Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

People rely on their neighborhood library to borrow books, magazines, and movies. Providence Community Library (PCL) is leading the way. PCL is a nonprofit network of nine neighborhood libraries that provide free, accessible library services and serve as vibrant neighborhood hubs. But borrowing the Internet?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Benetech is a tech social enterprise. While our activities often creates jobs beyond the core high technology jobs around software development and user support, we don't see it as our core competency. Our partners proofread the text, fixing mistakes and adding accessibility, and ship us the files back to add to our Bookshare library.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

This week, our friends at Cornershop Creative are dropping in to talk about the best ways for nonprofits of all sizes to improve their website performance, increase user engagement, and ultimately boost digital fundraising. Are there any gaps in your current digital fundraising and engagement strategy? Let’s get started.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Does the thought of creating a tech plan for your organization seem overwhelming? Never fear, the incredible tech planners are here to help! In August, we hosted a webinar called Technology Planning Tips for Small Libraries. Julie Elmore, library director, Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library (Indiana).

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

Since 2007, San Francisco has been striving toward becoming a digitally inclusive city. The San Francisco Digital Inclusion Strategy (SFDIS) was part of former Mayor Gavin Newsom's campaign promise to provide all San Franciscans with free Wi-Fi. Powering Communities with Tech. Other Corporate Digital Inclusion Projects.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2015

Guest post by Betsy Beaumon, President, Benetech We are seeking visionary leaders to join Benetech in applying technology to advance the rights of disadvantaged people around the world. Our Benetech Labs is busy looking for the next tech social enterprises that could make similar global impact. You’ve come to the right place: Benetech.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

But what if kids learned basic tech skills along with reading storybooks and taking spelling tests? 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. Defining Digital Literacy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I have good news: For $5 million a year, we can build a global library that provides tens of millions of people around the world who are blind, low vision, or dyslexic free access to books that will work for them. Our Bookshare library has over 550,000 books that have been delivered digitally over 10 million times.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2014

Bringing mobile devices into adult library programs can be an excellent way to promote library e-media and teach digital literacy skills. Eastern) for Adult Library Programs Gone Mobile , where you can learn how libraries can help meet the need and demand for mobile-device assistance through creative programming.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 10, 2020

One of the best ways to showcase new tech designs and products is through an industry event. Ever since virtual events first became possible, the tech industry has been all over this space. And now, more than ever, tech has risen to the challenge and hosted some of the biggest most important tech virtual events this year. .

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. We called it the TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge. Pottsboro Area Library in Texas. We of course got lots of great stories, and our winner is the Pottsboro Area Library. She immediately got to work.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

One of my great joys in my long career in nonprofit technology has been seeing the extraordinary success of so many women in our field. The Women of Technology for Good. As in so many fields, nonprofits, religious organizations, libraries, and foundations are important change agents toward a world of gender equality.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 2, 2012

Need practical advice on using digital video, social media, or presentation tools at your organization? Want to see how other organizations are using these technologies and what they’ve accomplished? Then head on over to TechSoup for Libraries and check out their blog series on interesting uses of technology.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

"The digital revolution is changing the hierarchy of information," said Dr. Valerie Hill in her recent visit to the Nonprofit Commons. Valerie Hill is an adjunct instructor at Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Science and is also a librarian herself. The Rise of Virtual Libraries.

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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. Technology Planning (four courses). Tech Training for Nonprofit and Library Staff. Storymakers: Become a Digital Storyteller Today.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Technology trainers: you're superheroes, but not super human! When you work at a nonprofit or public library, it might feel like you constantly need to learn new skills to stay on top of emerging technology and adoption. But it's nearly impossible to know everything about every type of technology.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The more I look, the more I see nonprofit technology innovation happening in libraries, especially in the area of digital inclusion innovation. The Providence Community Library is a case in point. What’s the trick?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The next time you set your digital device of choice to record your favorite show so you can watch it whenever you want, take a moment to be thankful that you’re protected from lawsuits from the entertainment industry. It affected every step of the evolution of digital media—from the VCR to the digital video recorder to YouTube.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Today, we are poised at a moment in time where we can transcend the limitations of past book technologies and bring the power of books to all humans. However, as a technology, printed books come with serious challenges for some communities (like blind people) that technology can unlock. Love of the print book.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

How does your library address questions about Internet safety? essential skill to include in basic digital literacy instruction, but. This session, Public Tech Instruction: Internet Safety , this Wednesday, March 26 at 11 a.m. individual settings to patrons in public libraries and nonprofit. Pacific time (2 p.m.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

One thing experts agree on is that the digital divide has far-reaching consequences at the individual, community, and. national nonprofit focused on eliminating the digital divide. information on low-cost computers and digital literacy training brings. It’s a great way to close the digital divide and.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 27, 2014

“They get frustrated and don’t want to read,” she says, “but access to digital books and reading technologies changed all that for Zach.” Zach Bryant The change happened when Zach was in high school and his Assistive Technology teacher introduced him to Benetech’s Bookshare library.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

My personal goal is to channel the aspirations of the technology community to do more social good. More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. Are you excited about technology benefiting the world?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

2013 was the year of an ever-widening NSA spying scandal with its revelations of how little digital privacy we really have – even heads of state. Green Technology. This new technology has become available in time to help public schools in the U.S. gear up to administer standardized tests digitally next year.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2017

The median nonprofit technology budget is around 2 percent of our total operating budgets across all organization sizes these days. So it's no wonder that it's hard to ask your boss for the new technology your organization needs. It quantifies the amount of time and money saved minus the cost of the new technology.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2013

Jeff Hancock has been working with technology both from the developer or technical standpoint and as a business manager for. technology since 2000, when he helped establish the San Diego Futures. In this blog post, I highlight a model for successful digital inclusion. more than 20 years. Foundation.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 20, 2024

There are many access points to this technology. A prompt library is key to ensuring AI response consistency. The Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington has developed a practice and guidance around writing data statements ( [link] ). We can contribute to existing prompt libraries and build new ones when needed.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 24, 2018

When I explained that our board just didn’t see manufacturing reading machines for the blind making financial sense for a for-profit company, Gerry said “How about you set up a deliberately nonprofit tech company?” Not only that, Gerry also turned me and a bunch of the Benetech team onto digital photography.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2016

Are you interested in learning how to create and deliver effective tech training? This event is part of our Tech Training for Nonprofit and Library Staff online course. Danielle Jackson is a communications specialist from GCFLearnFree.org, an online provider of free technology tutorials. You're in the right place!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

I had the opportunity to participate in the launch of the new Kansas City Digital Inclusion Fund. Department of Commerce Broadband Technology Opportunities Program to address the digital divide, one in five American adults still do not use the Internet. So why is Kansas City investing more money on digital inclusion?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2014

From print fundraising appeals to digital annuals reports to compelling storytelling through tweets and status updates, the social science of online behavior confirms again and again that messages are most effectively communicated through images. That said, the technology of infographics are evolving quickly. Video Infographics.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

That's why we’ve created a month-long global campaign built around the transformative power of storytelling, uniquely customized to the nonprofits, libraries, and social benefit organizations we serve. Have you heard of the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge ? Are You Up for the Challenge? To Help You Get Started.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

At TechSoup, we believe in digital inclusion and using technology for social good. When we hear about nonprofits like Community Technology Alliance (CTA), we get really excited. This San Jose, CA-based organization provides technology and services to agencies that work directly with the homeless in their community.

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NTEN

MARCH 30, 2015

As you dive in, prepare to have your assumptions challenged about who’s using technology, and the role your organization may play in addressing the digital divide. The future of technology requires an active commitment to inclusiveness. Access the March 2015 issue!

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Tech Soup

MARCH 20, 2012

get your tech in order and improve your efficiency with some simple. Be sure to share your DIY tech tips in the comments! nonprofit or library? What are some of your favorite do-it-yourself tech projects? It’s nearly time for spring cleaning, so. do-it-yourself activities that can be done in just a day.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 23, 2024

If your nonprofit is implementing a new Blackbaud solution or tackling new challenges with your existing technology stack , your team will inevitably need Blackbaud support. Learn the ropes of an intricate technology solution on your own terms with custom Blackbaud training. Software training. Strategy consulting. Website development.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2016

Spring forward into technology for your nonprofit or library during March! Plant the technology seeds of tomorrow on Wednesday, March 16. TechSoup will offer a series of webinars about the use of technology and innovation for early childhood organizations and researchers during the year. Nurture Your Photoshop Skills.

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