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.

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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. Tags: Technology Zen android apple Hardware microsoft.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2014

To celebrate, I've rounded up some of the latest news in green mobile technology news. 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. 11,000 were laptops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The camp took place in Cha-am, Petchburi, Thailand.

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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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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Flickr photo: lovebugstudios As an Executive Director, I especially love talking to other leaders about technology. For the ED, the ultimate win for technology comes when we get even 1% more efficient. So, for my fellow nonprofit leaders, here are the technology tools I can't live without. That's all it takes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

This question has spawned is a new category of online tools and apps– known by a number of labels such as “conscious computing,” “calming technology,” or contemplative computing.” It may sound counter-intuitive but we need to use technology. I don’t think that tools alone can do it alone.

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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

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. For the audio, we use a phone line that was fed into the AV system and wireless mic.

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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. My first exposure to "unconferences" or Open Space Technology was during a week-long arts and education professional development seminar in 1997.

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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. Half the Periodic Table in That PC or Mobile Phone.

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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. They are not only fun, cheap, and useful, but they're also a green technology. Apps are software widgets that you usually download onto a phone or PC. Photo: Jorge Quinteros. What Are Apps, Anyway? Why Apps Are Green.

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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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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. Blue Hair Technology Group is featured on TechSoup’s new Local Impact Map. How Blue Hair Technology Group Started.

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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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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. Blue Hair Technology Group is featured on TechSoup’s new Local Impact Map. How Blue Hair Technology Group Started.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Flickr Photo by Iain. Yes, there are a lot of terrible meetings – agenda less, scheduled for no reason, poor facilitation, lousy prep and follow up, technology glitches – and the reasons go on. I’m facilitating a peer learning leadership development group for Emerging Nonprofit Leaders supported by the Packard Foundation.

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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

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. Well, before my passion was social media, I spent many years helping nonprofits do technology plans.

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Twitter Photo by Jennifer Barr @rjenbarr. Conference is a one-of-a-kind event in Silicon Valley that brings together an unusual mix of technology leaders, Zen teachers, neuroscientists, and academics, to explore how we can live with deeper meaning and wisdom in our technology-rich age. The Wisdom 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Flickr Photo by Lynn Friedman. A lot of my work consists of sitting — working on a computer, talking on the phone, or attending meetings or conferences. Those that require technology and an Internet connection can easily be transferred to a mobile phone while you walk. All that sitting is not good for your health.

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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. The intruder was able to get names, addresses, genders, birth dates, and even photos of children — more than six million children. Finally, here's the sci-fi technology that is becoming reality.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I would bring the laptop and plug into the phone line and do demos in small groups. There wouldn't be a local node or the phone had some weirdness that prevented me from dialing out successfully. Like the time I was doing a session in an artists loft and the phone jack was 150 feet away and my phone cord was only 125 feet.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 24, 2006

I've also had the benefit of getting some great photos sent by other people that I can use (thanks, Marketa!). One of the best memories of Isaac was standing in the Schatzalp hotel holding a laptop to his ear like it was a cell phone, because someone had made a Skype connection to Nigeria. Isaac is so big, it actually fit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Photo by Marcopolos I'm a few weeks away from SXSW where I'll be leading a session called " Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam " which will incorporate a lot of audience interaction. What's different is that the backchannel is being used in non-technology conferences.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

For an added competitive level of fun, have each attendee send a cute photo of their pet. Some things to ask for might include: Book collections Technology, like phones, laptops, tablets Certificates to local businesses Art pieces. BONUS – See this idea in action! Garden Party Auction.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 31, 2007

I did some research recently on how to use carbon offsets for my flight to the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington DC. cell phone, laptop, iPod) when we're not using them, we can reduce our emissions to 11,784 lbs of carbon dioxide per year, which can be offset for $59.88. Photo Credit: airplane_aa by Jackie.

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NTEN

JULY 8, 2009

Flickr Photo: _heather_r_ My mother-in-law is famous in our family for one phrase: "Get Over It." " I do a lot of public speaking on social media, the cloud, business intelligence, and other emergent trends in nonprofit technology. But technology is changing so fast, there must be a better way now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. Henry Jenkins notes that it isn't about the tools and that it was more about the culture growing up around the technology. Dr. Mizuko mentioned some research they were doing on continuous partial attention of young people's media and mobile phone use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

organizational change, and technology. I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones. However, to localize it, Stephanie incorporated Pakistani imagery, including a photo of Arfa Karim, the youngest female Microsoft ‘expert’ in Pakistan, to represent fly.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Donor Data is a Top Priority Track Performance Using KPIs Prioritize Donor Stewardship Use Technology to Automate Processes Set S.M.A.R.T. Use Technology to Automate Processes Take advantage of the tools and technology that you have—especially those that are built specifically to handle fundraising for nonprofits.

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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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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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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. Ask them to blog during conference sessions and post photos. To prepare for the panel, I wrote up 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs. Perhaps your staff makes a lot of international trips.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2022

Items and packages are on display for in-person guests while photos are featured on the event site for virtual guests. These responsibilities could include: Technology. Hybrid auctions have both in-person and virtual audiences bidding on items, typically within a silent auction format. Sponsorships. Auction item procurement.

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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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