Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The camp took place in Cha-am, Petchburi, Thailand.

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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. It contains three things: A laptop computer.

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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. Luckily, I backed it up before I left on my laptop, but I lost all the photos I took on my trip.

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MARCH 10, 2015

A responsive website is one that, depending on the type of device a web visitor is accessing your site from, whether that be a smart phone, tablet, or laptop / desktop computer, the website functions and displays correctly. More emails are opened via mobile devices today than on traditional computing platforms like desktops and laptops.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2014

To celebrate, I've rounded up some of the latest news in green mobile technology news. Since Earth Day 2013, the eCycle Best has recycled more than 34,000 gadgets. 11,000 were laptops. eCycle Best concluded that American consumers seem to be getting wiser about throwing away phones, tablets, and laptops.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2011

By "near" he is talking about 2013 or 2014. The robust smartphones of the near future will likely use a combination of mobile apps and cloud apps and because we'll dock them so much with our laptops, we'll begin using those types of applications much more on our computers as well. Photo: Lexinatrix.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Actually the biggest need was for laptop bags to serve as suitcases for refugees. Acquiring Technology GreenTech Recycled and Refurbished Computers Green IT refurbished computers' They came from Alaska, from ad agencies on Madison Avenue, from everywhere. Nancy Jo recalls that it was a mess. ” Image: bloggernews.net.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

During the intervening two years, we have entered the “post-PC” era in which laptop and desktop computers are being superseded by tablets, phones and other mobile devices. And indeed sales of new PCs and laptops are declining. Refurbishers in emerging markets will start to see a higher supply of laptops for refurbishment.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Our latest opportunity was on February 13 2013. House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. TechSoup Global's Jim Lynch presenting to a briefing of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. The briefing was called "Turning E-Waste into Green." nonprofits and libraries.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 17, 2017

Just make sure to bring your laptop. Originally posted January 2013. Ever wish you could relocate a course, meeting or presentation from the stuffy meeting room to the organization’s sofa? With webinars, you can do just that. The Best Free Nonprofit Webinars. Go sign up for one of our upcoming nonprofit webinars. Updated May 2017*.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Department of Interior management plan protecting 11 million acres of critical habitat for caribou, migrating birds, and other wildlife in northwest Alaska in 2013. Braided River received a Dell Core i5 Windows 7 Laptop from InterConnection. This story was written by Jim Lynch, director of green technology at TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Department of Interior management plan protecting 11 million acres of critical habitat for caribou, migrating birds, and other wildlife in northwest Alaska in 2013. Braided River received a Dell Core i5 Windows 7 Laptop from InterConnection. This story was written by Jim Lynch, director of green technology at TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

At the time, we had a very limited selection of offers, comprised only of desktops and laptops, most of which had Pentium III processors (you get the idea). And then the program really got going with a major grant in 2007 from California Emerging Technology Fund. The program is scheduled to launch in late 2012 or early 2013.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2014

Since the fall of 2013 when Microsoft made its product donations available to 501(c)(3) faith-based organizations including churches, synagogues, and mosques lots of faith-based organizations have been discovering TechSoup. Some Little Known Faith-Based Technology Resources. The TechSoup admin fee for this service is $71 for one year.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

As smartphones mature, we’re doing more on them and less on our laptops. Just under 200 million of them were sold worldwide in 2013. Microsoft with its Surface line of tablets that are a hybrid of laptops and tablets, is working hard to transform tablets from personal entertainment devices to business productivity machines.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Having Wi-Fi on a cell phone means it can connect to any wireless network just like a laptop computer. People's Emergency Center (PEC) in Philadelphia has been using Mobile Beacon quite a bit under a government-funded project that's part of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program.

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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. Here's the latest.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 7, 2013

Before even reviewing the site on my laptop, my first instinct was to grab my smartphone and tap the website URL into my mobile browser to see if their new site was responsively designed. INFOGRAPHIC] 2013: The Year of Responsive Design. Mobile Fundraising Mobile Technology Mobile Websites' Sadly, it was not.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Probably the most intriguing new devices are the convertibles, which are hybrid tablet and laptop devices. Microsoft slates are designed to be as functional as a laptop, in a small touch screen form that weigh only a pound and a half. The new touch screen ultrabook computers are more on the laptop side. Touch-Enabled Ultrabooks.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

Mobile World Congress , an annual tech conference in Barcelona, Spain, sets the tone for global technology trends in the coming year. Besides the latest and greatest smartphones and tablets, the conference is a forum for innovation, ranging from green technology to accessibility. Tech for Good at CES 2013. Windows Phone 8.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

Here is some fine print on using this highly-discounted RRP offer: Servers do not require a prior Windows licenses to be eligible for this product, but client devices (like old laptops) must be refurbished devices with a prior Windows COA. Using Old Laptops As Client Devices With Windows MultiPoint Server.

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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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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

This column, by the way, will be a monthly feature on mobile technology for nonprofits and charities. After reporting on the mobile industry for PCWorld and TechHive.com and working for TechSoup, I've developed a keen eye for the mobile trends that matter for nonprofits and the technologies that will make an impact in the world.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Here’s what the buzz seems to be for 2013 from a nonprofit technology viewpoint. Andrew Cohen of Forum One did one called 12 Big Trends in Nonprofit Technology for 2012. We also noticed a significant increase in the way that mobile technology is being used in disaster relief. The Forecasts for 2012.

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