Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 15, 2012

With technology, you can do incredible things, but with a galvanized community of supporters who work together toward a greater good, we can do anything. Benetech’s Bookshare library is living proof that real, transformative change happens through partnerships and by helping people unleash their talents and energies. copyright law.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 22, 2017

When it comes to images on your site, always remember that they take longer to load, which decreases how fast your overall page loads. And it may be that images in older articles that aren’t getting much attention anymore are the culprits.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

While our activities often creates jobs beyond the core high technology jobs around software development and user support, we don't see it as our core competency. For example, our Bookshare online library for the blind, uses several different social enterprises to do data entry and proofreading work on textbooks.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change. What if you’re a U.S.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

Things work best when the two sides are well aligned, and technology is an important area where we can do that. Lisa Pool’s Technology Affinity Group and Laura Quinn’s Idealware. Strangely, I find that one side of the philanthropy coin seems to get the lion’s share of attention — nonprofit technology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2011

QR Codes are two-dimensional bar code images that when scanned by a camera on a smartphone open a link to a website, send a SMS, or dial a phone number. That said, QR Codes that prompt scanners to call phone numbers could be put to very interesting use at political events protests ushering in a new wave of QR Code activism.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2016

One of the hallmarks of the WordPress platform is how easy it is to add images to any post or page. Visit your Media Library and select an image, then click on the Edit Image button. But often there’s a bit of underlying dread as they’re not sure what will happen when the new theme goes active.

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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 Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

When you hear the term "hackathon," you might imagine a group of coders getting together to break into a protected website or engaging in some other shady activity. The hackathon model is ideal for nonprofits and libraries because it brings together motivated volunteers to expedite a project on a limited budget.

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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. This is technology for good news from India. The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. The images are called pins and collections are called.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

Things work best when the two sides are well aligned, and technology is an important area where we can do that. Lisa Pool’s Technology Affinity Group and Laura Quinn’s Idealware. Strangely, I find that one side of the philanthropy coin seems to get the lion’s share of attention — nonprofit technology.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 29, 2014

It scary to think that your activity online can be tracked by corporations, the government, hackers, and other nefarious (and seemingly un -nefarious) entities. Scott Pinkelman, digital literacy innovation specialist at the Free Library of Philadelphia , recently presented on this important topic at the Digital Shift online conference.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Finding the right event planning software can be difficult; as an event planner, your virtual event platform should consolidate everything that you might need to plan and host a technologically supported physical event. . This content can then be used for backlog or tiered access resources in a brand’s content library.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Finding the right event planning software can be difficult; as an event planner, your virtual event platform should consolidate everything that you might need to plan and host a technologically supported physical event. . This content can then be used for backlog or tiered access resources in a brand’s content library.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 9, 2012

Even though the products are targeted mostly to parents and other consumer-grade users, it could also be applicable to computer labs where minors use PCs - like those in schools, public libraries, and nonprofit community technology centers. Time limits for usage can be set based on the profile and device.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2017

It was originally published by Community Technology Network (CTN) and is reprinted here by permission of CTN Executive Director Kami Griffiths. All images in the piece are courtesy of CTN as well. Activate Display Zoom (distinct from temporary magnification) via Settings > Display & Brightness > View. spanhidden.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Getting started: The nonprofit tools you need to set up shop and grow your organization TechSoup is a global nonprofit organization that offers discounts and technology solutions as well as IT consulting and courses to nonprofits. Joining TechSoup should be the first technology task for your new nonprofit. Grab it here.

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MAY 30, 2013

You can map the vicinity in which your phone is located once you lose it or activate a siren that sounds for up to a minute to help you locate it. HP ePrint service app - This is an excellent app for those who need to print documents or images directly off of their phone. What would you recommend to your colleagues?

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

What happens when AI has even more vast libraries and generations of human learning to draw from? AI is a single technology. AI represents a growing constellation of technologies from self-driving cars to medical diagnostics. DL applications have revolutionized areas such as image recognition and natural language processing.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 20, 2012

do-it-yourself activities that can be done in just a day. Particularly important for smaller nonprofits and libraries, troubleshooting problems, maintaining your technology, learning new tech skills, and increasing the effectiveness of every day applications can help keep you ahead of the curve and help avoid problems down the road.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

Their stories also highlight how important having the right technology is to accomplishing this important work. Information Technology Exchange. Information Technology Exchange is a computer refurbishing project near Bangor, Maine. Find our in-depth profile of Information Technology Exchange on TechSoup for Libraries.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Technology early adopters' and laggards' purchase patterns of smartphones. By creating this interactive scatter plot, an insurance investigator can quickly evaluate where there might be fraudulent activity. Free Data Visualization Webinar for Nonprofits and Libraries. Image 1: Wes Holing. Get Tableau now.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Last week, while Apple was announcing its Watches and the new iPhone 6, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Tom Wheeler, gave a keynote at CTIA on net neutrality and mobile technology alongside executives from ESPN, Hulu, and Alcatel-Lucent. Image 1 : freepress / CC BY-SA. What is your stance on net neutrality?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The weekend event was organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , Code for America , Random Hacks of Kindness , and many other organizations and companies. Interestingly, the hackathons varied in terms of their activities and the challenges. Leonard Library. Image 2: Code for Hawaii, Bytemarks.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Philly has long been an active digital inclusion center of activity in the country. People like Stan Pokras of Nonprofit Technology Resources have been working in this field for as long as I can remember (which is a long time). Image: Connect2Compete. in Philadelphia. People like Jeff Hancock of Adapt∞Impact.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Political Engagement and Activism. The app was a finalist in Microsoft's 2011 Imagine Cup, a student technology competition. Teen Book Finder (iOS), developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), helps teens, parents, teachers, and librarians find the best books and media for teens.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2015

This isn't a comprehensive list of all our donor partners' environmental activities, but this time I'd like to talk about Cisco and Symantec and also about our Green Technology Product Donations. " Why TechSoup Green Technology Product Donations Are Green. Cisco is a longtime TechSoup donor partner.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. The program offers Seattle residents with a variety of recreational and lifelong learning programs, classes, and activities. We worked with Young Pham, ARC’s technology support person. One USB hub.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

A goal of the​ new partnership is to help nonprofits reduce technology costs so they can focus on delivering their mission." The organization is now the help desk for over 30,000 active computers across the US. Image 1 : Hatchapong Palurtchaivong / Shutterstock. Image 2: Casey Sorensen. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2013

million mobile devices were activated on Christmas day according to research firm Flurry Analytics. also known as "Leopard"), you can use a program called Time Machine to handle incremental backups of your iTunes library. Image: Apple iPhones with iPad. An estimated 17.4 If you're using a Mac running Mac OS X 10.5

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2012

Stay in constant communication with your team by adding smartphones to your nonprofit’s or library’s toolkit. Bing Search: a web-based search engine app capable of filtering results to display only images, video, or local results. Project for lots of great resources for nonprofit and library apps.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys. Finally, here's the sci-fi technology that is becoming reality. " I have to add that one of my favorite and most prescient predictions from 2006 was by TechSoup for Libraries contributor, Phil Shapiro.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

A set of screensavers and background images. Shoutouts to donors on images and cover pictures. Text or attractively designed images on Twitter, Linkedin, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, Clubhouse, etc. Feature your donor images and quotes in social media advertising. Hint: It’s the XYY Soup Kitchen.”

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 15, 2020

For example, the Leaderosity Learning Library by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance has courses that utilize engaging learning elements such as text, video, images, and interactive features. Include that reading in your onboarding activities for new employees so that they get a feel for the mission they’re working toward. .

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Just last week, we wrapped up the Restart Romania Social Justice Challenge - a community-engagement collaboration of NetSquared and TechSoup Romania that offered participants the chance to share ideas and projects for using technology to bring about social change in Romania. Web-based challenges are not a new phenomenon at TechSoup Global.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

A couple of years ago, outreach, training, and fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding , posted some great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries. A grant project consists of the actual activities that will help solve the compelling issues in your community identified in your strategic plan and needs assessments.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

More at TechCrunch and Technology in the Arts Blog. Musematic is a group blog of museum technology professionals. The description: "Rants and raves on the latest trends in the world of museum informatics and technology. Arts Northfield has well organized collections and sets of all organizational activities.

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