Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. It will be a Braille phone and it is due to come out the end of this year at an affordable price ($185). The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2017

Let’s consider how much has changed in tech over the last 4 years: Since 2013, we’ve seen the adoption of the smart phone, the start of smart watches, selfies, and touch ID. And perhaps most notably, 2013 was also the beginning of responsive design (Mashable). What is responsive web design? Apple Pay).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. I thought I’d take this opportunity to reflect again on a decade of experience of designing and delivering interactive webinars. Think Beyond Presenters.

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TechImpact

MARCH 19, 2014

Design your template. By having the goal of your newsletter in mind, and all of your content in hand, you are ready to start designing your newsletter’s template. Get a good sense of who your email is being sent to, then design your strategy around catering to what will resonate with that specific population. Add in content.

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

Make 2013 the year your fundraising comes of age. Leads acquired online are often best nurtured through social networks and converted in the mail, or over the phone if you're after monthly donors. Phoning your email supporters. Say good bye to "online fundraising" and "offline fundraising," there is only fundraising.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2011

By "near" he is talking about 2013 or 2014. Of course Jason Hiner acknowledges that there will still be exceptions for people who rely on their computers to do more serious video editing, multimedia production, computer aided design, and software development.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

All the traditional fundraising tools (phone-a-thons, direct mail) are. 34% of smartphone Internet users go online mostly using their phones. In October 2013, mobile phone users sent an average of 678 texts a month! To-do: Map out a social media posting strategy designed to generate donations. visitor frustration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

The tool is designed for funders, nonprofits, mission-driven media makers, journalists and philanthropic researchers to analyze funding and investment in the field. You can search and visualize media funding by the following: Show Grants By : Explore data for funders (blue) or recipients (orange). Telecommunications Infrastructure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

He reminded us that April 3rd was the 40th anniversary of the first mobile phone and today the mobile audience in the US is 89% of adults and 51% smartphones and 31% tablets. ” He went into details about how people consume or share content via mobile phones vs tablets. Instructional Design Notes. Sample survey.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

The solution is mobile optimization or responsive web design. For orgs that lack the funding to redesign or overhaul their existing websites, a separate website that is specially designed for mobile devices does the trick quickly and affordably. We Have a Solution. prompt numbers. First record a series of audio prompts for your tour.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

According to 2013 Pew research : 91% of American adults have a cell phone, 55% have a smartphone, and 42% own a tablet computer. 63% of adult mobile phone owners use their phones to go online, and 34% of those users go online mostly using their phones. Learn more about why responsive web design matters.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2020

According to Pew Research Center, a whopping 96 percent of Americans now own a cell phone, and the share that own smartphones is now 81 percent—up from just 35 percent in 2011. percent of all website traffic worldwide being generated through mobile phones. Speed is a priority for users.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

Henry Khu (@HenryKhu) May 7, 2013. Training Design' Most importantly, we tested the technology in the room where the presentation was taking place. We also tested with other users on the wifi. kanter we have wifi connection interuption here. Photo by Be Chandra.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

And besides its revamped look and enhanced features, the Windows Store offers some new apps designed especially for the Windows 8 Start screen (Read about what's new in Windows 8 and how to get Windows 8 for your organization). MetroTwit is a stylish Twitter client with a design inspired by Windows 8 user interface.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

, and for faith-based organizations that may want to designate donations between a variety of programs they're operating. Kudos to Erin Palmer over at TechSoup's NetSquared Project for this: "The Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that, as of early 2012, 88% of American adults had a cell phone.

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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). Office Is Optimized for Windows 8.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Microsoft recently released a mobile version of Dynamics CRM (available through TechSoup's donation program) for iOS, Android, and Windows phones and tablets. DonorPerfect Mobile (Android, iOS) brings the power of DonorPerfect's web-based program to your phone or tablet. Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Mobile. Other CRM Apps.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

As always, there’s plenty more news like how Facebook’s news feed policy is not good news for charities, how smartphone kill switch legislation will affect your organization, how things like your own perspiration will run your phone someday and some more NPTech quick hits. million phones were stolen in the U.S., Quick Hits.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

According to the August 2014 Symantec Intelligence Report , there were 259 data breaches between September 2013 and August 2014. Using both known and yet-to-be-disclosed vulnerabilities in software and hardware, hackers create malware designed to exploit holes. So What Really Causes Data Breaches? Accidental leakage (21 percent).

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2014

It was the end of February in 2013 when Yahoo’s celebrated young CEO, Marissa Mayer, decided to end telecommuting at Yahoo to boost collaboration and communication within the company. You just need a phone to use it. How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework. The Media Frenzy. I remember it well. Telework Policies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

Participants took the “Columbia Leadership Styles” diagnostic created by Paul Ingram and Bruce Craven in 2013 that session leader Jeffrey Golde had customized for arts leaders. My inspiration for the instructional design was learning that there was a game show in the 1980s called “ The Body Language Game.”

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

It's 2013. Even if they've already decided to donate to your organization, they may not actually complete the transaction before being called away by a work interruption, meeting, phone call or worse yet, frustration. Guide Creative is the new design agency for Blackbaud. And don't fret. So make it easy on them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

For example, just a few weeks ago I decided to kick a bad habit to curb: sleeping with my mobile phone which was disrupting my sleep. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat. One happy, healthy habit I started in Oct, 2013, was to integrate more movement into my work day.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2015

These may include things like mobile phones, cameras, or even drones. In January 2013, Dd also hosted a hackathon mainly comprised of local students and programmers, further cultivating ownership and sustainability in the process. " Dd has enlisted and trained local leaders program from the beginning. Want to learn more?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

Google Glass is by far the most famous of them and is a set of cyborg looking eyeglasses (now in five colors) that like many wearable devices, works in cooperation with an Android phone or iPhone. launched in August 2013 when they became available to app developers for $1,500 – by invitation only. Wearables for Good.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 30, 2013

You may have heard that Blackbaud recently released our 2013 Online Benchmarking Study. This is something I constantly have to work on during interviews, especially since I’m interviewing over the phone about 99% of the time. Interactive Online Fundraising Web Design Non-Profit user research' So, what gives?

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Tech Soup

MAY 28, 2013

Outlook.com launched in February 2013 and all existing Hotmail users have been upgraded to Outlook.com as of early April. Outlook.com is pretty easy to set up on a phone or mobile device. For more details on how to do that, go here. For more details on how to do that, go here. New Features.

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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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

You need to figure out which platform has the best design and display for the type of media you have the capacity to produce based on your target audience. Start by downloading an app like Instagram to your phone, and start experimenting without feeling the pressure to publish amazing art. It doesn't have to be scary.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

From developing your own online store to taking donations from your phone, TechSoup has you covered. Teespring offers consultation services to help organizations with shirt design, marketing strategy, and account management. GiftWorks is fundraising and donor management software specially designed for nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

The National Wildlife Federation’s website is responsively designed for smartphone browsing. It’s ironic how Web design has come full circle. The evolution of Web design aesthetics over the last 10 to 15 years has been directly correlated with the increase in speed of Internet access. Keep Design and Navigation Simple.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

This time I’ll review a yet another massive new digital inclusion initiative, the launch of a new free mobile phone calling and text plan, new technology in encrypted web browsing, a new NPTech news source find, scary stats on the looming Internet of things, and the coming of the bionic eye. Well, the time is upon us. smartphones.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Studies done by Dunham+Company in both 2013 and 2018 reveal that even many leading nonprofit organizations have struggled to implement common best practices. The future will reward nonprofits that move on to next generation practices designed to optimize the entire giving experience. Sadly, that is not the case.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

However, designing an email campaign or appeal today is very different than it was even five years ago. Since staff turnover and a lack time and expertise can make it difficult to send emails that cut through the clutter, here are some tips to designing an appeal that will raise more money this year-end: Include multiple messages.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

Finally, swing into spring with new web design fashions. Since we're three months into the new year, you're welcome to revisit my new-and-improved list of 2013 forecasts for hot nonprofit technology trends as well. New Nonprofit Web Design Trend. Here are a few of them for 2013: Flatter is better.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

My greatest hope for 2013 is that nonprofits evolve beyond the “free” mentality to a strategy that gives the time and financial investment necessary to make the Social Web work for your nonprofit. Chapter 5 :: Use the Colors of Your Avatar to Design Your Channel. YouTube has launched the new One Channel design.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

My greatest hope for 2013 is that nonprofits evolve beyond the “free” mentality to a strategy that gives the time and financial investment necessary to make the Social Web work for your nonprofit. Once claimed, post updates and upgrade to the new design. Find it, claim it, post updates , and upgrade to the new design.

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