Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

If you want to put your book into formats that the widest variety of people will be able to read, think about these two important factors: Distribution avenues : Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google and Apple, would be the ones I’d focus on, as well as whatever other avenues you want to use to get your electronic files out there.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Last week, the National Federation of the Blind and 22 organizations serving people with disabilities filed detailed objections to a petition from a group of makers of e-reader devices led by Amazon to be exempted from accessibility requirements under the relatively new Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.

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Allegiance Group

AUGUST 22, 2022

Containers can also be deployed to different (or multiple) cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. This can easily be changed for production by providing an override file. Any changes can be pulled, tested, and distributed to different environments more easily and in a more structured way.

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TechImpact

APRIL 3, 2014

Recent price cuts by Google, Amazon , and even Microsoft highlight this unassailable fact. They can access what files they might need at a moments notice organically. You’re suffocating with on-site servers, stifling innovation and your employees’ ability to collaborate effectively. Price cuts preparing for future.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

Since almost all content for the last decade originates as a digital file, using OCR on the scanned page or the PDF image document is a painful reverse engineering process that delivers lower quality access at much greater cost than native full access. Amazon now ships more ebooks than print books in the United States.

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The Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Communicate and Collaborate Effectively Use Slack or Microsoft Teams to enhance your team’s communication through messaging, video calls, and collaborative file sharing. Leverage Cloud Computing Amazon Web Services (AWS) Nonprofit offers you special pricing on cloud computing resources, including storage and hosting solutions.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 17, 2020

For example, much like the familiar Amazon-like shopping experience, you can recommend new product purchases based on past behaviors and “what other members like you purchased”. With workflow automation technology, you set up business rules in software that automatically route data and files between people and systems.

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John Kenyon

MAY 1, 2019

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage System) is a great option – it’s very inexpensive (you will spend less than $3/month hosting a small site with 10,000 visits/month,) and many static site generators have built-in integrations with it. Pelican import is a tool which allows the import of XML files into Pelican.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 11, 2013

A great example of an IaaS is Amazon Web Services which provides users the ability to store, backup, and access files and information. This is the bare bones layer of cloud computing. Services like storage, backup and security are included here without much else. Platform as a Service (PaaS).

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

You set up business rules in the software that automatically route data and files between people and systems. Leading companies like Netflix and Amazon use AI to connect with consumers and provide the personalized experiences we’ve all come to expect. What is workflow automation technology? Artificial intelligence and associations.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 14, 2010

My most important work files are copied to an Amazon S3 disk via JungleDisk. I save files to DropBox now out of habit. I won't lose one byte of data. I practice what I preach to others. My entire drive is mirrored nightly to a bootable firewire drive. And I have my laptop and iPhone. Or it's in the cloud.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 14, 2010

My most important work files are copied to an Amazon S3 disk via JungleDisk. I save files to DropBox now out of habit. I won't lose one byte of data. I practice what I preach to others. My entire drive is mirrored nightly to a bootable firewire drive. And I have my laptop and iPhone. Or it's in the cloud.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2017

But according to Haley, a new form of ransomware doesn't just lock your files; instead, it threatens to publicly release your data unless you pay up. In traditional phishing attempts, scammers create an email that appears to be from a legitimate source — say, Google, Amazon, or Apple. Secure all your devices as best you can.

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fusionSpan

MARCH 30, 2022

Tableau supports a wide range of data sources, including local files, spreadsheets, relational and non-relational databases, data warehouses, big data, and on-cloud data. Supports numerous data sources. You may connect to and fetch data from a variety of data sources using Tableau. Connectivity with Live and In-Memory Data.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

argued that we must shift from spending on the provision of hard copy braille to the provision of refreshable braille and the associated digital file formats to enable people to read so much more. “As We also continue to add books from volunteers, staff and outsourcers through scanning and proofing, including student requests.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It’s also responsible for making sure the organization meets its regulatory responsibilities and files appropriate paperwork with government agencies. What a Nonprofit Board does Your nonprofit’s Board of Directors exists to make sure that your organization fulfills its mission. Plain and simple.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

I’ve been watching with interest the legal controversy over the synthetic speech capability of the new version of the Amazon Kindle, such as the coverage on Boing-Boing entitled Author's Guild claims text-to-speech software is illegal. years ago entitled the Soundproof Book. More on that in another essay. Another key argument is distribution.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2012

OnLive , a popular cloud-hosted gaming service, recently filed for bankruptcy. Nearly all the major cloud vendor companies like Google, Microsoft, Sony, and Amazon have been hit by hacker attacks that have caused service disruptions. Do they rely on a larger cloud platform like Amazon? How Big Is the Cloud Data Security Problem?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2019

You detail donations, edit estimates, and fetch files. When Amazon suggests items to purchase, Netflix recommends a new show, or Facebook determines what posts to show in your feed. My nonprofit is certainly not Amazon, Netflix, or Facebook. If you’re like most peer-to-peer fundraising (P2P) staff, you’re drowning in data.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

With workflow automation technology, you set up business rules in software that automatically route data and files between people and systems. Leading companies like Netflix and Amazon use modern technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI), to connect with consumers and provide the personalized experiences we’ve all come to expect.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

With workflow automation technology, you set up business rules in software that automatically route data and files between people and systems. Leading companies like Netflix and Amazon use modern technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI), to connect with consumers and provide the personalized experiences we’ve all come to expect.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

They send Bookshare the same digital book files that they provide to Amazon, Apple or Barnes and Noble. These publishers eliminate the laborious steps of scanning and proofreading digital text by giving us permission to share the text with readers with disabilities.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2013

Companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Rackspace own a large piece of "the cloud" or the servers and datacenters where data is stored. The cloud is not just a place to store files. Rarely do they sell their services directly to small companies like nonprofits. If not, who does? It’s not just a way to save money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

Create a PSD template file so I can edit in photoshop and change it. Here’s what I asked John to do: Create a series of profile images and cover images that I can mix and match – like different outfits, shoes, and purses.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

The experts at Team DNL understand that every organization has different goals for its data and unique technology stacks. 6 Steps to Get Started Take these steps to build a solid foundation for your data warehousing journey.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Take a look at mainstream e-commerce sites like Amazon, Best Buy, Itunes, and make sure your own organizations e-commerce section provides a similar and intuitive user-experience. Then, take a look at the overlap between your donor and gift-giver file to determine if this strategy makes sense for your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I have different color codes for different types of work that also correspond with color codes on my google calendar and my hard drive/google drive files. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times throughout October-December as we presented dozens online webinars and guest posts and articles.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2017

Box is a cloud-based online storage service that provides charities and libraries with online file-sharing and storage with robust content management tools. You can back up your data to nearly any storage device, including disk, tape, or third-party cloud services like TechSoup donation partners Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Box.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

The work related tasks also correspond with color codes on my google calendar and my hard drive/google drive files. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times. Each month I create the task list organized with different color codes for different types of work/life.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2020

While early data-sharing was pioneered in the 1980s and grew in the 1990s leveraging telecommunication (ie, telephone) technology, it was not until 2010 that cloud-providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Rackspace Hosting began setting the pace as cloud providers.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2017

You need to send the right content to the right segment of your file at the right time. Offer additional digital payment methods such as PayPal, Amazon Checkout, Apple Pay, and Android Pay to meet interest and demand. The key to success with email messaging is relevant content and list segmentation. Invest in Social Media.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2010

Self-Publishing with Print-On-Demand "Print on demand" systems allow you to upload book files (usually PDFs), which are then used to print books to order. If you are serious about selling books through channels beyond your own website, there are really only two options--CreateSpace (owned by Amazon) and Lightening Source (owned by Ingram).

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

You may think your data isn't desirable, but if you hold fundraising events and have donor data in your files, provide direct services to your community and have client health records or domestic violence shelter rosters, and so on, then your data is desirable by someone. Why It Should Matter to Organizations.

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Judi Sohn

AUGUST 1, 2011

If that’s not enough, I can also shop the Amazon app store since my phone is supported and grab their daily free app. I’m getting re-used to the concept of a file browser on a phone again. I like that I can shop the Android Marketplace from my computer and a few seconds later the app is already on my phone.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2013

For example, do you need multiple versions of files or the ability to permanently archive deleted information? Realistically, the big cloud vendors (Google, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.) But if you stop paying a cloud vendor, they will shut off your account and delete your data. What You Really Should Worry About.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2015

What little remains we will mirror up to virtual servers somewhere, possibly Amazon. Here's what they said. Amy Sample Ward — CEO, NTEN. Have a plan, of course! In our case, we are retiring an incredibly expensive and complex-to-manage disaster recovery site as we move most of our critical data to Software as a Service platforms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2006

They also provide a link to Amazon where you can buy the tune. It is seven minutes long flash movie file produced at 640x480. They are using copyrighted music, but give a big disclaimer and plea to support those musicians by buying their music. So, the screencast is like a promotional video for the musicians. Production.

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