Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The down side is the potential for technology glitches and, of course, not being in the room to catch the audience vibe. We got around those challenges quite well. Avoiding Technology and Presentation Fail. We had a very reliable Internet connection. There is a huge benefit because you save time and travel money.

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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. Celebgate Is About More Than Photos. There was no intentional sharing by the celebrities — they were hacked.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

However, with the rise of online fundraising technology and virtual events, nonprofits are moving away from the traditional strategy of hosting just one larger event each year. Lastly, you must ensure that viewing your nonprofit’s website is an equally enjoyable experience for smartphone users and laptop/desktop users alike.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. This is technology for good news from India. The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. Accessibility. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe. Social Media.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

Like most nonprofits, his organization is always struggling to make ends meet, and lacks the resources to support its technology as well as it would like to. They use Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, and Internet Explorer. They will be able to focus entirely on their mission and essentially ignore technology. Always Online?

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JUNE 27, 2013

This may sound obvious, but it’s important to remember that nothing is ever private on the Internet – no matter what “security settings” you have in place. So if you truly don’t want something shared on the Internet, don’t put it online. Technology Trends' Use Social Network Privacy Settings.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

They are not only fun, cheap, and useful, but they're also a green technology. They allow much lighter IT equipment to use the Internet, accomplish work, and entertain us. They often use the Internet in some way but eliminate having to use a web browser. Photo: Jorge Quinteros. What Are Apps, Anyway?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

The scientific basis for the environmental case for refurbished IT equipment is primarily from Dr. Eric Williams of Rochester Institute of Technology in his book, co-authored with Ruediger Kuehr, Computers and the Environment, Understanding and Managing Their Impacts. Photo courtesy of Flickr user lungstruck. The Bottom Line.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The device's hardware includes components not currently found in a traditional desktop computer or laptop. Showing a lawmaker a photo slideshow, short video, animation, or visualization will feel more natural on a panel than on a laptop. It's promised battery life is ten hours -- longer than any laptop to date.

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DECEMBER 15, 2021

After all, we’ve all gotten sucked into a black hole of cute puppies and kittens on the internet, only to emerge hours later, dazed and slightly confused. . One of the many benefits of technology is that we no longer have to guess how to make our donation forms more effective. Tech Can Help You Raise More . Text campaigns.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2011

He forecasts that in a couple of years smartphones will become powerful enough to run a full desktop operating system that can do virtually everything a computer can do, including photo editing and high definition video conferencing. The near future is looking to be even more mobile with more fully integrated technologies.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

By "post-PC," Jobs meant essentially that computing and Internet use for both work and pleasure will no longer be dominated by PCs, but that there will be an array of smart devices including smartphones, tablet computers, smart TVs, laptops, and even sensing devices in our clothes and cars and other every day items.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

I'm presenting and doing a workshop in Romania and then will be flying back to Boston via Miami to present at the Technology Affinity Group (Foundation IT folks) Conference. Well, before my passion was social media, I spent many years helping nonprofits do technology plans.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 15, 2007

Photo in Flickr - CC "by/nc" license - Mr.GluSniffer. It made me think of the Berkman lecture I heard called " Legal Education in the Networked World " where there was a hot debate about whether laptops in the classroom were a good or bad thing. blame the internet! :-). Read the post from Brian Lamb.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Unfortunately, I did not have my laptop accessible in that moment. In reflection, I've been thinking about how much richer it is being social - how you don't have to know all the answers when you have a good network (and a decent Internet connection.) many have professional day jobs as attorneys, accountants and technology workers???find

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Photo by @sdarine. The project is being managed by IIE and builds on a highly successful program launched in the Middle East five years ago, Women in Technology that trained over 10,000 women from 9 countries in the Middle East and in collaboration with over 60 training partners. Some observations from the discussion: 1.)

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

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. Our IT budget mainly pays for monthly cloud services fees and Internet service provider charges. " Jon was very matter of fact. What Can Be Done with a Cloud IT System?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In 2016, video will continue to be the most interesting media on the Internet. These are toys like Mattel's Internet-connected Hello Barbie that can have a truly interactive conversation with a child. Finally, here's the sci-fi technology that is becoming reality. This past year, U.S. Children love it.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The winner will be announced at the next Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in April 2012. Yaw Anokwa (2010), who, along with others from the University of Washington, created the Open Data Kit, enabling Android-powered smartphones to easily collect data in the field, like text, photos, video, audio, barcodes, and location.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I did my first presentation about the Internet when I started working with Arts Wire in 1993. Part of my job was to evangelize about the Internet and later the web - how artists should harness its power by getting an email address instead of using their fax machines! Today, I did a Webinar called " 10 Steps To Extension 2.0

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

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. Our IT budget mainly pays for monthly cloud services fees and Internet service provider charges. " Jon was very matter of fact. What Can Be Done with a Cloud IT System?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? It will be interesting to see how this evolves given the technology platform came before the social design , but as online community pundits note, web2.0 Netsquared Technology Innovation Fund which is high on the agenda of this year's Netsquared Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Since we shared my laptop, she kindly gave me permission to upload her slides). For 12 years, I worked on arts and technology projects with the New York Foundation for the Arts , beginning with its Arts Wire program in 1992. See the photos here. I'm comfortable with computers and the Internet. Many, many memories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Flickr Photo by Lynn Friedman. The walking at work trend is being more broadly adopted by senior managers, in part because leaders want to get some distance from their always on work styles, with all of the demands of smartphones and laptops. As Nilofer Merchant points out in this TED talk , people are sitting 9.3

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

My first exposure to "unconferences" or Open Space Technology was during a week-long arts and education professional development seminar in 1997. One of the rules of Open Space Technology is "prepared to be surprised" and the people who show up are the right people. Here's where the coffee cup photos enter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2007

While one might be tempted to discount the value of face-to-face gatherings when we have the Internet, some of my most valuable connections and learning experiences have taken place "in real life" at the NTC. Those of us that provide technology support for nonprofits get asked a few questions over and over (and over and over) again.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

organizational change, and technology. We will use SKYPE out which is more rebust for monthly conference calls, scheduled for business hours in Pakistan so participants can use the Internet connection at their offices. Dealing with Connectivity Issues, Remote Work, and Use of Social Platforms. The power of peer knowledge at work!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

I got on the Internet in the early days when it was social media. Then I discovered the Internet and became the community builder for Arts Wire, an online network for artists that used a unix-based text conferencing system called Caucus. I read Connie Bensen's story and she encouraged me to post on my blog. The Typo Police Page.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2016

A single laptop runs all the screens. TechSoup's hardware donation programs offer factory-refurbished commercial-grade laptop and desktop computers to churches, synagogues, mosques, and other religious organizations. your photos with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Give Your Technology a Boost.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Last March I was on a blogging panel for an event put on by the Alliance of Technology and Women. 39% of Internet users, or about 57 million American adults, read blogs. In the first quarter of 2005, less than 40 percent of the total Internet population made online purchases.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

It's time to catch up on some of the nonprofit technology trends and news once again. I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy new infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends for the sector. Here's the latest. Social Media.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Probably the most intriguing new devices are the convertibles, which are hybrid tablet and laptop devices. Microsoft slates are designed to be as functional as a laptop, in a small touch screen form that weigh only a pound and a half. The new touch screen ultrabook computers are more on the laptop side. Touch-Enabled Ultrabooks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years. This tool allows nonprofits to easily create Web-based Internet “TV” stations.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2015

Most organizations have a basic understanding of cloud technology , but the next question becomes…. You could be saying to yourself, “ Sure, my organization’s hardware is expensive but at least it’s safer here in our own office than floating around somewhere on the Internet.”. Should I make the switch to the cloud?”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

Internet Archive Wayback Machine :: archive.org/web. The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is an online library of almost 500 billion screenshots of websites since 1996. SnapWidget allows you to display your Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram photos in collage format on your website or blog. Graphic Design & Photo Editing.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

One of the things I like best about being on the Ushahidi board is that it was acceptable for us be also on our laptops and smart phones – and even tweet during the meeting. Ethan Zuckerman, fellow board members, shares his impressions here. iHub one of the best ever co-working technology spaces I've been in.

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