Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

WBU is the global organization representing the estimated 285 million people worldwide with vision impairments. The organization’s priorities are decided upon at the WBU General Assembly, which is held every four years. The first is the shift to electronic distribution of published materials.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From navigating donor data to finding the most effective ways to communicate, AI for fundraising can be applied to many aspects of your organization to help lift some of the burden of changing the world. For example, Qgiv provides AI to help your organization write peer-to-peer emails, as well as other donor communications. What is AI?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 11, 2013

Creating the World’s Largest Collection of Accessible Arabic eBooks Access to knowledge is the critical first step on the path to economic, educational, and social development. We’d also like to thank the Mada Center team for its great support throughout this process.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Gone are the days when a nonprofit could put up any old website for their organization and check that task off their to-do list. In this article, we’ll catalog ten nonprofit website best practices your organization can use to maximize your investment. Ebook Website Optimization Action Plan Learn More 2.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 12, 2021

Looking for fundraisers that will work for your faith-based organization? Take a look at the different ways faith-based organizations just like yours were able to host peer-to-peer fundraisers that work! When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, organizations that offered food bank services had to rethink their drop-off processes.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2014

A variety of other organizations are using technology in innovative ways to help homeless populations: The National Desert News did a great piece recently on how mobile phones and social media are giving the homeless a hand up. In terms of free personal storage, the best deal at the moment is 20 GB of free storage by Bitcasa.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re not an advocacy organization, but our technical insights are in great demand from advocates. We rely on free licenses to proprietary content and software, and typically get a “Yes!” An intellectual property manual done from the standpoint of an organization that is dedicated to openness, rather than proprietary approaches.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2009

But, it's a dream that the commercial ebook vendors keep dashing. We have an action by Amazon that sets back years of work to make ebooks accessible. Change will happen when the organized blind sue Amazon or Amazon's partners, if they calculate that the cost of complying will be less than the cost of not complying.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

Microsoft's HelpBridge is a free app available on all the major mobile platforms that connects you with friends and family during a disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane. It also lets you discover and donate to organizations involved in disaster response work, and find opportunities to volunteer. All that in one little app.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For any live event with a physical audience during this COVID-19 pandemic, each event organizer needs to ensure that COVID-19 protocols are in place. For these reasons, among others, it is imperative that the event organizer clearly communicates the possible scenarios to in-person guests.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2015

These words call to mind images of sleek inventions and hip start-ups. Entrenched in this important work, it is easy to lose sight of the shiny image of the future that feels so far away. So how can we guide our organizations into the future? Innovation. Technology. The future. Thankfully, we don’t have to go it alone.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

90% of the apps that people use are free ones. Aside from the usual suspects mentioned above, here are some favorites that I use nearly daily for Android: Apps Organizer for organizing my apps into categories. PDF Viewer to look at PDF documents and also eBooks. Images: TechSoup Global. TuneInRadio.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

We recently updated our book, The Resilient Organization: A Guide for Disaster Planning and Recovery. While we are providing the document as a PDF file also, ebooks are easier to resize fonts and thus easier to read, especially on an e-ink device. Image: TechSoup. Have you tried out new e-book formats?

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Qgiv

JANUARY 24, 2024

Your fundraising strategy is the roadmap for your nonprofit, and once you’ve invested the time to develop one, you’ll have an invaluable resource to guide your organization in your fundraising efforts. Your marketing plan Your nonprofit’s marketing plan is the face of your organization. What does your social media look like?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Doing a draft technology plan or roadmap that integrates with your organization’s larger strategic plans. What can technology do for your organization now, six months from now, and a year from now? Determine Your Organization’s Future Needs. SCORE is a very useful resource for workshops and free mentoring.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

That’s not surprising since faith-based organizations are all about community. Lauren Hunter has written a series of free eBooks. ” Church Tech Dump is all about technology and design as it applies to faith based organizations. This site features other organizations providing tech support for churches.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

For any live event with a physical audience during this COVID-19 pandemic, each event organizer needs to ensure that COVID-19 protocols are in place. For these reasons, among others, it is imperative that the event organizer clearly communicates the possible scenarios to in-person guests.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2017

With a new year, many nonprofit organizations are gearing up their digital marketing campaigns to spread the word and hopefully increase their impact on the world. Below are a handful of ways to solve these problems with data, as well as examples of how other organizations have created infographics to help them expand their operations.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

The exact dollar amount that’s considered a major gift varies from organization to organization. For some organizations—especially those that are small or are just getting started—a major gift may be $1,000. Next, you should look at past giving patterns—both to your organization and to other nonprofits as well.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

This early childhood program initially serves 400 preschoolers and their families, providing them with up to 40,000 eBooks and learning apps. The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is a civil rights and restorative justice organization for prisoners and for Oakland young adults. 250,000 Grant Winners.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

For many organizations, there should be a distinct focus on making their websites appeal to older donors. First off, it’s important for organizations to note that even though their older users need a bit of extra care when it comes to accessibility, they’re far from being technologically illiterate.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

This time I’ll review the Nominet Trust 100 nominations for the very best technologies for social good, the big TechSoup/ Guardian Technology for Good Report, The soft launch of Hacker Helper, a new free service that sends money over email, the world’s most popular websites, and two new Netflix style subscription services for eBooks.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2010

Few publishers was open to Creative Commons licensing and to giving away the content for free online. From the very beginning, I knew I wanted to license The Participatory Museum using Creative Commons and give away the content for free online. The CC license is for the book text, not the images. How Did I Do It?

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Let’s look at a couple of experiments we conducted with nonprofit organizations to help re-order the conversation in order to create a more logical flow, and increase conversions. This is an email acquisition page for an e-book offer for a higher education organization. Getting the elements of your landing page in the right order.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

Whether you lead a church, a temple, or another type of faith-based organization, fundraising is a recurring task on your to-do list. Peer-to-peer fundraising is one of the most popular fundraising methods for faith-based organizations. Download eBook. How Can Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Be Used For Faith-based Organizations?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2020

All are free to use for the basic service. Same with Facebook if you stream from your organization’s Facebook page, rather than an individual’s page. Restream , Be.Live , and StreamYard are three of several providers that offer free and inexpensive options, depending upon your requirements. Event Page.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The truth is very few organizations will be able to stand out. Understanding the Unique Value Proposition Your unique value proposition is a clear statement of the value your organization provides. A donor might give once for a free t-shirt or other incentive, but what will keep them returning? They’ll find you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 5, 2014

Over the last two months Nonprofit Tech for Good presented a free webinar based on the newly released book Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Chapter 2: Get Organized. WordPress.org can be used as a content management system (CMS) for websites and there are hundreds of free/low cost responsive templates.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

[Event-ebook-top] There are plenty of ways to raise money, but one of the most popular (and let’s face it: fun!) Determine Your Fundraising Event Goals In order to host a successful event, you’ll first need to determine what success means to your organization.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) What are your best web content tips?

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Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2023

You can take content your organization has already created and re-work it into stories for your newsletter. For example, if you ran a literacy organization and you had a blog post about how one of your former beneficiaries just became the poet laureate for a nearby city, that would be an excellent candidate. Download it today!

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

KPIs give your organization a way to measure the success of campaign-specific goals and your nonprofit’s long term goals. Creating organic channels of communication versus a one-sided slew of asks is how you turn a first-time donor into a long-term supporter. Let’s get started! Check it out!

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As much as I love your organization, I don’t want several options here about other things I can do, like sign up to volunteer, read your mission statement or watch a video. This is an email acquisition page for an e-book offer for a higher education organization. Is it painless? Or is it a pain? Let’s look at another experiment.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

So let us talk about showing your major donors some love and getting their commitment to your organization and your mission. Most midsize and large organizations reach their current capacity with the support of one or more significant gifts from a generous individual, foundation, or corporate partner. All righty now.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2016

Data security is such a persistent concern for our small organizations. It is a free, nine-page little eBook that describes the current research. It is a free, nine-page little eBook that describes the current research. Seventy-three percent of organizations had an internal security incident in 2015.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2021

Ensure your form is branded to your nonprofit organization. As soon as you land on this event registration page , you’re immediately met with the organization’s colors and branding. This is because those who are registering are actually signing up to fundraise on behalf of your organization. Download eBook.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

Donor management refers to the strategies and processes a nonprofit organization uses to cultivate and maintain relationships with donors. They may research the organization, read testimonials and reviews, and compare it to other similar organizations. What is Donor Management?

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