Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

Unfortunately, these TPMs create collateral damage in the form of disabling or hindering activities that are generally permitted. This has created the ironic situation where blind people, who because of their disability require access to digital copies, have been effectively locked out of purchasing ebooks for the last decade.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 28, 2023

If you are going to pour the amount of work necessary into creating a podcast, you will want to measure its success — but how? A podcast is basically a coded feed of XML that lists the information about your podcast, titles, descriptions and a link to where the MP3 audio file lives.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Easier file access. Office 365 offers offline file access, making it possible for your employees’ files accessible anywhere. Whether on the road, working from home, just somewhere with a faulty internet connection, files that may have been inaccessible are not a click away. Create collaboration spaces.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 19, 2024

Use these top tips to upgrade your visual design and create a beautiful website that will engage and inspire visitors: Incorporate your visual branding Follow accessibility best practices Prioritize simplicity To make revamping your website a breeze, leverage a content management system (CMS) designed with nonprofits in mind.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 13, 2017

And keep in mind that, unless you enjoy the ease and peace of mind of being on a managed hosting service, you’ll have to manually initiate the update (after creating a complete backup of your site first). Well now version 4.8 Frequent users of WordPress will at once recognize a new element that they’ve been asking for: Media Widgets.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2012

The recent upgrades in our Bookshare site and service such as the new audio formats, images, and image descriptions motivated several Members to share their thoughts, and we sought their permission to share those thoughts with you! Another Member, Diane Fazackarley also commented on our new downloadable audio formats. I love them.

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

When is the due date and how long will it take to create? Consider an audio slideshow Can even use an iPhone camera Ask corporate partners to donate/lend equipment Reach out and ask for free/cheap help from experts and students. Where will it be played (on a big screen, online, website)? It is different for different mediums.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 27, 2013

Primarily a mobile social network, Pheed also allows easy desktop publishing of status updates, photos, video and audio files, and enables users to broadcast live. Pheed :: pheed.com :: pheed.com/nonprofitorgs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

The Lavelle Fund exemplifies the tremendous social return that bold philanthropy can create. DAISY Audio and MP3 formats offer Bookshare members more choices to read on the go In this case, we upgraded the Bookshare website to allow direct downloads of accessible MP3 files for a small number of Bookshare ebooks.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 17, 2024

Allowing lapsed donors to fall through the cracks without attempting to re-engage them creates a vicious cycle. While acquisition should still be a part of a diversified fundraising strategy, if you want to reduce attrition, focus on retaining the support of those already in your donor file. With these donors, first impressions matter.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2017

version introduced a whole bunch of new media widgets such as rich text, audio and video etc. will also roll out a new gallery widget that allows users to create a native gallery and add it to any area on their site that is “widget ready.”. In keeping with that trend WordPress 4.9

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Greater Giving

JUNE 15, 2023

They serve as the driving force behind the event, leading the committee in achieving predetermined goals, raising awareness, and creating memorable experiences for attendees. Logistics and Operations: Overseeing event logistics, including registration, ticketing, seating arrangements, audio-visual requirements, transportation, and event flow.

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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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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 11, 2010

opening the room at the right time, filtering questions, and managing the recording so we have a file we can post afterwards. I record the webinar from my VMWare Fusion Windows 7 virtual machine, upload the file to our Vimeo Plus account , embed back on our website. I got the file the next day and I couldn't do a thing with it.

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Care2

JULY 9, 2010

Make Audio a Vital Medium for Your Non-Profit. Using audio files may be more powerful than you think. Jill Foster , a communications consultant in DC, recently spoke to me about the virtues of stand-alone audio. Jill Foster , a communications consultant in DC, recently spoke to me about the virtues of stand-alone audio.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Create a checklist of materials and processes that applies to any volunteer – from board members to office clerks. or “I love filing so much! Even if shoveling soil or filing reports is their volunteer role, chances are they’re with you because they believe in the higher purpose of your nonprofit: the mission.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Tracking data on unique visitors, pageviews, backlinks, and more from Google Analytics is essential to creating compelling online content. Paid search has become a channel that reliably generates new-to-file donors, even when brands bid on their name alone (branded search). Reach top-funnel users with podcast & audio ads.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2007

But wait a minute, what if I could create a screencast out of a screensharing session or using a web conference system like Ready/Talk that offers video/audio recording? So, I just plunged in with Ready/Talk and made a quick video/audio capture of me talking to myself while looking at my screen. What did I learn?

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sgEngage

JUNE 23, 2022

If you didn’t prioritize accessibility best practices when creating your nonprofit’s website, you could be excluding a significant portion of your nonprofit’s supporters from engaging with it. Creates a more pleasant user experience for all site visitors. Live captions. Live ASL interpreters.

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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 Department of Education Office for Special Education Programs (OSEP).

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NTEN

JULY 11, 2011

To create these accounts, sites frequently make use of registration forms. A true social site encourages interactivity by creating an environment that fosters communication not only between your organization and its constituents, but also between the members themselves. Social Conversations.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

From questions about the actual production of the files, to distribution, to listener metrics and feedback, there are plenty of moving parts that can raise questions. Like most things in the social web, though, there are tools and resources that can make creating a podcast accessible to almost any organization. The What and Why?

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2012

cents/minute for Adobe Connect and audio conferencing services combined, just for nonprofits. Read on to learn what web conferencing is, why you should also use audio conferencing, how Adobe Connect stacks up, and tips and tricks for wildly successful web conferences. Why Should You Also Use Audio Conferencing Services?

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 19, 2009

Google Desktop — Use Google to search your desktop files: [link]. Other products mentioned by participants in the discussion: John Elbare recommended: Wink -– Free program for creating flash movies out of screen shots: [link]. TrueCrypt –- Very well-designed and easy-to-use program for encrypting your files and folders: [link].

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2013

Digital Storytelling is in the air around TechSoup these days, and thanks to a grant from Symantec we have been able to experiment and create some new videos. As for the sound, I had an Audio-Technica AT899 lavalier microphone attached to record my voice. We aimed to make this video informative, concise, and personable.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Web and Audio Conferencing. Recording and playback : Record the audio and on-screen content of your meetings to send to others or review later. GoToTraining includes many of the same core web and audio conferencing features as GoToMeeting. Citrix Online's handy feature comparison can help you decide. and Android devices.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Nonprofits can use the platform to create mobile-friendly donation pages, personalized touchpoints, and other elements that optimize the giving experience. Top feature: Through Qgiv’s integration with Bloomerang , nonprofits can launch peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns that make it easy for supporters to create personal fundraising pages.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Remember the whole conference will be archived, so you if you can't spend the entire two days online listening in real time, you can always download the audio files and listen later. (I'm But the real learning (I hope) will come from a couple of ROI cliff hangers that I've created. What's your biggest ROI cliffhanger?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

There was also an associated effort called the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project, to ease the exchange of accessible book files between libraries for the blind and print disabled. The view of the World Blind Union was that the rightsholders (i.e.,

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2013

Huddle's file sharing, collaboration, and project management tools are in the palm of your hand with Huddle's collaboration apps , available for a variety of devices. Microsoft OneNote Mobile for creating notes and to-do lists using text, checklists, pictures, and audio clips. Never be without your important files again!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Creating an environment for learning in public means that it is okay to say “I don’t know” about an issue or problem and to ask others what they think. How do create an environment where it is okay to learn in public? Here's what I did: Created a unique #hashtag for the session and encouraged the audience to use it.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 26, 2006

Because of my husband's work, I had access to professional sound equipment: A Marantz PMD 660 Solid State Digital Recorder, (another professional option is an M-audio recorder ), a dynamic microphone, Electro-Voice 635A , and a cable to connect the microphone to the computer. This seemed like the most accessible option.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2012

Learn how you can communicate, collaborate, create content, and manage data on-the-go with our guide to TechSoup donor partner mobile apps. Office Mobile includes: Mobile versions of Word , Excel , and PowerPoint , allowing you to view and edit Microsoft Office files using your Windows phone. Not using a Windows phone? ReadyTalk.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

We can use the same ebook file to deliver the content ten different ways. With a press of a virtual button, an ebook can be printed, displayed in large print (on a page or on a display), made into braille (on a page or on an electronic braille display), or read aloud as audio. Jimmy then explained it was free, and would always be free.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

But one scenario, well I had that very question in a video I just published : I create a short movie, comprised of a video clip and three digital photos that I took, my -over and a royalty-free soundtrack song, which I bought from Premium Beat. Must I always create credits for the movie, shown at the end? into the file itself.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I have tried to use basic tools, like Notepad, to store notes, but that turned into an exercise of organizing multiple files with no way to easily find information or share it with others. OneNote allows users to create digital notebooks, each of which can be separated by multiple tabs for different topics. Searchability.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2016

And yet, it's important to make the effort, becauses email "churn" eats away at the size of your file as people change email addresses, close accounts, and change jobs. These free ideas and strategies will build your email file by tapping into your current website traffic and social media follower community.

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