Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 10, 2010

Be an early adopter. When I first got on MySpace in February 2006, the early adopters were the Humane Society, Peta, ASPCA, Oxfam, To Write Love on Her Arms, and Invisible Children. They have been featured in countless newspapers and magazines. Now is the time for early adoption of the mobile Web. Tweet while on location.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2013

I have to admit that the venerable Association of Fundraising Professionals website was one of the last places I looked to find fresh interesting coverage of fundraising technology, but I have mended my ways. I’m now a fan of Reed Stockman’s AFP technology blog. The Association of Fundraising Professionals. NPMobile , ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters. Now they are leading the way in mobile technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Although we are most interested in the human, organizational, and societal impacts surrounding AI, it is important to understand the technology at a high level. I’ve been tracking nonprofits design and deploy chat bots for a few years now as the pace of broader adoption of chat bots has accelerated. Nonprofit Chat Bots.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 8, 2015

So, if InStyle magazine is telling me that the one item I MUST BUY for Spring 2015 is a floral crop top, I may just consider making a purchase….right But adopting the latest trends doesn’t mean that you need throw out your existing fundraising strategy. Without having to invest in cookie-tracing technology.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

How can we use technology in a new way to improve people’s lives that is an order of magnitude better? Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures? Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Originally published in the November 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine where I have written a quarterly column throughout 2011. Social Media and Mobile Technology Webinars for Nonprofits. In June 2007, I presented my first social media training to a small group of nonprofits in Lowell, MA. Yes, yes… I know.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2016

Danielle Jackson is a communications specialist from GCFLearnFree.org, an online provider of free technology tutorials. Prior to joining GCFLearnFree.org, Jackson spent 12 years as a magazine editor. Ben Williams is a data services analyst with Tech Impact, where he creates training plans for tech adoption.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Aside from fundraising and digital tools, EveryAction also is a leading provider of nonprofit advocacy technology. The company is a leader in the nonprofit technology space. Your nonprofit technology shouldn't look like it was built in 1983. Utilize a sophisticated online advocacy platform. Visualize your data like never before.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 8, 2011

Written for the June 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011. Related Links: Social Media and Mobile Technology Webinars for Nonprofits. Blogging is the missing piece in most social-media campaigns.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2015

We both had a front row seat at start of the Web Industry (back then we called it “New Media”), helping to shape how people use new digital technologies. Conference, the same year we were both recognized by Fast Company magazine as two of the most influential women in Technology. Managing technology and information overload.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2017

As Jeremiah Owyang , founder of Crowd Companies , describes it as drones, robots, chat bots, and AI. He should know, having tracked and observed the disruption caused by online technology over the past decade. And after that technology will be merged or implanted in humans. Think cyborgs.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 21, 2018

This article was originally published in Nonprofit Hub Magazine. Trends and technology are constantly evolving alongside transforming consumer preferences and behaviors. With all of the advancements in technology and social media, it sometimes feels like marketing efforts need to increase as well. Do more with less.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology OpenOffice.org to get a boost September 13, 2007 I’ve been spending a lot of time with OpenOffice.org lately. that will be published in Linux Identity Magazine.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Since its adoption at the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, the Declaration has become a universal standard for the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide. The Benetech Human Rights Program (HRP) is hard at work to ensure that technology and science best meet the needs of human rights defenders in these critical times.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership. Susanna has a big techie network, as an early community leader at the pivotal publication Wired and then on the staff of Macworld , PCWorld and Outside magazines. The Launch – Deep-diving into prototyping and getting the venture moving.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership. Susanna has a big techie network, as an early community leader at the pivotal publication Wired and then on the staff of Macworld , PCWorld and Outside magazines. The Launch – Deep-diving into prototyping and getting the venture moving.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

The typical nonprofit operates with multiple systems from different vendors adopted on an ad hoc basis by various departments acting independently. The technology is available, affordable and effective. We need to abandon the old model of passive data repositories that rely on manual queries to use data.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Scale – Expanding potential through technology, delegation and partnership. Susanna has a big techie network, as an early community leader at the pivotal publication Wired and then on the staff of Macworld , PCWorld and Outside magazines. The Launch – Deep-diving into prototyping and getting the venture moving.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2017

Technology. In order to facilitate more employee participation, build better partnerships and support increasingly robust reporting requirements, CR software will continue to grow in importance as a core enterprise technology need. This article was originally featured on CR Magazine’s blog.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2015

Which is what’s driving adoption. The great majority of CFOs are planning to implement cloud services for their companies in 2015 and beyond, according to surveys from CFO Magazine, KPMG and Gartner. Gene Marks is a CPA and President of The Marks Group PC, a 10 person technology consulting firm based outside of Philadelphia.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

My father never had a minute of formal technology training and his job description had nothing to do with technology. He used to read gadget manuals instead of novels, knew when his tech magazines were due each month and rushed to the mailbox to collect them and read them cover to cover. I am an accidental techie from birth.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2013

TechSoup is now helping to improve technology for charities and libraries in 40 countries. This model of social enterprise is gaining adoption in various parts of the world. One of the best places to find out what social enterprise is all about is Forbes Magazine’s list of their top social entrepreneurs. billion euros.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2010

At this year's SXSW the hot new technology tool was location-based social network tools such as Gowalla and FourSquare. So, instead of reading trashy magazines, I got a chance to have a great conversation with some colleagues. Your status updates are your physical location with a brief shout out or tip.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 7, 2018

It’s hard to read a magazine or website without hearing the advantages of moving to the Cloud. The Cloud is certainly where technology is heading and a great way to optimize your solutions. Technology terms may represent 2 components of confusion. And with good reason! This also makes for a good laugh.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Early last year, mobile giving evolved from an emerging technology to mainstream awareness with Haiti earthquake relief, raising approximately $45 million for victims of that natural disaster. Given the fast growth of smartphone adoption across all consumer segments, these numbers portend continued growth for mobile giving.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

Technology for nonprofit development and fundraising is quickly changing. ” Nonprofits once limited to raising money through cookie sales, charity balls, and foundation grants now have access to almost limitless fundraising streams with new technology platforms, micro-funding models, and evolving culture of giving. Pacific time.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Nonprofits are adopting telework faster than most other types of organizations, including commercial companies. There’s a ton of information on all this, but I still like Time Magazine’s now ancient 2012 article, Your Life Is Fully Mobile , which is part of their larger Mobile Tech Special Edition. That's around 1.3

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2008

1) Intangibles often come in the form of stories or anecdotes about the technology value and if used along with numbers can help make the case. The discussion around trying to quantify it - can lead to productive conversation about why the technology is important to mission. m not sure why exactly. The cheesier the better.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Color theory, golden ratios, and hierarchy principles are rehearsed and practiced in design school and written about in magazines over and over again. This focus on the user is referred to as User-centered design or Human-centered design and is widely adopted by individual practitioners and design firms all over the globe. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Technology : Cheryl Contee, Fission Strategy. New Technology for New Power Movements. Participants voted on the questions that would be most important for the Brainerd Foundation to consider in its strategy: How might we adopt a hybrid model of new and old power? How do we leverage the “rain” of culture change?3.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 10, 2011

know the nonprofit sector and its technology needs and are realizing two things. having any fun with technology. magazines to offload whatever software was deemed expendable. mission that the donation program serves today: to make technology. technology companies. We're not just a technology nonprofit, but an.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2007

tools to adopt. And don't forget, if you're going to adopt Web2.0 Green Technology. Fundraising Success Magazine covers The Great Debate: Direct Mail vs Online Acquisition. The TechSoup Blog has a list of ten cool web2.0 Here's one that isn't on the list: Mindmeister. has been around for a while. What do you think?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2007

" and analyzing the evolving thinking about technology adoption issues. technology tools, strategies, and practices into the workplace. I've been interested in the issues around ngo organizational adoption of web2.0 I've been interested in the issues around ngo organizational adoption of web2.0

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

While we like to think of ourselves as early adopters , Evernote was recently named Company of the Year by Inc. Magazine and with more than 20 million users, it’s pretty main stream.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 5, 2009

Guest blogger Soha El-Borno is a freelance writer specializing in non-profit technology and web 2.0/social Her work has appeared in FundraisingRaising Success magazine, CSAE’s Association Agenda , CharityVillage , and the Wild Apricot nonprofit technology blog. social media. She can be reached at soha_elborno@yahoo.ca.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2005

I hadn't been able to put a word to describe it until I came across the Continuous Computing Manifesto " by Wade Roush is a senior editor and West Coast bureau chief for MIT's Technology Review magazine. Does this make it more compelling for nonprofits to be adopting some of these new tools?

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