Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

One year ago, on June 28, 2013, at a diplomatic conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, the World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO ) agreed on a historic international copyright exception for people with print disabilities.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2014

2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge Participant - KI EcoCenter. The Storym akers campaign empowers nonprofits, libraries, and charities with the tools and training to tell their stories, get noticed and make an impact. Nonprofits can change the world through storytelling. Participate and Learn.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This month the news is about WiFi embedded in a magazine, Braille smartphones, ultramobile devices, innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the mobile app of the month. Strange News. NPTech Online Fundraising Trends.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

This guest post was authored by the staff at OCLC WebJunction, the learning place for libraries. For almost 10 years, public libraries have used TechAtlas for Libraries as a tool to aid in technology planning and hardware and software inventory management. Spiceworks currently has 2.3 Spiceworks currently has 2.3

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Mobile Beacon offers 4G mobile broadband mobile hotspots to eligible nonprofits, charities, schools, and libraries. Microsoft Lync 2013 helps you stay in touch with your staff, volunteers, and constituents while you're away from the office. Got any other go-to apps, gadgets, or tools for working while traveling?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

to see if your nonprofit, charity, foundation, or public library is eligible for the new Office. Bing Dictionary (Word 2013) is not your traditional online dictionary. Bing Maps (Excel 2013) helps you use location data from a given column in Excel 2013 and plot it on a Bing Map. Apps for Office.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

Get started on telling your story with tools from the TechSoup catalog. TechSoup for Libraries. For the past few years, TechSoup for Libraries has been part of the Edge Initiative , an effort to create benchmarks and tools that support continuous improvement and drive investment toward public access technology.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2014

instructor Gregg Bossen about how this tool can aid your nonprofit or. between QuickBooks 2013 and QuickBooks 2014, emphasizing features that. between QuickBooks 2013 and QuickBooks 2014, emphasizing features that. This webinar is appropriate for technology decision makers in nonprofits, charities, and libraries.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2017

We'll kick this off with a completely original, new, and free fundraising service for charities, churches, and libraries. It is useful for any charities and libraries that are moving to Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint, or OneDrive for Business for document management. Office 2013 Fundamentals Online Learning for End Users.

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MAY 16, 2013

Pacific time , we'll talk to nonprofits and public libraries that use Publisher every day to create materials from newsletters to. tool included in most Microsoft suites donated through TechSoup. tips, new features in the 2013 version, and best practices for making. your organization's materials look their best.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Mobile matters for nonprofits, charities, and libraries. Luckily, TechSoup is here to help, with mobile-website creation tools and all the resources you need to plan and implement a solid mobile strategy. According to 2013 Pew research : 91% of American adults have a cell phone, 55% have a smartphone, and 42% own a tablet computer.

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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 webinar provided case studies of how one nonprofit and one library created storytelling cultures within their organizations. Escondido Library's LibraryYOU. How to Create a Culture of Storytelling.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

This is the fourth and final installment in a series of grantseeking pointers inspired by fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding ’s great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries that came out a few years ago. Big Book of Library Grant Money. American Library Association. Information Today.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

TechSoup has some tools that may come in handy. 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.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2017

Nonprofit, church, library, and foundation offices are vulnerable to this malware, which can lock up your IT system until a ransom is paid. Ransomware became famous as a tool of cybercrime in 2013 with the infamous Cryptolocker attacks. Windows Defender is the free antivirus tool on Windows 10. WannaCry Ransomware.

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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). Free Webinar! Sign up now!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

To kick off TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge , we have compiled apps to help you showcase your organization in action. Also, make sure to follow TechSoup's Online Community Coordinator, Alexandra Bezdikian, as she tests the digital storytelling tools of the trade. Liveblogging, Curation, and Social Media.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

We like to use basic practical tools.” ” Their simple nonprofit in a box is a perfect example of how using basic practical tools can help nonprofits better serve their communities. We went live in October 2013. The next step was equipping case workers with the tools they needed to use this system out in the field.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge received many many entries from 12 different countries. The Freedom To Dream video by Dalit Freedom Network in Vancouver, BC, Canada was the grand prize winner in 2013. Our story challenges get lots of attention. The Winners in Their Own Words. Please visit the site to view this video).

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

" 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. This offer is available to all nonprofits, charities, foundations, and public libraries. Yes, that's right.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

With an exponential increase in people accessing the Internet on mobile devices, the nonprofits, charities, and libraries that don't have a website optimized for mobile devices or that haven't created a separate mobile website risk irritating — or losing — their supporters. Make Updates a Breeze. Get Bonus Features Too.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2013

After Tuesday, January 29, 2013, Microsoft will also be electronic delivery only. For organizations and libraries that have trouble downloading or who need to install software in other languages besides English, you will still have the ability to request installation media through the Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC).

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

National Library of Medicine put the average 2013 attention span at 8 seconds. Powerful marketing tools. Some say that Instagram is the most powerful social marketing tool out there right now. In the digital age, where most traditional storytelling is done over the Internet, attention spans are ever shrinking.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2014

Fortunately there are some great free tools to help you figure that out. You may have noticed that Microsoft hosts different upgrade tools for Windows 7 and Windows 8. Office 2010 and Office 2013 are available for donation to charities, foundations, and libraries. At least I hope you’re planning to upgrade.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2012

With the support of the National Arts Strategies Chief Executive Program and the Institute for Museum and Library Services , we're starting a new project called Loyalty Lab to change that. We'll go from research to prototyping to final design from now until early summer of 2013. This is a year-long project for us at the MAH.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Despite declining sales, well over 300 million PCs will be sold worldwide this year while tablet sales are in the range of 200 million in 2013. And indeed sales of new PCs and laptops are declining. By 2009, there were over one billion PCs in use worldwide , and many more in use now. Growing Supply and Increasing Demand.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

They had at the tips of their fingers vast amounts of information and knowledge, so they no longer had to travel to libraries to obtain research and have access to information. The most significant data breach , so far, affected 3 billion users around the world and happened in 2013 and 2014.

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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. Anything I missed?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This April our 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge offers resources to sharpen your skills and an opportunity to enter your short video or five-image slide show by April 30 to win awesome prizes! When we launched the annual challenge four years ago, nonprofits and libraries were just picking up on the power of digital stories.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

The difference is that the social entrepreneur pursues change at scale primarily as a tool for social justice, not private enrichment. We provided a tool that blind individuals could use to scan and read their own books independently. The Arkenstone reading tools became a key mode of independent access to books.

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MARCH 19, 2013

— Tenovus (@tenovuscancer) January 29, 2013. — Dogs Trust (@DogsTrust) January 25, 2013. — Diabetes UK (@DiabetesUK) March 1, 2013. — PBS (@PBS) February 20, 2013. — alexandra bezdikian (@alebez) March 19, 2013. Here are suggested ways your nonprofit, library, or social benefit.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Many look to the library for access. Internet access is now one of the most sought after public library services and. Internet access is now one of the most sought after public library services and. educational opportunities, online tools are helping doctors and patients connect in critical ways. Core state testing.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2013

Tech Impact is watching some interesting trends emerge in nonprofit technology in 2013. By using data sets published by the government, they developed an interactive tool that allows child advocates and policymakers to assess health, security, and education opportunities for the most vulnerable in the District of Columbia.

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

October 2013 being the 10 th. to see what resources are there for charities and libraries. Here is how charities and libraries can participate in National Cyber Security Awareness Month: Check out the National Cyber Security Alliance. To be sure, there are a lot. Cyber Security Resources for Offices. Send an email.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

An example is Charity Wallet , an online tool that simplifies the online giving process for donors who support more than one organization, which was launched during the event! Our App It Up project is a great place to see what is going on with apps and to find app resources for nonprofits and libraries.

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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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MARCH 15, 2015

TechSoup has a number of visual communication product donations for nonprofits, libraries, and religious organizations. Photoshop Elements is a tool for editing photos and other still images. Premiere Elements is a tool for editing digital videos. Here is a quick summary of some of our offerings. The admin fee is $99.

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