contact info stored on your device. Stay tuned! The location of 2014 summer meals across the U.S.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

How do our resources and communications provide a platform for new voices? We will be regularly reaching out to individuals that we have interacted with (from a phone call, to an email, to a webinar) to ask for your honest feedback. myNTC is the place to go for resources, connecting with other attendees, and planning out your agenda.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Here's an idea for using smartphones with good cameras and video capability like the Dell Venue Pro touch screen phones for digital story telling: Send someone out to video compelling work that your nonprofit or library is doing out in the field for your holiday message. for lots of great resources for nonprofit and library apps.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Microsoft recently released a mobile version of Dynamics CRM (available through TechSoup's donation program) for iOS, Android, and Windows phones and tablets. DonorPerfect Mobile (Android, iOS) brings the power of DonorPerfect's web-based program to your phone or tablet. More Resources. Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Mobile.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2014

Check out the 2013 winners of the iPhone Photography Awards for inspiration. Head over to our Mobile-ize board on Pinterest for some more resources on mobile technologies, photography, and storytelling. mobile phone apps tsmobiletechnology' Apps can make your photos look professional. Image: Alex Washburn/WIRED.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

To celebrate the launch of the highly anticipated Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 products, we're partnering with Microsoft to empower app creators to take their ideas to the streets. Best Overall Windows 8 Phone App: $15,000. We're talking about coming together to create and ideate for a better future using apps. as a reference.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2015

If you have staff or volunteers that do a lot of work in the field, remotely, or from home, you could be eligible to win your choice of phone or conferencing service prizes worth more than $400! A Forbes article published in 2013 states that 1 in 5 Americans works from home at least one day a week. Are you… A U.S.

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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. Mobile websites are designed for optimal download speed, so they load faster on phones and tablets. Yes, that's right. Improved search.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

As always, there’s plenty more news like how Facebook’s news feed policy is not good news for charities, how smartphone kill switch legislation will affect your organization, how things like your own perspiration will run your phone someday and some more NPTech quick hits. million phones were stolen in the U.S., Quick Hits.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2014

It was the end of February in 2013 when Yahoo’s celebrated young CEO, Marissa Mayer, decided to end telecommuting at Yahoo to boost collaboration and communication within the company. You just need a phone to use it. TechSoup Resources: ReadyTalk Discount Program on TechSoup. How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Participants took the “Columbia Leadership Styles” diagnostic created by Paul Ingram and Bruce Craven in 2013 that session leader Jeffrey Golde had customized for arts leaders. You can find the resources here. The first session focused on self-awareness skills. We debriefed on the different ways people were responding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The group’s leader is Martin Brookes , a British economist at a hedge fund, who got the idea after a phone call. Attend a Data or Measurement Panel at Your Next Nonprofit Conference or Networking Event: This month, the Independent Sector had a packed house for the Data 360 Panel and put together this set of resources.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

It lays a good foundation for what sort of resources are required for photo and video creation, how to get started, which platforms to use for what, as well as tools on the rise. Start by downloading an app like Instagram to your phone, and start experimenting without feeling the pressure to publish amazing art. Image: Shutterstock.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

Google Glass is by far the most famous of them and is a set of cyborg looking eyeglasses (now in five colors) that like many wearable devices, works in cooperation with an Android phone or iPhone. launched in August 2013 when they became available to app developers for $1,500 – by invitation only. Of Cybernetics and Singularity.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2014

We impact over 10,000 lives each year, and in 2013 we had a donor retention rate of 43% ( compared to 27% ). The key is to continue trying new things, measure your results, and do what you can with the resources at your disposal. Over a 5 year period, we’ve gone from retaining 29% of our donors to 43%. Our database is healthy .

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

Every day, someone at a nonprofit is looking for a donor’s address or phone number online, Googling a name for past giving or searching for some biographical information on LinkedIn. A well trained and resourced department simply does a better job of it. Fundamentally, however, they are both doing the same thing.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 16, 2014

He felt great about the money they had raised in 2013 and knew that they could double their budget again in 2014. Delegate and automate as many components of your routine as you can so that you’re working no more than 35-40 hours/week—and have two days off/week (and your phone isn’t beeping every five seconds.)

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

I always think of winter as a time to gather data and plan for the year ahead, spring as a time to implement these strategies, summer as a time to allocate for additional resources and continue executing on the plan, and autumn as a time to reap the harvest and reflect on the year, looking towards planning for the winter and upcoming year.

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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 is pretty easy to set up on a phone or mobile device. Additional Resources. For more details on how to do that, go here. Windows XP or higher: Windows Internet Explorer 8. Google Chrome 23.

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