Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2011

And there are all sorts of things you can do with those services, including helping out in disaster recovery. Before the cloud, if you wanted to build a web application (a program that you get to through a browser — Facebook is a good example) you would get yourself a server which would run your application.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 17, 2013

Microsoft Launches Free Disaster Relief App : Microsoft has recently released a new Disaster Relief app that goes under the name HelpBridge. The application is available for iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8. The application allows you to do two things: ask for help and give help.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

A similar example is that of an Atlanta city councilman who chose to post a message to Twitter asking for a medic to respond to an unconscious woman on the street rather than to dial 911 when his mobile phone battery was very low. The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 7, 2011

The people who are in most need of information about humanitarian disasters are the organized responders. Maps, helicopter overflights, satellite imagery, field reports from first responders, as well as phone calls and SMS messages from the general public. To continue in this direction, let’s look at how people use this information.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2013

If you are one of the people who received a phone or tablet for the holidays, now is the time to start coming up with a mobile backup plan. We've already covered Windows Phones and Windows 8 tablets along with Android phones and tablets. An estimated 17.4 This week, we'll cover how to back up your iPhone or iPad.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

TechBridge will produce a roadmap for your organization, which it will present to you during a second phone call and web consultation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy. The topic we explored was mobile fundraising, ranging from best practices, integration and why applications on phones haven’t taken off. What phones and apps are they using? Qwerty Monsters.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit , our comprehensive guide to ensuring that your nonprofit or library is prepared for disasters, security breaches, data loss, and more. VoIP unifies all your organization's telephones, mobile phones, fax machines, and computers through a virtual PBX software application.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. The proliferation of smart phones and the apps they run means that we are working in the cloud more than we may even realize.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner , MapTogether.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Most of us now host all of our applications and our data and our email systems documents/spreadsheets, etc. With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. The proliferation of smart phones and the apps they run means that we are working in the cloud more than we may even realize.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

Host a virtual phone bank for supporters to contact local businesses and grocery stores requesting excess food donations. – Host a phone bank where supporters reach out to their networks to donate excess food to local dropoff spot. Host a virtual phone or text bank to get out the word about COVID’s impact on program changes.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools. Jim Craner, MapTogether.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This is huge for disaster preparedness. Anti-spam and malware protection, community and phone support, and Office web applications. Redundancy means having multiple copies of your data stored in various servers and data centers (10+ copies of your data, in the case of Office 365!). You Completely and Totally Own Your Data.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

If you pay attention to the news, you may have recently heard about a major Internet hacking of celebrity phones and devices , in which hundreds of photos were leaked to the wider Internet. Their iCloud online storage was targeted, and hackers stole personal data and photos from their mobile phones and iPads.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

You can use Podio just about anywhere imaginable – online, with your iPhone, iPad or Android – that’s right, go ahead and Podio on your Otter-boxed phone while you wait to surf the next big swell. Why Podio, and What Can It Do? free Cloud online collaboration nonprofits libraries cloud computing'

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

Like the Pew Internet & American Life Project , we believe that over the next decade most people will access software applications online using several different types of devices rather than depending primarily on tools and information housed on their individual, personal computers. Find the first and second post in this series online.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2010

83% of adults have cell phones or smartphones. 35% of users have accessed the Internet via their phone, according to a December 2009 report by Pew. So in times of natural disasters like the catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti and affected more then two million people, can a mobile strategy help raise money in times of crisis?

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Tech Soup

JULY 21, 2016

This is huge for disaster preparedness. Anti-spam and malware protection, web and voice conferencing, document sharing, community and phone support, Office web applications, and more. This means if something happens to one server, your data won't be lost. You Completely and Totally Own Your Data. What exactly?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

PCs aren’t going away, but mobile devices (phones and tablets) are flooding in to the nonprofit workplace. That basically entails figuring out how to allow staff and volunteers to get work email, documents and other data on their own mobile devices – and what to do when phones and tablets get lost or stolen.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This wasn’t Tacker’s first go at responding to a disaster. Reaching people in the midst of a major disaster is challenging, said Tacker, and the Foundation depends heavily on its technology platform for outreach and processing. “In Streamlining Technology for the Good of Grantees Two Ten wasn’t always able to move this quickly.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2011

As we all know, text-to-give has proven successful(ish), especially around disaster relief like last year’s Haiti earthquake. Mobile applications have also begun to surface to empower peer-to-peer fundraisers to check their progress and send appeals straight from their phone. Take that, Marty McFly! Direct Mail.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2012

For libraries, see ACRL's mobile applications for learning , the Top 30 iPhone apps for libraries , and the YALSA blog for youth-oriented apps. The App It Up project also rounded up cool apps for nonprofits and libraries in various categories, including: Disaster and Emergency Response. Green Apps. Arts Organization Apps.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Refuge Restrooms is a web application and a mobile app (Android and iOS) that crowdsources and maps locations of gender-neutral and trans-safe bathrooms. Built over a weekend with a friend, Statement is a simple app that allows a person to type what he or she wants to say into her or his phone and show another person the text in a large font.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Changing the Present Facebook application offers nearly 1,000 meaningful $1 gifts from hundreds of leading nonprofits, so you're sure to find something that moves you or your sweetheart. The proceeds support the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund and. Habitat for Humanity's Operation Home Delivery.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Processing Payments in a Time of Crisis In 2023, wildfires created the deadliest natural disaster in Hawaii’s history. They securely processed nearly $175 million in donations in the first five months after the disaster. “A And that does not figure in the cost savings on follow-ups and phone calls.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

Or if you’re using a desktop client, disable the pop-up alerts and sound effects and close or minimize the application until you’re ready to focus on email. Sometimes a phone call or a quick walk down the hall to speak in person is more effective. All tech tools aren’t alike. It’s really important to acknowledge this.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Today's online consumer gives through a multitude of channels as 61 percent report mailing a check (most, after checking the website), 38 percent gave at an event, 17 percent used the Internet to sponsor a friend or family member in a run, walk or ride, and 16 percent responded to a phone call in addition to their personal online giving.1.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

We'll be raffling off an Apple iPad, solar cell phone chargers, a t-shirt that lights up when it detects a wi-fi signal (how convenient!) Interested in knowing how to prioritize resources, analyze a donor database, create mobile applications or visualize community indicators? Oh, and did we mention there will be prizes? Lots of prizes.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

We'll be raffling off an Apple iPad, solar cell phone chargers, a t-shirt that lights up when it detects a wi-fi signal (how convenient!) Interested in knowing how to prioritize resources, analyze a donor database, create mobile applications or visualize community indicators? Oh, and did we mention there will be prizes? Lots of prizes.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Compared to other nonprofit marketing agencies, Meyer Partners has a particularly wide range of expertise, as they support digital and analog communications (and they even do disaster response appeals!). Application security support: Full code reviews, web application security, and more. EXPLORE MEYER PARTNERS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Social media practices are just that – they get strong and stay strong with practice – so success means consistent application and learning. I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones. Grantees Implement A Modest and Realistic Action Learning Pilot.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Use Your Nonprofit Blog to Report Back From an Event, Trip or Disaster Do you have staff or constituents going to a conference that your supporters would be interested in hearing about? Blogs can also provide ways for people to find out information about loved ones if your organization works in disaster relief situations.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

So these are applicable to whatever it is that you’ve got going on in your state. George heard about this and he grabbed his phone and he videoed a whole bunch of people saying, “Thank you to the Smith Family Foundation. And I equate a lot of that to the phone calls that I made. “Join our legacy circle.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Lost or corrupted data such as names, addresses, credit card details, emails, and phone numbers would not only disrupt operations and create compliance risks, but also cause a major breach of trust among donors. Nearly all SaaS applications like Salesforce require shared responsibility for keeping data safe.

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Tech Soup

MAY 29, 2017

Regular backups protect organizations against a data-loss disaster. Whatever kind of database an organization uses, Veritas Backup Exec is an application that automates regular backups. Its sharing applications improve collaboration on projects or issues that cannot be easily explained via online messaging or a phone call.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Working on a personal PC, what are the requirements in terms of applications and standardization? Will there be a strict policy on non-work-related applications and services? And you do not want, obviously, to be having your data and your applications being accessed on an open network that is open to anyone in the vicinity essentially.

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