Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

A lot of my work consists of sitting — working on a computer, talking on the phone, or attending meetings or conferences. I have incorporated mini-breaks to walk in the middle of the day to help me think when I I am writing or thinking through a problem for a client. Flickr Photo by Lynn Friedman. That means rethinking meetings.

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2012

Millennials realize they've inherited some problems, and are ready to roll up their sleeves to fix them. Ninety-three percent of Millennials in the US have a smart phone. Even more interesting, there are no racial or ethnic differences in phone ownership. So, how do we engage this generation? What do you think?

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

It's the definite article that causes problems, implying there's an easy way to think about the issues surrounding the inequitable access to technology -- and perhaps an easy solution. Under the guise of non-profitability hundreds of millions of these laptops will be flogged off to our governments. Brett Meyer, NTEN. The Unforeseen.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 7, 2011

There was a time when making a phone call for work meant you needed to be seated at your office desk. Eventually, though, computers and phones became portable, shrinking to the point where we can now fit them into our purses and our pockets. The problem with this notion of work though, is that we’re buying into illusions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Being online or living a connected lifestyle is something many of us do - and as smart phones, Facebook, ipads, and other technology tools become part of lives, we have to examine our relationship with them and find balance. She also plays another game with the battery life of her phone at the end of the day. Soren Gordhamer, Wisdom 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2011

After triple checking to ensure you have your iPad, mobile phone, laptop, and all of your respective chargers in tow — you board a flight, land in a new city, and head straight for the convention center. New Report Details How to Plan and Execute a Successful Online Convening, Guest Post by Kari Dunn Saratovsky.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2005

Once her prayers are answered she makes a few frantic phone calls to see how quickly a new computer can be dragged in. It might seem like a reasonable trade-off in an environment where money is always a bit scarce. If you have multiple sites, so that you are often giving phone or online support, the problem is even worse.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

The problem they had was they didn’t really have policies to really govern and guide their staff towards effectively transitioning. Providing accommodations for somebody with a disability to be able to work from home looks a little different from providing those accommodations in the office environment. Somebody brought that up.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. Our vision is to put accessible books into the hands of disabled students on borrowed PCs or devices they already have, such as inexpensive MP3 players and cell phones.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

I was flying into DFW and I had my laptop out and I was preparing a presentation and I was wondering, you know, “Do I know what I’m getting into?” What’s is the problem that you solve, right? ” What is that problem? That was my first day officially working at a nonprofit. They’ve invested.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 16, 2007

I guess I got involved in coworking originally because I was working out of cafes and wanted a more collaborative, productive environment to go to and work around other people in. The broad general idea is to no longer work all alone and so that you can be in a much more productive environment around other people.

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