Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Thousands of ebooks are pouring into the collection each month thanks to the dedication of our volunteers around the world and partnerships with more than 500 socially responsible publishers who donate their digital files. Bookshare titles range from vocational to research to teacher-recommended reading. The majority of our members are U.S.

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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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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. or “I love filing so much! Focus on your mission. That’s why I volunteer.”

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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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AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

RTMP, at a glance, transmits video files from an encoder to an online hosting platform. . For compatibility purposes, RTMP encoding works best with AAC-LC for audio codec (although AAC is also supported) and H.264 It is now referred to as RTMP ingest. RTMP has several protocol distinctions as well.

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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. Playback was audio-only. All well and good.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. You may not want to change how you currently manage donors, which means you’d like to invest as little as possible in a different solution or approach to donor management.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 19, 2009

Google Desktop — Use Google to search your desktop files: [link]. Process Explorer — A Windows task manager & monitoring tool, much richer than the Windows Task Manager: [link]. TrueCrypt –- Very well-designed and easy-to-use program for encrypting your files and folders: [link].

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. 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

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2012

This post was authored by Salem Kimble, social media development manager with BetterWorld Telecom. cents/minute for Adobe Connect and audio conferencing services combined, just for nonprofits. cents/minute for Adobe Connect and audio conferencing services combined, just for nonprofits. File uploading and downloading.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2013

In addition to anti-theft features, Bitdefender Mobile Security can scan your Android device for malware and helps you manage the permissions you've granted to your downloaded apps. Get mobile access to your DonorPerfect Online donor management system anytime via iOS or Android devices via DonorPerfect Mobile. Citrix Online.

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sgEngage

JUNE 23, 2022

Recent court cases have found that if charges are filed against a nonprofit for not being accessible, they can be required to bring their site up to par from an accessibility standpoint. As of 2020, nonprofit organizations’ websites were not required to be ADA compliant. Live captions. Live ASL interpreters.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Do you need software to manage volunteers and human resources? Human resources software can save you time, reduce paperwork, and help you get rid of paper HR files once and for all. Storing and retrieving your HR information is made simple with Staff Manager (admin fee: $30) from Atlas Business Solutions. Start Fundraising.

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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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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 I'm planning to download to my Ipod and listen while walking.) You can register here.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 31, 2011

Meet Cynthia Balusek, Convio Support Manager and first interviewee for the new Connection Cafe podcast series. Download audio file. Author: Corey Pudhorodsky. Each month you'll get to meet a Convio employee like Cynthia and learn what makes them tick. Sit back, relax and have a listen.

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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? DonorPerfect.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2010

It all started in 2008, when Comcast deliberately slowed Internet traffic for BitTorrent, a file-sharing site, and the Federal Communications Commission told the ISP it can't do that. Fundraising campaigns, communications with constituents, and the overall management of the nonprofit organizations could be throttled as well. .

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2017

Like most of us, many museums rely on Microsoft products for back office networking, office productivity, communications, and managing data. Manage Your Finances with QuickBooks. Guide by Cell lets you create interactive audio tours of exhibits that visitors access with their mobile phones. Get Symantec Endpoint Protection.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

For the first podcast interview of 2012, I'm excited to have a chance to share a conversation I had with Sandy Schmieder, a Senior Project Manager on Convio's Services team. While Sandy has only been at Convio for about a year and a half, she is already one of our most valued project managers and has made huge contributions to our team.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

ReadyTalk's web and audio conferencing service is available for donation to eligible nonprofits and libraries through TechSoup. This post was authored by Anita Wehnert and originally appeared on the ReadyTalk blog. Read Anita's bio at the end of the post. Integrating Salesforce and ReadyTalk.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

15 per person/minute for audio is very tough to swallow. Even the unlimited plans (which start at $50/month, or possibly discounted) have pricing for audio, which I hadn’ t realized. It was this audio pricing that drove a stake in the heart of my ReadyTalk plan. It does, apparently, do audio via VOIP. It’s $.24

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

If you, like the rest of the world, have managed to shift to the virtual environment, you may be looking for ways to improve your digital presence. Every live stream has five major parts in order to function properly: a video source, an audio source, a video encoder, a streaming destination, and an internet connection. Audio Equipment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

Record Two families of mics Dynamic mic - $80 SHURE SM57 or 58is top of the line- any $20 USB mic Castblaster - can que up your audio files and sound effects - DJ tool. Adjust the audio signal and keeps the quality high. Audacity or goldwave can help you get a soft audio louder. Garageban is king for Mac. Cost about $500.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Prior to starting a consulting firm in the late 1970s, he was Vice President and Director of Management and Organization Development for NCNB, now Bank of America. Download audio file. I was lucky enough to get a chance to sit down and interview him after the keynote session. Connection Cafe Podcast 3 - Chip Bell.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2006

Why add KB or MB to the file size when my content instructional. Lack of technical skills or software tools in cutting, splicing, fading the audio and weaving it with the video track. The decision to add a music track is a trade-off between file size and dramatic impact. I've resisted adding music for three stupid reasons: 1.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 28, 2023

Donor management systems for nonprofits run the gamut from simple Excel spreadsheets to sophisticated tools with automated features and personalization. Defining Donor Management Systems Technically, every collection of platforms or tools used to manage your donors is a donor management system—some systems are just more effective than others.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2014

opposite of a for profit; not difficult ( donor management ) Answer. Conferencing options let you share your screen or presentation, use your computer or smartphone audio (no dialing in), and add up to four presenters to a live video feed. Record training webinars and save them as video files. “Home, home on the __.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 12, 2006

especially electronic documents and other files ??? Okay, I was in a bar called Blue Martini with colleagues, but managed to leverage the research into an article on information coping skills. Now, all we need is the audio and flickr streams. The folder structures to organize project information ??? frequently resembled a ???divide

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life. Pathfinder gave a presentation to a small group in Cambridge , while his audio (some of the time) was streamed into Second Life along with his Powerpoint Slides. I also turned off my audio.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

If you, like the rest of the world, have managed to shift to the virtual environment, you may be looking for ways to improve your digital presence. Every live stream has five major parts in order to function properly: a video source, an audio source, a video encoder, a streaming destination, and an internet connection. Audio Equipment.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2015

Box is an online file sharing and collaboration tool. Litmos is a cloud-based learning management system (LMS). Litmos is compatible with numerous media types, including Microsoft Office, Flash, video, and audio. Little Green Light is a cloud-based donor management system designed for nonprofits. Two Truths and a Lie.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Websites, Email & Constituent Management from Laura Quinn: Your website is you, online. It’s also a good idea to use a content management system to manage your website’s content and updates, like Wordpress , Joomla , and Squarespace. Did you know you can embed an audio file in Google Earth?)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Consider things like ebooks, video or audio files, or even a private livestream session with a celebrity. You can provide everyone who completes the hunt with something as simple as a digital file. When he’s not managing a fundraising event you can find him at the gym or working on side projects at home in Palo Alto, CA.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

Song Reader didn''t come as a CD, or an LP, or a bunch of digital audio files. My appreciation for the ability of songwriters to avoid those pitfalls drove a lot of the writing here; still, I have little idea whether any of these songs managed to find that line. There are twenty songs in Song Reader.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 30, 2013

Mary Warner, the Museum Manager at the Historical Society, wrote a series of moving articles for her museum newsletter and later for the AASLH’s Small Museum Online Community about her experiences tackling big issues in a small museum. We’ve done a few; I’ll interview someone for a specific reason for an article or to add to a file.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Internally, we use a wiki to manage many projects and communicate across the organisation. audio and video files used for press stories, appeals, celebrity support (and branching out into podcastingetc) [link] [link] Animal Aid???shock does aid help developing countries???? link] Plan International???support Virtual Village???including

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