Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

" In 2014, GigaOm found some interesting statistics on diversity in tech from company-provided data and survey results from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission : 80 percent of employees were Caucasian at the tech companies it examined. or public library that is teaching tech and employment skills to underserved youth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2019

Do you have access to people with expertise to build the algorithm for predictive models? EmoNet , neural network model developed by researchers at the University of Colorado and Duke University, was accurately able to classify images into 11 different emotion categories. Please do share in the comments. Is it worth it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 1200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment. I've gathered up some of best of the best folks in the nonprofit tech field to share their stories, metrics, and lessons learned - this will be informative AND entertaining.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

The interesting thing, too, is that their model is that they take a percentage of what you raise (5%.) That’s an interesting model, and, if the software is decent, sounds like it could be a good option for some organizations. No setup fees or anything else. But, of course, as with anything, look (a lot) before you leap.

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Tech Soup

JULY 27, 2015

Other Smart Cane Models. She also comments on the usability of a smart cane: "Here is another issue to consider: would the cane be light and portable with all of the technical additions? " Murillo and Danielsen's comments on smart canes show that these devices need to be both affordable and practical for users.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 19, 2008

The unconference/camp model of learning about technology issues is really great, but falls a little short when dealing with a specific tool, and an audience that is mostly unfamiliar with it. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 06.20.08 I learned a lot. at 8:35 pm Where’s your tatoo?

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Twenty Hats

JANUARY 12, 2021

Staff participation was modeled by our Unit Director and leadership team, who participated in some of the early calls. The result was a three-minute video complete with music, edited with the help of our Tech Director. I also learned to keep my own comments short.

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Judi Sohn

JULY 3, 2011

Established social sharing model (blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, etc.): Google+ sharing model: I find this interesting (or I have an opinion/thought/idea/question) so based on what I specifically know about you and what we have in common as unique individuals, I think you’ll find it interesting too.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Brad Dunn basically summarized the overall themes of people comments. In this decade museums worst trends were in labor and tech: 1. Funder-driven tech initiatives. Technology was the number one worst trend in museums in people's comments. Apps, QR Codes, AR/ VR, Interactives, all our most lauded tech, got mentioned.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 18, 2016

Learn the basics of implementing and conducting effective tech training in TechSoup's Tech Training for Nonprofit and Library Staff 101. Tech Training for Nonprofit and Library Staff 101 will. Provide samples of successful tech training programs in libraries and nonprofits. What You'll Learn. Our course includes.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2007

It seems to me that they could learn from the other successful projects out there – the really successful projects are supported by a wide variety of methods, whether it be a support model, a nonprofit foundation model, a hosted model, and others. 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Allan Benamer 10.04.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

I’ve been reading Matt Asay’s blog on open source business models, and he has an interesting post which suggests that writing documentation is a good marketing strategy ! 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Sue Bennett 09.11.07 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Sue Bennett 09.11.07 Worth a read!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 5, 2010

Here are my comments on the big picture and a couple of their proposals. I'm also going to copy portions into the comments section of their specific posts. Comments on the FCC's Accessibility Plans (June 2010) My main recommendation to the FCC is to be more ambitious about accessibility. Are they intended to inspire students?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

TechCrunch suggests the issue is in the business model: Unfortunately, the business models have not been worked out yet to accommodate such mixing of data. We don’t want to have the same application on multiple social networks. We want applications that can use data from multiple social networks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 19, 2007

Providers seem to be surviving (or thriving) with this model, free and open source software projects are getting the support they need, and clients are getting the software solutions they need. This is a model that is impossible with proprietary software. It’s a model I hope spreads beyond the CMS space, into other areas.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The top 3 answers (all within 5% of each other) were: Mission Delivery Model – How does this organization deliver its mission (e.g., organizational size, revenue model, mission delivery model, cause focus). staffing models and allocation, 25% of organizations utilize today vs. 60% of organizations desire it).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 16, 2009

I am thinking that this might be a good model for how we can do it with Drupal, but that’s a subject for another post. Tags: CRM salesforce Nonprofit Tech Web Tools CMS plone. Today, I was reading up on what the Plone community has done with integrating their CMS with Salesforce.com. from Plone/SF Integration group ).

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

. "There are a lot of new technologies which already affect news consumption and future business models. As a nerd, I'm excited by the new tech, particularly mobile, including new display systems and pervasive connectivity. You can add to the conversation in the comments, too.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

This is not only cool from the perspective of the integration of two great open source web apps, but it also is a very interesting business model. Matt Asay, blogger of all things in open source biz models, thinks Google Code may have overtaken Sourceforge. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Dustin J Mitchell 02.14.08

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Thank you to those who have already voted or commented! Please support me by voting and commenting here. I’m also a contributor to Socialbrite, NTEN, Women Who Tech and other industry leading collaborations. Leave a comment on the application here. Like I said, I cannot wait! What do you think?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 21, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. As social networks try and become profitable they are experimenting with new ad models and trying to drive more traffic to increase ad revenue. My favorite take away from this list: 4.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Write and run statistical analysis in R, including survey estimation, geospatial analysis, and general linear model fitting. We are especially interested to hear comments on our work (available on www.hrdag.org). Process, clean, and transform data. Run data standardization and de-duplication. Please use open file formats (PDF is fine).

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NTEN

MARCH 26, 2014

NTEN''s newest team member, Bethany, is focused on our community programs, including the Communities of Practice and Tech Clubs. I continued because I appreciated the efficiency and effectiveness tech could bring my organizations. Tech lets me be creative. How did you first become involved with the NTEN community?

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

Raspberry Pi Model B. Dubbed "Model B+," it's the third model the organization has released to the public since Model A went on sale in 2012. Basically, this is a 26-pin (Models A and B) or 40-pin (Model B+) connector that you can use to plug in other electronic equipment. Creating sounds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Give A Unique Welcome To New Employees: Tech companies in Silicon Valley have made onboarding an artform , for example at Google new employees are called Nooglers and given a prop beanie to wear. Can it start organically and catch on, or will people look to certain leaders to model it first? Share in the comments below.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

at 11:42 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Dave Copeland 08.12.08 I think this model may become more prevalent, as organizations are not going to comfortable letting vendors store their data, but will want to take advantage of RIAs like Gliffy or Google Docs. at 5:17 am TechSoup Blog 09.16.09

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NTEN

APRIL 24, 2012

There are skilled tradespeople in every country we serve, and local talent makes our model far more sustainable. (As Please share in the comments below. There’s another piece that, while it is a cornerstone of our organization, complicates the picture even more: we hire local talent. We don’t fly expat plumbers around the world.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

A growth and innovation simulation model shows that increasing the FLOSS share of software investment from 20% to 40% would lead to a 0.1% Open source isn’t biased in distributing its benefits. …• Increased FLOSS use may provide a way for Europe to compensate for a low GDP share of ICT investment relative to the US.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

We've been testing the Ambassador model for the last two years, and it has been been instrumental in the growth of NetSquared. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina: Nonprofit Tech Trends for 2016.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

A lot of organizations of all types want support, and are willing to pay for it, and Red Hat is, at this point, built the best business model around this than any other distro ( Canonical , with Ubuntu , is sneaking up behind, but I’m not sure it has the “enterprise&# style some people look for.) 2 Brian 11.23.07

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Social networks are for-profits enterprises and their revenue models are almost entirely based on advertising revenue. That’s what Nonprofit Tech for Good paid for an sponsored ad on LinkedIn. Nonprofits couldn’t expect social media to be free forever. But $3 for a click-though on an ad?!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

In honor of our Safer Online theme this month, our lead nonprofit tech news story is about a low-cost device that protects your electronics devices from data theft while you recharge them in places like airports, the "USB Condom." 777,000 new comments were filed with the FCC. How did it work? Pretty darn well.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. A list of 20 Insightful Nonprofit Technology and Social Media Stats was compiled by Tech Impact , featuring findings from TechSoup and Artez Interactive , to name just a few.

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Judi Sohn

MARCH 3, 2011

Bringing multiple communication channels in to a contact-centered model. 11NTCSocialCRM) Tech Track: Keeping it Real (Secure) – Security in Your Network Neighborhood (10:30 am-12 pm Saturday) - The tech track sessions differ in both content and structure. . Leave a comment » It's the new shiny.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

And it can provide valuable external perspective on a nonprofit’s service delivery model or internal processes. Nonprofits should also feel confident in their service model and business processes while being open to new solutions from their volunteer partners. Developing agile project management skills.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Check out this great compilation of '' Must-Read Online Fundraising, Social Media and Mobile Communications Reports for Nonprofits '', assembled by Tech for Good. A list of 20 Insightful Nonprofit Technology and Social Media Stats was compiled by Tech Impact , featuring findings from TechSoup and Artez Interactive , to name just a few.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” We took August off in the Leadership webinar series, so it feels really good to be back with you and to be back with you with a partner—the first of two webinars we’re going to do with our friends at Tech Impact. So let me introduce our two Tech Impact presenters.

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