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Three Nonprofits Pioneering Responsive Web Design

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Responsive web design (often abbreviated to RWD) is defined as an approach to web design in which a designer intends to provide an optimal viewing experience — easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling — across a wide range of devices (from desktop computer monitors to mobile phones).

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Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Prioritize the Mobile Web in 2013

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Yesterday’s free webinar entitled Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Prioritize the Mobile Web in 2013 was attended by 433 nonprofit professionals. By late 2013 or early 2014 , the Mobile Web will surpass desktop. Priority #1: Launch a new website/blog that is responsively designed so it can be viewed on mobile devices.

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12 Useful, Well-Designed, Worth-Downloading Android Apps Created by Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

All that said, if a nonprofit is serious about pioneering the smartphone space, it would be wise to consider launching both an Android App and an iPhone App – and if all goes well for Nokia and Microsoft in the coming months , perhaps even a Windows Phone App in 2013. Twelve nonprofits pioneering Android are listed below.

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Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Must Prioritize the Mobile Web in 2014

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As of September 2013, 91% of American adults own a cellphone , 61% own a smartphone , and 34% own a tablet. Priority #1: Launch a new website that is responsively designed. As of September 2013, 47% of email is now opened on a mobile device. Mobile phone owners sent an average of 678 texts a month.

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14 Mobile Marketing Statistics Your Nonprofit Needs To See

TechImpact

In previous blog posts we’ve discussed responsive web design, formatting mobile friendly emails , and shown you even more statistics that will convince you to prioritize mobile sooner rather than later. Daily we spend 9 minutes on email via a mobile device, that is 7,6% of the total 119 minutes we use our phone per day.

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Microsoft Lync 2013 Overview

Tech Soup

Microsoft's Lync 2013 is a unified communications application that enables users to talk to each other in a variety of ways, using instant messaging, voice, or video. Lync also integrates with Microsoft Exchange , Office 2013 , and SharePoint , and can incorporate an entire organizational phone system. What Lync 2013 Does.

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Go Mobile: Why Responsive Web Design Matters for Libraries and Nonprofits

Tech Soup

Responsive web design (also known as mobile optimization) refers to designing a site to provide an optimal viewing experience across a wide range of devices. Furthermore, smartphone sales skyrocketed last year while PC sales are expected to decline in 2013. Responsive Web Design. Why Mobile? inch smartphone display.

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