Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2017

Refugee Response is an online technology informational resource that provides technology-related support for NGOs that serve refugees. Why NGOs and Humanitarian Workers Need Technology. The site points NGOs to TechSoup product donations and features how-to and other technology information. spanhidden

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis and push for policies that will put the world on track to reduce our planetary CO2 to safe levels - 350 parts per million. org, a Networked Nonprofit. org person is Bill McKibbon , who is president, co-founder, and primary messenger for the organization.

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

[Editor's note: The following is an article from the March 2012 issue of NTEN:Change. Let’s not let a little technology problem hold us back from being as ambitiously helpful as we would like to be. Has your organization had an "a ha" moment about a technology project that changed the way you work?

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CauseVox

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

When talking about generational cohorts, there’s countless articles written on cultivating and soliciting Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials. Almost three out of four young adults are willing to raise money on behalf of an org that matters to them. However, Generation Z is still an audience to be explored. Who is Generation Z?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis and push for policies that will put the world on track to reduce our planetary CO2 to safe levels - 350 parts per million. org, a Networked Nonprofit. org person is Bill McKibben , who is president, co-founder, and primary messenger for the organization.

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NTEN

AUGUST 13, 2012

[This is part three of a series taking a closer look at the key benchmarks from our 6th Annual Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Investments Survey Report , conducted with The NonProfit Times. In this article, we're taking a closer look at what we mean by "Tech Adoption". You can download the complete report for free here.]

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It shouldn’t be surprising that a nonprofit focusing on closing the gender gap in technology has a beautifully-coded annual report built right into its website. org integrated videos throughout the report so readers can get more information about two of their campaigns — Exxon Knew and Break Free — all while keeping the word count down.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

All our educational resources, including the TechSoup blog , articles , and webinars , help you choose and use the right technology, so your religious organization can spend more time focusing on its mission. intuit religiousorgs accounting quickbooks faith-based orgs microsoft tech planning Office365' spanhidden.

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NTEN

JANUARY 14, 2013

Each team member places relevant elder justice and elder abuse articles and online mentions from the web into NYCEAC’s private Delicious bookmarks. She blogs regularly about the intersection of social media, nonprofits and technology at Community Organizer 2.0. Podcasts and Slidecasts are placed into a shared Dropbox folder for review.

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Whole Whale

MAY 24, 2023

Write a follow-up email based on my meeting Prompt: Based on this transcript write a friendly-follow meeting noting the next-steps as written by {job title/org}. Working smarter, not harder, is the mantra of this era, and that involves leveraging advanced tools and technologies. Or as a hack, convert it to a PDF and process it.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2011

Nonprofit Leaders discuss the obstacles to putting technology towards their mission. As well as articles from NTEN experts in our "Tech Across Your Org" and "DIY Nonprofit Technology" sections. I couldn't possibly list everything here in this blog post, so please open the new issue to see more.

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NTEN

MARCH 1, 2012

Using Everyday Technology to Improve Your Services ," from Idealware's Laura Quinn and MAP for Nonprofits' Amy Wagner, with tips and inspiration for finding the innovation within your existing technology. Nonprofit Leaders sharing how they determine whether a technology project has been successful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

Submitted by Paul Lamb, Principal of Man On A Mission Consulting As an avid promoter of technology for social change, and as an active participant in a community of faith, I have often wondered why the two worlds remain so segregated? Fortunately there are some murmurings.

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NTEN

JUNE 1, 2011

There are also articles from NTEN experts in our "Tech Across Your Org" and "DIY Nonprofit Technology" sections. Nonprofit Leaders discussing out-of-control tech projects. American Red Cross's strategy for dealing with their Twitter "oops".

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

First, conduct an ad hoc technological assessment. These organizations provide research material and support articles to help you make informed decisions about technology. You can think of them as consumer reports for non-profit technology. traditional offline software) into the cloud (a.k.a.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011

As well as articles from NTEN experts in our "Tech Across Your Org" and "DIY Nonprofit Technology" sections. Plus: Watch NTEN's mini-documentary video on Cloud for Nonprofits Listen to an episode of the "askDeborah" podcast series, presented by the CTK Foundation.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

First, conduct an ad hoc technological assessment. These organizations provide research material and support articles to help you make informed decisions about technology. You can think of them as consumer reports for non-profit technology. traditional offline software) into the cloud (a.k.a.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Special thanks to RoundTable Technology, a leader in cyber security for nonprofits. This article is for the overworked techie in charge of all of the digital things who just panicked that it is 2020 and there are new privacy laws. Updated 2020 cybersecurity tips leaders of orgs should be thinking about for staff.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2009

It's the perfect mix of emerging technologies, social media, communities, and the web - some of my favorite things. A way to connect your org to your community? When an org sends an email, the open rate can be low - but when a person sends an email to friends, the open rate is 90%! A channel for promoting your mission?

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NTEN

AUGUST 2, 2012

Just a reminder that this column is meant to be a humorous and insightful “behind the scenes” take on what the people who are formally or informally responsible for technology at your organization are thinking and feeling. As always, no executive directors or board members were harmed in the writing of this article.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

note: This article is part of NTEN's Member Appreciation Month spectacular. Yesterday, I attended — and live tweeted (#baruchnp) — an interesting panel discussion at Baruch College here in New York, “ Social Media and Technology: What Nonprofits Need To Know.” Farra Trompeter, Big Duck. [Ed. You can read all the details here. ].

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Care2

JANUARY 14, 2013

I find them useful to bookmark, especially when you need to get your hands on an important article that has good data or strategic advice that you want to share with senior leadership to get their buy in. Full article here. Give to the Max Day Research: The Ultimate Case Study (Geoff Livingston).

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NTEN

JUNE 7, 2012

If you’re still unsure of what the term encompasses and why it’s relevant to nonprofit work, see our “What’s Hot: Content Curation” article in the new issue for a quick introduction. Nonprofit Leaders talk about their balance (or unbalance) of IT for mission versus keeping the org's lights on.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

I wanted to use today to focus in on a question recently posed by my good friend Joe Solomon on Twitter : What are the nonprofit/orgs that are working 2 wire the green movement, like what @ netsquared does 4 nonprofits, @ sunfoundation for politics; which orgs are working to expose data, leverage soc media, connect the orgs together?

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 5, 2021

In part one of our Support and Maintenance of Your University’s Salesforce Org blog series, we explored long-term maintenance and success strategies, starting with best practices related to staffing your Salesforce instance. Organizational Strategy: Design, structure, and vision for your Salesforce org(s). Stay tuned!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

We therefore want charities and libraries to make maximum use of our articles, blog pieces, how-tos, tech-for-good news, and other nonprofit technology information. From our point of view, sharing our content helps TechSoup achieve its mission: making technology information available to every charity and library that needs it.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #6: Joomla! January 29, 2008 I don’t exactly know where the exclamation point came from, but if you want a scarily easy CMS to install, Joomla is a place to start.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Peter gives an overview of what the changes are and what they mean -- and how we, as the nonprofit technology community, can help make tracking and reporting more effective for the whole sector. Did your org make it? TechBridge and GCN are also partners in the Day of Service and mentioned in the article. Thanks, Peter!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Marjorie Kittle, our Director of Finance and Operations, and I (Peg Giffels, Director of Community Engagement), hosted a wide-ranging conversation about technology, nonprofits, and community needs. org website. In the end there was a shared understanding that technology can be a game-changer for community organizations.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Kari: Carol Phillips wrote an article this morning suggesting that the differences in the work place may have less to go do with generational differences and more with trust. Technological expertise and an understanding with social media others don’t know. There is no substitute for perspective of power of technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2007

t take much time and relates to org goals. from Matt Goddard If you are new to social media, in terms of the tools and technology or how to integrate them into your product release strategy, consider the following activities. As you release your product, find some interesting articles or blog posts on the Web and bookmark them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2007

" (Allan's blog isn't the only nonprofit technology blog to mix the themes of nonprofit technology and spirituality - take for example here and here.). While I don't always agree with Allan's opinions on everything he writes, I love his insightful analysis, sense of humor, and well researched articles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2007

Resources and Reports Nancy Schwartz of the Getting Attention Blog summarizes an article with tips on for how nonprofit marketing and public relations staff can gain entry into the blogosphere Michael Stein (East Coast) files a report from Mali about the GeekCorps Mali project. Jon Stahl gives us a good reading of the Tea Leaves. A Few Web2.0

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

For orgs that lack the funding to redesign or overhaul their existing websites, a separate website that is specially designed for mobile devices does the trick quickly and affordably. See TechSoup's Mobile Technology solutions. Don't miss this roundup of tools and articles devoted to web design resources.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2005

Maintained by fundraising professional Dana Salisbury, the site provides longer articles on non-profit management and finance. New articles seem to appear only once every few weeks: not necessarily a bad thing in this age of information glut.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 28, 2007

Following a link in a sidebar of an article in the current issue of Dr Dobbs Magazine, a venerable developers journal, I found a great piece by Karl Wiegers - 10 Requirements Traps to Avoid -that should be a great help to anyone trying to write a requirements statement. Wiegers identifies three distinct levels of requirements.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2005

This week I wanted to get a bird's eye view of nonprofit blogging from a nonprofit technology assistance provider (people who work with nonprofits on technology/capacity building issues). As you look at the nonprofit technology landscape, what is your sense of where nonprofits are in terms of using blogs? RSS for Nonprofits.

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