Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. This week have a look at the just completed Open Data for Africa platform and learn more about the brewing open data revolution in the MENA region.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 16, 2023

In today’s world, there are plenty of tech options, processes, and formulas to implement and manage data. However, not all associations are at the same point in their data strategy journey. Together, we’ll explore how to implement this framework, step by step, so that your organization can move forward on your data strategy journey.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

You may already know that I plan in earnest to provide my personal President’s Updates as quarterly informal reports, but that all too often I fall behind on this well-intended schedule—as is the case with the update you’re reading now! Don’t get me wrong: I love writing my updates. While the majority of our members are U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I want to unveil several of these new initiatives, as well as sneaking in some of the incredible things happening in our core programs in literacy and human rights. We also want to enable effective information sharing among agencies about what does and doesn’t work. and James L. with the books they need for educational success.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 27, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. ASU Lodestar Center. Welcome to Research Friday ! We welcome your comments and feedback. You serve on a nonprofit board of directors.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2023

Connect the dots and remind supporters that libraries promote literacy by offering free access to literature for all community members. Set Your Fundraising Goal Use data from past campaigns to establish your fundraising goal and identify potential donors. Be realistic.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Privacy has always been an important topic in digital literacy. Scott Pinkelman, digital literacy innovation specialist at the Free Library of Philadelphia , recently presented on this important topic at the Digital Shift online conference. Essentially, big data is not consistent. This is sort of a hard truth to swallow.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

The formula for Writing Great GPT Prompts The best formula for getting unique responses from GPT tools involves a combination of effective prompts, customized settings, adding contextual data, and iterative experimentation. Data : Here is a list of XYZ’s services and a recent email to customers {data}.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

Do your donation pages require multiple clicks to access? . Reports produced from larger outfits like M+R and NextAfter , who have access to research from hundreds and thousands of nonprofits, can also help inform your nonprofit digital strategy. . Put Data Front and Center. Is your website mobile responsive? .

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

You’ve probably invested in so many nonprofit technology solutions in the past year that you don’t know which you still have access to and which you don’t. If your nonprofit has an internal information technology (IT) team, that team can lead the project. What level of technology literacy exists across your team?

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Cause Camp’s goal is to leave you informed and inspired, ready to take on any challenge. It is his mission to help clients transform their data into strategy and provide an integrated approach that blends creativity with technological sophistication. We are excited to announce the Cause Camp 2021 speaker line-up! See you there!

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Forum One

MARCH 23, 2021

So, how do we help our audiences find the information they need? Designing a desktop menu is one way; it’s one aspect of navigation that informs a website’s overall structure. data literacy, device preferences)? Links to lower levels are accessed from these top-level pages. Navigation is what people do.”

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

Matt is a research and information technology executive with key competencies in measurement and analytics, business process engineering and optimization, product development, and organizational management. First off, in terms of metrics, you need to be very clear in your own mind as to what the exact intended end use of that data will be.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2013

The program aims to develop very low-cost Internet on mobile phones to bring the 4 billion souls on earth who don't yet have Internet to the information age — or is it? A more informative place to look is Facebook’s white paper. Kennedy speech. about Internet.org. Connectivity Is a Human Right. Convergence. Criticisms.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

A free, open source software application that allows users anywhere in the world to securely gather and organize information about human rights violations, Martus enables human rights defenders on the front lines of fighting abuse to stay safe and protects the identities of those who would face violence and repression for telling their stories.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

In our last blog post , we talked about the surprising number of Americans without access to. information on low-cost computers and digital literacy training brings. together the access, hardware, and training needed to. Unlimited Access: It’s a $10/month Internet plan that offers unlimited data.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

VisionLink is a strong supporter of AIRS standards (the certifying body for 2-1-1 operations), and was in the fact the first to endorse and to deploy XML based data exchange standards used to move resource information among compliant software providers. For more information, please visit www.211us.org.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

On the morning of July 7th, a page was created for the events taking place in central London and as both television news and personal witnesses revealed more information the page content grew – by the minute. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. Martus is our free, open source, secure information collection and management tool. For example, Martus can now be configured in less than 10 minutes by anyone with basic digital literacy skills.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Plus, by keeping the event on Facebook, you also benefit from expanded reach (to all of your participant’s “friends”), cost- efficiency (little to no cost for your team), and increased accessibility (any Facebook user, from any time, at any place). Collect new information about your social supporters.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

For easy access you can download all these incredible conferences to your Gmail, ICal or outlook click. Data on Purpose 2019: “Navigating the Digital Now.”. Data on Purpose 2019: “Navigating the Digital Now.”. Nonprofit organizations have moved well past the time when technology and data were treated as standalone entities.

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

For them, it’s about having reliable and fast Internet access; accessing health care services via mobile in rural areas; voicing views online without fear of persecution, not having useful services blocked by Internet service providers (ISPs), not being exposed to cyberbullying, or fearing to become a victim of online fraud.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert from our academic faculty to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. We too dersire more instruction on financial literacy. Bush, Ph.D. We welcome your comments and feedback.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

For example, North Texas Library Partners mentioned that they created Information Assistant , an Android app that promotes information literacy. And the Green Action Centre is working on an app to help with data-gathering for a school travel planning initiative. Some organizations are already building their own apps.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Using the important data saved within your systems, you can get a better idea as to which segments had high engagements and which were lacking. Courses that are recommended based on your learners and past data. Ensure all company information and major updates are accessible and communicated.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Every day, American nonprofits, charities, and libraries rely on TechSoup's product donation program for the information they need to make smart decisions about technology. In collaboration with the TechSoup Global Network , our trusted partners give organizations worldwide access to the solutions they need. Reform Copyright.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

By hard coded, I mean in the legal policies you've adopted, the features you've released and prioritized, your data taxonomies, your site map and information hierarchy. We landed on the possible solution of leveling up the concept of online literacy. Platform values are most obvious in the TOS (see Facebook's history.)

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Candid

JANUARY 13, 2023

Unfortunately, people decided this phrase had a nice ring to it, and now its use runs rampant as a broad, informal reference to any group of people who are physically present in any place doing any work to achieve something. When communicating about literacy, we should always strive to avoid the term “illiterate.” Illiterate.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

In the absence of systematically collected data, nobody would ever know. Data systems have come a long way from unwieldy Excel spreadsheets and calculators. There are some key elements to look for when your organization is ready to evaluate a performance management data system.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. Complete the challenge submission form with all required information. Submit your organization’s information into the required fields on the Success Stories landing page. Interesting proposition. b) Story Submission.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. Complete the challenge submission form with all required information. Submit your organization’s information into the required fields on the Success Stories landing page. b) Story Submission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2009

When your job is to download many of the latest tools and try new things on the web that might inform your strategy or make a good topic for your blog, encountering locked-down desktops and web filtering can be, well, annoying is probably way to soft a word. This sounds like a great opportunity for corporate culture shock.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

” Well, opting for a pre-built fundraising platform has a ton of advantages, mainly because it streamlines various critical elements: Built-In Features: Fundraising platforms come equipped with essential features like impact metrics , donation tiers , peer-to-peer capabilities , ticketing options, and easily accessible donate buttons.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

And all kinds of information on our website, you can watch videos, get a really good sense of what we have to offer. So, if there was anything that piqued your interest or you said, “Oh my goodness, I would love more information about this particular area,” we can point you in the right direction for that.

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Neon CRM

JULY 20, 2023

For example, say you wanted to run a capital campaign to buy a new building for your literacy organization; your feasibility study process might look like this: Define your goal: Your project aims to raise $300,000 to purchase a new building to hold a library. You would collect all this information into a survey or report to compare later.

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Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2023

For example, if you ran a literacy organization and you had a blog post about how one of your former beneficiaries just became the poet laureate for a nearby city, that would be an excellent candidate. The literacy nonprofit talked about above might name their recurring donors their “Bookworm Brigade.”

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 8, 2024

Consider the following donor data points: Age. For instance, people working in creative fields might appreciate more visually-driven content, while those in the business or technical fields may prefer more data-backed content. It means tailoring your messages and narratives to resonate deeply with specific groups. Reasons for giving.

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