Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2019

When it comes to technology, you get what you pay for. Key benefits of using WP Engine : Daily Backups – full copies of your site’s important files are automatically made every day off-site saving you a lot of time. WP Engine’s one-click staging for testing plugins or new features. 3) Kinesta :: kinsta.com.

WordPress 247

WordPress Hosting Websites Web 247

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

We all live in a world filled with technology, which can prove to be a help and hinderance to our work and personal lives. Furthermore, for those of us in the nonprofit world who rely on technology every day to do our jobs, the efficiencies gained by this technology can make a significant impact in the funds we deliver to improve social good.

Data 37

Data Technology Community eBook 37

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

I’d like to share our experience with Lavelle, where they took a series of calculated risks in grantmaking. Today, Bookshare serves over 330,000 American students with a rapidly growing collection of hundreds of thousands of accessible ebooks. The Lavelle Fund exemplifies the tremendous social return that bold philanthropy can create.

Fund 100

Fund India United States eBook 100

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

We thought we’d share that with you. to share files, and sundry web applications for online communications. She also said that they learn about new technology mostly by word of mouth throughout their church network. Church Technology Listservs. Lauren Hunter has written a series of free eBooks.

Resource 71

Resource Technology Listserv Virginia 71

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 15, 2012

Poet supports image descriptions for electronic books created in the international DAISY standard for digital talking books and will be compatible with descriptions for ebooks in the EPUB3 format. The teacher could then add alternate image descriptions and download the book again when they are done.

Images 133

Images Student Accessibility Content 133

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

Betsy Beaumon, Benetech VP and General Manager of Bookshare During the event, our Bookshare staff offered demos of our Bookshare library and our Go Read accessible ebook reader for Android. They also demoed Read2Go, the accessible ebook application for the Apple OS and Route 66 Literacy, Benetech’s online literacy instructional program.

Celebrate 145

Celebrate Google Literacy Library 145

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

I’m honored to join my fellow contributors in sharing practical lessons we’ve learned throughout our journeys towards actualizing positive social change. In my contribution to Ron’s book, I discuss the framework that guides us at Benetech, the technology nonprofit I lead. copyright law.

Develop 144

Develop Social Library eBook 144

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

We think that all publishers should sell accessible ebooks when they sell their books through mainstream channels, but the copyright exception leaves that decision to the publishers except for this narrow community of people who are significantly disabled when it comes to print. Employ "Social Digital Rights Management" technology.

Copyright 158

Copyright Social Law Student 158

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. As a different kind of Silicon Valley tech company—a nonprofit with a pure focus on social good—our goal is to see that the best of technology gets applied to social needs left unaddressed by for-profit businesses. copyright law.

Copyright 196

Copyright Law Accessibility Library 196

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

In it, we pointed out the irony that the first generation of ebook readers being inaccessible to blind people. This irony continues: it’s a terrible shame that Amazon (and other ebook device vendors) keeps putting out ebook products that are inaccessible to the blind! years ago entitled the Soundproof Book. The ship has sailed.

Accessibility 100

Accessibility eBook Amazon Audio 100

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

There was also an associated effort called the Trusted Intermediary Global Accessible Resources (TIGAR) project, to ease the exchange of accessible book files between libraries for the blind and print disabled. The view of the World Blind Union was that the rightsholders (i.e.,

Accessibility 247

Accessibility License Copyright Library 247

BoardAssist

MARCH 6, 2014

SharePoint helped us organize all our shared documents in one place, logically. The files are stored on Microsoft’s servers. This blog is too short to get into all of the details of the technology, but if you are interested, go here and download a free copy of Cloud Computing for Nonprofits. NFP technology'

Sharepoint 75

Sharepoint Help Delaware Philadelphia 75

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

We'd like you to meet Linda Widdop, Tech Impact’s, Director of Technology Services. Linda is one of the great ones in nonprofit technology. As Tech Impact grew, I transitioned into Director of Technology Services where I now provide technology advice and solution development to nonprofits around the globe.

Interview 47

Interview Tech Pennsylvania Advice 47

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

You can even pull this off in multiple long-distance locations where several smaller groups gather in-person and combine to share their experience virtually with other group locations via livestream and watch party event software features. You can provide everyone who completes the hunt with something as simple as a digital file.

Virtual 351

Virtual Ideas Fundraising Stream 351

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

The common link among our projects is information technology, which can be applied to just about every aspect of the social sector. Yet, nonprofits frequently lag behind the for-profit world in applying technology to their work. Benetech has a unique opportunity to repeatedly use technology as a social change agent.

Change 100

Change eBook United States Conservancy 100

Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2014

Here are some of my favorites: ES File Explorer - for browsing files on your device. shares the Internet on my phone with a PC, Mac or tablet. This free app integrates well with email and shares tasks with others. Easy screenshot – captures whatever is on your phone’s screen so you can share it.

Phone 50

Phone Map Aggregator eBook 50

Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

Download eBook. This technology can: Send outbid notifications Set maximum bids for users Allow users to build a list of “favorite items” Streamline the item checkout process Facilitate the online registration process with multi-guest capability Allow event purchases like raffle tickets Collect data for key reporting.

Virtual 52

Virtual Software Fundraising Registration 52

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2014

However, for those nonprofits that have purchased the ebook version of Mobile for Good it is impossible to use the checklist since ebooks are static in their functionality and content. Add social sharing and comment functionality. ? Get master copies of Photoshop files for all website and blog graphics from your designer. ?

Mobile 270

Mobile Social Fundraising Social Media 270

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2015

For those who have purchased the ebook of Mobile for Good , it is impossible to use the checklist since ebooks are static in their functionality. Interactive, web-based ebooks will transform publishing in the near future, but until the technology arrives, you can copy and paste the checklist below in Word document. .

Fundraising 100

Fundraising Social Media YouTube Mobile 100

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2017

From donor retention to nonprofit marketing to organizational leadership, every ebook is an invaluable resource. In our npEXPERTS Spotlight series we’ll be sharing some of our favorite articles from the past 5 years. Being results-driven is an intrinsic quality we share as nonprofit professionals. Technology drives change.

Analytics 33

Analytics Data Analysis Metrics 33