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Give One, Get One: One Laptop Per Child.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DC Metblogger Flickr Photo. Almost exactly two years ago, the One Laptop Per Child launched. So, the Sharing Foundation has continued to use our method of getting donated laptops in the US, refurbishing them, and getting them to Cambodia. I blogged it and was initially very excited! Tharum was disappointed too.

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Tips for Remote Presenting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the past, I have presented remotely using skype audio and video. Steve did a content delivery presentation right before and then brought me in via audio as a “cameo appearance.&# We didn’t have enough bandwidth for video, so he projected my photo.

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Using Smartphones and Portable Wi-Fi Hotspots to Tell Your Story

Tech Soup

To quote a somewhat recent YouTube blog piece , "if a picture is worth a thousand words, then is a video worth a million?" Storytelling with Mobile Video. It's reasonably easy to upload videos to Facebook or YouTube even without the phone being on a data plan. " May well be. Tell Your Story.

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Online Auctions for Nonprofits: Ideas for 2021 and Beyond

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Some things to ask for might include: Book collections Technology, like phones, laptops, tablets Certificates to local businesses Art pieces. For this type of event, encourage guests to dress up as their favorite fairytale character and invite them to all hang out on a video call for a fun virtual party! Garden Party Auction.

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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

Tech Soup

The organization has a staff of 40 across three offices (Washington DC, New York City, and Oakland, California). They have an integrated, cloud-based IT system in which everyone has laptops and merely needs some way to get to the Internet to plug in to 350.org. We have weekly global Skype video calls for various teams.

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[VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality

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But don’t do that right now because one of my best buddies, Kishshana Palmer, is here for beautiful Washington, DC by way of New York City, normally, right, Kishshana? You get yourself some kind of together and you kind of meander and find your way to your laptop. And then laptop because, you know, work, right?

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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

Tech Soup

Washington DC, New York City, and Oakland, California). They have an integrated, cloud-based IT system in which everyone has laptops and merely needs some way to get to the Internet to plug in to 350.org. With a distributed global staff, we depend on things like Skype video chat to reduce travel. An example is 350 Mexico.

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