Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Sure, many gift-buyers will continue to turn to Amazon, Walmart, and Target, but increasingly c onsumers are being more mindful with purchases. Even Giving Tuesday, a day dedicated to supporting causes we love, can be a challenge for small and local groups who are outsized by national and global causes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 3, 2011

July 1: Available for pre-order on Amazon. September 9: Available for purchase on Amazon, McGraw-Hill and Barnes & Noble. Danielle Brigida, Digital Marketing Manager, National Wildlife Federation. Erica Burman, Director of Communications, National Peace Corps Association. “We Table of Contents. Book Tour Fundraiser.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2011

6/13 UPDATE :: Now available for pre-order on Amazon and Barnes & Noble ! June 13: Available for pre-order on Amazon and Barnes & Noble ! September: Available for purchase on Amazon, McGraw-Hill and Barnes & Noble. Danielle Brigida, Digital Marketing Manager, National Wildlife Federation. Table of Contents.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 23, 2012

Amazon CARES. Children’s National Medical Center. National Public Radio. United Nations. More on that in my upcoming Google+ and Google Products for Nonprofits Webinar on February 28. Acción contra el Hambre. American Prairie Foundation. Amnesty International Australia. Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The Field Museum.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Charismatic Countdowns, World Wildlife Fund & National Geographic Society. World Wildlife Fund and The National Geographic Society ran these animated rich media ads across Yahoo display, which featured countdowns to midnight on December 31. Rich Storytelling Experiences, Planned Parenthood & National Geographic Society.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2022

Here’s a few highlights from the past two weeks, there are more events over the coming weeks, so don’t feel any FOMO!

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

Volkswagen, GM, Amazon, and the USPS pledged a commitment to green vehicles. National Forest Foundation. Organization Mission: The National Forest Foundation aims to engage Americans in promoting our National Forests and Grasslands’ health and public enjoyment. Connect with National Forest Foundation: .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

In 2017, early adopter nonprofits began launching Amazon Skills. The Rise of NGOs in Developing Nations. The Internet of Things. By the year 2020, over 50 billion things – cars, appliances, roads – will be connected to the Internet of Things. 2018 is a crucial year for smart speaker technology and innovation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2009

The result is a fun, fabulous documentary that recently came out on DVD, Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design. Look in the right sidebar of the Handmade Nation blog for upcoming screening dates. It is also available on DVD from buyolympia.com and Amazon. I watched it a couple nights ago, and *loved* it.

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VQ Strategies

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

It is available now via Amazon , Barnes & Noble , Amplify Publishing , and other retailers. Transforming Disruption to Impact chronicles the many methods used to engage people in volunteer service to address the world’s most critical issues, made even more critical in the past two years. Learn more at www.disruptiontoimpact.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

They paved the way for all of us and their contribution to nonprofit history should be noted: To Write Love on Her Arms; Invisible Children; National Wildlife Federation; the Humane Society of the United States; Seacology; Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network; Americans for the Arts; Oxfam America; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals; (..)

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 17, 2020

For example, much like the familiar Amazon-like shopping experience, you can recommend new product purchases based on past behaviors and “what other members like you purchased”. TECH TIP: Nimble AMS supports automated complex tax processing , allowing associations to easily process taxes nationally and internationally.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. Image by the National Braille Press, a DIAGRAM subcontract. Please join us in realizing this “radical” future!

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AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

We leverage the tools and infrastructure provided by Amazon Web Services, bring the ‘security-by-design’ approach to everything we build, and use best practices in automation and data security. Having a third party auditor ensure that we are following all best practices and controls is another step in putting customer data first.”. “A

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 7, 2008

Last year, the National Federation of the Blind took on Amazon.com about the accessibility of their website, which NFB felt at one time had been quite accessible, but which had declined in accessibility. The speech itself was pretty basic: Amazon cares about its customers above all else, and so accessibility is important.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2010

Education the way we've always done it isn't meeting the needs of our nation. For example, we combined the business strategies of Amazon and (the old) Napster to create Bookshare to bring accessible talking books to students who can't read print books because of their disabilities.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Have you ever received an email from a fake account posing as Amazon or Apple, for example, asking you to click a link? Common types of cyberattacks There are many different cyber threats in the digital world, but four types of cyberattacks are more commonly seen in the fundraising world. That’s phishing!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 30, 2009

For example, the National Federation of the Blind has either sued or threatened to sue the Author's Guild (one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Google) and Amazon over their failure to provide for accessibility (in the famous soundproofing of books controversy, as well as the inaccessibility of Amazon's Kindle to the blind).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 23, 2014

For this month's column, I'm going to dissect the latest entry into the smartphone field: the Amazon Fire Phone. Amazon Fire Phone and the Internet of Things. The long-awaited "Amazon phone" is finally here and it's goal is to make shopping that much easier. It runs on Amazon's own Fire OS 3.5,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

I’ve been watching with interest the legal controversy over the synthetic speech capability of the new version of the Amazon Kindle, such as the coverage on Boing-Boing entitled Author's Guild claims text-to-speech software is illegal. years ago entitled the Soundproof Book. More on that in another essay. Another key argument is distribution.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

They started by using technology to connect data across their 4,900 Club locations so that national leaders could gain a real-time view into members’ needs and preferences. . Data Lake for Nonprofit Cloud , Powered by Amazon Web Services was also announced.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Ensure Legal and Ethical Integrity and Maintain Accountability The Board is responsible for making sure that the nonprofit operates with the laws that govern it at the local, state, and national level. it’s the IRS), and renewing solicitation permits. Find more information about nonprofit Boards at boardsource.org.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

Amazon now ships more ebooks than print books in the United States. This is already apparent in IDEA 2004, the most recent reauthorization of national special education law. In some markets, printed books are receding into the past. Access to printed books without handling ebooks would be a pyrrhic victory for people with disabilities.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

"The United Nations Joint Inspection Body recently spoke to web professional in 40 UN agencies to identify what the most common problems are and how to fixed them. "Hujambo from Tanzania! ." " Indigenous Mapping: Emerging Cultures on the Geoweb: Where 2.0

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 28, 2009

"The United Nations Joint Inspection Body recently spoke to web professional in 40 UN agencies to identify what the most common problems are and how to fixed them. "Hujambo from Tanzania! ." " Indigenous Mapping: Emerging Cultures on the Geoweb: Where 2.0

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

I am happy to announce the 2011 Community Survey winner of the free 12NTC registration (drum roll please): Richard Wollenberger, Director of IT from the National Center for Parents as Teachers. Congrats, and thank you for participating in the survey this year!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

For example, they recently set up an Amazon wish list for their Food Pantry and posted to their FB page. Within minutes, a fan commented that they had just placed an order for them. and one of the most highly anticipated cultural events in the nation. They have successfully used Facebook to identify and cultivate donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2016

During my walk, I reflected on my participation last March in the annual National Day of Unplugging , a 24-hour digital detox when you don’t use technology, Internet, or mobile phone in order to reduce stress. You can purchase one on Amazon. And, ironically, the science to back this up also comes from Stanford University.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

We all recognize how consumer feedback drives competition, innovation, and continual adjustments in the for profit world—who hasn’t read Amazon reviews before buying a product or Tripadvisor to research a hotel? Customer Feedback in the Non-Profit Sector: Listening to Low-Income Consumers – Guest Post by Mia Birdsong and Perla Ni.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

It takes you through the technologies and tools for each channel for different goals and offers up lots of case studies from organizations such as National Wildlife Federation, Red Cross, AARP, Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, American Museum of Natural History, SEIU and others. Click to see larger version.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times throughout October-December as we presented dozens online webinars and guest posts and articles. Published Book Three: In 2016, I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

About the Presenters: Doug Barker -- Principal and Co-Founder, Barker & Scott Consulting As a principal in Barker & Scott Consulting, Doug assists leading regional, national, and international nonprofit organizations with leveraging the power of information technology for organizational advancement and mission success.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

We discussed Chafee, especially in the context of the Amazon text-to-speech brouhaha, and the proposed international treaty that was tabled at the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva last month. national experience. We discussed why I thought now was a good time for a treaty: shouldn’t there be more effort at the national level first?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 5, 2004

Spinsanity has been one of the nation's leading political websites, deconstructing spin from both sides of political aisle. It's already in Amazon's Top 50 Sales Rank. I'm very proud of the people who work at Benetech, and that pride extends to our alumni. Check it out!

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In 2017, World Vision took a page from the fundraising playbook of for-profit companies like Apple and Amazon by launching the first-of-its-kind pop-up shop … for charity. If done correctly, it can be a transformative experience for donors, and a media impressions driver.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Amazon Web Services, Force.com, Facebook). Amazon S3, Google Checkout, Google Maps, PayPal). There are thousands of nonprofits -- including Ashoka, National Coalition of the Aging, United Nations World Food Programme, and Points of Light -- already using cloud computing to run every type of software application imaginable.

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