Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2017

Now, the Internet Archive, an expert in preserving online content, is beginning a program to train librarians in web archiving. This program is offered in partnership with WebJunction and with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Register for webinar. About the Author.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 29, 2020

Video plays a big role in the success or failure of virtual events. The use of live and prerecorded video can increase audience engagement and improve the overall attendee experience. But, these benefits can only occur with the right kind of video. These Video Production Tools are listed in alphabetical order.

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Candid

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This typically means creating an exhaustive, robust library of materials, pre-launch, to get the word out on social media, email, and your website to drum up interest and support for your organization’s upcoming, exciting initiative. The intention was good, but we didn’t factor in the reality that people want to customize their content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

By Shay Lessman , Content Writer and Editor for Qgiv — an online fundraising platform empowering 20,000+ nonprofit fundraisers to raise money for their causes while keeping costs low. In addition to traditional questions and answers, they embedded instructional videos and provided a participant resource library.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2013

Of course libraries are all about education in its various forms. PowerMyLearning is a new, free online resource that has educational games, videos, and other activities for elementary, middle-school, and high school-aged students. Some of the videos, however, I found to be a bit sleepy. International NGOs and Libraries.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

Make full use of your blog content. Make full use of your blog content. In the era of virtual fundraising, content is king. Digital content, including blog posts, videos, interviews, and constituent stories, will help to: Engage supporters and keep your organization on their minds.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The Power of Free Learnings – Non-SCORM Content. In the modern world, we have access to a wide-variety of free content. There are devoted websites that provide free E-Learnings and there is even a virtual Galaxy full of compliance offerings and operational tutorials on video hosting sites such as YouTube.

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Candid

MARCH 1, 2022

So, what’s the best way to stay organized while keeping your content fresh? In the video below, you’ll find three top tips to do just that. So here are three tips for staying organized while keeping your proposal content fresh. You could store all of your previous proposals in a proposal “library” on a shared drive.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2017

The "In Plain English" video series from Common Craft provides short (three-minute) video introductions to technology topics. How Stuff Works and How-To-Geek also offer articles, graphics, and video tutorials on technology topics. Lifewire has interesting how-to and fix-it articles written by subject experts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2012

A debate in content marketing circles is whether or not you should simply focus on creating original content and forget content curation. Let’s be clear as my fellow content curator, Jan Gordon, says : There is no curation without original content. Curated Content Formats. It is a both/and.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

But we are fortunate that podcasts and webinars make an exciting educational experience as easy as reaching into your pocket.orgCommunity produced 38 educational videos , 21 podcasts , and 6 live webinars this year. In case you still enjoy soaking up knowledge the old fashion way, we also added over 45 new posts to our blog library.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2019

It is the ideal content management system for nonprofits because of how it’s open source and anyone can contribute to making it better. Enable Media Replace – easily replace an image or file without having to delete, rename, and re-upload to the Media Library. SEO and Social Sharing.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 17, 2017

In essence, users may find they can work smarter, not harder, on updates, page tweaks, content editing and the like. With some nifty starter content, new users can build a site in minutes with beautiful new typography that translates perfectly to all formats. More support comes in the form of starter content for premium themes.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. This adaptability isn’t just for people with disabilities: personalized content helps everyone. For the content of books, this flexibility is expressed in ideas like public domain, when the copyright owned by the author or publisher ends at some point.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

Even if attendees are familiar with video conferencing tools, it does not mean that they won’t have questions or difficulty figuring out how to access a particular webinar or virtual meeting. . Hosting virtual events inevitably leads to a library of valuable and useful content. Possibility to Create a Content Library.

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Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

Pay attention to which types of content your supporters engage with the least to find opportunities for improvement. However, you can also seek to find ways to cut down on costs, like recruiting volunteers to support your effort or forgoing the creation of a costly new video. Library of existing content.

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M+R

JUNE 5, 2023

The postcard and the stamp from direct mail campaigns are replaced with a TikTok video and an ads budget. Search key terms and hashtags and see whose content grabs you. You never know who has anti-vaccine videos buried in their content libraries. Enter: influencers. QA: make sure they’re value-aligned.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2016

You may have heard that "content marketing" can increase traffic to your nonprofit or library's website. But with limited time and resources, you don't have a ton of time to create a stream of compelling original content. You're Probably Already Doing Content Marketing.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

We hope you like our content, and we want you to use it! Content created by TechSoup is available to reuse by any nonprofit or library (for free!), This means you can take our content, post it on your website, or use it in your trainings or newsletters, and you don't even need to ask us for permission.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2011

Week three of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays in May focused on use of video for nonprofits and libraries. A topic covered in its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , video can be a powerful tool for. While video is an effective medium, the perceived costs of equipment and editing tools coupled with the question of what will.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Instead of reaching out to your potential leads to obtain more data, your sales and content marketing team will be able to approach their sales efforts more effectively and with confidence. Post-event content: You should consider writing up post-event content. Be sure that the content aligns with the event and provides value.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

In this edition of TechSoup's Nonprofits Live, our guests spoke about why they employ user-generated content and how they tap into their communities for it. Welcoming User-Generated Content. Sample Ward started off the discussion by speaking about creating a community that welcomes user-generated content. Spreading the Word.

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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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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

But there was a common thread between these two events: the future of mobile video. Net Neutrality and Mobile Video. Companies, such as the ones sitting beside Wheeler at the keynote, could pay money to be in a virtual "fast lane" for sending content. Bigger screens translate to more comfortable video watching.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2011

Following the first successful Nonprofits Live (NPLive) event on the Future of Fundraising , the second edition of TechSoup’s NPLive covered the topic of social video. ” The hour-long discussion featured nonprofit video experts, examples of effective nonprofit videos, live chat and questions from the audience.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Nearly all of the web communication challenges I’ve encountered with the groups I’ve worked with stem from basic content planning and governance issues. People come to your website, first and foremost, to get information, so Content Strategy is relevant for any communications work you do. So, Content Strategy was born!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Our content partners at Idealware have just launched a new series of video tutorials for nonprofits. According to Idealware, the eLearning Library will eventually be a paid service, but these first installments are available for free as a pilot (email address required). These short tutorials are full of great information.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2022

Nonprofits have noticed this and are starting to make use of the video sharing platform to reach its 700 million active monthly users in order to fundraise. Fundraising videos. Fundraising videos are a favorite of the upcoming nonprofit trends. That said, nonprofit videos aren’t just for reaching Gen Z donors.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Should you use buttons and links on your homepage to direct visitors to your internal directory or research library? Hospital websites must comply with accessibility regulations such as Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Prioritize accessibility.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

It affected every step of the evolution of digital media—from the VCR to the digital video recorder to YouTube. students) with a collection of 220,000+ (and counting) accessible books—the world’s largest library of its kind. Making content accessible for the blind has been a traditional example of fair use. In the U.S.,

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Candid

MAY 18, 2022

In 2015, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History launched the Philanthropy Initiative to collect, document, research, and create exhibitions and online content relating to the history of American giving. You can also explore a range of blog posts, program videos, and more at the Philanthropy Initiative website. .

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2013

Web conferencing, voice and video conferencing, and other types of remote collaboration have become a mainstay in the modern workplace. For a view of what’s going on there, see Ginny Mies’s Video Conferencing Apps: Take Virtual Meetings on the Road. The premium (paid) version allows group video meetings.

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

Notice how Whole Whale’s same content is now pushed into a footnote, while the full answer is provided. Again, Whole Whale’s content is shown as a footnote in the context of a full answer. As chatbots and voice assistants provide direct answers, people may not click through to content. Track upstream search-side metrics.

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

Notice how Whole Whale’s same content is now pushed into a footnote, while the full answer is provided. Again, Whole Whale’s content is shown as a footnote in the context of a full answer. As chatbots and voice assistants provide direct answers, people may not click through to content. Track upstream search-side metrics.

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Search Grant Organization Voice 52

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We’ve grouped these solutions into the following categories: Donor Management Fundraising Project Management Communication Design Forms Marketing Events Website Content Management System As you assess each option, keep in mind that seemingly “free” platforms may still come with costs. Top feature: Slack’s foundational feature is channels.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The goal of the Treaty is to make a copyright exception for the blind and other people with disabilities that stop them from reading print, and to make import and export of accessible content legal. Bureaucratic barriers to utilizing a copyright exception, as proposed by some publishers, makes the cost even greater. For what am I advocating?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

1) Choose the right fundraiser images and videos. Interesting and informative content can truly set your fundraiser apart from the rest, and the right photos can help tell your story in a unique way. You’ll want to ensure that any videos you add speak to your organization’s mission and illustrate why the funds are needed.

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