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. Often our best contact lists are now on our phones. Perhaps most importantly, the more mobile we are, the more useful our phones seem to be. The downside?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 19, 2024

Use these top tips to upgrade your visual design and create a beautiful website that will engage and inspire visitors: Incorporate your visual branding Follow accessibility best practices Prioritize simplicity To make revamping your website a breeze, leverage a content management system (CMS) designed with nonprofits in mind.

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 10, 2020

True cloud software, with mobile access. By definition, users access cloud-based software online, with no need to be in the same location as the software itself. This means that everyone in your organization can access the data and functionality they need. Collaboration tools. What’s next? Related content.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 11, 2021

Over five billion people have mobile phones, and 81% of the U.S. Organizations can even develop their own smartphone applications, streamlining all information and invitations through one source. Emails, still a primary source of communication, can be accessed from anywhere.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

No matter where you are in your growth stage, taking action, in concert with your internal stakeholders, will always bring you closer to the goal of raising more revenue. Many institutional funders will, in their applications, cap your allowable overhead rate, usually around 10%, even when your actual costs are higher!

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Sometimes that one phone call can give you a leg up when it comes time for the funder to review grant proposals. Candid’s Foundation Directory Essential is a fast, easy-to-use tool that offers you free instant access to 100,000 U.S. Their database is completely free to use, so all you need to do is set up an account to get access.

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 25, 2022

This can require coordination and organization on a scale that outpaces basic spreadsheets and document applications. The flexible, scalable solution is designed to assist labor unions, healthcare organizations, and housing and human services groups with both internal and external organizational management. .

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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. Whether it’s texting, responsive websites, applications, or cloud computing, mobile tools can be tailored to match each organization’s market and needs.

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Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2011

This was originally posted on the GuideStar International blog. phone was a brand new and exciting phenomenon and something that only a. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU). word "phone" be dropped from its title. The mobile phone (henceforth to. Text message a landline phone.

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Whole Whale

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Roughly 90% of cell phones in the U.S. Note that giving through cell phone carrier is organized through the Mobile Giving Foundation. Allows for text-to-give through the Mobile Giving Foundation ($675 fee) that deducts from the user’s phone bill. Charge of $3,000 for 3 months of access to a custom shortcode.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. The application allows any user to send information—including photos, videos, audio, or text—simply and securely to a Martus account. But what about everybody else?

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Perform regular system audits by your internal staff or external auditors on an ongoing basis. Use multi-factor authentication when accessing sensitive areas within your network such as web applications. Conduct an annual penetration test by a qualified third-party pen-test team against your critical systems on an ongoing basis.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2012

Our interviews with diverse nonprofits revealed a number of great examples from local and international organizations of all sizes and from across a wide range of technology expertise.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2011

The purpose is to encourage young, hyper-connected, and frequently frantic people of all backgrounds to re-embrace the ancient beauty of a day of solitude and unplug their smart phones. It runs for the 25 hours from sundown Friday, March 4, to sundown, Saturday, March 5.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

She has completed specialized fundraising training through AFP International, The Virginia Fundraising Institute, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Shenandoah Virginia Chapter, and is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE). Kate is passionate about supporting mission-driven organizations. How likely are you to donate again?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Real time access to information enables nonprofits to more effectively advance their mission in a rapid response world. But anytime/anywhere access comes with a price, which can vary significantly. How often do your workers need mobile access? Make a list of the lead applications your employees use in the field.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2020

It isn’t a new field—it has been around for decades—but recent increases in computing power combined with decreases in the cost of that power have created a new generation of AI-powered tools and applications that are available to everyday people and organizations. Using all of this data, Quilt.AI

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2011

Instead of applying to each Google product individually, you can sign up through a one-stop shop application process. If approved, you can access their suite of product offerings designed for nonprofits. The demo showed how to turn your smart phone into an interpreter with experimental software that. Details are here.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2022

Others develop an internal plan to grow all the pieces of their fundraising pie, including grants, individual donors, major donors, monthly donors, corporate partners, and a signature event. Speaking of cloud-based programs, set your new employee up with access to the tools you use, so they can set up passwords. Choose a candidate.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 21, 2013

Pacific time to join a discussion about taking your organization virtual and what you can do to become less dependent on internal IT and in-house systems. Linda focuses on moving nonprofits to leverage cloud solutions to lower IT costs while gaining access to the best of breed technology. Register today !

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NTEN

APRIL 23, 2012

We need to think about how mobile phones can be used support more association and mutual support at the grass-roots level. Most applications for development (m-whatever) are based on giving poor people access to information that the provider of that information thinks people need. Ignacio Mas. Independent Consultant.

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Removing unnecessary fields Removing internal and outbound links, including the navigation bar. There are many ways to ensure loyalty program touchpoints are relevant, timely, and personalized with segmentation, tiered offers, branded messaging, and mobile-ready applications. Add options for: Monthly giving upsell.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

This spring, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (the Center) began its journey from a traditional, “non-social” organization to one that uses and embraces social media in both its communications and internal processes. Ongoing conversations in the Cloud The team accesses a shared Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) folder.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2013

" Virtual meetings are live or "synchronous" interactive meetings in which each participant sits at their own computer or phone and is connected to other participants via the Internet and mobile devices. So far, the Skype premium mobile phone app allows only group audio calls. Both of those are TechSoup donor partners.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

When you invest in Bloomerang’s fundraising app, you’ll have access to features such as: Fundraising dashboard. With both nonprofit-facing and donor-facing technology, they make it easy to manage all aspects of your next event right from your phone. Keep an eye on your campaign progress as soon as you open the app with the dashboard.

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Care2

JULY 11, 2013

Mobilisation Lab: Started by the digital strategy team at Greenpeace International, the Digital Mobilisation Lab is comprised of a growing global network of staff and volunteers dedicated to people-powered campaigning. They also provide great case studies that are applicable to other nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Its mission is to offer products and services that help telecenters become self-sustainable while providing low-cost public access to computers and the Internet. But ranked 96th in Internet affordability, especially for fixed broadband Internet and mobile phone Internet. ATN is an NGO association of over 2,000 telecenters.

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Tech Soup

JULY 20, 2011

This was originally posted on the GuideStar International Blog. International Economic and Policy Stakeholders Recognize the Internet’s Increasing Role. It is themed “Internet as a catalyst for change: access, development, freedoms, and innovation.” Other countries have made Internet access a fundamental right.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

Websites today are often full-blown applications. API stands for Application Program Interface, and has become known for, in large part, facilitating the Web 2.0 Focus on the word “interface”, which means facilitating communication between two different applications. Think of APIs as connecting plugs between applications.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. Here are a few new things we could be doing with our phones and tablets in 2016. To attract good applicants, nonprofits may well need to go mobile with their job application process. One is hiring.

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sgEngage

MAY 23, 2024

Capacity and/or Partnership – what can the organization handle internally? Review the Funding Opportunity Announcement Carefully When you start the application process, review the announcement carefully for programmatic requirements such as evaluation, organizational structure, planning, and outreach. What needs are missing?

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2012

Many web conferencing services, including Adobe Connect, have an internal audio tool (using VoIP ) to connect to the meeting, which uses your computer’s microphone and speakers. Here’s just a few of the features: Instant access; no download required. Sharing of specific applications (not just full screen).

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

They often resort to either tasking an ill-equipped staff member or intern to submit a grant proposal when that person has limited experience understanding the grantseeking process. Tip #5: Pick up the phone and call the funder before you apply. . This is where tooling like an Asana, Clickup or Instrumentl can be helpful.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

They often resort to either tasking an ill-equipped staff member or intern to submit a grant proposal when that person has limited experience understanding the grantseeking process. Tip #5: Pick up the phone and call the funder before you apply. . This is where tooling like an Asana, Clickup or Instrumentl can be helpful.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. This new paradigm offers great potential to improve how we all work.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

The technology scene today is distinguished by the growing connectivity among devices, mobile phones, the PC, and the browser, which enable people and organizations to access information, communicate, and collaborate in more powerful ways. This new paradigm offers great potential to improve how we all work.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

BetterWorld Telecom's donation program with TechSoup provides access to discounted telecommunications service. The California Teleconnect Fund (CTF) provides qualified organizations a 50% discount on select telecommunications and Internet access services in California. CTF provides funding for basic access services.

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