Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2014

You have a smartphone, some skills, and a willingness to learn, but somehow your photos look slightly off. Your conference photos are always whitewashed, your last demonstration photos were too dark to share, and red-eye is still very much a thing in office photos. Did those photos capture the emotions of a face?

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 26, 2011

The “leaderless” organizing of the Occupy Wall Street movement has helped avoid strategic arrests or censorship but has also prompted a powerful use of social technologies. Over the past few years, the use of social technologies during disaster response has become a central component to news and information delivery. Online Homebase.

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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. Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. Accessibility.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

An instant thank you email or phone call to a new donor will increase their next gift by 39%. In each post, include relevant photos, images, or graphs, to further elevate the donor story. Did you know that a three-minute phone call can boost new donor retention by 30% ? Increase your non-dues revenue. Contact your donors.

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Everyaction

JUNE 11, 2018

M+R Benchmarks Report , 40% of nonprofit website visitors in the year 2017 were using a mobile phone - a 9% increase from the year prior. And it's not just websites that are affected by the trend toward mobile - more and more communication now happens through cell phones. According to the recently released.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Flickr Photo by Helokee. Don’t Bring Your Phone in the Shower – guest post by Carrie Avery. So the CEO of a medical clinic trades ideas about technology with the head of a children’s advocacy organization, and the environmental leader gets to know the inner-city organizer.

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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. Most African and Latin American countries are on a completely different mobile phone infrastructure track.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Kayla Matthews is a researcher, writer and blogger covering topics related to technology, smart gadgets, the future of work and personal productivity. Fundraising is and will always be a necessity for nonprofit organizations, but times have changed — and so has the technology. Augmented and Virtual Reality. Microsoft Hololens.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2013

we get new cell phones on average every 18 months. One of biggest risks we face is the critical data stored in our old phones that we get rid of. The good news is that it’s pretty easy to do a hard reset and clear mobile phones of personal information. from your cell phone, if your phone has one of those.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

So much so that many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. You can either manage your group online or on your mobile phone. It is a must download!

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Candid

MARCH 5, 2024

Simultaneously, make sure your nonprofit has in place a clearly stated mission, vision, and values , as well as sound infrastructure: a qualified team, internal governance and management systems, technology, and partners. If face-to-face is not an option, a phone call is your next best bet.

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NTEN

APRIL 15, 2010

But to fuel the speed, we need software that works on all kinds of phones, not just our fancy $400 phones. We were honored to meet him at the Nonprofit Technology Conference this year, where he accepted his award. And we need that software to be flexible enough to work for any type of data collection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2012

Flickr Photo by Nielio. Note from Beth: Innovation was the buzzword at the Nonprofit Technology Conference! Everyday Technology: Innovative Ways To Do More With Less, Guest Post by Laura Quinn and Chris Bernard. We use a lot of photos—we’re kind of obnoxious with our camera,” she said.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

In fact, most Americans have a cell phone, smart phone, or tablet that they use to keep their schedule straight and stay in touch with their large and diverse networks of colleagues, friends, family, and acquaintances. So why not engage volunteers where they spend most of their time–on their mobile phone. Share Multimedia.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 26, 2014

The Internet is catering to the platform more so than any other hardware platform, so if your website is not responsive, and your content is not showing optimally on smart phone screens, you now know what your next project is. General Our Impact Tech nonprofit npTech social media technology'

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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. Fund for UNICEF, and United Way Worldwide to bring more mobile technology resources charities. The data would be retrievable if the owner recovers the phone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2011

QR Codes are two-dimensional bar code images that when scanned by a camera on a smartphone open a link to a website, send a SMS, or dial a phone number. The person scanning is then sent either to a mobile Web browser to view the link inside the QR Code, sent a text message, or prompted to dial a phone number. So, what are they?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

A recent survey revealed that most text-to-give donors are ready to give some more , but for text-to-give campaigns to motivate donors to pull out their mobile phones and text-to-give, I think nonprofits would be wise to ramp up their text-to-give pitches to make them more visually appealing and inspirational.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Photo by Beth Kanter. Taking an Internet or technology break is important, especially if you live a constantly connected lifestyle. (It It isn’t easy at first) Above all it helps you examine your relationship with technology and find balance. (It Then we need to integrate ways of finding the right balance.

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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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Whole Whale

AUGUST 16, 2022

So how can nonprofits use this technology to their advantage? Whether you need product photos, photos of people using your products, or simply stylish stock photos, these tools can help you find what you’re looking for. And with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), you can do just that! Non-stock Photostock Images.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Contrary to its title, the last four chapters of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits are dedicated to mobile technology and mobile fundraising. That said, below is an excerpt from Chapter 10: Group Text Messaging and Text-to-Give Technology. 11 Group Text Messaging Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2019

Photo by Norbert Reimer. Technology is eroding our health and wellbeing: There have been more and more reports of Silicon Valley insiders going to great lengths to disconnect from social media and their mobile phones. Some companies are offering cold hard cash incentives to quit your mobile phone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

One of the workshops was focused on technology wellness in the nonprofit workplace , more specifically how to avoid collaboration overload. Part of the reason is that technology has blurred the lines between work time and time off according to research. Set up internal chat lines for sharing photos or brief social updates.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Take plenty of photos and send them a blurb about what they did so they can share it on their company’s intranet and even brag about to their employer. . For example, an organization empowering girls in science, technology, engineering and math hosted a “Come Fly a Drone” event for donor cultivation. . Still stumped?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2018

My mother was born before the days of the Internet, social media, computers, and mobile phones and found technology a huge challenge – both frustrating and a little intimidating due to a lack of training and skills development. She also posed for social media photos with all my books. Let me connect some dots.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

So much so that many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. You can either manage your group online or on your mobile phone. Qwiki :: qwiki.com.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Social media, like all technology, is developed by people. Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. The photo or video taken on a phone and then posted to the web can change the conversation, alert news media to issues or new developments, and change the course of response.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Photo by Kris Krug. Note from Beth: I’ve been presenting workshops on technology wellness and other ideas from the Happy Healthy Nonprofit. The best way to do this is to stop using your mobile phone too close to bedtime or kick it out of your bedroom entirely. But, does it really work? Light and the Sleep-Wake Cycle.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

last week to see what’s really going on in the frontier of nonprofit technology: wearable devices. As luck would have it, I got to chatting right away with Ned Malik, CTO of Vision Online , a DC-based company that provides cutting-edge information technology to government. It also makes phone and video calls.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The newest version of your favorite phone may go up a little, but you’ll recoup any up front loss in the long run. The Internet behemoth unveiled the Now on Tap feature that cuts down on the amount of time you need to find something on your phone from minutes to mere seconds. Apple Does it Again. Google Keeps Intriguing Us.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

Historypin is a new (and free) application for Android, iPhone, or the web that arranges photos, videos, and text in the context of time and location (leveraging the Google Maps API). I also have been taking photos of buildings and locations and sharing them back to the community to continue documenting the world around us.

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2010

Flickr Photo: Vermin Inc Sacrilege right? We are, after all, the Nonprofit TECHNOLOGY Network. And yet, I'm reminded almost every day that technology isn't always the answer. . Yes, technology can help us gain great efficiencies and deliver our programs and services in new and more effective ways.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

As we move into the digital age, an event planner can take advantage of useful technology to improve the quality of events and attendee experience. One of the biggest possibilities of future events is the implementation of facial recognition, artificial intelligence, and other event technology for event registration and check-in.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 18, 2014

Do they require a photo or video? It requires almost no investment (aside from the donation, and maybe a bucket), a camera or camera phone (which almost everyone has one of the two), can be done almost anywhere, and anyone can do it. Industry News Social fundraising nonprofit nonprofit technology nonprofits social media'

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Byte Technology

JUNE 21, 2016

Indeed, being able to buckle down and focus intently on the many tasks at hand or instead be pulled in a million different directions by ringing phones, chatty coworkers or even just multiple projects can mean the difference between stellar creativity and stalled progress on every front. Silence Your Smartphone Phone. Stay on Schedule.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Mobile technology, web apps, and mapping software have become enormously helpful in sharing news and spreading information about relief efforts after Hurricane Sandy. Here are some examples of how technology and social media are being used to share news as well as rescue and clean-up efforts.

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