Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

People rely on their neighborhood library to borrow books, magazines, and movies. So far, they have been able to: Remotely connect to PCL’s reference services to answer questions, complete circulation duties, and provide free Wi-Fi for people in the area while hosting mobile events. But borrowing the Internet? How does that work?

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 26, 2015

This post was originally featured in our May/June edition of the Nonprofit Hub Magazine. While financial capital is always nice to bring to the board, I’m referring to personal capital. To get our next issue delivered to your mailbox, sign up here. _. Everything I learned about sales I learned from Glengarry Glen Ross.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

from Esquire Magazine's Awkward Wedding Photos . The original photo is on Flickr and caught the eye of an editor from Esquire Magazine who was looking for photos to illustrate a piece about wedding photos. Even worse, hadn't made the attempt to comment on my blog or refer to any posts. It wasn't really a pitch.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Gerald Marzorati, Editor of The New York Times Magazine , has revealed that "contrary to conventional wisdom, it's our longest pieces that attract the most online traffic." If we don't find it quickly enough, we can much more easily jump to another source of information than we could with a stack of magazines.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

Here's the letter from the editor of Matilda Ziegler Magazine, which explains why Carrie was deserving of this award: A Letter from the Editor New York City Dec. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, which funds this magazine as well as eye research programs at universities across the United States. Congratulations, Carrie!

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NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2010

The official JetBlue blog acknowledges the incident, makes light of it, and moves on, even tagging it with their frequently used " you can't make this schtick up " Wired Magazine refers to JetBlue as "one of the earliest proponents of transparent online communication" in their musings over why it took the company multiple days to (..)

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

This article was originally published in npENGAGE magazine. Commonly referred to as multi-charity events, they offer a handful of nonprofit organizations an opportunity to be a part of the same event. Go here to subscribe. . Athletic event-based fundraisers are growing in popularity. .

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 23, 2014

One day, they returned from school with orders to sell anything from popcorn and candy to gift wrap and magazine subscriptions; as parents, we were left to do most of the legwork. For most of us, it happened in grade school—when our kids were in grade school. Today, fundraising is a little different.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 12, 2013

I was stuck on a US Airways flight and the only thing I had to read was an old edition of their magazine. The cover story was titled Make the Bread, Buy the Butte r and I have to say it was probably the best in-flight magazine article I’ve ever read. By financial cost I’m referring to: time. This is what struck me.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 31, 2016

These tips originally appeared in our Nonprofit Hub Magazine, a bi-monthly publication delivered to your mailbox. Sign up to receive the magazine complete with top nonprofit advice and tips here. __. We typically segment based on giving history, so we can refer to donors that way, which is important. Segment Based on the Future.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 21, 2015

This post originally appeared in the July/August issue of our Nonprofit Hub Magazine. Some people think that company culture refers to workplace perks and benefits—and yes, those things are a part of it. Sign up to receive the next issue in your inbox today. Ideally, you want your nonprofit’s culture to be purposefully built.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Nonprofit storytelling refers to a specific way of communication that organizations use to personalize their mission. Julia shared the same love of horses as Dewey and when Dewey learned this, he began sending Madison home with his special collection of horse magazines for Julia to read. Julia began sending him cards and art in return.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

He used to read gadget manuals instead of novels, knew when his tech magazines were due each month and rushed to the mailbox to collect them and read them cover to cover. We're not bogged down by a complete PHP reference manual in our head. Big box electronics stores started opening in my small hometown shortly after he died.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

Birdie's blogs and stories have been featured in the New York Times, Time Magazine, Positive Thinking Magazine , and the Wall Street Journal as well as many other news outlets. Corante , and other topics for The San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Worthwhile , and The New York Times. Don’t know if they will do it in 2007.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 7, 2015

His experiences range from fundraising and marketing to PR and grant writing (to name a few), so we thought he’d make an excellent interviewee for a follow-up story for our latest Nonprofit Hub Magazine issue focusing on donor retention. Don’t You Forget About Me. (Or

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Color theory, golden ratios, and hierarchy principles are rehearsed and practiced in design school and written about in magazines over and over again. This focus on the user is referred to as User-centered design or Human-centered design and is widely adopted by individual practitioners and design firms all over the globe. .

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The letter should be personalized, reference your mission and the campaign, and reiterate how their financial contribution supported your mission. You can do this through newsletters, magazines, emails, social media and personal phone calls (for major donors). This also builds momentum and excitement, donors thrive off this feeling!

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This article references the book The Politics of Design. Edited by Wil Renderos. Danielle Coates-Connor: Hello, I’m Danielle Coates-Connor. I am the Chief Creative at Nonprofit Quarterly. I’m here with our Art Director, Devyn Taylor. Good morning, Devyn. How are you? Devyn Taylor : Morning, I’m good. Amy Costello: Thank you.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2024

She couldn’t stand the focus on metrics as the reference point against which her work was evaluated. The other day I spoke with a major gift fundraiser who had quit her job with a large health care facility. Love as ethic; love as practice; love as the root of all we do.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2021

Seen below is their regular donation page, which comes with an offer of a free magazine subscription that might appeal to a casual website visitor. Notice how they’ve replaced the magazine offer with a statement about what they do and why they do it better—aimed at convincing me, an active Google searcher , that I’m in the right place.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 20, 2006

And what happened is I ended up sitting on the floor all day, reading through the piles magazines that have come in over the last few months and just stacked up. This use of the copyright law to encourage copying is refered to in FOSS circles as Copyleft. I decided it was really time to clean-up my office the other day.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Note: This article is based on two articles originally published on Blue Avocado , an online, practical, and enjoyable magazine for nonprofits, and is reprinted with permission. Tell them what other support the organization can provide them (such as employment references, severence pay and so on).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2007

And in a post over at TechPresident, Patrick Ruffini, gives us some examples of it in practice and refers to the tools as " Technology Hybrids." " and analyzing the evolving thinking about technology adoption issues. There's actually a word for people dance in the spaces it called "network weavers."

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 27, 2007

Sure, Ripley’s may be the Star magazine of museums, but a lot more people read Time than the tabloids. The reference point that finally got him there was Cirque de Soleil. Maybe Ripley’s isn’t the reference point that excites you when it comes to reformation and revolution in museums.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2006

There are no slick magazines like CIO, InfoWorld or NetworkComputing with tons of information about nonprofit software and nonprofit tech vendors. We use software packages that are unique to our sector alone from Blackbaud???s s Raiser Edge to Fund E-Z to CitySoft. Worse, we don???t Worse, we don???t

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

We have neighborhood newspapers, internationally-renowned magazines of political commentary, and three View-Master reels of Chicago hot dog stands, neon signs, and motor inns, respectively.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2022

If you’re requesting monthly donations from current donors, personalize your request using each donor’s past giving history as a reference. These donors enjoy benefits such as a quarterly magazine, an annual calendar, and exclusive members-only emails. WWF’s monthly donors are called WWF Heroes. Partners for Change (CARE).

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 12, 2021

Seen below is their regular donation page, which comes with an offer of a free magazine subscription that might appeal to a casual website visitor. Notice how they’ve replaced the magazine offer with a statement about what they do and why they do it better—aimed at convincing me, an active Google searcher , that I’m in the right place.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Think newspapers and magazines, even the free, weekly publications. You might have media professionals in your volunteer ranks who can refer you to the right person at their news organization. There are services such as Meltwater or Cision that generate media lists. Start by listing all the publications in your area.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 23, 2019

Referring to themselves as a “Guide to Intelligent Giving,” Charity Navigator will help you ensure that, as a benefactor, you’re giving back in the best way possible. Unlike the other accounts, Charity Navigator focuses on all the ways YOU can give back, rather than the other way around.

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M+R

JUNE 7, 2023

A few examples include: AFRO News Capital B Hyphen Magazine Indian Country News Latino USA Native News Online TheGrio We also recommend exploring BIPOC sections and verticals in mainstream outlets, such as NBCBLK , Bloomberg Equality , NPR Code Switch and the L.A. How do the findings affect BIPOC or other marginalized communities?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 7, 2010

I refer to her as Number 2 in the project. Are there any books or blogs or magazines or quotes or anything like that that you go to for inspiration? So, I would love to tell you one of my favorite missions. This mission occurred when I was anonymous, but with the help of my very good friend, Vivian, who's my Number 2.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. This iPhone/iPad app that allows you to easily flip through your favorite news sources and magazines. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. Flipboard :: flipboard.com.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Pam was named one of the 50 Most Influential Fundraisers by Civil Society magazine, and in 2013 she was named one of the Top 50 Most Effective Fundraising Consultants by the Michael Chatman Giving Show. One method is by using what Steven refers to as a “Home page takeover,” also known as a light-box.

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2015

Although the following quote was in reference to XP and the HIPAA implications of continuing to use XP after its end of life, it bears repeating because it's also relevant in the context of Windows Server 2003: "This is not something to mess around with. CIO Magazine: Still Running Windows Server 2003? spanhidden.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

She has been named a Haas Public Service Fellow at Stanford, a Top 10 College Woman by Glamour Magazine , and a Person You Should Know by CNN. We like to refer to it as a "people-powered" development process. Now 26, Erickson is still FORGE's Executive Director. The "collaborative project planning process" is a mouthful.

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