Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Here's an idea for using smartphones with good cameras and video capability like the Dell Venue Pro touch screen phones for digital story telling: Send someone out to video compelling work that your nonprofit or library is doing out in the field for your holiday message. Her Moments In Mobile piece describes the experience. No problem.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2008

Yes, I hope they will contribute the $10 so we can win the $50,000 (which will certainly help us make improvements to our computer school and the Sharing Foundation's many other programs), but I am also want feedback about how to improve a computer program in a rural village in a developing country with really slow Internet.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 22, 2013

You may have recognized the trend: computing (crunching numbers and running programs) is moving away from your computer and is now being delivered as a service over the Internet. Most of us will not need much more than a really good Internet connection and a nice screen to do our work. These laptops are priced between $200 and $500.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

This event is a biannual training workshop on information, communication, and technologies for citizen media, community health, and civil society development in Mekong Region and included participants are coders, journalists, and NGO staff from Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Henry Khu (@HenryKhu) May 7, 2013.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

And, feel safe with the new 2014 Bitdefender Internet Security , a product of the year with top marks from PCMag , AV-Test, and AV-Comparatives. Browse our selection of refurbished laptops, desktops, and monitors. Windows 7, Microsoft Office, and Norton Internet Security come preinstalled, so you can save on software.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 15, 2021

Your community foundation or United Way may be able to help you find the right professional to advise you as you go down this path. Is the nonprofit paying for at least a portion of your bills for cell phone and internet service? How about the laptop you purchased for work? Hire a consultant if necessary.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

Online fundraising platforms are software solutions that your nonprofit can use to solicit, accept, and process donations made via the internet. Supporters can use these platforms to give quickly and easily from their laptops, desktop computers, and mobile devices. Allowing your auction winners to check out directly from their phones.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Now that you've set up your network, you need to keep it safe, and to think about what it can do beyond file sharing and managing your Internet access. They enable unified communications, which is essentially the ability to send and receive messages from any device. Keep Your Networks Secure. Learn More About Enterprise Security.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2015

Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup, builds apps that help communities solve pressing issues. LocalFreeWeb is an SMS service that helps people find free Internet access in San Francisco. Users can go to any bus stop and simply text the stop ID number (listed on every bus stop) to a local phone number (415-528-3226).

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2021

After all, we’ve all gotten sucked into a black hole of cute puppies and kittens on the internet, only to emerge hours later, dazed and slightly confused. . Over 50% of people visit your nonprofit’s website on their phones. Imagine if they try to donate and the form doesn’t work on their phones. Mobile-friendliness matters.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. Social media's still pretty great, though, for raising awareness about your nonprofit, communicating with existing supporters, and listening to your community.). This past year, U.S. Children love it.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2017

The Symantec donation program at TechSoup offers antivirus and Internet security for your local area network, Mac and Windows computers, and mobile devices. TechSoup's hardware programs offer both new and factory-refurbished commercial-grade laptop and desktop computers to our members.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Sure, the average price of a computer has been falling for years, but that doesn't take into account the recurring cost of Internet access. Under the guise of non-profitability hundreds of millions of these laptops will be flogged off to our governments. " Who could argue with that? But do you know this?

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

This post was written by Evonne Heyning , part of TechSoup's Community team. Facebook — We post frequently to our TechSoup Facebook page from our laptops, tablets and phones by tagging @TechSoup in our updates. Skype — Offering an easy way to talk to anyone with an Internet connection for free, Skype.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

By "post-PC," Jobs meant essentially that computing and Internet use for both work and pleasure will no longer be dominated by PCs, but that there will be an array of smart devices including smartphones, tablet computers, smart TVs, laptops, and even sensing devices in our clothes and cars and other every day items.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 9, 2015

There’s a new generation in town and they are eager to innovate in our communities. While Millennials communicate mostly via phone and computer, the Founders prefer to multitask across 5 screens : TV, phone, laptop, desktop and any portable music player. Move over, Millennials.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

Joseph Jaffe offered bloggers a review copy of his boo, Join the Conversation: How to Engage Marketing-Weary Consumers with the Power of Community, Dialogue, and Partnership. The video blogging community also donated some video cameras for the school too.). Congratulations to Chas Offutt, Social Media Evangelist for American Rivers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I did my first presentation about the Internet when I started working with Arts Wire in 1993. Arts Wire was patterned after the Well and was designed as an online conversation community for artists and arts organizations. I would bring the laptop and plug into the phone line and do demos in small groups. What did I do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2006

Lisa Canter clued me into EVDO (Evolution Data Only,Evolution Data Optimized): EVDO is a technical advance about getting major internet connection anywhere you cell works. So it means you can blog on the road without trying to pretend you are happy using a phone to type. PEEP health access workers are using laptops, wireless.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Are your communications going two ways? Do you make it easy for them to contact you by putting your email address and phone number in plain sight? Seek funding for very specific needs, such as heartworm prevention medicine for dogs in your care or laptop computers and internet access for families in your education-focused program.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 3, 2013

Five years ago, it was the laptop. It doesn’t replace my laptop, but I sure get a lot of use out of it. –Tom When evaluating new apps and systems, I look primarily for ease of use, ability to collaborate with others, and interoperability with phone (I use an iPhone 4s) and desktop. –Bo We’ve done your homework for you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2005

the digital devices people carry, such laptops, media players, and camera phones, 2. the global Internet and its growing store of socially-generated knowledge and Web-based, on-demand social applications. This field or cloud is created by a constant, seamless, automated collaboration between.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

NpTech Community. on the interplay of newspapers and internet content. Steve overheard this about another faceted celebrity in the NpTech world, "I first decided Jon Stahl was a legend in this community when." Nonprofit Software and Hardware and Cell Phones. Can cell phones ensure a free vote?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

We will use SKYPE out which is more rebust for monthly conference calls, scheduled for business hours in Pakistan so participants can use the Internet connection at their offices. I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones. 4. Design To Build A Community of Practice.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

About 100,000 new weblogs were created each day According to the Pew Internet & American Life Project report, "Bloggers: A Portrait of the Internet’s New Storytellers" from July 2006: 8% of Internet users, or about 12 million American adults, keep a blog. 39% of Internet users, or about 57 million American adults, read blogs.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

LocalFreeWeb is an SMS service that helps people find free Internet access in San Francisco. The user can go to any bus stop and simply text the stop ID number (listed on every bus stop) to a local phone number (415-528-3226). The user will receive a text with the three closest locations that have free Internet access.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

I’ve been in community with you now for actually two years around that, through the webinar program, and I’m just really glad to welcome you back, if you are a Leading Edge member. And the question was really, were the networks and the Internet bandwidth for each person’s home adequate enough to do the job? Things like that.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

” To be fair, Causes describes the acquisition as a new chapter for the Causes community. Here are the plans: Salesforce1 for Windows and Windows Phone 8.1 Mifos provides a web app with mobile phone capability. It will allow microfinance field workers to do all their work on a phone. Cloud Computing: Shutterstock.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2006

Hi Jim, I think you phrased an interesting question about the IT community's role in helping. The IT community would be more with the "U' part of this from my perspective. Sure, not as important as search and rescue, food and water, but I think it's up there with healing from the incident. - Information management on a large scale.

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Tech Soup

MAY 25, 2011

I invited her to share how her library and community are. We've tried to get word out through the media and through every Facebook relief page we could find that we are open for cell phone and computer charging and have good Internet connection. We have set up our laptop lab for overflow from the regular lab.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. The ideas submission process started last week and will be followed by online conversations, online community voting, jury voting, and a hackathons for the best projects in each of the countries. Digital Wallets.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Your Internet leads in to a "switch" which connects everything in your network. With a wireless network, your staff and volunteers can stay connected to the Internet anywhere in the office. We can work at our desks and then take our laptops to meetings without dropping our Internet connection or access to our email.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2015

You could be saying to yourself, “ Sure, my organization’s hardware is expensive but at least it’s safer here in our own office than floating around somewhere on the Internet.”. Suddenly, “the office” is available anytime and anywhere your team members have an Internet connection and mobile device.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

You need some experience, you need some community, you need others with you. I was flying into DFW and I had my laptop out and I was preparing a presentation and I was wondering, you know, “Do I know what I’m getting into? And they’re usually on their phone, multitasking on the go when they’re on your website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

This tool allows nonprofits to easily create Web-based Internet “TV” stations. Definitely a trend to keep your eyes on as Internet TV begins to penetrate our living rooms in coming years. Internet Archive Wayback Machine :: web.archive.org. You can either manage your group online or on your mobile phone.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

Community and opportunities for collaboration can be lost when it is just you sitting down to work each day. Coworking, a group of individual entrepreneurs sharing a work space, can provide that community while also being an environmentally sustainable choice. So anyway, that's kind of where coworking came from.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

She is one of our great online community organizers. In 2013, she co-authored Social Change Anytime Everywhere: How to implement online multichannel strategies to spark advocacy, raise money, and engage your community with Allyson Kaplin. She was named by Fast Company Magazine as one of the most influential women in technology.

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