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! Hacker Helper is a free online tool that will allow volunteer developers to prepare for hackathons. They can go straight to work to create useful apps and other tools for solving social problems. Hacker Helper.

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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. Leveraging technology is about strategically selecting tools that will advance an organization’s mission. Bottom-line: the nonprofit sector must adapt.

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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.

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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

MARCH 25, 2013

To kick off TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge , we have compiled apps to help you showcase your organization in action. Also, make sure to follow TechSoup's Online Community Coordinator, Alexandra Bezdikian, as she tests the digital storytelling tools of the trade. More 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

JULY 24, 2013

Analytics : Use reporting and analytics tools to track overall site traffic and performance and access specific site usage details. With these services, you can record an interactive audio tour that visitors can access with their mobile phones. More Resources and Webinars. You can also integrate maps and social media features.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Lee Rainie, Director, Internet & American Life Project, Pew Research Center took us through the impact that the use of online digital tools is having on us personally, professionally, and society. His presentation was called “Personal, Portable, Participatory, and Pervasive.” Digital Trends. Sample survey.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

TechSoup has some tools that may come in handy. 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. No problem.

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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

Connect2Give’s fundraising tools are great for nonprofits and libraries with multiple locations (competitive fundraising!), 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.

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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. Recent research and teaching practice shows that the lecture is a less effective teaching tool. You should have a mix of approaches in your webinar.

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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.

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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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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Translate your project into the language used by the resources and funders: key words, subject matter, geographic area, target audience, gender, race, and any parameters that fit your interests. Donated Fundraising Tools from TechSoup. TechSoup offers a wide variety of fundraising tools through its donation programs.

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sgEngage

JULY 6, 2011

Is the use of prospect research becoming more mainstream or still just a tool for large nonprofits? 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. They just don’t know they are doing it!

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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.) It can’t be done.

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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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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. The new Sweep feature has tools to clean and maintain your inbox. Additional Resources. For more details on how to do that, go here.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2014

Traditionally, a call to action has been to donate in response to a direct mailing or a phone call. However, with new digital tools, you no longer have to ask for a donation at every interaction. The Online Marketing Benchmark Study released by Blackbaud in 2013 found that the median amount raised per email address on file is $13.

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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. Despite declining sales, well over 300 million PCs will be sold worldwide this year while tablet sales are in the range of 200 million in 2013.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

This time I’ll review some new developments in digital inclusion, smart watches, accessibility technology, apps in Africa, crowdfunding resources, and digital trends to expect in the next five years. And it doesn't have to be another phone interface (a Bluetooth headset does that much better). It doesn't need a camera.

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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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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

on Wednesday, February 9, 2013, to be eligible to win the tablet and bragging rights. The LIM is a highly visual tool that uses mapping technology to plot success stories in a global context. The LIM reaches TechSoup’s global network of resources that spans over 80 countries. Enter your story by 5:00 p.m.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" billion in 2013. “The other two thirds give via the mail and phones.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

The LIM is a highly visual tool that uses mapping technology to plot success stories in a global context. The LIM reaches TechSoup’s global network of resources that spans over 80 countries. on Wednesday, February 9, 2013, to be eligible to win the tablet and bragging rights. Enter your story by 5:00 p.m.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 16, 2015

Collaboration Tools. These tools from TechSoup and our donor partners can help: Office 365 is the ultimate collaborative productivity suite! It is included with Office 365, but it can also integrate with Microsoft Exchange as well as with Office 2013. It can also incorporate your entire office's phone system.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The big nonprofit tech trends this past year seemed to be in the areas of making websites viewable on mobile phones, using mobile phones more in the workplace, cloud computing, social media fundraising, foundations and Microsoft donations, greater self-sufficiency among NGOs in developing countries, and some cutting edge things like hackathons.

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

The rest of these tips don’t really make sense if you aren’t participating… GivingTuesday.org has great resources and a way to list your organization GivingTuesday.org/join. This will give you a way to give an early action that will then show up on their calendar, phones, and even e-watches, increasing the chances people will act!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2013

Tech Impact is watching some interesting trends emerge in nonprofit technology in 2013. By using data sets published by the government, they developed an interactive tool that allows child advocates and policymakers to assess health, security, and education opportunities for the most vulnerable in the District of Columbia.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

— Tenovus (@tenovuscancer) January 29, 2013. — Dogs Trust (@DogsTrust) January 25, 2013. — Diabetes UK (@DiabetesUK) March 1, 2013. — PBS (@PBS) February 20, 2013. — alexandra bezdikian (@alebez) March 19, 2013. Seeing people using tools and technologies that make an impact.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2013

October 2013 being the 10 th. to see what resources are there for charities and libraries. The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) runs the Stay Safe Online website that has good resource sections for individuals and also offices. Cyber Security Resources for Offices. Cyber Security Resources for Individuals.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Marketing doesn''t have to be painful for nonprofit organizations with limited resources. To save money and resources, focus on delivering content to those social media platforms that are bringing you the most success. Google Ad Grants is the nonprofit edition of AdWords , Google’s online advertising tool. Know your audience.

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NTEN

APRIL 18, 2014

We''ve already made notes in our agenda planning, exhibitor resources, and other communication templates to make these options and times as clear as possible. Ignites In 2013, you told us loud and clear that these talks were placed too late in the day and stacked against too many other offerings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

How long can you pay attention when working online before your mind wanders? According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. Our mobile phones make it worse, because now we can check into the Internet, anywhere and anytime.

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