Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 30, 2009

We came up with a book wishlist for donors who wanted to pitch in and buy specific books requested by Bookshare members. We have talented members of the team that whip together graphics and even videos to promote these! It was fun singing along in the Bookshare holiday video. get the book scanned and into Bookshare.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2013

It also backs up photos and videos from your camera roll. You get unlimited storage, however, for purchased music, movies, apps, and books from iTunes. also known as "Leopard"), you can use a program called Time Machine to handle incremental backups of your iTunes library. More Resources.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2017

At TechSoup, we love to supply good, solid, low-cost refurbished or remanufactured IT equipment to nonprofits and libraries. The science that makes the environmental case for refurbished IT equipment is explained by Dr. Eric Williams of Rochester Institute of Technology and Ruediger Kuehr in their book.

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2012

Instead of booking a room and inviting people to come and see what they’re up to, our community team is much more likely to host an online demonstration like this one so they can reach many more people, regardless of where they are. SlideRocket has a short video tour that’s worth checking out.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

One of our missions at TechSoup Global is to supply low-cost refurbished IT equipment to nonprofits and libraries. Paul Hawkin, in his book, Natural Capitalism , finds that the volume of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. The Basis for the Environmental Benefits of Refurbished IT. The Bottom Line.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2013

One of our missions at TechSoup Global is to supply low-cost refurbished IT equipment to nonprofits and libraries. Paul Hawkin, in his book, Natural Capitalism , finds that the volume of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. The Basis for the Environmental Benefits of Refurbished IT. But I digress.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2008

ers, Next week, I'll be going to DC for a meeting convened by the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Museum and Library Services on "Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century." Over the last 50 years, public-facing museums and libraries in the U.S. Dear Museum 2.0-ers, From the Web 2.0

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. They can be a video interview with the donor about the mission. Send a video or audio “thank you” through social media or email. Throw in beer and pizza and music and it can be fun. Get creative.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

With a youth-oriented fundraiser, you can raise money for educational trips, sports equipment, classroom supplies, art supplies, musical instruments, or any other cause. Used book sale. Do you have outdated textbooks or slightly worn library books that can no longer be used or checked out? Costume contest. Game-a-thon.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

There’s lots of videos, lots of things you can look at to get a sense of what we offer. And a lot of this content that I’m talking about today is in my book called “Cloudburst” on fundraising, you’ll find scripts and things in there you haven’t ever seen before. That’s what Bloomerang is.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Live Music Battles Live music battles make for great events because you can find a lot of excellent musical talent who want to get their names out there. Book Sales Collect and sell donated books at a book sale event, with proceeds supporting your nonprofit.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

What’s the most endearing part of your local book/music/video store? When you walk into a bookstore without a specific book in mind, how often do you leave with a book? The Boston Library main branch used to have an “ask a librarian” booth in the front featuring a person sitting at a card table with some books.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

As I mentioned in my post about " extra-organizational activists" , there are bloggers out there who would love to raise money for your cause: Beth Kanter raised $800 for the Sharing Foundation using the ChipIn widget plus her blog , social networks, Flickr and video in 26 days. She reads 4 blogs a day, five hours a week.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 22, 2008

In the interview, Cami mentions that she is writing a book about the 29 Day Giving Challenge. So, go through your book collection and take books to the library or a used book store, or pass them on to someone on the street, or whatever. The deadline to submit your story is November 29, 2008. I was very, very ill.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Then, once the funds are raised, they’ll livestream or post a video of their experience online as proof. Make sure that your peer-to-peer participants complete the challenge, post a video online, use the necessary hashtags, and link their fundraising pages. This will encourage others to also do the challenge and give!

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 11, 2007

On Musematic , Holly Witchey has rigorously recorded her recent experience at WebWise, a " IMLS/RLG/OCLC/Getty sponsored conference" on Libraries and Museums in the Digital World that was held March 1-2. I wonder what the library people in the room thought when they heard this. Libraries are the ultimate 2.0 content providers.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2007

We haven't yet solved the internet quandary, so most days, I bike to town to work from the library or cafes. As Elaine points out in her essay, there are butchers who sell phone cards, barbershops with de facto day care centers, and bookstores that resemble cafes more than libraries. This is the ultimate mixed-use space. And a cafe.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

Author of two books, one just came out last February. We have a live library in our lobby here at Bloomerang. And I wrote two books which are also like my other two children. She and Allison Fine are coming out with our newest books all about AI and charity. You’re going to want to learn more about that.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 2, 2007

Here’s how it works: Users (free to join) submit websites, blog posts, videos, etc. Unlike YouTube , where it’s difficult to navigate beyond the videos that have thousands of votes, Digg makes new content easy to access. Sometimes you want a video of a bird flying into a tree. to Digg that they think are awesome. Well… somewhat.

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