Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

Thankfully, with the power of mobile apps, you can be a photographer, videographer, social media promoter, and a liveblogger for your events. To kick off TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge , we have compiled apps to help you showcase your organization in action. Liveblogging, Curation, and Social Media. More Resources.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 9, 2013

2013 : Technology will play a major role for both nonprofits and their supporters At times, it would seem that ongoing technology trends like mobile and cloud will go on forever, but at some point these technologies reach a tipping point that causes a transformational change in the way people relate to technology.

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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! All that and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month. We are testing it out at hackathons this month in San Francisco and also in Sarajevo in Bosnia. TechSoup Technologies for Good. Hacker Helper.

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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. Of course mobile phone payments are not new.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Except for a short test in 2009 , your nonprofit’s Facebook Fans have never seen all your posts and as most of us have by now have realized, the percentage that do has gotten significantly smaller over time. If your nonprofit is only building a community on Facebook, that’s a mistake that could come back to haunt you in 2013.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2014

billion emails sent from July 2013-June 2014. Among the interesting findings: Online giving was up 8.07% from July 2013-June 2014 (compared to the previous year). Fundraising email conversion rates declined 21% in 2012, according to last year’s report (which compared 2013 to 2012). 9 Underutilized Retention Emails.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2014

In 2013, the Wikimedia Foundation raised $37 million from more than 2.5 Always Be Testing: Wikipedia does a tremendous amount of testing that has helped to improve their online fundraising results. Last year, they tested more than 800 different banners that influenced this year’s online campaign.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

What’s more, the Nonprofit Tech for Good says reaching mobile consumers is one of the most inexpensive ways to increase donor engagement. 47% of all email is opened on a mobile device. your email donation request will be opened on a small screen – make sure it can be read easily and links to a mobile-optimized landing page.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2013

For example, panicking over the changes to Gmail Tabs is a moot point if your organization’s emails aren’t optimized for mobile. A whopping 66% of Gmail opens occur on mobile devices, with only 19% opened in a web browser ( Litmus ). Start with the simplest of tests (e.g. Content Marketing Email Marketing Interactive Mobile'

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

The Urban Institute is a “nonprofit research organization that provides data and evidence to help advance upward mobility and equity.” Since 2012, Educational Testing Service (ETS) has engaged Forum One to design and build more engaging, interactive reports to share the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2013

” Or a variation – What’s the cutting edge on social media , mobile , or data ? Merlin UK used Vine to promote their Plumpy Nut Challenge – a test of endurance were sponsored participators lived off nothing but Plumpy Nut bars for 24 hours. What’s not? What’s the new cool thing?”

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

When people can’t come to one of their offices, Murtis Taylor's 130 mobile case managers bring services to the people. Murtis Taylor now serves around 11,000 people annually across its 12 locations and via its dozens of mobile case managers. Moving to the Cloud to Enable Mobile Case Workers.

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Care2

JANUARY 20, 2015

Let''s flashback to 2013 when Facebook announced in a blog post that they''d start autoplaying videos: Since September, we’ ve been testing a way to make videos more engaging on Facebook , and as a result we’ ve seen views, likes, shares and comments increase more than 10 percent. Social Networking Trends Video Web 2.0'

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2015

But it's also the second largest mobile phone recycler in France and one of the largest in Europe. ADB also collects and sorts office waste, including ink cartridges and PCs, as well as mobile phones for recycling or reuse in its thrift stores. ADB now collects approximately 180,000 mobile phones per year.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

Corporate email programs have focused on delivering value—they test offers, messaging and more. A 2011 Gleanster survey found their most important value drivers were: Testing and measuring everything. Test Subject Lines And Calls to Action, For Starters. Should nonprofits follow suit and test these elements? How to Test.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

For those who want to use audio with other mobile devices or DAISY players, we have added DAISY audio and MP3 format download capability for all of our titles, in addition to our existing DAISY text and Braille Ready Format (BRF) options. We now have a free, open source reading app for you called Go Read.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Since not a whole lot is out there yet on the role of mobile devices in telework, I thought it’d be interesting to have a look a look at that. Call us what you will, the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that by 2015, a bit over 37 percent of the total global workforce will be made up of mobile workers. The downside?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Speaking during bbcon 2013, Blackbaud’s Conference for Nonprofits in National Harbor, Md., Optimize SEO for mobile and local searches. Do a five-second usability test on key web properties with a tool like Usability Hub and ask your audience to describe your mission. Use that insight to inform your web content strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2016

SnapChat has been around for a few years, but I have not focused on it because as a babyboomer I’m not the target demographic. Snapcha t is a mobile app that lets users exchange text messages, photos and videos that disappear in 24 hours. This is called disposable media.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

One would like to think that after 20 years of testing, more testing, conferences, webinars, and pithy blog posts about online giving that there might be wide adoption of best practices. Mobile is the New Normal. There are 7 billion people on Earth and 5 billion of them have a mobile phone. Mobile is the new normal.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

It's 2013. Perform a Simple A/B Test. A/B testing is comparing two (or more) variations of the same content to determine which one performs better. Check out this article from Smashing Magazine (they get credit for the image too) to learn more details about A/B testing. And don't fret. It's that simple.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2016

This would be a good way to "test the waters" and see how much resistance you might get. Back in April 2013, Thom S. Option 2: Create a Mobile-Friendly Church Website. This option opens a can of worms because EVERY church should consider having a mobile-friendly website no matter what.

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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.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2014

in 2013 and has been growing by double digits ever since. 6) Ensure that your donation form works on mobile devices. With the increasing use of mobile devices, your organization should be considering how to ensure that donations can be made on the go. Tweet this tip: Giving is mobile. 9) Test Continuously.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Josh: I was recently inspired by Kickstarter’s 2013 Year in Review , and I’ve had a lot of ideas related to their design. On top of the fact that more than 40% of our website visits are on a mobile or tablet device, many of our stakeholders look at our stuff on the go. I’m going to say a proper lunch.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Today is the last day to vote for your favorite NTC 2013 sessions. It takes months of list building, inspiring donors, cultivating them, testing, and analyzing metrics to make the absolute most of year-end opportunities. Have you finished casting your votes yet? Check out our favorite 10 sessions below.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

posts with a question mark get more response than ones without). • Allow followers to see the nonprofit’s mission in action by posting videos with testimonials and mission-related stories (stats show that 92% of mobile video viewers share video with others!). • Stay current! 2013) Reluctant Altruism and Peer Pressure in Charitable Giving.

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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. on mobile computing and social media.

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Tech Soup

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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. The Mobile Web. At the time the book was written, mobile wallets hadn’t been launched yet. The Static Web, Web 2.0:

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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. AppMachine is a public, browser-based visual content management system (CMS) for building mobile apps. You can build and test an app for free. Mobile Green Tech. Tech for Good at CES 2013.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

After spending all that energy and time researching, writing, and editing 75,000+ words about social and mobile media best practices for nonprofits – living and breathing it for three months straight – it was frustrating, heart-breaking, mind-boggling even to have to let it go and accept that the book was going to be imperfect.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. The Mobile Web. At the time the book was written, mobile wallets hadn’t been launched yet. The Static Web, Web 2.0:

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NTEN

APRIL 30, 2013

Now that you''re back in the comfort of your own wireless network, be sure to share your feedback in the 2013 NTC Evaluation. Mobile devices aren''t just for crashing the internet at the NTC. This just in: Computers are dead and the world is connected by only mobile devices. note: this is only a test.).

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

As we prepare for our leap into 2014, let’s learn from 2013′s ups and downs – triumphs and flops – and make this next year one for the record books. Here’s Your 2013 Nonprofit Roundup: THIS – thanks to Marc Koenig of Nonprofit Hub: Nonprofits, 2014 is the Year of the Blog. it’s time to go mobile.

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Forum One

MAY 25, 2022

Forum One has worked as a digital strategic partner to PCORI since 2013 to help the organization establish its identity and extend its reach online, providing services spanning digital strategy, user experience, design, Drupal development, analytics, and ongoing support and optimizations. Urban Institute Ed Data Portal.

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

TEST YOUR DONATE PAGE. We’ve seen increases of 20% and higher for every page we have A/B Tested for our Whole Whale clients. Go through the process on mobile and donate $5 to make sure the donation flow performs correctly. Fox Foundation did this very well in 2013. Try to highlight the best stories.

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