Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

TwitPic : TwitPic lets you share photos on Twitter. You can post pictures to TwitPic from your phone or through the site itself. For an example, see UNICEF’s TwitPic Page: twitpic.com/photos/UNICEF. Trottr : Trottr allows you to record brief audio messages with your cell phone that are then hosted on the Trottr website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

They will Tweet from location, break news on Facebook, send out group text calls to action, document in real-time photos and videos, and blog report backs live from events as they unfold. Beyond adding your nonprofit on the desktop site, most of the ROI from using Foursquare comes from using it on an iPhone, Android phone, or Blackberry.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Indeed, experts now estimate that the vast majority of users access the web on a smartphone, tablet or the like, rather than a standard desktop or laptop computer. Of course, the first place you should start is with the WordPress mobile app for iOS or Android.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

He printed photos posted on Instagram to document a large gathering in Sweden. Instagram is a photo-sharing app (for Android phones and the iPhone) that has a built-in social network. Like Twitter, you can add searchable hashtags (like #event2012), and then view all photos with that particular hashtag.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Flickr Photo by Haldane Martin. The Buffer Blog recently published a post, “ Nine Science-Backed Methods for Happier, Productive Meetings ,” that summarized new research and actionable tips for better meetings, including some tips that were new and different – and very useful: Don’t Take Notes with Your Laptop.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. It will be a Braille phone and it is due to come out the end of this year at an affordable price ($185). The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. Social Media.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2014

Fairphone wanted to do something more so they decided to make their dream earth-friendly phone a reality. Owners of a Fairphone will also be able to easily order new parts in case their phone is damaged. By encouraging do-it-yourself phone repairs, Fairphone and iFixit hope to cut down on e-waste. 11,000 were laptops.

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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

DECEMBER 17, 2013

But then, your coworker calls and informs you that your donation page is broken, your organization's CRM just ate half of its entries, and the kitchen dishwasher is flooding… Guess you probably should pack along your laptop. Mophie Juice Pack battery charging cases keep your phone powered and protected. Work Remotely.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

You can give real-time updates from fundraisers or liveblog featured speakers at events from your laptop or mobile device. After the event, Scoop It (Android, iOS) is a useful tool for compiling press coverage, photos, social media, and more into one, slick-looking page. Turn your photos into word collages with Wordfoto (iOS).

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

I use Spanning Sync to keep iCal and Address Book on the laptop in sync with iCal and Address Book on the Mac (and in sync with Google Calendar and Gmail). Sure, I can charge my phone, but I have to be careful not to let iTunes sync, because it insists on only syncing to one iTunes Library at a time. When I travel, I can’t sync.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 11, 2010

I’m actually quite happy – I can run both Windows 7 and Ubuntu Linux on my laptop, and I like Android (and my Droid 2 phone) a lot. I actually like my Droid phone better than I ever liked my iphone, which came somewhat of a surprise to me. resides in Google’s data centers. What will I miss?

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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. Our questions were: What do you need to know about web/blog design so that your blog can be read by people on a mobile phone? 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. Celebgate Is About More Than Photos. There was no intentional sharing by the celebrities — they were hacked.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

Test, Test, Test: When the hosts arrived at the conference location for set up, we tested the connection and Google Hangout on location. The site had great wireless and Tharum was able to test on his laptop and give me a tour of the facility, including a walk outside. Photo by Be Chandra. Henry Khu (@HenryKhu) May 7, 2013.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2017

Flickr Photo by Sam Livingston. One man I supervise planned on taking his laptop on his honeymoon. At the end of a long day of meetings and phone conferences, sometimes the last thing we want to do is talk to more people. It is easy to not pick up the phone when your friend calls and to say no to a night out.

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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. A kill switch would allow consumers to remotely lock and wipe their phone so thieves can't get a hold of their data. This post-production photo editing app lets you add tones and textures to your photos.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 12, 2011

Last weekend, from sundown, March 4th to sundown, March 5th, I turned off my cell phone, laptop, and TV as part of the National Day of Unplugging. spruce up your own blog's design, use more photos in your posts). Photo by me and made pretty with Instagram. It was awesome. My head was clearer. I felt less stressed.

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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. Photo: Jorge Quinteros.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

” These apps can transform our mobile phones, tablets, and computers from agents of distraction into agents of mindfulness. One thing that I do is try to do my interaction on my phone and use my desktop for posting. Shut Off the Damn Computer and Go for A Walk: Walking is actually work, not a break. Read more here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Is everyone sitting around the table, but only engaged on their mobile phones or laptops, checking email or looking at social feeds? Also be sure to establish the rules such as “stay with the group” “Slowest walker sets the pace,” or “no cell phones,” before you head out.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Half the Periodic Table in That PC or Mobile Phone. Paul Hawkin, in his book, Natural Capitalism , finds that the volume of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. When you discard a 5 pound laptop you are also throwing away the 20,000 pounds of raw materials it took to make it. How Much Does Reuse Save?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Flickr photo: lovebugstudios As an Executive Director, I especially love talking to other leaders about technology. If I find a great article on IRS cell phone reimbursement policies, I can clip it straight from the browser into my Operations notebook. That's all it takes. See how easy we are to please?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Do you make it easy for them to contact you by putting your email address and phone number in plain sight? Did the story have a strong accompanying photo or video? You need a strong photo, preferably of a person or animal looking directly into the camera. Are your communications going two ways? Make the right Ask.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

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. For the audio, we use a phone line that was fed into the AV system and wireless mic. The body language code was as follows: !

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2010

Flickr Photo: peppy sis Most people probably wouldn't put Earth Day and technology together, but you and I know that's just silly. We just finished spring cleaning the NTEN offices and took a laptop, four boxes of toner, some thumb drives, a broken keyboard, and some old power supplies to Free Geek last night. Skip the commute.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Using before and after photos instead of just the sad “before” photos can be more compelling because it conveys hope, and therefore does a better job of showing how your organization can make a difference with a potential donor’s funds. . Over 50% of people visit your nonprofit’s website on their phones.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2012

They watch TV, read magazines, and yes, use their laptops, tablets and phones. Photo via Hugh McCleod. Donors, volunteers and advocates don't consume one form of media or another. 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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Care2

JUNE 27, 2013

It just wasn’t confirmed until recently how the government has partnered with Google, Facebook, and phone companies like Verizon to make it easier to monitor messages and conversations. Earlier this week it was reported that Facebook had a bug that affected 6 million users and exposed their phone numbers and email addresses.

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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). Encourage Live Tweeting during the event and don't forget to encourage photos. If you have a projector and laptop available, you may want to stream the Twitter Feed during the event. They all have free elements to their service. Be creative.

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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. Who could have predicted that one of the most popular iPhone applications would be one that turns the phone into a flute , or that a first-aid app would save the life of man trapped in the rubble in Haiti?

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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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Flickr Photo by Iain. Don’t attend a meeting wishing the meeting was over while stealing glances at your email on your mobile phone under the table, or trying to sound smart during the meeting. One of the modules is on meetings. But often we forget to add the secret sauce: how to participate in meetings with impact.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

The nonprofit provides laptops, tablet computers, training, and other technology resources to elderly people. This printer allows approved people to send emails (with photos) and it will print automatically. Blue Hair Technology Group is featured on TechSoup’s new Local Impact Map.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

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. And I've never looked back.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

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

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

see those pink arrows) This took about an hour on the phone with the technical support guy at Dell who walked through opening up the CPU and swapping out the four bars of RAM and rebooting. Second, I have all essential data - documents, photos, multimedia, email, etc backed up - both in local copies and if possible online.

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