3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 14, 2014

Technologies and tools used to capture and manage data change, get upgraded, get replaced. Side note: Did you know that your laptop contains far more storage and processor capacity than the Apollo 11 computer systems that landed the first man on the moon? Do you need a survey tool on your website? For example …. Duplicates?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

That sounded like good advice, since it might take me quite a while to get to step 1. (If, I’m on week 3 of my Ubuntu laptop migration – things are smoothing out – I’ve got audio working, I can listen to mp3 and audio streams. If, perchance, you might want to read it, drop me an email.)

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Achieve

AUGUST 5, 2022

backpacks, and laptop stickers. Additionally, don’t be afraid to take advice from acquaintances in the business and sales realm. If you want to create your own, there are affordable online websites and tools to jumpstart your inspiration. coupon cards. ABC Fundraising’s list of fundraising ideas. This is a great way to.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. Week 1 I should have taken pictures – unboxing a new laptop is a lot of fun. My first step was to make sure the laptop booted.

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2012

Today, we tackle the first in a series of posts in which the CTOs offer their advice for the job by finishing the sentence "You're doing it wrong if…" 1. You're doing it wrong if you're spending more time fixing laptops than focusing on strategy. We'll be posting highlights from this meeting of the minds on the NTEN blog.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

Secure your donor, client, and project information with desktop security tools like Norton and enterprise security software available through the Symantec donation program. Browse our selection of refurbished laptops, desktops, and monitors. Stay safe out there! Shopify is now open to all budgets! So, Communication Is Important.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn’s Nonprofit Blog was inspired by the many people who have reached out to Carolyn since it was launched in 2011 to ask for advice about becoming a grant writer and nonprofit fundraiser. And keep in mind: As a grant writer, you will need to focus and spend long stretches of time in a quiet environment working on your computer or laptop.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2015

Note: I'm admittedly less helpful on advice for breaking the cupcake habit.). Don't do this: Why this doesn't work: The floating laptop in white space doesn't help us understand what virtualization is (or how this laptop is managing to levitate on its own). Oh stock images. Will Your Audience Relate to the Image?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

How: 6 Tools and Tips. I think I made up the term " social instructional design " which is how you integrate social media tools into your workshop AND how you plan for engagement during delivery. I was able to find some research and pieces about laptops in the classroom. What: The art of social instructional design. Know of any?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

You can wirelessly connect desktops, laptops, and printers to your network with hardware from the Brocade Donation Program or develop your nonprofit's wired and wireless network with hardware from the Cisco Donation Program. Ask it in our community forums where you can get advice from fellow nonprofits. Have a question?

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 29, 2015

A great CRM gives your nonprofit the tools to organize and utilize donor data in more incredible ways than ever before. CRMs give your organization the tools needed to raise more money , and no one has to wear spandex to heroically pull off the feat. But, anyway, they live at… oh, we didn’t keep track of that information?

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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. And I had to tape flip chart paper over the windows so it would get dark enough to project the laptop to show the presentation. version of that advice: It's the same! Or participating in the online conversation on Arts Wire. What did I do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Two recent blogs, " How To Present While People Are Twittering " and " Trends in Leadership Conferences " are the most recent blog posts packed with advice. The tool of choice has changed from IRC or Meebo to Twitter and the use of hashtags. What's different is that the backchannel is being used in non-technology conferences.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

On top of your fundraising tools, in-person venue, and auction entertainment, you need to consider the price of procuring items and staff payment. You might auction off laptops, school supplies, and other similar items. For more advice, we recommend exploring our dedicated article. Determining the auction budget.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2011

How can create a back channel or other social media tools that can engage people in the room, but also around the world with an interest in the topic? But how do can you use social media tools creatively to bring in others who have an interest in the topic into the discussion, but are not in the same room? The Back Channel.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 31, 2017

Many supporters prefer to give online on their laptops or mobile devices instead of in person. For more advice on the platform selection process, check out this @Pay article. Don’t rely solely on accepting donations on laptops and desktop computers. All the top online donation tools should have options for mobile.

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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. Try ignoring your email." .

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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. This post shows you how to jury rig a DIY periscope for your webcam if it is built into your laptop screen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

A few blogosphere posts offering advice about online safety and what you can do help stop cyberbullying can be found here. Looks like Zen and the Art of Technology scored the Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops. The Digital Diner has an excellent post on photo management tools and the limits of consumer projects in an enterprise setting.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 13, 2016

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. How can your organization get started with mobile giving? How can you promote mobile fundraising to your donors? Still with me?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A person with short, dark hair and a mustache works on a laptop. The laptop is decorated with a large Neon One sticker, which is very cool and definitely something the author of this article wants for themselves. You’ll get a closer look at how the tools you’re already using can support your team. Save your spot.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. He told me there were presenter tools - so you could present your slides on the screen, see your notes, and see the whole slide deck. Didn't have enough time to focus on applying the tools. What worked?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

" asking readers to share their stories about how they got started in social media, first steps, and advice. I used my webcam attached my laptop as my first digital camera to record photos from a conference that I was taking notes for - and then publishing as web pages. You must go read the stories - they're wonderful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

He notes they were all taken with a Sony Picturebook mini-laptop with built-in camera. Gobuki Blog identifies the steps from migrating nonprofits from stand-alone email tool to Salesforce. Andy Roberts has a good roundup of advice for encouraging participation on wikis, yet another new kind of online community. Also announced 2.0

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

I want to give you the tools. And it’s not like you need to go tell people “Ah, we’re in a crisis,” but you need to tell them, “Hey, look, the support we need from you, we don’t need more advice. That’s what you need to say to somebody who is trying to give you donated Dell laptops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

" Some statistics about how many young people are using various social media tools. Henry Jenkins notes that it isn't about the tools and that it was more about the culture growing up around the technology. The only advice out there is to limit screen time. They are walking the walk, talking the talk."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Doing something different with a set of tools that tens of thousands of other nonprofits also use is the trademark of an exceptional social media manager. The most valuable advice should be practical and come from someone who actually manages online communities and works with these tools every single day. Is an early adopter.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Wouldn’t it be great if we could tweet through our tool, whatever? And so it’s sort of unmanaged, sort of unmanaged because people, we trust our teams, we trust our peers, and we trust that they’re going to figure out what systems, or tools, or apps they need to get their work done. Everybody needs an email tool.

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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. Other things around collaboration: making sure that everyone on staff knew exactly which tools to use to collaborate with their colleagues, and obviously management. The protection piece.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Helpful recording features such as the option to save recordings of video conferences on your laptop, without requiring the expense of cloud storage fees. Easy screen sharing of presentations. The ability to share YouTube videos in real time. Zoom Is the Wand; the People We Serve Are the Magic. " This Just In!

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2016

A single laptop runs all the screens. To see what a difference the right accounting tools can make, read the story of faith-based Hope Endeavors. TechSoup's hardware donation programs offer factory-refurbished commercial-grade laptop and desktop computers to churches, synagogues, mosques, and other religious organizations.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Helpful recording features such as the option to save recordings of video conferences on your laptop, without requiring the expense of cloud storage fees. Easy screen sharing of presentations. The ability to share YouTube videos in real time. Zoom Is the Wand; the People We Serve Are the Magic. " This Just In!

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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. Most of these repairs require specialty electronics tools like plastic opening tools and a set of precision screwdrivers, which you can find at electronics stores like Radio Shack or on iFixit.)

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

You get yourself some kind of together and you kind of meander and find your way to your laptop. And then laptop because, you know, work, right? They are doing it in an environment and with a set of tools that allow them to operate with excellence and there’s opportunity for stretch and growth within your organization.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Finally, since the NTC is "the place to be" for nonprofits looking to put technology to use for their causes, we love trying out new tech tools for people to see in action. This is where first-time NTC attendees can ask questions, and experienced vets can dish out advice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

I've packed everything except for my laptop, the wireless router, all seven Avett Brothers CDs, and the beloved coffeemaker. Social Media tools during your time with The Nature Conservancy. You've experimented with quite a few Web 2.0/Social I'd like to know how you convinced your executive directors/senior staff to go for it?

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