Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2014

My doctor’s advice was to start eating a heart healthy diet and get more exercise. A lot of my work consists of sitting — working on a computer, talking on the phone, or attending meetings or conferences. As Nilofer Merchant points out in this Ted.com talk , people are sitting 9.3 Even in the nonprofit sector.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

I also encrypt my Android phone. I also use LastPass Premium on both my laptop and my cellphone for easy and secure password management. If someone happens to get in to my phone or computer, my browser’s password manager file is empty. "My security precaution on my mobile phone is not to leave it on my desk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

For the audio, we use a phone line that was fed into the AV system and wireless mic. I thought we could use the chat back channel but since there was only laptop in the room we needed another system for backchannel communication. What advice do you have for remote presenting? The body language code was as follows: !

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 19, 2021

Debbie Laskey is my trusted resource for expert advice on marketing, customer service and leadership. This may mean that they need a new laptop or printer, or a desk with good lighting. This may mean texts are preferred, or emails, or phone calls. I've had the honor of featuring her on my blog in the past.

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Care2

JUNE 27, 2013

It just wasn’t confirmed until recently how the government has partnered with Google, Facebook, and phone companies like Verizon to make it easier to monitor messages and conversations. Earlier this week it was reported that Facebook had a bug that affected 6 million users and exposed their phone numbers and email addresses.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

Browse our selection of refurbished laptops, desktops, and monitors. With NetSuite LightCMS , you can use templates to design a website that adapts to be viewed on phones, tablets, and computers, plus a built-in online store with a database for up to 1,000 products. Are you overpaying on your personal or organization cell phone plan?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

14NTC is just around the corner and the community is buzzing with tips, recommendations, and other advice on making your Washington D.C. This is your go-to dashboard for all the latest conference details with easy access from your laptop, tablet, or mobile phone. and NTC experience a rewarding one.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2015

When care managers are with families, they need to be able to access critical information through email from their mobile phones in order to tailor services and care to their clients' needs. Or, at the very least, that you talk to individuals or organizations who can give you advice on using Office 365.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

There is lots of advice out there about how to design and facilitate meetings. Don’t attend a meeting wishing the meeting was over while stealing glances at your email on your mobile phone under the table, or trying to sound smart during the meeting. These approaches do not lead to impact.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2019

The average smartphone conversion rate is up 64%—this means that people are making decisions to fill out forms, download more information, and buy things all from their phones. If your site still requires someone to sit in front of a laptop for the best experience, you’ll shed all but the most motivated mobile phone users.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Being online or living a connected lifestyle is something many of us do - and as smart phones, Facebook, ipads, and other technology tools become part of lives, we have to examine our relationship with them and find balance. Chris offered this advice: " Don't just pick the low hanging fruit in your in box. Soren Gordhamer, Wisdom 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I would bring the laptop and plug into the phone line and do demos in small groups. There wouldn't be a local node or the phone had some weirdness that prevented me from dialing out successfully. Like the time I was doing a session in an artists loft and the phone jack was 150 feet away and my phone cord was only 125 feet.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

The MobileActive listserv is a good one for phone-based app's. The members support each other with advice and experience. 7) Partner with a corporation to get their laptops and other equipment coming off lease. Many corporations lease their PCs and laptops, often over two years with a $1 buy-out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2009

I keep thinking of the advice offered by Charlene Li on whether investing in social media at some level is a yes or not question. Some simply won't investment unless they know for sure it can show immediate results. It's hard for some to wait after 6-12 months of engagement to see dollars. Insight and engagement are not as valued by some.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Either way, you definitely have your phone out. Before you start with this mobile-specific series, if you’re in the market for some more general fundraising advice, look no further than this article: The Secret Sauce of Fundraising Success. Imagine you’re standing at a bus stop. Maybe you’re checking your mobile email. Still with me?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The moment that they get your communication, whether that’s over email, if it’s a phone call, if it’s a text message, if it’s a voice memo, if it’s a personalized video, whatever it is, this is a chance for you. You can send them voice memos, if you have their cell phone. I put phone number here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I was able to find some research and pieces about laptops in the classroom. One piece of advice that I learned from Cliff Atkinson's book was to think about your presentation key points as tweets so people can retweet them. They're done on the phone and chat. Any advice about using Google Wave? Know of any? look here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

I've been thinking about how to best incorporate the back channel or in this case Twitter. Two recent blogs, " How To Present While People Are Twittering " and " Trends in Leadership Conferences " are the most recent blog posts packed with advice. What's different is that the backchannel is being used in non-technology conferences.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 27, 2008

In person is best, but if the people you want to work with are across the country, you can talk on the phone, or set up a Skype conference call. Each person gets a chance to talk about what they would like to work on until your next meeting, and ask for advice about challenges they are facing. Network, network, network.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2008

Computer classes are held every morning utilizing donated laptops and desktops (that are hand-carried over by Dr. Hendrie on her quarterly trips) Students, picked by lottery, come daily for six weeks to learn word processing, spread sheets, and Internet use, on our one, slow connection, acquiring a useful skill for future employment.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

Last week I posted John Elbare’s advice for new nonprofit consultants. Today I’m posting Karen Nyhus ‘ advice, originally posted on NTEN’s nptechconsult forum (for members only) in response to a request for “resources and tips for our nonprofit technology community to help them start things off right in 2007.&#

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Beth Dunn's " Money for Nothing, IT for Free " has a post about the importance of considering the total cost of a technology investment even if it is free and some advice for getting started. Net2 ThinkTank gives up a round up of how Nonprofits and NGOs are Using Mobile Phones and SMS for Social Change.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

Our goal is to teach everyone how to repair the stuff they own—whether it’s laptops , snowboards , toys , or clothes. Although we’ve been told otherwise, there is no such thing as a “green” cell phone or computer. User-replaceable batteries are key to lengthening the life of electronics like cell phones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

The only advice out there is to limit screen time. " -rethink what counts as traditional forms of evidence of learning "All our kids have laptops, when we go to museum - kids take their laptops and cameras with them. He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places. It starts in the home.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2022

For your major donors, be sure to schedule a personal phone call, video chat or in-person meeting to personally thank them for their support. Offering a mobile donation platform so donors can give whenever the mood strikes without having to pull out their laptop or desktop to do so.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

During this time, naturally, Tech Impact received a lot of requests for support and implementation projects and things like that—and also advice. And I said, well, what if somebody wants to watch Netflix on their company laptop? Say you’re allowing employees to access email on their personal mobile phone. So that’s an example.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

To start an evaluation for a specific session, you would send a text message with that session's code to the phone number 69866; it was the same phone number for all our evaluations. This is where first-time NTC attendees can ask questions, and experienced vets can dish out advice.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

We can work at our desks and then take our laptops to meetings without dropping our Internet connection or access to our email. And speaking of servers, we've integrated ours into our phone system, so if someone leaves me a voicemail, it appears in my email as a message. Have a question?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

See Ethan Zuckerman's post offers some thoughts about the content that will be loaded into the One Laptop per Child laptop.) Beyond Giving looks at new ideas, best practices, and good advice for nonprofits and donors. It's called Moulin. Yahoo has acquired MyBlogLog , two years from now will the community get pissed off ?

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