Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Four quick bits of news: a new life for New York City pay phones, a more "conversational" way to search for information, the recently-launched Give app, and smart garbage. Useless Pay Phones to Become Free WiFi Hot Spots in New York City. Google launched a similar service for their Chrome browser in 2013. The Give App.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 27, 2017

As mobile phone use continues to surge, texting is becoming an increasingly relevant tool for nonprofits. Mobile phone subscriptions worldwide were at 4.01 billion in 2013 and are expected to reach 5.07 And how about the fact that 17 per cent of donations are made via mobile devices? billion by 2019.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

She carefully positions the edge of her fingertip to tap on an eyelash-sized link to the donation page, but hits the link next to it instead! As she finally clicks to the donation page, it fails to load and the program crashes. The new Guide by Cell program at TechSoup includes a donated annual subscription to a mobile-website service.

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Care2

MARCH 17, 2014

DonorDigital donated to 16 major US nonprofits to learn about their integrated fundraising practices. For 6 months in 2013, after making an online contribution, they tracked all interactions with these organizations through direct mail, online, and by phone. One time gifts are nice, but monthy donations are even better.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

More than any other time of the year it's time for charities to tell their compelling story. It's reasonably easy to upload videos to Facebook or YouTube even without the phone being on a data plan. TechSoup's Ale Bezdikian went out and conducted a video interview last spring using one of the donated Dell phones.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

It was a pretty interesting summer for charity fundraising launches. Facebook expanded its Donate Now buttons to all charities; eBay has a new Sell for Charity mobile app. The Facebook Donate Now Button. The donate buttons then were geared to Facebook's selected nonprofit partners and were pretty simple.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Text MUTUALAID to 69866 to donate $10." " New at TechSoup: Your 501(c)(3) nonprofit, library, or foundation can now collect donations by text message — and develop your own mobile site — with discounted and donated services from Connect2Give. Benefits of a Mobile Site. Yes, that's right.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2013

Eligible nonprofits, charities, foundations, and libraries can now request Office Standard 2013 and Office Professional 2013 editions through the Microsoft Software Donation Program at TechSoup: Office Standard 2013 (admin fee: $24). Office Professional Plus 2013 (admin fee: $32). About Software Assurance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The group’s leader is Martin Brookes , a British economist at a hedge fund, who got the idea after a phone call. charity called Barnardo’s , which is a children’s charity, rang me up and said could they borrow an economist from me,” Brookes says. charities with economists willing to donate their time.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The Next Generation of Canadian Giving 2013 , which builds on a similar study conducted in 2010, looks at the philanthropic habits of the following generations of Canadians: Generation Y (or Gen Y, born 1981 – 1995). Since 2010, there has been a 12% increase in donors who have a landline but choose to use their mobile phones.

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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. Stay Secure.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

This sounds wise since Gen Ys are future donors and they’re attached to their smart phones. The Next Generation of Canadian Giving 2013. Gen Ys in Canada hardly ever text to donate. Nearly half of those who give engage with causes in ways other than making donations. But is it? A recent study says no. Fundraising'

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2013

While beautiful charity galas and creative offline campaigns still gather support for nonprofits’ causes, they slowly slip away from donors’ focus. Being able to give with a minimum of effort and enabling donations with just a few mouse clicks or taps on a smart device has changed the way we want to act.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 17, 2015

Latest research from the 2015 Millennial Impact Report shows that donating to charities and volunteering are important to the group that now represents the majority of the U.S. The Statistics: Generation Y gives 62% through their mobile phones. 55% of Generation Y members follow charities and other nonprofits on social media.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

In 1999, Blackbaud pioneered the nonprofit technology market by introducing reliable, secure, and donor-friendly online donation forms. Studies done by Dunham+Company in both 2013 and 2018 reveal that even many leading nonprofit organizations have struggled to implement common best practices. Sadly, that is not the case.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

billion in 2013. The younger generation seems to prefer to donate online, rather than through the mail. “More and more, our supporters who had traditionally donated through the mail started making online contributions,” said Ball. “The other two thirds give via the mail and phones.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

We're in the season for charities to brush off their video cameras to tell their story and it's looking like the other Facebook (Google+) is starting to become a more useful tool for community organizing. Time for Nonprofit and Charity Videos. Also charities from anywhere in the world can participate.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013. Digital Wallets.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends. And it doesn't have to be another phone interface (a Bluetooth headset does that much better). Now, here's the latest: Digital Inclusion.

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

This will give you a way to give an early action that will then show up on their calendar, phones, and even e-watches, increasing the chances people will act! TEST YOUR DONATE PAGE. Go through the process on mobile and donate $5 to make sure the donation flow performs correctly. Make donations tangible.

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Achieve

JANUARY 15, 2014

Your donation page is arguably the most important part of your organization’s website. Without donations, your organization would not exist, right? More notably, 64% of all online giving is given through charity giving pages, which means you had better pay attention to how well your donation page functions. 4) Brand It.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The big nonprofit tech trends this past year seemed to be in the areas of making websites viewable on mobile phones, using mobile phones more in the workplace, cloud computing, social media fundraising, foundations and Microsoft donations, greater self-sufficiency among NGOs in developing countries, and some cutting edge things like hackathons.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2014

billion in 2013 and nonprofit fundraisers using crowdfunding platforms and techniques continues to explode (according to this infographic from Craig Newmark). But giving, isn’t just about making a donation or volunteering your time. Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

Here are some interesting ways nonprofits and charities are using Vine in the UK and abroad : By UK charity, Tenovus. roathcardiff Living in #Cardiff and want to donate clothes to #charity ? — Tenovus (@tenovuscancer) January 29, 2013. — Dogs Trust (@DogsTrust) January 25, 2013. v/bJjr50PBH2p.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2013

October 2013 being the 10 th. to see what resources are there for charities and libraries. TechSoup offers network level donated products to protect computer systems like Symantec Protection Suite Small Business Edition , Symantec Mail Security , and Bitdefender Small Office Security. TechSoup Product Donations.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Her thoughts on Apple’s ban on donations in iPhone apps recently appeared in The New York Times. Should Apple allow donations to nonprofits in their iPhone applications? Getting Mobile Donations Right Is building an iPhone app the best use of a nonprofit’s resources? Is the strategy to make it up on volume?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2015

As reported by the Star Tribune local , "Spare Key [the charity] is one of the first Minnesota nonprofits to make an appeal to cryptocurrency holders, and among a tiny but growing group nationally. To take my phone somewhere and use my virtual currency and receive physical items back — that was really cool." spanhidden.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 6, 2015

As it wasn’t organized and managed by a single charity, it wasn’t included in the official P2P Thirty rankings. The message was clear and should resonate with every fundraiser – we are spending your donations wisely, but there is still more work to be done. In 2013 the average American looked at screens 8.5

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

I’ll review Mary Meeker and Liang Wu’s annual report on the Internet, a new NTEN report on nonprofit technology assistance providers, Facebook’s new guidelines for nonprofits and causes, charities losing control of Hactivism, Google’s new micro-donation app, and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Be sure to check out 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 too. Best Looking Emails: This is a tie between the Museum of Modern Art and charity: water for showing that you can still design beautiful emails despite all the constraints. Fwd: Steven – Review Your 2015 Donations. Steven – Review Your 2015 Donations.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2022

Do you get heart palpitations when you pick up the phone to make an ask for a philanthropic gift? Giving to charities activates regions of the brain associated with pleasure, social connection, and trust, releasing endorphins that create a “warm glow” or “helper’s high” effect. 5 Benefits of Giving.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

I've picked out a few mobile trends that nonprofits, charities, and libraries should keep an eye on in 2014. This column, by the way, will be a monthly feature on mobile technology for nonprofits and charities. inch phone with a quadcore processor. TechSoup's Mobile Beacon donation program has you covered.

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