Byte Technology

DECEMBER 29, 2016

It’s an all-to-common scenario: a new user to WordPress builds their site, goes live and starts blogging or selling or raising funds without giving much thought into how their site’s performing. Are visitors getting a good user experience? Are your pages loading quickly? Are they rendering correctly across mobile platforms? WebPagetest.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

As bad as these corrupt nonprofits are, they're not the biggest problem facing the social sector, according to Berger. The problem isn't even dwindling funding or the need to minimize spending on overhead. The biggest problem, as he sees it, is that most nonprofits can't prove their work has any real impact.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Picturing the Problem. What we can do to address the problem. Nonprofits and libraries can use the infographic to help local government and other community leaders understand why increasing information technology access and use should be a critical community-wide goal. The infographic. as a whole. Who is getting left behind.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Elaine Charnov – The NY Public Library. Jason Eppink – Museum of the Moving Image. Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. 100 Years of the flagship library in New York. Staged a major exhibition celebrating the spectrum of what is in the library, public programs partners with The Moth.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

In actuality, hackathons are events where ideas are hatched and technology needs are met — making them excellent opportunities for nonprofits, charities, and libraries! The hackathon model is ideal for nonprofits and libraries because it brings together motivated volunteers to expedite a project on a limited budget.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? At tightly facilitated events called Generators, leaders with a range of expertise from the nonprofit and library communities discuss their daily work.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

It addresses the thorny problem of bringing the 25 percent or so of people in the city who are still not participating in the information age to inclusion. The broadband company, CenturyLink , is also building a gigabit fiber network in Omaha, so this is definitely a growing trend. Image: City of Kansas City.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Mobile matters for nonprofits, charities, and libraries. What does this really mean for your nonprofit, charity, or library? If you're convinced that a mobile website should be a priority, but you're struggling with how to actually implement it, no problem! Start building a mobile strategy for your nonprofit or library.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A copyright exception allows specialist organizations (generally a government agency or disability NGO or library) to make an accessible version of a published book without having to get permission from the author or publisher. What can we do today to build that accessible future? which has secured a series of legal victories.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2014

As bad as these corrupt nonprofits are, they're not the biggest problem facing the social sector, according to Berger. The problem isn't even dwindling funding or the need to minimize spending on overhead. The biggest problem, as he sees it, is that most nonprofits can't prove their work has any real impact.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 20, 2012

Particularly important for smaller nonprofits and libraries, troubleshooting problems, maintaining your technology, learning new tech skills, and increasing the effectiveness of every day applications can help keep you ahead of the curve and help avoid problems down the road. nonprofit or library? building from Fab Lab.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Donors and volunteers don’t support you so you can buy a new printer or move into a better building. You may want to spend some time on the front lines of your nonprofit gathering stories and creating a story library so you have several ready when you need them. It shows donors that their actions are making a difference. Example #1.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2015

Caravan Studios: Building Through Listening. The Generators focus on problems or difficulties that nonprofits face in their daily operations. In a moderated discussion, the guests list problems that arise in the day-to-day operations of their organizations and brainstorm ways technology might solve them.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Participation builds loyalty and community. Key Takeaway #2: Spotlight Your Mission as the ‘Hero’ In the book, Ogilvy realized in a flash of insight that taste was irrelevant for whiskey – it was brand image alone that motivated purchases. Use statistics to vividly demonstrate the scale of the problem being addressed.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Transforming Communities is a Microsoft-funded initiative that builds on what TechSoup and Microsoft already learned through the first App It Up project. ClassTalk was made through Code for America , a nonprofit that connects app developers with civic leaders to solve city problems. Image: App Inventor Workshop ( Flickr ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

Such spaces offer great benefits for collaboration, transparency, knowledge sharing, learning, creativity, and team building. This image above, recently making the rounds on social media, is a funny statement on the challenges of an open office layouts, where there are no walls or doors. But there are challenges, too.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2012

Their web-based professional-grade service for creating and sharing presentations online is available to eligible nonprofits and public libraries through TechSoup. provides both an awakening to the problem and inspires the viewer to. Powerful images, great use of fonts, and an. Waste Ventures. believe they can solve it.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

" Here at TechSoup, we're excited to see nonprofits and public libraries as well as our donor partners, Microsoft and Cisco, involved with TechHire. Building a New Source of Talent. "[Year Up] is another tool in your chest to help you solve a problem in your company." Image 1 : WhiteHouse.gov.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

Leonard Library. Open source champion Brian Behlendorf spoke at the event, encouraging the hackers to focus on finding an interesting problem to solve rather than worrying about building a sustainable model. Image 1: National Day of Civic Hacking, IntelFreePress. Image 2: Code for Hawaii, Bytemarks.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Basically it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. Career services-skills assessment, resume building, cover letters, and interviews. (5 Image: Photo of Emily Smith of YMCA of Greater Seattle, photo by Charles Brennick. 10 users=15 hours/per week).

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

We also shine the light on the potential security problems of smart toys, predict the end of the digital divide, and discuss a health-related wearable that can't get here fast enough and some intriguing 10 year-old predictions that just happened to come true. Image 1: TechSoup. Image 2 : kpgolfpro / CCO. Image 6: Paul Lamb.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

It doesn’t rely solely on the relatively few big data centers out there, but rather on the emerging Internet of Things in which processors are embedded into appliances, thermostats, cars, street lights, buildings, etc. Pathways to Education is dealing with the large and troubling Canadian high school drop out problem.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

This is unchanged from previous survey results and an indicator that the overhead myth is still a problem. The expanded offerings to charities include Office 365 , Azure for building and hosting applications, Dynamics 365 database, Power BI f or data visualization, and Enterprise Mobility Suite. Image 1: Wes Holing.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton - Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab Ruth Cohen - American Museum of natural History Elaine Charnov - The NY Public Library Jason Eppink - Museum of the Moving Image Syed Salahuddin - Babycastles Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library 100 Years of the flagship library in New York.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 29, 2009

For the past year, I've been ending many of my talks with this image. Haarlem Oost is a branch library in the Netherlands that wanted to encourage visitors to add tags (descriptive keywords) to the books they read. These tags would be added to the books in the catalog to build a kind of recommendation system.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Build your campaign contact lists. You can solve this problem by choosing a more sustainable Giving Tuesday campaign idea—a recurring giving campaign. Perhaps your organization needs a new building, expensive equipment, or simply has a gap in the budget after the challenges presented by COVID-19. Keep it simple. Host a concert.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2006

A study for the nonprofit Womens Way found that women who volunteered improved their leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills. Sarah Lynn Seaton participated in a Women Build with Habitat for Humanity last May in Knoxville. I thought it was a cool idea to have a team of women building a house together.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

It seems like every day there's a new overhyped idea that claims to fix a problem you never thought you had, like a delivery service for laundry quarters. So it's refreshing to come to an event where techies and nonprofits convene to solve deep, real problems that plague our community. Images: Caravan Studios / TechSoup.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 25, 2021

How To Identify and Build Your Nonprofit’s Story in 5 Steps. How to Identify and Build Your Nonprofit’s Story in 5 Steps. The idea is that you should build your story around an individual, rather than your nonprofit itself. 7 Tips for Effective Storytelling for Nonprofits Using Digital Marketing. Staff members. Volunteers.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

" Part of the problem, I think, is that the term "cloud" is used in a lot of different ways by a lot of different people. Platforms as a service: you rent server space, bandwidth, and the tools to help you build or customize web-based applications ( Salesforce , for example). Image: Laura Dantonio.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

I got plenty of videos on my YouTube that they can watch about how to build more courage. You need to get honest with yourself because we’re going to solve the problem here. Just start building relationships. Try to build relationships and just connect with people. Build relationships and get to know each other.

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 7, 2023

Building Persuasiveness Suggest 3 specific ways the previous reply could be more persuasive for the target audience and goals. Create an image prompt for these. Prompt chaining : Building up prompts in a logical sequence, with each depending on and referring back to previous prompts and responses.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Both of these designers presented compelling images and evidence from exhibit work and child development experts about the idea that you can make sophisticated, muted exhibits that help children slow down, focus, and enjoy themselves with interactive content.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Determining the tone that works best for your nonprofit website will help you make decisions about word choice, images, and graphics. . These individuals can take photos and videos at events and submit them to your organization’s content library. Include alt text for images. Optimized images. Playful and witty.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

This project is a great resource for libraries to share with patrons. San Francisco libraries have varying hours and might not always be open. Library staff can tell patrons to use this service when the library is closed or if all the computers are in use. Reporting Problems. Image 1: Caravan Studios.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 29, 2021

To help your nonprofit build a website that will continue to be useful as your nonprofit grows, this article will explore key elements you should know about and implement in your own design, including: Regularly Updated Content. As you build your website, engage visitors by including interactive media such as: Photo carousels.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Food insecurity is one of the country’s most prevalent issues and, while it is a complex problem, food drives can help lessen the impact of food insecurity on households in your community. Is your neighborhood library in need of new books? Include images and video messages to take your “thank you” to the next level. Food drive.

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