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.

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VisionLink

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

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)? When is the due date and how long will it take to create? It is different for different mediums.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 17, 2024

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. He is an avid (but aging) soccer player, audio book enthusiast, and the heavily-disputed UNO champion of his household.

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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. Many nonprofits use interactive forms on their websites, whether it’s an online donation form , volunteer sign-up, event registration, or email sign-up.

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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 We also continue to add books from volunteers, staff and outsourcers through scanning and proofing, including student requests.

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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. While some organizations may be at the point of hiring, others are managing their growth through the smart use of volunteers. Learn more.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2013

If you have staff, volunteers, and supporters all taking pictures at the same event, the GroupPix app is for you. 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. Never be without your important files again!

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2012

A production grid is easy to produce in a collaborative tool like Google Docs and is easily shared via email or file sharing. The site allows users to upload content — video, audio, and images — and invite others to put the pieces together. Building a Team.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Participants learn skills in digital storytelling, photography, video production, and audio production, and use these skills to tell powerful stories about the lives of young people. Please visit the site to view this file). We accept this award on behalf of the Manos Internacional board of directors, volunteers, and children.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Slack Platform overview: Slack is a messaging platform that enables employees to send and receive multimedia messages, including regular chats as well as audio and video clips. This can streamline everything from new employee onboarding to cross-team collaboration and secure file sharing. This keeps all conversations focused.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2014

For remote working , connecting with staff or volunteers dispersed across multiple locations , or performing online training , this year's new offers from ReadyTalk could help you. Record training webinars and save them as video files. ReadyTalk Updated Offers. Or go for full webinar functionality. Get connected.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Files: Is your organization the holder of the official record of something? Do you have the news clippings of major events in your files? To build your organization’s bank account and volunteer base, you need a flourishing community of supporters. Send a video or audio “thank you” through social media or email.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2015

Box is an online file sharing and collaboration tool. Box is completely in the cloud, so you can share information with volunteers and external partners without giving them access to your network or emailing documents back and forth. Litmos is compatible with numerous media types, including Microsoft Office, Flash, video, and audio.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

A typical Chicago Underground Library (CUL) volunteer meeting starts something like this: New volunteers arrive for orientation at 6:30pm, some a little late because they got lost in the 100-year old parish house where we occupy the lobby of a fringe theater company on the second floor.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Consider the groups you will want to track or by which you will want to arrange members: donors, activists, organizers, stakeholders, partners, volunteers, supporters, and so on. They were able to use the platform for organizing offline events, finding and collaborating with volunteer organizers, and more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

Understand ICT needs and skills of the staff and volunteers. Our volunteers blogs on www.do-it.org.uk volunteers talk about their expereinces to encourage others to do something. audio and video files used for press stories, appeals, celebrity support (and branching out into podcastingetc) [link] [link] Animal Aid???shock

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 30, 2013

We’ve done a few; I’ll interview someone for a specific reason for an article or to add to a file. That’s a habit for our volunteer projects – we have to figure out how are we going to communicate what we want from participants. Why did you decide to collect essays as opposed to digital media, perhaps video or audio?

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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. Make sure you promote them in a way that is both effective and appealing, with clear descriptions and attractive photos.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 28, 2009

general awareness at around 40%, though… people don’t necessarily know they are consuming a podcast, audio embedded in rss etc. Mabye just for your volunteers to update them on volunteer opportunities. Are you trying to drive supporters, find funders, or volunteers, etc.? existing and target.

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Candid

APRIL 27, 2021

There are also tools and software (both desktop and mobile) specifically designed to help you organize work and enhance staff and volunteer productivity. With Miro, you can run online remote meetings, co-create projects, develop ideas, explain processes to your volunteers, and more. Mind Meister.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

Crafting a strong narrative that explains your mission, why it’s so crucial, and how donors and volunteers can help is key in making a case for supporting your nonprofit. So for example, let’s say you’re mapping the arc for a story featuring a volunteer. Volunteers. That’s where nonprofit storytelling comes into play.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2006

May need to get some technical instructions on how to convert the file formats or use a service like hipcast. For example, perhaps not have the talking head the whole time, but keep the audio and incorporate still photographs and titles to tell the story. Check out this popular YouTube user.

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Achieve

JULY 23, 2020

in the United States filed for unemployment at the onset of COVID-19. Volunteer opportunities. Even remotely, your organization can ask for volunteers to get involved with various aspects of your organization’s initiatives. We recommend keeping the video and audio both on for these meetings. 30 million individuals.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 16, 2015

Or perhaps you have some virtual volunteers who help out with your website or online community? Huddle is a cloud-based project management tool that supports file sharing, virtual workspaces, content management, and task prioritization. Need to send large files, such as image albums or reports to your remote coworkers?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Box lets you manage and collaborate on content with staff members and volunteers and distribute content to beneficiaries. If you need to send large files, such as image albums or reports, to your remote coworkers, try Citrix Sharefile. Staff can also access files from Sharefile via their mobile devices. Citrix GoToMeeting.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Box lets you manage and collaborate on content with staff members and volunteers and distribute content to beneficiaries. If you need to send large files, such as image albums or reports, to your remote coworkers, try Citrix Sharefile. Staff can also access files from Sharefile via their mobile devices. Citrix GoToMeeting.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Enlist the help of trusted volunteers to adopt donors and send them notes of thanks including why they care about the organization. There are also major political organizers, like Vote Forward , that are relying on individual volunteers to print, customize and mail letters to voters across the country. Letter writer volunteer.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

These are: Event Registration Bidding Software Text Fundraising Livestreaming Platforms Volunteer and Staff Management Online Shop Video Editing Software Graphics Software Event Day Solution Liability Waivers. Volunteer and Staff Management. Look for software that can: Store volunteer and staff data.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 28, 2023

Excel spreadsheets, email programs, basic online file storage, and other readily available tools can be used to communicate with donors and track payments. This includes all types of media like videos, audio files, and blog posts.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2008

History museum or other locally-themed museums might make a project for volunteers or teens that involves gathering waypoints (coordinates) for places of interest and then putting together a virtual map/tour. The waypoints could be put into a file (.gpx It might be accompanied by a podcast, so it becomes a city-wide audio tour!

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

So people right now are on WhatsApp and we can use it as a way to start a new channel of conversation with people that is complimentary to how we already communicate with volunteers, with donors, with, you know, our support base. And another great thing about WhatsApp that not other messaging apps have is that you can share audios.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Before Benetech was founded, blind people were read to either in person by a family member, volunteer, or paid reader, or via audio cassette tape. Fundamentally, the Arkenstone Reader allowed blind people to create their own personal ebook as a text file that could be read in something like Microsoft Word.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Their website templates are mobile-compatible, built on WordPress, and include recurring giving, event and volunteer management, email newsletter sign-up, and blogging. Ideal for staff and volunteer appreciation. Wistia is a video and audio creation tool that allows you to add email pop-ups to your videos and podcasts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Sparked.com is an online portal of volunteers that have signed up to offer small amounts of time to complete Web-based projects requested by nonprofits. Known as micro-volunteers, these individuals offer one or two hours a week to complete “Challenges” in the areas of technology, design, research, etc. Present.me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

Their website templates are mobile-compatible, built on WordPress, and include recurring giving, event and volunteer management, email newsletter sign-up, and blogging. Ideal for staff and volunteer appreciation. Ideal for thanking donors, volunteers, and supporters. WiseStamp :: wisestamp.com. Storrito :: storrito.com.

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