Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2010

TechSoup's product donation program includes easy-to-use Flip Video cameras that allow you to share your library and community stories. Pacific time and find out how public libraries are using this technology as a tool for making connections, recording library events, and sharing knowledge. We'll showcase several libraries.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

These include your donation page, email sign-ups, advocacy forms, and any other features that generate or collect engagement data from site visitors. As you use your blog to create and post more engaging content, make sure you’re not also inadvertently slowing down your website with a clogged library of unused or duplicate files.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. But, some companies want to empty the library shelves and insist that only books that can’t be purchased are allowed to be stocked in such libraries. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 16, 2011

Bookshare has successfully piloted an international library for the blind, but we’ve barely begun to remedy the global book famine. Bookshare now has hundreds of titles in Hindi, Tamil, and Spanish, and we recently announced a partnership with the government of Qatar to develop an Arabic language service.

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Harold Grinspoon Foundation organizes many programs, including summer camp funding, facilitating end-of-life giving, and distributing over half a million educational books a month across 32 countries through the PJ Library.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

Best Library Story — Libraries Transform Teaser. Libraries have fans, tons of fans. Digital storytelling is a powerful tool for libraries to let their audience know, "Hey, we're here, and we do amazing work!" Stories and advocacy go together like peas in a pod. But how to activate them?

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

The app includes journals and trackers to allow parents to record important information about their journey, a glossary of commonly used terms, a community and resource library, a directory of NICU family support partners, a postpartum checkup, and more.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re not an advocacy organization, but our technical insights are in great demand from advocates. But, I expect that 75% of the job will be about analyzing the legal issues from our programs, especially in our Global Literacy Program, which includes Bookshare, the largest digital library for the blind and dyslexic in the U.S.,

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Candid also offers a wide variety of borrowable e-books by topic: DEI, management, fundraising, grant writing, advocacy, etc. For instance, if you live in New York City, several libraries offer free access to Candid’s tools. I recently tried to find a course on DEI and many were hundreds of dollars per class. Grants to Individuals

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Their work includes research, education for families and health professionals, support for families directly affected by the maternal health crisis, and advocacy. Their goals are to end preventable maternal health risks and deaths, end preventable preterm birth and infant death, and close the health equity gap.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 1, 2016

It's packed with practical theories, rags-to-relevance case studies, and inspiring stories from museums and libraries, theaters and parks, dance companies and orchestras, afterschool programs and activists, churches and synagogues. The result is a new book, The Art of Relevance , coming out in a few weeks. That's where you come in.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Nonprofit groups and libraries can utilize trackable phone numbers, personalized URLs, and BRCs (Business Reply Cards) to reach a broader audience than they might in their local area, as well as increase individual donations. One library in particular incorporated data segmentation in an attempt to grow and optimize its mailing list.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

As in so many fields, nonprofits, religious organizations, libraries, and foundations are important change agents toward a world of gender equality. Law and Advocacy. Cecily Walker , systems librarian at the Vancouver BC Public Library. Cecily Walker , systems librarian at the Vancouver BC Public Library. Religion Tech.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Advocacy and Representation Membership-based nonprofits often advocate for their members’ interests—and associations are usually formed for expressly that purpose! When it comes to advocacy, the two keys are making sure that your members can offer their input and communicating the impact of your advocacy back to them.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

We use free and open source software whenever possible, but we're pragmatic and work with what our human rights monitoring and advocacy partners need, so our environment is a pretty eclectic mix. Familiarity with python, R, and JavaScript libraries for charting, mapping, and vis is helpful.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2014

But the real question is, is your nonprofit or public library ready to use the most popular tool in history to change the world? Eastern) for Mobile Impact 101: Taking Your Cause Mobile to learn how your organization can harness the potential of mobile for fundraising, marketing, advocacy, and programs. Pacific time (2 p.m.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Luckily, there are some great Internet safety resources that are specific for healthcare organizations , libraries , seniors , kids , and small offices (like the ones that most nonprofits have). We recommend this resource to libraries and any charity that works with children of any age. Online Security for Libraries.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

Where Are Nonprofits and Libraries on Sharing? Overall, the two-day event left me wondering " Where are all the nonprofits and public libraries who've been sharing and innovating forever? Why Nonprofits and Libraries Should Be Central. Why aren't THEY here?" Sign in to share your thoughts in the comments below.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A copyright exception allows specialist organizations (generally a government agency or disability NGO or library) to make an accessible version of a published book without having to get permission from the author or publisher. This includes the kind of legal advocacy pursued by the National Federation of the Blind in the U.S.,

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NetWits

MARCH 26, 2013

On your property, you might also have outbuildings, guesthouses, or community spaces that you control (in the digital world, these are your specialized properties like micro-, affiliate, advocacy, peer-to-peer, or campaign sites). your great content and campaigns).

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

and independent library consultant, author, and trainer Stephanie Gerding on the basics of providing effective webinars. Training an Invisible Audience: Delivering Effective Webinars is suited for public libraries and nonprofits interested in providing webinars for their communities. Pacific time. Web Conferencing Tools: Right For You?

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

You can achieve all sorts of goals, whether you want to increase advocacy participation, boost volunteer registrations, or promote resources to your beneficiaries. Koios By specializing in libraries, Koios empowers clients to make their resources more discoverable online. Targeted ad development.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

A version of this post originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries blog. This raises some interesting questions for how nonprofits and libraries talk about the digital divide and how they advocate for public access technology and technology skills development. What About Nonprofits and Libraries? suggests just that.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

The organization's website has a great set of useful links , including a well-reasoned case for digital skills training in its free advocacy whitepaper, The Case for a Systemic Approach to Digital Skills. The organization already has a significant array of members , which include mostly cities, libraries, and nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2016

Many nonprofits and libraries all across the country are doing great work around digital inclusion. nonprofit and library digital inclusion consortium. Its Internet for All Now is CETF's advocacy project to promote the FCC broadband expansion. Nonprofit Organizations Advocating for the Lifeline Expansion.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2016

Many nonprofits and libraries all across the country are doing great work around digital inclusion. nonprofit and library digital inclusion consortium. Its Internet for All Now is CETF's advocacy project to promote the FCC broadband expansion. Nonprofit Organizations Advocating for the Lifeline Expansion.

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M+R

JUNE 5, 2023

You never know who has anti-vaccine videos buried in their content libraries. Research : get ready to spend (even more) time on TikTok (and Instagram). Search key terms and hashtags and see whose content grabs you. QA: make sure they’re value-aligned.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Their mission is to reduce the suffering of persons affected by intracranial hypotension or spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak through awareness, education, support, advocacy, and connection. Spinal CSF Leak Foundation is a non-profit organization that’s just 7 years old and already making huge strides.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

" New at TechSoup: Your 501(c)(3) nonprofit, library, or foundation can now collect donations by text message — and develop your own mobile site — with discounted and donated services from Connect2Give. This offer is available to all nonprofits, charities, foundations, and public libraries. Connect2Give Complete.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Because of where we live, I can walk to the grocery store, drug store, post office, gym, library, doctor's office, and the BART, which will take me into San Francisco, where I can walk some more. The Alliance for Biking and Walking creates, strengthens, and unites state and local bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2011

From time to time we like to profile the work of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries that are doing great work in green IT. Northeast Recycling Council was founded 22 years ago as an economic and environmental sustainability advocacy organization.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

My recommendation to the advocacy community is to continue to pursue a “yes-and” approach, as we have so far with the TVI and the Stakeholders’ Platform. I would class this as TVI (nearly identical) plus additional provisions creating a similar exception for schools, libraries and archives. However, my suggestion is to pursue the U.S.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

A few offered solid concrete suggestions that take the big idea of "advocacy" and make it concrete, like list wages on hiring requests and refusing to use unpaid interns. Much of leadership is advocacy for your team, and it's hard to do that without understanding their work. So many wonderful ideas, and I shared a few below.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 30, 2009

My understanding is that this was very important to the University of Michigan, one of the key libraries at the center of the Google Book project. Because of this commitment, the disability advocacy groups I know about are actively supporting the settlement as a victory for disability rights. And yes, it actually is a camp.

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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

Purpose: Fundraising, education, advocacy. New York Public Library: Find the Future. In Find the Future, the New York Public Library pairs online and offline activity to get the audience to explore the library’s offerings by sending them on a scavenger hunt throughout the collection. Save the Bay: Battle for the Bay.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. Brennan has Retinitis Pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease that causes severe vision impairment and blindness. His disability, however, does not stop him from flying through his homework assignments.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

We also develop customized fundraising tools for the Luminate platform, including P2P, advocacy mobile apps , gift entry portal, an email authoring app, a web survey app, TeamRaiser extensions and overlays, member center customizations, and more. Fundraising products for Luminate Online. Learn more about our array of products.

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