Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The current technology of live-streaming on the Web has been around for a few years, but only recently with the launch of smartphone Apps that convert phones into video cameras and social media integration, has the technology started to reach mass adoption by Web users ( its up 600% in the last year !). For example, www.ustream.tv/user/nonprofitorgs.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

It's mind boggling how something like this could be harnessed for digital inclusion and social sector organizations. Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

is one person or organization pushing content out to many people via websites and e-mail newsletters. People can post comments and converse with your organization in public for all to see. is all of the above except that the Web experience is no longer limited to desktop and laptop computers while stationary in one place.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Just like I have visited retail sites and impulsively purchased something that caught my interest, I have donated to organizations I knew very little about just by visiting their website. Because the site convinced me that the organization was working to solve an urgent problem and that my gift would make a meaningful difference.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

It is illegal to buy, sell, or trade mobile phone numbers, unlike e-mail and snail mail addresses. embedded in a powerful photo, you want an image that you can upload to send out in Facebook status updates, link to in tweets, upload to Flickr, and so on. As a result, it takes time to build a list, so the sooner you start, the better.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 11, 2014

About a quarter of Internet traffic is now on smartphones, and about a third of all mobile phones (5.2 The user base for laptops is 789 million, and an additional 743 million for desktop computers. billion of them) are now smartphones worldwide. Hardware: The growth of tablet sales is still very brisk (nearly vertical on a graph).

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2022

With the right technology and a solid strategy, hosting a virtual fundraiser can be extremely lucrative for nonprofit organizations. Participants take part from anywhere using a cell phone or laptop to connect to the event. Sometimes, you can get away with just a laptop with a webcam for a simple live-streaming event.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It makes sense that animal organizations are the second most popular type of organization people want to support—right behind youth and family causes, and tied with medical research organizations. That doesn’t mean that raising funds for your animal organization is easy! Using Storytelling in Your Appeal .

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

We are creating whole new infrastructures that didn’t exist before (think Facebook, Google, etc.) Will the move to, for instance, tablet and phone computing be a net positive or negative benefit in terms of resource consumption? That said, we are doing a lot more than just moving stuff out to the cloud. Green Hosting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

The camp was organized by Thai Fund Foundation in partnership with Opendream , , Thai Netizen Network , Frontier Foundation and Tactical Technology Collective. Pre and Post Event Interaction: The event has a hashtag or Facebook page, it is good idea to say hello to participants before the event and do answer any follow up questions.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Now that we can use our phones to make credit card purchases, do online banking, email our doctors, and store lots of personal information, it’s probably time to take few precautions. Set up a strong screen-lock passcode to secure a phone, preferably one that is longer than just four numbers. Use public WiFi sparingly.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

Documenting and sharing the happenings of an event or fundraiser can be tricky if you're responsible for organizing it as well. To kick off TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge , we have compiled apps to help you showcase your organization in action. Nonprofits can also benefit from this easy-to-use program.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 18, 2018

They’re also getting more politically active, so it’s a smart move for organizations to engage with them, and if you haven’t been already, it’s not too late! Millennials, like most people, love putting stickers on their water bottles, laptops, bike helmets and it’s always nice to receive something for making a contribution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

The session will share a wide range of free and low cost tools for implementing an organization’s content strategy as well as group and personal productivity. ” These apps can transform our mobile phones, tablets, and computers from agents of distraction into agents of mindfulness. and Sean Waugh, San Francisco Opera.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2012

Direct mail and purchased media (ads) by far represent the greatest expenditure organizations make. We know that most organizations delegate social and mobile to a young person or an individual department. They don't go home and Facebook for three hours. Perhaps they listen to music or the radio in the background.

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Achieve

JUNE 3, 2019

These days, most of us are always on our smartphones and your organizations supporters are no exception! When your organization implements a mobile giving platform, you can reach more donors faster. to your cause and your organization, donors in all age groups use this convenient platform. wave of millennials acting for change.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Your fundraising strategy will build on your past successes and opportunities to help your organization grow year after year. Ultimately, a well-rounded fundraising strategy will help your organization raise more and gain access to long-term support. Offers accountability. But what does a fundraising strategy look like in practice?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2010

Also, make sure there is decent wifi (or cell phone reception). If your organization has a robust Facebook presence, you can also use a Facebook Event to promote the event. If you have a projector and laptop available, you may want to stream the Twitter Feed during the event. Be creative. Keep in touch.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Your survey resizes automatically to adjust to desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone screen dimensions. In addition to the existing integration with Facebook, surveys can now be deployed on LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+. Now with 5.0, New Mobile Features. For starters, several features expand access for those using mobile devices.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Many organizations are enjoying lower overhead, higher productivity, and happier employees by providing the option to work from home (WFH). A growing trend among organizations is to get out of the business of owning servers entirely. Look what I can do with my phone! What will the nonprofit office of the future look like?

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Not all leaders think that way, but organizations that value equity of access must consider the plights of those who might be systematically excluded from engagement efforts. Volunteer programs are some of the most front-facing operations of nonprofit organizations. Reaching younger volunteers. “My

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

The Blue Hair Technology Group in Johns Creek, Georgia (northeast of Atlanta), is educating senior citizens to use new technologies like tablet computers and Facebook so they can keep in touch. The nonprofit provides laptops, tablet computers, training, and other technology resources to elderly people. spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Being online or living a connected lifestyle is something many of us do - and as smart phones, Facebook, ipads, and other technology tools become part of lives, we have to examine our relationship with them and find balance. She also plays another game with the battery life of her phone at the end of the day.

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2012

Referencing the Millennial Donor Report , when it comes to trusting a nonprofit organization, the factors that influence Millennials, are relationship driven - based on personal connections to the leadership, or the organization. Ninety-three percent of Millennials in the US have a smart phone.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

The mission statement of One Laptop per Child is artfully constructed: "To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. The Unforeseen.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Lower-than-expected numbers make you feel like you failed, like you put your organization and the people you serve at risk. Even experienced fundraisers sometimes use fundraising methods that just don’t work for a particular organization or audience. Don’t give your donor any reason to feel dissatisfied with you or your organization.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

Facebook — We post frequently to our TechSoup Facebook page from our laptops, tablets and phones by tagging @TechSoup in our updates. is our go-to backchannel chat destination to keep teams organized and sharing information during events. Check this chart for a comparison of web conferencing tools.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Tablet sales are up 53% while laptop and desktop computers are down 11% from the previous year. PCs aren’t going away, but mobile devices (phones and tablets) are flooding in to the nonprofit workplace. They save us the arduous task of taking our phones out of our pockets to look at them. What this means? Green Technology.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

The Blue Hair Technology Group in Johns Creek, Georgia (northeast of Atlanta), is educating senior citizens to use new technologies like tablet computers and Facebook so they can keep in touch. The nonprofit provides laptops, tablet computers, training, and other technology resources to elderly people.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Either way, you definitely have your phone out. How do various types of organizations make use of mobile giving? How can your organization get started with mobile giving? As the name suggests, it involves donors texting on their mobile phones in order to give to charity. Imagine you’re standing at a bus stop.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Think about a tool like YouTube, where people can share videos (uploaded and created in various ways from mobile phones to laptop computers to high quality cameras) and then find others who care about similar issues. Examples of Social Media. There were many, many examples cited in the discussion.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Is your organization ready? And I'm not even mentioning tablets like the iPad, Kindle Fire, and other smaller-than-PC-but-larger-than-phone devices out there. The presidential candidates are accepting contributions via phone (a credit card swiper, that is), and the Girl Scouts are too for cookies ! I take my phone everywhere.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Juice jacking is a data theft practice you may not have heard about yet: Public charging stations can be configured by bad guys to read the data on your phone or laptop and also upload malware when you charge your device. The campaign got over a million Facebook shares. Reimbursing Employee Mobile Phone Expenses.

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Forum One

MARCH 16, 2010

Everywhere you go, people are nose down in their laptops and phones: while in sessions, while walking down the halls, and while on the panels. Think of the geekiest person in your organization, and multiple them by over a 1,000. But 10 billion tweets later, it's now a key communication channel for many organizations.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Because I spend all day, every day in front of a laptop tweeting about my Facebook links. It's hard to imagine why Internet access should matter to a hunger organization or an after-school program, but it does. If your clients can access the Internet on a phone, or at home, you can reach and support them in brand new ways.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Almost a year ago, I got a phone call from James Leventhal who follows me on Twitter. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations. We had space for 25 organizations out of the 100 that applied. Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2015

I'm thrilled to say that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Cary Creative Center , or "C3," an organization working to save materials from the landfill by turning them into beautiful art. Creative Reuse: A Universal Language. Getting Creative with the Help of Technology.

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