Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! If you’re a nonprofit news junkie, have a look at all our Nonprofit Technology News pieces from this past year. TechSoup Technologies for Good. Hacker Helper is all about not reinventing the technology wheel.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 20, 2016

The data can be used to help your nonprofit craft a technology and fundraising strategic plan. 2016 Global NGO Online Technology Report :: Download. 2016 Digital Outlook Report :: Download. 2014 Cone Communications Digital Activism Study :: Download. Published by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. Access to technology is important, but teaching computer and information technology skills is just as vital. The Role of Schools.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

Last week I was in Chicago to facilitate a session as part of Knight Digital Media Center’s Digital Strategy for Community Foundations and Nonprofits workshop. Digital Trends. 1: Broadband Internet (Expansion of broadband). #2: ” The world has changed in the midst of the digital revolution.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

adults still don't have broadband Internet access at home. The big recent digital inclusion news is the Federal Communication Commission's ( FCC ) proposal to extend the Lifeline Program , which has supplied discounted phone service to low-income people since 1985. Organizations Doing Notable Digital Inclusion Work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 15, 2015

The data can be used to help your nonprofit craft a technology and fundraising strategic plan. 2015 Digital Outlook Report :: Download. 2013 Digital Persuasion Report :: Download. 2013 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study :: Download. Published by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Wirth Consulting.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

It's high time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! This time I’ll review some new developments in privacy and security, social media, cloud computing, digital inclusion, gaming for good, and the new tech blog, Re/code. Safer Internet Day. Joining the Safer Internet Day Twitter party.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 3, 2015

The data can be used to help your nonprofit craft a technology and fundraising strategic plan. 2015 Digital Outlook Report :: Download. 2013 Digital Persuasion Report :: Download. Published by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. 2013 Social Charity Index :: Download. Published by M+R and NTEN.

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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. It's mind boggling how something like this could be harnessed for digital inclusion and social sector organizations. This is technology for good news from India. Digital Wallets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 5, 2017

The data can be used to help your nonprofit craft a technology and fundraising strategic plan. 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report :: Download. Digital in 2016 :: Download. 2016 Digital Outlook Report :: Download. Published by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. For Nonprofits Worldwide: 1.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 7, 2013

2013: Data needs to be turned into wisdom, says Dominguez( - Mobile - Internet - Software ) : Innhold a- Cisco Live! Cisco Live!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

I just spent two amazing days at the Social Innovation Summit 2013 , a cross disciplinary crowd of people who work on social good in the areas of technology, investment, philanthropy, international development, and business. Samasource connects poor women and youth to training and employment in the digital economy.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We are offering a Dell Latitude 10 tablet refurbished by our friends at CDI to the best “ Digital Connector ” story lead. on Wednesday, February 9, 2013, to be eligible to win the tablet and bragging rights. The LIM is a highly visual tool that uses mapping technology to plot success stories in a global context.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

The LIM is a highly visual tool that uses mapping technology to plot success stories in a global context. We are offering a Dell Latitude 10 tablet refurbished by our friends at CDI to the best “ Digital Connector ” story lead. We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Technology Goes Mainstream. During the decades of the 1980s and 1990s that technology began to integrate into people’s lives. In the early 2000s, companies such as Google and Facebook, communication, and sharing in the digital world took off, connecting people around the planet with each other. 21 st Century Data Breaches.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. They voraciously consume nonprofit technology blogs and study the mobile and social media campaigns of other nonprofits for inspiration. Being behind the camera takes confidence and a familiarity with digital equipment.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

OneRoof is software that manages all operations of an Internet café or telecentre or computer lab. On May 29, 2013, TechSoup Global CEO Rebecca Masisak spoke at the 4th Global Forum on Telecentres in Granada, Spain. OneRoof is a new social enterprize venture by TechSoup Global and OneRoof Inc.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2013

December 23, 1921 – June 23, 2013. When he was almost 80, he and my mother accompanied my husband and I to Cambodia to adopt our first child, Harry. He gave Harry his first bath and soothed him by holding him and dancing around singing “ I’m Just Wild About Harry ” that I captured my first digital camera. Love Never Dies.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2015

At a recent talk entitled Jobs for the Future: Using Technology to Empower in the Digital Economy , Tess Posner of Samaschool explained that although on-demand freelance technology work is proliferating, those lacking in digital skills will be the most likely to be left behind. million today to 7.6

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 12, 2014

Great news from a new study by M+R and the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN): Online giving is bigger than ever. In 2013, internet users donated more than any previous year, with online giving up 14% since 2012. Size does matter, according to Donor Digital. More than 5.5 Bigger donate buttons help convert more donors.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Editor's note — This blog piece by Micah Sifry touches on the still inadequate state of funding for nonprofit technology. Democracy platform reveals the state of nonprofit technology funding in a critical area in some detail. Nonprofit Technology Funding for Democracy: The Problem. What the Data Reveals.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

On the role of technology at Murtis Taylor Human Services, Bob maintains: "We are not a technology organization. Technology is actually not at the heart of what we do. There is no benefit to having technology that is flashy. We went live in October 2013. A low-cost digital signature pad.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

NetSquared Local groups hold monthly in-person events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact. Digital Storytelling Challenge. NetSquared organizers were jazzed by the Digital Storytelling Challenge. How Individuals Are Using Technology and Data to Support Vulnerable Populations.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Here's an idea for using smartphones with good cameras and video capability like the Dell Venue Pro touch screen phones for digital story telling: Send someone out to video compelling work that your nonprofit or library is doing out in the field for your holiday message. TechSoup has some tools that may come in handy. Tell Your Story.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2013

TechSoup kicked off its 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge with the webinar Creating a Culture of Storytelling. The case studies were presented by Zoe Blumenfeld, communications manager for Global Fund for Women , and Viktor Sjöberg, digital services librarian at Escondido Public Library.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

To be able to telework, people usually need five things: a computer or tablet, broadband Internet, access to work email, access to work documents, and a phone. The processing power of our mobile phones roughly doubles every 18 months as does storage capacity, as do Internet speeds with the advent of faster 4G and 4G LTE mobile networks.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Instead of hiring door-to-door salespeople, organizations now rely on the Internet. In 2013, online fundraising grew by 13.5 As more and more fundraising moves online, organizations are always looking for new ways to raise funds, and digital merchants are looking for ways to capitalize on this interest.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2011

By "near" he is talking about 2013 or 2014. He observes that smartphones have already effectively converged with digital cameras, GPS navigators, and MP3 players, making the ownership of those separate devices superfluous for most casual users of them. Photo: Lexinatrix.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news again! As always, I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends. Now, here's the latest: Global Digital Inclusion. Ah yes, another month and another massive global digital inclusion initiative.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

And then the program really got going with a major grant in 2007 from California Emerging Technology Fund. One of their most current philanthropic projects is Connect 2 Compete , which in a big new digital inclusion program that aims to provide a PC and broadband Internet in every U.S. to scale up RCI in California.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

It's about time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! This time I’ll review some new developments in digital inclusion, smart watches, accessibility technology, apps in Africa, crowdfunding resources, and digital trends to expect in the next five years. Smart Watches. Accessibility.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

It's time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news! I’ll review some new developments in email technology including Gmail’s new tabbed inbox and how it affects your charity newsletters, and the array of new email filtering services that cut down on email overload. Open Data in Africa.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

It's time to catch up on some of the nonprofit technology trends and news once again. I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy new infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends for the sector. Digital Wallets.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

The nonprofit technology news this month reports on the reinvention of the wheel in India and Africa, how nonprofits are leading the wearable computing field, the privacy threat you may not have heard about yet, and plenty more. An estimated billion people carry water on their heads, so this is potentially transformative technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 25, 2015

Today, as donors, activists, and volunteers worldwide have embraced the Internet for news and entertainment, so have they transitioned their giving and their trust to digital. GivingTuesday 2014 raised 63% more than 2013. PayPal mobile donations on Giving Tuesday 2014 increased 101% over 2013 in the United States and Canada.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2013

Tech Impact is watching some interesting trends emerge in nonprofit technology in 2013. Using GPS technology, it can direct donors with those blood types to the nearest donation center.AidMatrix, a nonprofit technology leader in Texas, is working on an application called SafeNight. Closing the Digital Divide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

Here’s what I learned: Global Social Media and Mobile Usage Studies and Internet Penetration. Every time I have taught a social media and digital communications strategy over the past decade, I always include useful research studies about the who and how people are using these tools. 2013: A Year in Social Media.

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