CauseVox

MAY 12, 2022

Here’s a surprising truth for a lot of nonprofit organizations: the donate button on your website is a really big deal! Nonprofit organizations fail at caring for their donors. A poor or difficult giving experience tells your donors that their time, effort, and money isn’t valuable to your organization. Customization.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2013

These handy apps let you connect with the most important people in your organization when you're on-the-road. ReadyTalk Mobile (iPad) makes it easy to jump in on a meeting if you left your work laptop behind. Tango (Android, iOS, Windows Phone 7.5) You just need to ensure that they also have Fring installed on their phone.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

June is generally a very busy month for mobile with Google I/O, Apple's WWDC, and lots of summer phone/tablet releases. There has been some interesting mobile-related legislation news as of late that affects some nonprofits, charities, public libraries, and social sector organizations. apps mobile phone tsmobiletechnology'

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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. We all know that with so much content out there, it is eating our brains and memory , relying more on “google it.” and Sean Waugh, San Francisco Opera.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Apps are only a few years old, but have taken the mobile phone and tablet worlds by storm. Apps are software widgets that you usually download onto a phone or PC. They are add-ons that extend the functionality of your mobile phone, tablet computer, or PC beyond its basic repertoire. What Are Apps, Anyway? Why Apps Are Green.

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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. They talked about how Google has "no meetings Thursdays" and the audience applauded. Soren Gordhamer, Wisdom 2.0

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2010

I just turned off her cell phone account because she was never using it. I rely on technology to keep my life organized. I have work and personal Google calendars that tell me what I have to do and when. Everything is nicely synced between my desktop computer, laptop and iPhone. Wishlist for Google: parental controls.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2010

I just turned off her cell phone account because she was never using it. I rely on technology to keep my life organized. I have work and personal Google calendars that tell me what I have to do and when. Everything is nicely synced between my desktop computer, laptop and iPhone. Wishlist for Google: parental controls.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

However, in one of the discussion threads on the Summit wiki, there has been mention about using cameraphones or smart phones for this in addition to. The group organizes and selects the topics and the learning is through discussion, peer to peer. What video hosting platforms support cell phones?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

If you pay attention to the news, you may have recently heard about a major Internet hacking of celebrity phones and devices , in which hundreds of photos were leaked to the wider Internet. Their iCloud online storage was targeted, and hackers stole personal data and photos from their mobile phones and iPads.

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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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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Millions more are already using Google's Android mobile operating system and, additionally, a Google tablet prototype was unveiled recently. This innovative platform presents new opportunities and challenges for organizations. Therefore, innovative and influential nonprofit organizations must monitor these trends carefully.

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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. Google Drive. Smartwatches.

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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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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

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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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2013

According to Google, there were more than 425 million active Gmail users as of June 2012. According to email testing and tracking service Litmus, approximately four percent of all email opens can be attributed to Gmail webmail users, as of June 2013. , but how your organization will embrace it (hint: think content strategy).

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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. Google had a similar campaign going as well. Reimbursing Employee Mobile Phone Expenses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

For example, I used the quote above overheard and tweeted by Google Analytics Evangelist, Avinash Kaushik. So, for example, making it possible for smaller organizations with fewer resources to use social media and still results. As KD Paine, the queen of social media measurement says, yes we can measure social media and here's how.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

I often get the comment during a leadership seminar I teach that goes something like, "Well this is all well and good for large organizations, but what about my twelve-person NGO?" The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. Search LinkedIn and Google groups. NTEN and TechSoup list a few. Some are free.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

It renders documents well on the screen, nearly as well as on a laptop, and allows users to do a surprising amount of formatting, particularly within Word docs. It is also well-integrated and can store documents in the cloud to several services including Google Docs, Dropbox, Box.net, Evernote, Huddle, and several others.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 27, 2009

The McKinsey report offers a concise statement of the issue: The rapidly growing carbon footprint associated with information and communications technologies, including laptops and PCs, data centers and computing networks, mobile phones, and telecommunications networks, could make them among the biggest greenhouse gas emitters by 2020.

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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. Money, it's a drag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

A recent McKinsey survey suggests that 90% of organizations will adopt some version of the hybrid workplace. The hybrid workplace will have a huge impact on the way we design and facilitate meetings, the primary method of how many organizations get stuff done. Beware of Power Imbalances and Group Dynamics.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. Here are a few new things we could be doing with our phones and tablets in 2016. a-month phone service or home broadband — their choice. One is hiring. Another is surveys.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 3, 2013

Five years ago, it was the laptop. It doesn’t replace my laptop, but I sure get a lot of use out of it. –Tom That said, my experience is that tablets often fall under a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policy in most organizations, and tends to be highly personalized to each user. We’ve done your homework for you.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Road trips touch on so many different goals that organizations focus on that it’s hard to believe how few major nonprofits have embraced the road trip campaign strategy. With a bit of savvy planning, road-trips can be an innovative vehicle to align with your organization’s goals. Diverse Goals. Raising funds.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

KPIs give your organization a way to measure the success of campaign-specific goals and your nonprofit’s long term goals. Creating organic channels of communication versus a one-sided slew of asks is how you turn a first-time donor into a long-term supporter. Let’s get started!

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

At Nonprofit Hub, we use Google for everything—and I mean everything. From our calendars, to our email accounts, to important documents and spreadsheets, Google is our best friend. Google gives you virtually unlimited storage, easy sharing and compatibility with tons of apps and websites all for FREE. Organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2005

I've spotted some tell tale signs of continuous computing lately in the posts of some blogs that I read: You try to google a physical piece of equipment or book that you can't find in your office. When you want to use tags to organize and find stuff in your freezer. When you think every t-shirt logo/slogan is about software.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

When you are creating your press list, be sure to search on Technorati and Google Blog Search to find bloggers who are writing about your organization's issues and send them your press release as well. Provide bloggers, and your supporters, with an RSS feed of news related to your organization so that they can spread the word for you.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

The tech underground model (loose yet organized affiliation of npo techs who share skills and back each other up) is one of the good models out there. be clear ahead of time how you charge for phone calls and emails, especially from people who are not your point of contact, and/or in emergencies. - 2) Get a wiki. learn how to say no.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

Windows Phone 8. Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 had solid representation at the show with Nokia showing off a few new smartphones, including the Lumia 520 and Lumia 720. Microsoft also revealed that there are now over 130,000 apps in the Windows Phone Store. The interface can be ported on almost any Android phone.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Pinterest has now developed a Google Analytics type free tool that allows you to track the number of pinners and pins from your site, and in turn the number of repinners and repins of your images from all over Pinterest.

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Tech Soup

MAY 10, 2011

This is a guest post by Eamon Stack, CEO of ENCLUDE , which is TechSoup's NGO partner organization in Ireland. The charity was Foundation Nepal and typical of a mission driven charity, its founders (Nicky and Amber) were the two main movers in the organization.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

501(c)(3) organizations can register people and try to convince them to vote. ” Nonprofits should at the very least search their organization’s name and Twitter username to see what kind of response (if any) your nonprofit’s twittering is gaining on Twitter. T urboVote enables U.S. Tripline :: tripline.net.

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