Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. There are more than 65 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices and that number grows daily. MySpace estimates that 50% of its Website traffic will be mobile within 24 months. Do you have a mobile Website?

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Use A Proper CMS With Tags CMS stands for content management system. Also, it makes it easy to add tags, which help organize your content so Google can index it better. Mobile Matters Can’t emphasize this one enough. Mobile Matters Can’t emphasize this one enough. Make sure your mobile content is responsive.

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

A recent survey on Technology Trends for Nonprofits suggests that, compared to email and social media engagement strategies, nonprofits have a long way to go to tap into the fast-growing mobile audience.( read more ).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tagging Discussion January 6, 2007 Beth started a cross-blog discussion about tagging and folksonomies, and I thought I’d weigh in. What do those guidelines look like? .&#

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In 2003, ADA compliance was extended to also include websites and mobile apps. Because of this, video transcripts, alternative image text, and meta-tagging are even more necessary and should be implemented. Here’s our top 4 reasons why your website should be ADA compliant. ADA Compliance Increases Your Target Audience.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 31, 2009

That’s right: this is your last week to submit ideas to the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge ! Submissions can be for any mobile platform, at any stage of development (whether it is an idea, a prototype or a working application). Why should you participate in the N2Y4 Mobile Challenge? billion people around the world.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

This Challenge encourages innovations for mobile technologies in human rights investigations and advocacy. Learn more about the HRC Mobile Challenge. About the HRC Mobile Challenge. Select “HRC-UCB&# from the Prize Tag menu located below Additional Cause Area Tags on the Submission Form. Find answers to FAQs.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 10, 2009

Save Your Seat: N2Y4 Mobile Challenge Conference is almost here! The organizers of this year’s N2Y4 Mobile Challenge & Conference tell us there are still a few seats left for the 2-day event convening the best and brightest from an inter-disciplinary field of hackers, entrepreneurs, activists and philanthropists. REGISTER here!

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

The final installment of TechSoup's Social Media Mondays tweetchat series, an interactive companion to its Nonprofit Social Media 101 wiki , covered the topic of tagging. Tagging, a feature found across many social media channels, is used to help surface content during searches.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

A new service called Intuit GoPayment enables nonprofits to accept credit cards on mobile phones ( View Supported Phones ). 2010 is going to be a big year for nonprofits and mobile technology. Tags: Mobile Technology Uncategorized mobile fundraising. So, I opted out of the silent auction.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

If mobile messaging is a part of your #GivingTuesday fundraiser, be sure to include your branded text-to-donate instructions within the cover image. Start by looking at your tagged posts, hashtags with your nonprofit’s name, or location tags at fundraising events you’ve participated in.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2009

I’m so excited to see a Mobile Tech 4 Change event coming to London - but super disappointed I can’t be here to participate (I’ll be at N2Y4 Mobile Challenge Conference in San Jose). If you are interested in mobile technology and its application for social change projects, this is definitely an event to check out.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 25, 2009

That is the day that my 2 year contract with Sprint will be fulfilled, and I can freely cancel my mobile data plan. Mobile broadband is a nice-to-have if I can find a reasonable option. Which leaves the Virgin Mobile Broadband2Go as a very viable option. Tags: Geek Posts EVDO Sprint VirginMobile. It served me well.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 25, 2009

That is the day that my 2 year contract with Sprint will be fulfilled, and I can freely cancel my mobile data plan. Mobile broadband is a nice-to-have if I can find a reasonable option. Which leaves the Virgin Mobile Broadband2Go as a very viable option. Tags: Internet & Technology EVDO Sprint VirginMobile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Note from Beth: I’ve been looking for good examples of nonprofit mobile strategies. I wanted to find out more about how Seafood Watch integrates its mobile strategy across its communications channel, including social media. Your organization was one of the early adopters of mobile phone apps. Tell me about Seafood Watch.

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.orgSource

MARCH 4, 2024

Members are seeking usefulness at the right price tag. Kim and Mauborgne are adamant that cost is a critical element in their equation. Their research indicates that customers don’t want quantity. Traditionally,” Sharon observes, “associations have translated value into offering more of the same services.

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Care2

AUGUST 8, 2012

Building a successful mobile app is no easy feat. More often than not, building a mobile app comes with a hefty price tag – about $25K and up. And Facebook is still pouring money into their mobile app to improve its UX issues and clunky code. Here are 10 tips based on my experiences in the mobile app world.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Videos with Mobile In Mind. Since the vast majority of social media consumption is done on mobile devices, mobile-friendly video formats like square and vertical are a must. Adding legible, large text that is viewable on a small, mobile screen lets you get your ideas across, even if your audience isn’t listening.

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 7, 2010

Welcome to the decade of the Mobile Internet. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Google Non-profit Communications RSS Accessibility mobile. Have you noticed there's one prediction that turns up consistently at the top of every list of "Top 10 Trends for 2010"? read more ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Owned by Facebook, Instagram is the largest mobile social network in the United States. Imagine being able to send your Instagram followers to mobile-optimized donate, text-to-give, or mobile wallet pages.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

If your nonprofit doesn’t have a mobile strategy on its radar, you need to develop one. While web-based email went down in 2010, mobile email went up 36% in the US as we reported last week on Frogloop. Nonprofits can no longer afford to ignore mobile email. Battle of the inboxes happens on mobile too. Be direct.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2008

I like the microblogging tagging as I have been wanting to add a small set of tags to my 4,500+ favorites I have starred in Twitter over the last 18 months or more I have used the service. Tags are one easy option, if I can get nice mobile access as the food and travel/city relevant info does me more use from a mobile.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

Thankfully, with the power of mobile apps, you can be a photographer, videographer, social media promoter, and a liveblogger for your events. You can give real-time updates from fundraisers or liveblog featured speakers at events from your laptop or mobile device. Nonprofits can also benefit from this easy-to-use program.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Help for Charities to Develop a Mobile Giving Campaign. Fund for UNICEF, and United Way Worldwide to bring more mobile technology resources charities.

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Optimize Mobile Giving. With over 95% of Gen Z members owning smartphones (the average receiving their first phone before the age of 10), making your campaigns mobile-friendly isn’t just trendy, it’s a necessity. Optimizing mobile giving doesn’t just apply to your website or campaign page. We can’t stress this one enough.

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Nonprofits Source

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Sequential HTML heading tags. Your heading tags should occur in a hierarchical order, so ensure your title uses an H1 tag, subheaders use H2 tags, and so on. . You’ll also want to ensure that your donation page, and the rest of your website, is optimized for mobile use.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2010

So in times of natural disasters like the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti and affected more then two million people, can a mobile strategy help raise money in times of crisis? By day two, they raised $5 million via mobile, which accounted for less than 20% of the total $35 million they raised in the last 48 hours.

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Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2021

Can you easily add tags to contacts to document their acquisition source or engagement data? If you are new to tagging think back to our office fridge example with canned drinks. A tag is like someone putting a label with their name on it or a sticker (i.e., half price) on one of those drinks. . Automation. Future Proofing.

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EveryAction

JUNE 23, 2023

Whether your organization advocates for policy change on the national, state, or local level, mobilizing your supporters to place advocacy calls to their legislators is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal—and with support from the right technology, it can also be one of the most convenient.

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NTEN

APRIL 15, 2010

The explosion of mobile devices has allowed us to collect and analyze data with more accuracy and speed than we ever thought possible. Tags: 10NTC Advocacy Mobile Pizzigati Program. It seems like a simple thing: get out in the community, collect the data, do the math. For more information, visit the Pizzigati Prize site.

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Care2

AUGUST 31, 2010

Has the world gone mobile crazy? Apple’s app store just cracked a quarter million available mobile applications, Google’s Android is giving them a run for their money, and Microsoft is waiting in the wings with a Windows 7 Mobile. Does your organization have a mobile and app strategy?

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Jed Alpert, Mobile Commons. Thirty-eight percent of American mobile phone users -- 120 million people -- access the web via their mobile device; fewer than 30 million are iPhones or Android phones. Mobile Access 2010 Pew Internet and American Life Project). Not so with the mobile web.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 20, 2012

And now, mobile. Best Friends has just launched a fun mobile app. But they are looking at associated metrics such as: downloads, user comments, sharing, and google analytics to show dog searches… then data collection (emails and mobile optins), microdonations, and buzz via earned media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 11, 2010

While there are many great nonprofit bloggers , nonprofits that are utilizing social media and mobile technology should also be reading the five blogs listed below. Mobile Marketing Watch :: www.mobilemarketingwatch.com. Tags: Blogging Mobile Technology Social Media. aboutfoursquare. facebook.com/aboutfoursquare. .

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Care2

MAY 10, 2010

Recently, the Progressive Communicators of Washington, DC (PCDC) held a panel discussion on Mobile Communications for Progressives at the World Wildlife Fund here in DC. The purpose was to bring together some of the leading thinkers and practitioners in the area of mobile campaigns and to find out what is working for nonprofits.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re like most people working at a nonprofit, you probably had a “Holy Mobile!” But what you may not have anticipated was that $41m of these dollars flowed through mobile phones via “premium text messages.” Did you miss mobile? Mobile giving is just about five years young. This, you expected. You breathed in.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

What's New in Green Mobile Phones. The Motorola MOTO W233 Renew and its newer version, the MOTO W388 Renew, are among the most eco-friendly mobile phones out there. The MOTO W233 Renew is available in the US and works with T-Mobile. Tags: GreenTech. Earth2Tech has a nice list of them.

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