Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

As smartphones mature, we’re doing more on them and less on our laptops. We can easily calendar with them, do email, do Internet searches, make calls, instant message, text, and conference on them. Often our best contact lists are now on our phones. All social media is utterly native to mobile devices.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Do you make it easy for them to contact you by putting your email address and phone number in plain sight? Did you bog your email down in boring “news” about your Board treasurer’s retirement or your trip to a conference? Are you sharing heartwarming stories that stir their heart and soul, moving them to donate? Make the right Ask.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

I joined LinkedIn in 2004, but I only recently actually completed my profile and given some attention to adding people to my network which now has what one friend say "a crap load of contacts." Networking: I add people to my network when I met them face-to-face at a conference or meeting or virtually.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I would bring the laptop and plug into the phone line and do demos in small groups. And I had to tape flip chart paper over the windows so it would get dark enough to project the laptop to show the presentation. Make a slide at the end with contact information, wiki address, etc. This was circa 1997. I arrived two hours early.

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NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

I also need to be able to work on the move: I need my "virtual desk" in front of me quickly, whether from my laptop or some other desk or smart device. Steve's own work has increasingly focused on strategic technology planning for sophisticated contact relationship management, community building and e-advocacy initiatives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2005

How to sustain the contacts made and energy for a year? Cultivate contacts made at blogher - You get energized from a conference and then you go home and don't reconnect. Get ecto on my laptop. (connect names with faces to blogs, be efficient, deal with flaky wireless, etc). To Do List.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. For instance, users can pin images for planning a conference, celebrating volunteers, or encourage their supporters to pin images related to a topic for. social change. Very, very cool, I must say. Anything I missed?

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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. In addition, we will be using a wiki to showcase learning and a private Facebook group for daily contact and “just in time” support.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

I get training, my employer pays for me to go to these conferences, webinars, but I prioritize that, but I really could use a mentor. Just start contacting people, say, “Hey, I know you’re not new to the organization, but I’m new, and I’d love to get to know you better. I want to hear it. Yep, that’s me.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Next week, I will be participating in a session entitled, "Reach Out and Blog Someone" along with Steve Swenson of the Bakersfield Californian at the United Way of Kern County's Professional Development Conference for Nonprofits. Ask them to blog during conference sessions and post photos.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

The more data points you have on your donors—from email and street addresses to job titles and company names, giving capacity, philanthropic history, contact preferences, and general interest—the more you will be able to target your asks and create fundraising campaigns that speak directly to them.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. I only have my laptop and my notebook with me, so all I need is an outlet and the wifi password to get to work.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

Mobile World Congress , an annual tech conference in Barcelona, Spain, sets the tone for global technology trends in the coming year. Besides the latest and greatest smartphones and tablets, the conference is a forum for innovation, ranging from green technology to accessibility. Windows Phone 8. App Development Just Got Easier.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

Attend conferences. push for a single point of contact with clients. If they can’t designate a single point of contact and commit to meetings with you, they may not be ready to work with you. I also have a remote connection to my home (business) laptop available at all times.

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Forum One

APRIL 5, 2010

For a workforce such as programmers and technical professionals who increasingly take advantage of their ability to work with just a broadband internet connection with a capable laptop and cellphone to work in virtual teams, that identity is almost completely formed electronically. So what's your favorite wonk thinking about?

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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. For instance, users can pin images for planning a conference, celebrating volunteers, or encourage their supporters to pin images related to a topic for social change. Very, very cool, I must say. Anything I missed?

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

With the ongoing trend of adding stickers to water bottles and laptop cases, making branded stickers is sure to get interest from supporters! They’ll be sure to stick them onto their water bottles, phone, keychains, or even their laptops. Gift branded stickers to staff, supporters, or people you speak to at events. Donor Walls.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

a conference). We used a wiki to document all of the sessions so that after the conference, participants (and people who weren't able to come) could access the notes from session they missed. After the conference, the wiki switched from being a participatory site to a useful record. The wiki has to be the best tool for the job.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Ideal for capturing contact information for your mailing list, event registrations, and even customizing PayPal into your website for donation processing, Wufoo is well-reviewed and reasonably priced. Live-streaming is ideal for reporting live from conferences, fundraisers, and protests. Wufoo :: wufoo.com. Upworthy :: upworthy.com.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

It probably won’t be until 2015 or later that tablets reach the point where they can replace a laptop or desktop completely – office application use is still too stunted by the small screens and keyboard issues – but more and more people will have them. In 2014 there will be some important new CEOs. John Merritt.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

Almost all of us here are set up with the laptop screen and the main monitor. It's been really inspiring and we've had visitors say that being here in the space, interacting with just maybe three or four people, is more inspiring than being at a web conference for the entire week. Also using two monitors is a great way of saving paper.

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