Tech Soup

JANUARY 24, 2017

Do you want to design, or redesign, your organization's website, but have no idea how to begin? Our new TechSoup Course, Web Design Best Practices 101 , will equip you with a solid foundation on how to design a user-friendly website. Join web design course. Build your design confidence one TechSoup course at a time.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Do the words "design" and "brand guidelines" make your toes curl and teeth grind? Does design lingo make you think you need to hire a professional designer or go to design school? The course will also walk you through creating a brand book for your nonprofit or library. Learn design basics.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Davey Award winners have been announced, and we’re proud to say that Forum One and our amazing clients have officially won 10 awards in website and app design for nonprofits, health, government, cultural institutions, and more. Forum One worked with the National Rural Health Resource Center to design their new website in Drupal 9.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

If a website is accessible, it means that it was built and designed for all people to use it. Add Alt Tags to Your Images Alt tags, also called alt text or alt descriptions, are snippets of copy that describe an image. Alt tags are important for accessibility as they help users who navigate websites using screen readers !

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

With individuals increasingly turning to search engines to help them understand health issues, user-friendly healthcare websites are more crucial than ever. Optimizing your healthcare organization or hospital’s website design ensures patients and community members can find the information they need quickly. Optimize the user journey.

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Nonprofits Source

JULY 31, 2023

Plus, it’s easy to make one, even if you don’t have design experience, by: Choosing a user-friendly online design platform. Stick to light-hearted images and videos that feature your chapter’s unique characteristics and customs, such as your paddle ceremony or annual fundraising events. Including member testimonials.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2017

From a shiny new Events widget to tools that allow the display of images in sidebars without the use of a plugin or code, a great text editor for formatting posts to a video tool that lets people upload their videos (also to a sidebar area) from providers such as YouTube and Vimeo, the update was much heralded.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2013

In the spirit of TechSoup's new look , we've compiled a list of resources and products from around our global network on website design, planning, and management. Design and Multimedia. A well-designed website doesn't require a large budget and a professional design team.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

Pottsboro Area Library in Texas. We of course got lots of great stories, and our winner is the Pottsboro Area Library. When librarian Dianne Connery came to the library a few years ago, she found a classic small town library situated in a converted post office building with the requisite institutional green paint job.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

Since its opening in 1962, SLAC has been helping create the future, including the launch of the first website in North America in 1991. The site offers an intuitive and high-performing experience across devices, with a smooth ticketing process and user-centered design. Department of Energy.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If your organization falls in this range, you may be interested in free, discounted, or affordable software solutions to help carry out your strategies while staying within budget. Often, they had to pay a consultant to help them set up their database and teach them how to use it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 3, 2016

We are joining with our peers in the disability and library community in a joint statement to strongly encourage the Senate to ratify the treaty and for Congress to implement the minor legislative changes recommended as part of the package. This question has also been unclear, and different libraries have treated this inconsistently.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2013

Of course libraries are all about education in its various forms. CFY was founded by Elisabeth Stock in 1999 with the mission of helping low-income students do better in school by improving their learning environments at home. It also integrates well with after-school programs and library open-access. Image: PowerMyLearning.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2016

WordPress is an incredibly rich and multi-layered content management system, one packed with options and features that help it clearly stand head and shoulders above other platforms. That said, check out these seven helpful and easy-to-use features most WordPress users probably don’t even know exist. Secret Options for Bloggers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. Image by the National Braille Press, a DIAGRAM subcontract. Accordingly, U.S.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Having images that are too large, a poorly coded theme, a lousy hosting service and far too many plugins are all things that can slow down your site considerably and have visitors hitting the “back” button immediately. Are visitors getting a good user experience? Are your pages loading quickly?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2008

Warning: This video creates some graphic and powerful images that may not be suitable for younger children. on December 10th, they created this short video with different WITNESS staff talking about images that opened their eyes to human rights abuses around the world.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

But with the right tools, designing your site can be fun, and TechSoup is going to help. for a real-time chat with our design expert. Yann Toledano hosts the TechSoup Design and Web Building forum. We'll see you in the Design and Web Building forum at 12 noon Pacific time on December 17 ! Join us at 11 a.m.

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2022

Optimizing your healthcare organization or hospital’s website design ensures patients and community members can find the information they need quickly and without hassle. Should you use buttons and links on your homepage to direct visitors to your internal directory or research library? Prioritize accessibility.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2011

QR Codes are two-dimensional bar code images that when scanned by a camera on a smartphone open a link to a website, send a SMS, or dial a phone number. Interestingly enough QR Codes are turning out to be a tool that finally helps nonprofits understand why they need mobile websites (for multiple reasons). In libraries.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If you’re unsure of where to start when it comes to taking advantage of this giving day, we’ve got good news: We compiled these Giving Tuesday resources to help you prepare for fundraising through the end of the year. Here are some of our favorite campaign ideas to help you along the way. Campaigns & Ideas. Social Media Post Ideas.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

Beyond collecting data, the CTA has been interviewing homeless and severely low income people about how and why an affordable mobile service can help them. " The CTA is also working in partnership with the Frugal Innovation Lab at Santa Clara University to design, test, and market a text messaging service for the homeless.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2016

On August 18, learn about the ins and outs of using cloud office productivity tools, the benefits and limitations, and get help deciding whether your organization should make the switch. Plus, you'll get a sneak preview of our first free online curriculum to help you become a better tech trainer. What Can Libraries Count?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2015

A new year is a fresh start for you and your nonprofit, charity, or library. Here are just a few of the ways donated technology can help your organization. Create Gorgeous Images, Newsletters, and Websites with Adobe. Show your nonprofit or library's impact with web and graphic design product donations.

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Tech Soup

MAY 8, 2017

TechSoup is justifiably famous for our product donations, but we also have great digital and in-person training resources for your charity, foundation, or library. Tech Training for Nonprofit and Library Staff. Design for Nondesigners (two courses). Web Design Best Practices. See our schedule of upcoming library webinars.

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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! A hackathon is an event where programmers, developers, designers, and leaders come together to collaborate on an app, website, or software projects.

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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 7, 2016

Spring forward into technology for your nonprofit or library during March! Join TechSoup for a series of webinars that offer something for everyone — from budding designers to sprouting Excel users. You'll learn more about design terminology, working with layers, and changing image backgrounds. Sign up today.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2008

When you design a new interactive, talkback station, or traditional exhibit for your museum, what best practices and design requirements do you consult? This week I've been looking at a more deliberate way to document best practices from the world of user experience design. This creates two design problems. And now Yahoo!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

Last week, TechSoup for Libraries held a webinar called Public Tech Instruction: Teaching the Public on Internet Safety. This was one of the best webinars I've attended (not just because I helped co-produce it) because there was so much resource sharing happening in the comments. AT&T designed an Internet Safety game.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Our guide will help you sort through your options and choose the tools that will help you raise more money and change more lives. TechSoup can help you get set up with Office 365 at a discount. Office tools will help you get control over the administration of your nonprofit right from the start.

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2012

While Heather (shown in image below) may have raised just $100 for the 2012 event, she’s solid gold … actually, a “Double Diamond” fundraiser for Children’s Hospital of Colorado, with over $50,000 and 5 to 9 years of participation in the Courage Classic under her belt. And you can do it with a simple strategy. Facebook Covers.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

From operating systems to office productivity suites to graphic design software, Microsoft has made over 250 products available for donation through TechSoup. To receive product donations from TechSoup, an organization must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or a public library. Image: L.C.Nøttaasen. øttaasen.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. " The Role of Libraries. Additionally, 30 million library users reported going to the library for employment-related activities.

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