Volunteer Hub

APRIL 3, 2023

Listen to the full audio recording VolunteerHub has helped West Houston Assistance Ministries (WHAM) reduce administrative time, grow active volunteers, increase donations, and better engage corporate partners. Volunteer management software is an investment, but, there are grants available for technology and the ROI is worth the cost.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

So much so that many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. You can either manage your group online or on your mobile phone. It is a must download!

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

To ensure effective project communication, keep in mind these best practices for groups communicating in these virtual channels. Non-tech Based Communication Tools Outside of technological tools, there are additional ways to set clear expectations and maintain effective project communication.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

Clubhouse—the invite-only, audio-based social application that’s been drawing in celebrities and expert thought leaders—facilitates widespread collaboration on global topics by allowing users to participate in different conversations on different topics in real-time. As one might guess, Clubhouse was one that floated to the top.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

So much so that many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. You can either manage your group online or on your mobile phone. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Fluent / Care2 technologies These platforms are great for achieving scale in lead generation at the top of the funnel and allow for performance-based pricing in lead generation. Reach top-funnel users with podcast & audio ads. Technology has dramatically expanded how organizations attract and retain donors.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 28, 2014

A passionate technology-for-good advocate, Gerardo has made major contributions to Benetech’s social mission since he joined us over four years ago. He oversaw the development of numerous products and services that allow us to drive social empowerment through technology across all our programs.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Then, group individuals based on shared characteristics. For instance, you might create personas for different age groups, such as young, middle-aged, and elderly visitors. Robust: Your website’s content should be robust enough that assistive technologies can accurately interpret the information.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

How can we use technology in a new way to improve people’s lives that is an order of magnitude better? Can we help stimulate the creation of far more technology-for-good ventures? Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2020

Experts point to several reasons why we are feeling a loss of vitality, productivity, and wellbeing in our virtual workplaces: Online-mediated interaction and communications deprive us a full sensory experience as we are only limited to audio and visual experiences (when using video conferences) or just text. second delay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

They will Tweet from location, break news on Facebook, send out group text calls to action, document in real-time photos and videos, and blog report backs live from events as they unfold. The technology does not yet exactly match the needs of the nonprofit sector, but its close. Most haven’t considered it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The context We’ve been supporting the World Blind Union and other groups in the pursuit of a Treaty for the Visually Impaired for the last five or six years. In particular, they wanted the group to endorse that a copyright exception under Marrakesh exclude works that are commercially available. I had a sinking feeling in my stomach.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Before the pandemic, way back In November 2019, a group of academic meeting researchers from several universities, business leaders, and consultants met to review and analyze hundreds of research studies about what makes meetings effective. If you can’t avoid long stretches of meetings, give yourself an “audio only” break.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Last week, I had the immense pleasure of hosting a virtual discussion and Q&A with a group of nonprofit CEOs and CIOs to talk about how they’re navigating opportunity and building resilience in this changed world we all find ourselves in. Treat technology as a strategic pillar and driver of change in your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Financial Officers Group. This morning Liz Karlin, who works at the Packard Foundation in Grant Operations , and I did a remote presentation for the Foundation Financial Officers Group on Organizational Change and Social Media Policy development. Avoiding Technology and Presentation Fail.

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2022

Consider your audience’s demographics and group audience members based on shared characteristics. For instance, you might create profiles for different age groups, such as young, middle-aged, and elderly visitors. To create a user journey map, follow these steps: Create personas for each segment of your website’s visitors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Launched in November 2020, Twitter Spaces ( @TwitterSpaces ) are live audio spaces that speak on a variety of topics. Communities function as groups within Twitter that allow members to group tweet about specific topics. Twitter Spaces. Anyone with a public Twitter account can join and tweet into a community or create their own.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Graduate Students at MIIS Class Doing Group Exercise in Flexible Classroom Space. And, if you are attending NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology in March, join me, John Kenyon, Andrea Barry, and Cindy Leonard for a session on designing effective technology training. 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

At the Digital Engagement Event , back on 6th October, David Wilcox and I helped the Community Voices team facilitate two sessions that focused on the three things more important to digital engagement than the technology. Remember to visit the Community Voices group to connect with the rest of the conversations going on there.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 30, 2009

At the Digital Engagement Event , back on 6th October, David Wilcox and I helped the Community Voices team facilitate two sessions that focused on the three things more important to digital engagement than the technology. Remember to visit the Community Voices group to connect with the rest of the conversations going on there.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 10, 2009

The Bookshare team has been attending the summer conventions of the two major blind consumer groups, the NFB and ACB. We also announced a couple of assistive technology partnerships. The device also allows users to record their own audio books.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

“As organizations,” Osborne said, “we must liberate spending to focus on the promotion, learning and innovation around braille,” and recognize that we ought to embrace today’s changing economics and technology so that braille can be part of an equation which delivers access to information for all, not just to those who can afford it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Earlier this week I was invited to speak on an on-line conference by the Friends of Benetech, an independent support group for our Bookshare.org digital library for people with print disabilities. They have a neat technology for an on-line audio and text chat room. I love this kind of opportunity that technology makes possible.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

With Animoto, you can put together photos, slides, and text with audio and video to create a compelling story from all the various elements you may have created separately or gathered at an event. You can also create groups to share privately across a team, and organization, or a network. Give it a go ! Bonus: Instagram.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Note from Beth: At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky to co-design and facilitate a session on technology training with colleagues John Kenyon, Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. Incorporate the three learning styles: visual, audio, and somatic.

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Classy

MARCH 24, 2021

Your nonprofit may have previously organized in-person group volunteering events for your corporate partner’s employees, such as meal prep for your emergency shelter residents or reading books to children in your after school program. Consider using livestream technology to run your event.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 29, 2016

So begin with a group of just close friends, supporters or clients: basically people you trust. Was the quality of the video and audio decent? First-time Facebook Live posters are going to make mistakes: it’s inevitable. Then ask for their feedback immediately: was the lighting okay? Did they feel engaged with your message?

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2021

According to the World Health Organization, over one billion people worldwide use assistive technology in their day-to-day lives. Accessible internet experiences are not just useful for those who rely on assistive technologies, but also for those who might temporarily—or suddenly—find themselves in need of these services.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

In a recent white paper (registration required), industry analysts at Frost and Sullivan outlined key technology. than any other advanced communications technology (including instant. than any other advanced communications technology (including instant. as a replacement for in-person events and large group meetings, they.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

Elliot will be talking with participants about technology planning for nonprofits, and Evonne and Susan will be talking about interactive online events and social media tools. ReadyTalk — This standard for webinar production offers integrated slides, screensharing, live moderated chat, and high-quality recorded audio.

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2011

All of the methods listed use the web or some form of computer technology in order to avoid the hassle of going to off-site training seminars or conferences. Another donated service, ReadyTalk , provides web and audio conferencing at an affordable annual subscription and low rates for callers once subscribed. toll-free number.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Virtual Fundraising Event Production and Technology. JP helped with efforts related to the Collaborative’s use of different communication technologies and digital flow. This can be through email groups, digital breakout rooms, or other chat board software. The first half of pre-production focuses on preparing your technology.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Love of the print book.

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AccelEvents

JUNE 23, 2020

And as event technology advances and people become more and more familiar with a digital format, the benefits of a virtual trade show become abundantly clear. Scheduled video, audio, or VR sessions. Be sure to add a keynote speaker, breakout sessions, group panels, and live product demos.

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