Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2017

Box is a cloud-based online storage service that provides charities and libraries with online file-sharing and storage with robust content management tools. Mobile Beacon. Libraries across the country are loaning Wi-Fi hotspot devices with mobile broadband to "loan the Internet" to patrons.

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NTEN

JULY 11, 2011

These needs may relate to accessibility and the user-friendliness of your site for those with auditory, visual, cognitive or mobility impairments. A true social site encourages interactivity by creating an environment that fosters communication not only between your organization and its constituents, but also between the members themselves.

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Care2

JULY 9, 2010

Using audio files may be more powerful than you think. Video is such a powerful medium, but one reason why I like using audio is to preserve the audio quality itself – and use a smartphone mic, like for certain conversations where the audio environment is threatened by back noise. Make Audio a Vital Medium for Your Non-Profit.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2013

Travel also creates huge carbon costs to the environment. In fact, one of the most significant ways that IT can help the environment is that it enables us to meet with each other online or in "virtual meetings. The expansion to mobile devices is probably the fastest growing area of online conferencing.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

This isn’t just about fitting people around tables; it’s also about creating an environment! Volunteers can check people in, give them their table assignments and add credit cards to supporter files (if applicable). TIP: Work with your venue or rental company for a professional CAD drawing of your event layout.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Paid search has become a channel that reliably generates new-to-file donors, even when brands bid on their name alone (branded search). The targeting power of Facebook’s data makes new donors easy to reach, while the familiarity of its environment makes it a comfortable place for users from all segments to convert.

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Apps are fine, but nonprofits seriously need to invest in mobile versions of their sites. You don't have to translate your whole site, but be strategic about what content mobile browsers want, and what you want mobile browsers to see. This gives them options to move between different CMS's or Mobile apps. And not apps.

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Care2

DECEMBER 12, 2011

In our mobile, social, always on, multi-screen world it’s important to ensure that your for that your organization’s home on the web is robust, well designed, and well-built. Mobile friendly – You’ll also want to be sure that your site loads well in mobile browsers. www.cnn.com vs. cnn.com).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

The specific technologies highlighted in the reports are place along a continuum of near-term, mid-term, and far-term field adoption: One year or less to adoption: Cloud Computing (K-12), Mobile Learning (K-12), MOOC (Higher Ed), Tablet Computing (Higher Ed). This report is not just your father’s PDF file!

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

This projection is set to grow throughout at least the next two presidential terms, and I for one would like to help educate potential users on all of the great features of which they can be getting out of their learning environments. How secure is your LMS environment? Instead of struggling to get your program off and running.

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Care2

JANUARY 30, 2014

What technologies (platforms like WordPress or Drupal and development environments like Ruby or PHP) do they have experience with? Have they talked to you about the mobile audience, and how their design will accommodate users on smaller screens? Are they able to articulate back to you what you’re after? Technology.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 14, 2012

What if we made it easier to send data to Martus directly from a wide range of other tools, like your mobile device? What if you could quickly and easily import data from other formats, like a Word document, PDF file or photograph? Currently, you can manually enter data into Martus, or import data after formatting it into XML.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The difference between cloud-based and traditional software is that when we access the cloud, our computer or mobile device isn't doing the actual computing. They just need a computer or mobile device and the Internet. Cloud-based applications are more secure from cyberthreats than a typical nonprofit server environment is.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

With a new, mobile-friendly design that features sleek tiles in the place of conventional icons, Windows 8 features a new take on the traditional Windows environment. Faster: Across the board, Windows 8 is faster than Windows 7 and Windows XP in boot time, file compression, and even opening tabs in web browsers. Don't fret!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. His mobile phone battery was nearly dead so he chose to send a message to twitter and ask for help as well as for those that couldn’t help to spread the message, instead of calling 911 in the chance that he would end up on hold.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Digital and mobile communications are changing the rules about social networks, intellectual property, and the availability of big data, with an overall blurring of the boundaries between state, for-profits, and nonprofits. We are always exploring new projects with the hope of launching a new product each year.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2015

OvidiuRo's mission is to help today's disadvantaged children get much further in school than their parents did by providing a rich early educational environment. Using a mobile application, teachers take note of those who attend the program and those who don't. " — Leslie Hawke, co-founder.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2015

OvidiuRo's mission is to help today's disadvantaged children get much further in school than their parents did by providing a rich early educational environment. Using a mobile application, teachers take note of those who attend the program and those who don't. " — Leslie Hawke, co-founder.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 29, 2012

With a new, mobile-friendly design that features sleek tiles in the place of conventional icons, Windows 8 features a new take on the traditional Windows environment. Faster: Across the board, Windows 8 is faster than Windows 7 and Windows XP in boot time, file compression, and even opening tabs in web browsers. Don't fret!

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2018

Though email is now a mobile medium as well, Facebook and mobile phones have long gone hand in hand (hah!). . Crowded communications environment. Social media is all about sharing! Whether they share a video or invite friends to “like” your page, your supporters can spread the word about your cause with ease. . Pay to play.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

It’s sobering – as much as I love technology, it scares me how much damage it can do to both people and the environment, once we’re done with it, and ready to upgrade to something new. Many nonprofits have Linux file servers in their back offices.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

The software offers several ways to get in touch – office phone, mobile phone, tablet, instant message, email, collaborative calendar, video conference, audio conference, and so on. Lync Server fits on top of Windows Server environments. For Which Organizations Is Lync 2013 Best Suited?

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 24, 2021

A web host service is what allows your organization to post a website or web page on the internet, and is the business that provides the tech and services such as the server in which a website is hosted and the action of making web files available online. Why Work With A Development Agency to Complete Your Web Design Project.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

He then spends some time making clear how the new networked environment makes peer distribution possible. Chapter 3 is a discussion on Peer production – it talks about how it is that people have come together to collaboratively create software and content – basically, knowledge production.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

He is going to do that, with the hope that one day, a TV producer will see how cool and interesting our field is and make a show about nonprofit work, featuring attractive actors attending strategic planning meetings and filing 990 tax forms. Kristen Hadeed. kristenhadeed.com. Paul Reynolds. reynoldstlc.org.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

This year, nonprofits are still fundraising in a hybrid environment, with a continued focus on developing strong online donation experiences. With newer payment options like mobile wallets, ACH, PayPal, and Venmo, organizations across the board see higher conversion rates on their online fundraising campaigns.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

For organizations with scattered or disarrayed IT environments, it's amazing how different your tech infrastructure can look after you've spent some time documenting it. Perhaps your donors are in the CRM, your advocates and evangelists are in an Excel spreadsheet, and your program beneficiaries are in paper files.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

For organizations with scattered or disarrayed IT environments, it's amazing how different your tech infrastructure can look after you've spent some time documenting it. Perhaps your donors are in the CRM, your advocates and evangelists are in an Excel spreadsheet, and your program beneficiaries are in paper files.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

If you, like the rest of the world, have managed to shift to the virtual environment, you may be looking for ways to improve your digital presence. Many people record live streams from a simple camera, such as the camera on a computer or mobile device. A virtual event can be a well-thought-out and curated live event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

There are now 990 actively engaged Fellows— across the five focal countries of Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Pakistan, and the Philippines—regularly participating in the Leadership Development for Mobilizing Reproductive Health network activities. This session was particularly exciting for me because I got to meet Eugene Eric Kim face-to-face.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

So things like asking, will the organization be providing computers and mobile devices for all staff, or would there be a hybrid model where some staff would have organization-issued computers and other staff would have to rely on their personal devices? Not really specifically to computers, but mobile devices. Francis: Absolutely.]

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

The type of authoring environment that will benefit your team’s process. This could mean a fully open-source environment, a desktop environment where only one person can edit the course at a time, or a cloud-based environment for collaborative authoring. Mobile-responsive design for all interactive elements.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

If you, like the rest of the world, have managed to shift to the virtual environment, you may be looking for ways to improve your digital presence. Many people record live streams from a simple camera, such as the camera on a computer or mobile device. A virtual event can be a well-thought-out and curated live event.

Stream 52

Stream Virtual Camera Audio 52

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

With a mobile app and effective reporting tools, everyone at your organization will have the tools they need to keep up with operational tasks and raise funds, no matter where they are. WealthEngine uses the cloud to seamlessly and securely deliver, process, and transfer important files and data for your organization to use.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2015

From the Office 2013 desktop apps, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, users can create, open, edit, and share Box files without ever leaving their Microsoft environment. With a direct integration and an intuitive user experience, users now have access to their entire Box account, right from the Office File menu.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The availability of a secure online environment makes it easy for the chair to plan and execute virtual meetings. A dedicated document center will house all of the files your board needs in one place. In turn, you’ll benefit from a range of perspectives based on different backgrounds. Enhanced nonprofit governance.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Fundamentally, the Arkenstone Reader allowed blind people to create their own personal ebook as a text file that could be read in something like Microsoft Word. But, to make that happen, we need to recreate the favorable copyright policy environment we enjoy in the United States. The first was the ebook.

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