Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

At some point, when I’ve saved up enough pennies, I’m going to buy a Mac laptop again. I think it can also work for the folks who perhaps use laptops as their primary machines, and don’t do anything except email and web. And, guess what? I’m giving up. And, of course, always, for developers. 2 ThomasT 06.24.08

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Embrace a mobile-first design strategy. must be designed to be easily read on smartphones and tablets. The good news is that modern design trends for mobile email are also compatible with desktop email. BCC is an absolute worst practice, please don’t do it. There are no other CTAs or distractions: 3.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Along the way Boaz met with inventors, entrepreneurs and government leaders and told the story of alternative, sustainable transportation in an interesting way. Another alternative is to ask people to fund your hotel stays or donate their points in various hotel reward programs. Boaz ran his trip as a free agent story teller.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

But if we attack it with our half-off pen, it becomes this sleek 17-word alternative: For best results, use the latest version of Firefox. A sentence such as, “This program is designed to serve underprivileged students” should become, “This program serves underprivileged students.”. Chrome for Mac and Windows is also supported.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

” With this in mind, and my trusty laptop timer working as a moderator, I will now begin. Systems are capable of not only organizing Instructor-Led Training (ILT), but they now house E-Learnings, Gamification, Mobile Learnings, and alternative learning objects. This being, how do we engage users?

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Media Cause

JULY 1, 2021

Lately, I’ve been thinking about this issue of genuine inclusivity from a design standpoint, and why we don’t see the queer community represented year-round in advertising. When I’m fighting a deadline to find a photo of a person sitting at a laptop, for example, I’d search, “person on a laptop” or, “Black woman on a laptop.”

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Brand Your Donation Form The design of your online donation form should mirror the look and feel of your website. Design Tip: The most captivating images will be original to your organization, so try only to include photos that either one of your staff or your constituents have personally taken.

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Gyrus

JULY 19, 2016

Microlearning is not designed to be the end all be all form of learning that people may wish for it to be. Are you yourself as an instructional designer capable of ripping out the fluff and unnecessary components in order to optimize the microlearning? Why aren’t we doing this already? What’s the catch?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2007

Who would set their sights on these mundane aspects of human experience, things that recede into the background, given the glitzy alternative of commercial games? This is true both for we the designers, who think we have to make games fun, and we the visitors, who expect the gaming experience to be fun. Serious games offer one example.

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Achieve

JULY 23, 2020

designed for nonprofits is a great place to start. Because many individuals are finding themselves with more time on their hands than usual, these alternatives are a perfect solution! Or, you may ask talented supporters to help write copy or design graphics that you need complete. Top-notch donor management software.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Please forward any and all design magic our way.). No, it's not yet another Apple rebranding of its laptop line. If you're short on text for your new website demo, we're pleased that there are now alternatives to the standard Lorem Ipsum generator, including bacon and hipster versions. Ah, a line late and a hyphen short.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

Nonprofits can use it to study past versions of their website and to monitor their progress in web design over time. Storrito enables users to create Instagram and Facebook Stories on desktop/laptop computers. Yearly makes it easy to design annual reports, event recaps, donor proposals, and board presentations. Productivity.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2008

I've written before about techniques for talking to strangers, looking at how buttons , buses , and dogs and can all be tools for participatory design. And my favorite, from a designer who was initiated into a secret world of graffiti-ed walls behind elevator doors in his art college in an entirely silent exchange.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2008

His team includes writers, designers, and web producers. I've packed everything except for my laptop, the wireless router, all seven Avett Brothers CDs, and the beloved coffeemaker. I routinely bookmark and comment on environmental news, green blogs, and stories about sustainability and alternative energy technology.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

I think also it's really exciting to be involved in a space like this because since you are designing it from the beginning, you get a chance to bring your values into it and for me, the sustainability part of it is really important. Almost all of us here are set up with the laptop screen and the main monitor. IS: I can add to that.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 1, 2006

We do a lot of print design; we started in website design; what we do that people see the most is online storytelling. We wanted to combine our talents and felt graphic design would be a good place to start. We design the home page and the website for the ACLU. We also do some much more traditional kind of activism stuff.

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