Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Ed Granger-Happ, Nethope; Claire Bonilla, Disaster Response Microsoft; Daniel Ben-Horin, TechSoup Global, Vida Durant, CARE USA. Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Your nonprofit’s mission is likely the same as it was when your organization began; to make an impact and to effect change, whether locally, nationally or globally. The challenge then is to stay true to your mission while taking the steps needed to keep pace in a changing industry. with new technology without a game plan.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

These issues include climate-related disasters, diseases, poverty, and other problems that present major roadblocks to peace and prosperity. Volunteers help change the lives of those in their community as a social responsibility rather than receiving a financial reward. Anyone with an internet connection can be a virtual volunteer.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 3, 2011

They were going to bring Bangladesh better wireless internet than exists in California, and they’ve done it. Public Interest Capitalism is his personal brand of social change. I recently had the opportunity to visit with one of their main funders, George Hara, in San Francisco.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

If your nonprofit works in disaster relief, share a story of survival. Of course, I am not suggesting nonprofits turn a blind eye to the problems of the world, but some more good news on the Internet definitely couldn’t hurt. 2) The rise of the Internet troll. 2) The rise of the Internet troll.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 19, 2016

of all households reported having high-speed internet access. In every age category, over 50% of households have high-speed internet access. Even in states where the amount of people with high-speed internet access is lower than the national average, at least 62.3 Internet-based fundraising is similar to most fundraising.

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Care2

OCTOBER 6, 2010

If you thought email radically changed the way nonprofits communicated with constituents online, then social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter may have challenged you even more. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority determines a trustee for each ccTLD and administration and control is then delegated to that trustee.

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NetWits

JULY 6, 2011

Think about it like when the Internet became popular — you wanted to secure your domain even if you didn’t plan on using it right away so others wouldn’t register it. Or you may want to find individuals who are talking about the events around the world where disaster relief is needed. Fill out your profile completely.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2018

AI and the Future of Humans: The Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center interviewed experts about their predictions about the impact of AI. She was also interviewed on the City Arts and Lectures podcast recently and well worth a listen. Will people be better off in 2030?

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

With the introduction of the internet and social media, donors now have the ability to participate and give in new and more accessible ways. It can be participating in a TV text-to-give appeal from your couch, supporting a fundraiser on Facebook or rounding up the spare change on your morning coffee. large events for larger wallets.

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NetWits

MAY 22, 2012

Remember that online donors live in “internet time,” which is to say they prefer the online channel because it is immediate in both execution and delivery. Download the complete Multichannel Fundraising Report to learn more about how the industry is changing, the turn to online fundraising and the need for a multichannel approach.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Check out The Wired Wealthy: Using the Internet to Connect with Your Middle and Major Donors by Convio, Sea Change Strategies, and Edge Research for more information on how to connect with big dollar donors online. While you can't and wouldn't want to predict the next disaster, you should have a disaster fundraising plan in place.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2010

But these characteristics won't change about the demographic: They are vocal, demanding and discerning." " URL Shorteners: Blind(ly) Heading Towards Disaster? " Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media – frogloop – "Can I be honest?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

By using a mobile phone, they can collect data on the go and easily sync it to their Salesforce platform if they are in an area where the internet is unavailable. It became clear as we talked through the process that they needed a lightweight, efficient means to collect data that didn’t rely on internet connectivity. DV: I agree.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2014

This is one of the first reports using “Personal Health Data” in aggregate, using data points around sleep tracking to look at a natural disaster. As Jacob Harold mused on Twitter, “In such a moment of something so powerful and scary as an earthquake, technology can only observe.”

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2017

In a recent blog post , in which our nonprofit, TechSoup, advocated for Net Neutrality, there were several responses that have an interestingly identical structure: (a) Government should stay out of the Internet; (b) There are technical issues involved that TechSoup does not understand; and. (c) There was no web.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Security in the Cloud Security is one of the largest concerns when considering a move of a system or application to the Internet. Week 2: How Cloud Computing Changes Organizations. Can Cloud Computing Change Organizational Boundaries? Learn how to protect your organization. Reach for the Cloud with Microsoft Services.

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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. Our Right to Be Forgotten on the Internet. Disaster Relief in Eastern Europe. Here in the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2012

This includes your SMS conversations, apps and app settings, call history, photos, theme, and Internet Explorer Favorites (bookmarks). You can change your backup settings by going to Settings > System > Backup. You can now easily back up your data by linking it to a personal Microsoft account (as you can do with Google Android).

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Week 2: How Cloud Computing Changes Organizations. Can Cloud Computing Change Organizational Boundaries? Some people say that cloud computing can radically change how organizations work and collaborate. Join TechSoup Canada for a free webinar about cloud computing on Thursday, October 27.

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John Kenyon

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

If your organization has a website, a computer, a phone or tablet connected to the internet, you are vulnerable. Every week I hear from a new nonprofit dealing with disaster from being hacked. Attacks aimed at taking over networked systems, gathering data or both are a constant reality.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2017

It makes changing over from older Microsoft Office–based systems to the newer online services more manageable and easy to maintain. Mobile Beacon offers Wi-Fi hotspot devices with $10 unlimited 4G mobile broadband data for use when you’re working or traveling in places without Internet access.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

A View of the Cloud from the United States Learn how American nonprofits are using the cloud today, and how that will change over the next few years. Security in the Cloud Security is one of the largest concerns when considering a move of a system or application to the Internet. Week 2: How Cloud Computing Changes Organizations.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2020

If you’re using the same password for all your accounts—both work and home—it’s time to make a change. Malicious actors often target your supporters by posing as your nonprofit during natural disasters and global health events like COVID-19. Strengthen and securely store your passwords . Click here for more ideas. .

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

If you pay attention to the news, you may have recently heard about a major Internet hacking of celebrity phones and devices , in which hundreds of photos were leaked to the wider Internet. And it should serve as a stern wake-up call to all nonprofits and social change makers to shake the complacency off our security standards.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Crowdfunding, which has been defined by Merriam Webster as “the practice of funding a project or venture by raising small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet” is the fastest growing form of online giving. Just Giving is the second most visited website in the U.K Facebook is number 1). Virtual Events.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

to networking opportunities galore, the multi-day event captures the heart of using technology for social change. 12NTC: Open-Source Mobile Apps for Social Change from Ariel Gilbert-Knight. 12NTC: Nonprofits and the Future of Internet Rights from TechSoup's Carlos Bergfeld. From panels, plenaries, and presentations (oh my!)

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

It allows charities to get to your applications and files from virtually anywhere there is Internet on many kinds of devices - PCs, Macs, and mobile devices of various kinds. Big Data and the Internet of Things. Like my colleague Jane Zhang at TechSoup Canada , I pegged the Internet of Things (IoT) as something to watch this year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2008

Recently, a change in policy has allowed access. Recently, thousands of Facebook members helped leveraged a $50,000 donation from the Western Union Foundation by voting for the American Red Cross and its disaster relief efforts. Is it 100% social media or does it include other online/Internet marketing?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Here are some of the recent changes to the government funding and reporting landscape so you will be better informed and ready to incorporate best practices. Environmental, natural disasters, and political shifts can impact government spending, so it’s becoming even more crucial to evolve vendors and subrecipients into partners.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Should you change your nonprofit’s Facebook profile image to show support of a hot political issue? Since so much constituent interaction is done on social media these days, having these policies in place will make it easier to brave any social media storms that may come your way, including standing up to those silly internet trolls.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2010

Every day there are new stories of nonprofits using GIS to advocate for social change , aid workers using mapping software to organize their disaster response , and environmentalist groups using interactive maps to educate people on the effects of climate change.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. Cloud computing on a broad scale will also fundamentally change how we work, where we work, and with whom we work. Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

could potentially employ data towards triggering social change, great. data and governance, profiting from social change projects, and access to data and tools. “15% of the UK population hasn’t experienced the Internet even once.” discuss approaches to addressing nagging challenges of the current. ” Ken.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

With cloud computing, you access your software applications over the Internet using a web browser. Cloud computing on a broad scale will also fundamentally change how we work, where we work, and with whom we work. Chances are you probably already do this with Yahoo Mail or Google Docs or Flickr or Salesforce or Twitter or Facebook.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Ever since the advent of the internet, the retail landscape has changed drastically. E-commerce has forever changed the way people shop, and your organization can use that to your advantage with wish list drives. The rising popularity of online fundraising is changing the way organizations plan and create fundraisers.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Connectivity : If your Internet connection goes out, you lose access to your cloud services. As Sam said, "If you have a really bad Internet connection, the cloud is not for you." I think of these things as a yellow traffic light, indicating you should proceed with caution. probably aren't going to answer your questions.

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