Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Experiments, snafus and stumbles December 17, 2007 I seem to have lost my head. So I did the usual, gave up my gmail password. So people who were in my gmail address book, and in Spock, got a request for trust from me, not knowing where it came from. You know why I started to twitter. Then, for the creepy part. I joined Spokeo.

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Forum One

MAY 18, 2021

Your audiences expect a seamless experience across all of your digital ecosystem channels. Whether they are browsing your website content on their desktop or scrolling through your social media posts on their mobile phone, it’s crucial to create continuity across all your marketing touchpoints. Take and agile approach.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 5, 2010

Here's what I've ended up with: Contacts: gSyncIt, via Google (my contacts sync to Gmail, then to the Pre). If I added a new contact in Gmail, it sync'd to the Pre, but if I added or deleted a contact on the Pre the change didn't show up in Gmail. Tasks: gSyncIt, via Google. Calendar: Google Calendar Sync. Apps & Tweaks.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Here are 10 ways your nonprofit can immediately improve the mobile email experience. Conversely, Android phones often cut off the right part of your email, depending on the width. Gmail only displays the first 102 KB of your message. Email Fundraising Marketing blackbaud mobile phone nonprofits mobile phones nonprofit'

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Judi Sohn

AUGUST 1, 2011

After reading reviews and getting opinions from friends on social media, as well as time spent just playing with different phones in the AT&T store, I decided on the Samsung Infuse 4G. It’s incredible how light and thin this phone is. 3 Gmail accounts, no problem. The screen is beautiful and large. Many free choices.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2013

For example, panicking over the changes to Gmail Tabs is a moot point if your organization’s emails aren’t optimized for mobile. A whopping 66% of Gmail opens occur on mobile devices, with only 19% opened in a web browser ( Litmus ). The #1 email client for Gmail users is the iPhone’s built-in mail program, with 34% of all Gmail opens.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

With Google Workspace you get: Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, and many more tools, all for just $6 a month. Telephone: You probably need a phone number that is separate from your personal phone. Ring Central is a commonly used app that bundles video meetings and phone capabilities.

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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? The project is a Facebook led coalition that includes phone-makers, Samsung, Nokia, Ericsson, and also mobile chip-maker Qualcomm. The Opportunity.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2017

Improve the Email Mobile Experience. For many organizations last year, mobile has dominated email opens, which means that more and more people are reading your email on their phones first. Other, larger-screen devices are also in the mix, but the phone is their first contact.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

I like CNBC data journalist Mark Fahey's account of his experience. You can also download your history and have it sent to your Gmail account. Next open up your Gmail. In the Google Drive window that opens up, click on the down arrow icon at the top to download it to your computer or mobile phone. That's it.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 9, 2018

Provide A More Engaging Experience. This engaging experience results in higher participation while still allowing your guests to focus on the message of your event. Likewise, the desktop page has a similar feel and experience to the mobile page eliminating potential friction in the donation process. Customer Support.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 25, 2011

websites from The Huffington Post to commerical sites have been offering me to sign in using my Facebook , Gmail , Twitter , or other account. And I do that pretty often - mostly because I am less likely to forget my Gmail or Facebook password. This is a more compelling experience for visitors to your website.

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Care2

JULY 22, 2011

Angry Birds on your iPhone or getting people to read your Facebook page updates on their phone. Simply put, email is increasingly being read on mobile devices and the user experience there is different enough that we need to try different approaches. Google Gmail. 5) The mobile email experience doesn’t stop at the email.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

I was privileged to be a part of the endeavor, and it felt both like a capstone experience in my long association with NTEN, as well as the launch point of a new perspective on what it means to serve nonprofits with technology.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Start with a simple service - my Grandmother likes AOL, but I'd also recommend gmail - and focus on the bare necessities (subject line, body, send button). Skype - Skype's video conferencing abilities are a great way to have free long distance or international phone calls to family or friends. Getting Specialized. What else?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2009

Mary Watson, IT Manager Mary Watson, IT Manager, gave me my orientation to the different IT, phone, and security systems at Packard. This experience has given me so new insights about balancing the needs/concerns of the IT Department with the social media strategists needs for specific tools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

This encounter can be physical or virtual and the channel (in person, over the phone, email, webinar, etc.) The fastest way to get to the recognition stage is to have an interaction that is highly relevant and has something to offer - an idea, a perspective, an experience. The second stage is recognition. What techniques?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Low-code is a practice, a platform, or a user experience that relies on a graphical user interface that automates aspects of the development process, eliminating dependencies on traditional computer programming approaches. Think of how often you use productivity tools such as email rules in Outlook or Gmail.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

We'll be raffling off an Apple iPad, solar cell phone chargers, a t-shirt that lights up when it detects a wi-fi signal (how convenient!) Download the NTC app developed by 501 Technology to make the most of your NTC 2010 experience. Come see us and experience it for yourself. Oh, and did we mention there will be prizes?

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

We'll be raffling off an Apple iPad, solar cell phone chargers, a t-shirt that lights up when it detects a wi-fi signal (how convenient!) Download the NTC app developed by 501 Technology to make the most of your NTC 2010 experience. Come see us and experience it for yourself. Oh, and did we mention there will be prizes?

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

How is a CIO or IT manager with limited experience in a low-budget nonprofit to keep up without breaking the bank? We recently saw this in the Google/China case where Chinese crackers (bad hackers) broke into activist Gmail accounts. How smart are my phones? Am I hiring the right people? Click ahead for more variety.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

Mobile phones stay on. So, as a first step, organizations should be at least collecting mobile phone numbers in their databases. that someone could punch in a number on their cell phone and make a donation to a charity. People were calling cell phone 5 or 6 times to make a donation. did a lottery via mobile phones.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

Call extensions which provide a phone number in the ad so that people can easily call you. These include advertising on the Google Display network which include numerous other sites such as YouTube and Gmail and can be used to place banner ads on affiliated websites as well as on videos, sites, and apps.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

There will be times when you feel discouraged and also times when you feel a thrill when your phone dings, letting you know someone donated through your website. It’s pretty easy to set up, but later, you’ll want to move to a real merchant account so you can create a better experience for your donor. Giving through a payment app.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 9, 2021

By adding a QR code to your direct mail, your constituents are able to scan the code with their phone and are instantly brought to your Elevate giving page to make donations online and become sustaining donors. Create Hybrid Event Experiences. Salesforce Inbox for Gmail or Outlook integration. Products used: . Products used: .

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

I love having all 3,000 of my contacts on my phone, as well as my calendar, tasks, and notes. I want a phone that will sync with a local copy of Outlook (as opposed to an Exchange server), without requiring me to store all my data on Google. The phone usually responds quickly as long as I'm not relying on wi-fi.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Even if you are set in your browsing ways with IE or Firefox, Google Chrome only takes of few minutes of your time to download and experience. You can either manage your group online or on your mobile phone.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

It aims to develop very low-cost Internet on mobile phones to bring the 4 billion souls on earth who don't yet have Internet in to the information age. I very much like Jason Hiner ’s critique of the current state of smart watches: “(smart watches) shouldn't try to foist a dumbed-down smartphone experience into the watch.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2017

Two-factor authentication means adding an additional piece of confirmable data, like a PIN or phone number, along with your username and password. For basic texting (SMS); group, video, and picture messaging (MMS); and VoIP phone calls, try Signal from Open Whisper Systems. For more information, see. Two factor auth list. Peer-to-Peer.

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NTEN

MAY 13, 2011

Sometimes it was so rudimentary that someone would put a cell phone on speaker, and folks would dial in, and everyone could participate, but it worked.” I also didn’t want to make everyone sign up for a Gmail account and use Google apps, or something like that,” he said. Good technology gets out of the way,” he said. “To

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

If you access your Facebook or Gmail accounts from multiple devices, SignMeOut lets you close all the open sessions, regardless of which device your accounts are opened on. Thanks again to everyone who participated in the surveys and shared their comments and experiences. Some organizations have even created their own apps.

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Nonprofits Source

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

If you’re hiring for a digital marketing position or considering an agency, consider posing this challenge: Have a brief unscheduled phone conversation with the candidate/vendor. You can use an existing Gmail account to get started. In other words, months can pass before you know if you have the wrong people behind online outreach.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

CharityRadio is a live weekly radio program that you listen to over your mobile phone. Listeners opt-in to receive a phone call at show time and no dial-in is required. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. CharityRadio :: charityradioshow.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Rather than a donor texting a keyword to a shortcode to donate and having the donation processed through the donor’s mobile phone bill, with TapFunder the donor is sent a link to a mobile-optimized payment site where the donor can make the donation with a credit card. You can either manage your group online or on your mobile phone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

If your nonprofit engages in advocacy, it’s worth experimenting with. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Even if you are set in your browsing ways with IE or Firefox, Google Chrome only takes of few minutes of your time to download and experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Even if you are set in your browsing ways with IE or Firefox, Google Chrome only takes of few minutes of your time to download and experience. You can either manage your group online or on your mobile phone.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 17, 2023

Maybe they haven’t given because they haven’t been asked. Or maybe they don’t see the connection between their donation and making a difference in someone’s life.

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