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What Your Nonprofit Needs to Know About Amazon Alexa

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Smart speakers are voice-activated digital assistants that enable users to use their voice to command a wide variety of activities, such as play music, listen to news, make calls, watch video clips, shop online, and control smart home devices (thermostats, home alarm systems, lights, smart TVs, etc.). households by 2022.

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Internet Strategy on the Cheap: Tools and Resources

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Podcasting Hardware Olympus Digital Recorders $125-$200 on Amazon Samson Zoom H4 Handy Digital Recorder. About $270 on Amazon. Electro-Voice Microphone 635A. 120 on Amazon Headphones. About $100 on Amazon. 42 on Amazon Skype Podcast Recording Software Skype [link] (Skype to Skype is free. Use with MicroTrak.

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Martha Beck Interview: Finding Your Way in a Wild New World

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Without that nagging voice telling us we have to work and work and work (hello, Calvinist ethic), we’d play and rest as naturally as animals do. Dropping into the nonverbal part of the brain happens whenever we’re very focused on a physical skill, from playing the piano to skiing, when we get lost in enjoying music, and often when we laugh.

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Mobile, Voice-Operated Everything, and Security, Oh My! Top Nonprofit Tech for 2016

Tech Soup

Voice-Operated Everything. We're now talking to our mobile devices with Apple's Siri , OK Google , Samsung S Voice , and Microsoft Cortana. We can talk to our cars with voice command systems like the Ford SYNC. These things play music, control smart home devices, provide information, read the news, and set alarms.

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Mobile for Good: Net Neutrality Threats and More Bad News

Tech Soup

The plan goes beyond the traditional billing buckets of voice, text and data. You can now opt to have "unlimited Facebook" or "unlimited streaming music." T-Mobile got the ball rolling first with an unlimited music streaming plan for a handful of the most popular music plans.

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09NTC Nonprofit Radio: How to Make Podcasts That Promote Your Brand and Engage Supporters

Amy Sample Ward

Session Description: With portable music players, smart phones, and cheap bandwidth everywhere, more and more online marketers are turning to podcasting as a powerful way to extend the reach of their brands and engage supporters. Amazone Web Services - for very cheap. So, bring your iPods and earbuds, and let’s podcast!

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Writing for Change Conference: An Interview with Elizabeth Pomada

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Amazon lists books the minute they're in publishers' catalogs, so although you can't second-guess what's going to be out when your books is out, which is 18 months after you deliver it and it's accepted, you can only see who's doing what and make sure that no one's doing already what you want to do. We'll do some labyrinth walking to music.