Gyrus

JULY 28, 2016

Mobile Learning – Is it Finally Viable? Mobile Learning has been a cool shining beacon in the learning industry for quite a while now. If you have read my recent posts, you may already know where I stand on the matter, however, I would like to expand on my previous pro-mobile learning sentiments. Convenience.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Mobile Learning Infographic – Benefits and Features. A few months ago we explored Mobile Learning and whether or not it is viable , today we provide an infographic of the benefits and features of Mobile Learning at a glance. Text of Infographic: Why is Mobile Learning so Effective? Mobile Learning Infographic.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2018

From Twitter to Pinterest to Instagram to LinkedIn, social networks are becoming environments where video content not only thrives, but is expected. Videos with Mobile In Mind. Since the vast majority of social media consumption is done on mobile devices, mobile-friendly video formats like square and vertical are a must.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

WhatsApp represents one such medium that presents nonprofits with an outstanding opportunity to engage with stakeholders through texts, attachments, and multiple forms of conversations delivered to their mobile phones and now to their desktops. Recent data indicates that there are in excess of 1.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

Mobile is the Needle, Social is the Thread: How Information Today is Woven Into Our Lives. “ Mobile is the Needle, Social the Thread ” is the name of a presentation from Pew Internet data that illustrates the rapid growth of mobile connectivity and social networking in the U.S., Her blog is Contentious.com.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Here are a few key ways to mobilize your advocates: Provide training opportunities. These practices can help you create an environment that is welcoming and available to more of your supporters: Provide trainings (virtual or in-person) after working hours. Cast a wide net with texts, emails, phone calls and social posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2018

The word itself is an abbreviation for ‘no-mobile-phone-phobia’ and refers to the anxiety you feel when you don’t have your mobile phone handy or have a signal. Admit It, You Are On Your Mobile Phone Too Much: Self-awareness is the first step to changing habits. ” Come join me. .

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 8, 2023

Your donors are at an event, phones in hand, sharing the experience, live-tweeting your powerful speech, or simply engrossed in a captivating presentation. Your donors are already on their phones, browsing, texting, and connecting. Imagine this. What if they could respond to that urge then and there with a simple text?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The most effective schools make the process easy and convenient for families by accepting payments via checks or money order, secure mobile-friendly online portal, automatic bank withdrawals (ACH), online banking services, cash, debit cards, and credit cards. How a school takes payments also significantly impacts timeliness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 22, 2019

Simplify Complex Work Environments. Recent burnout research and trends reveal that work environments are becoming more overwhelming and complex. The solution is to simplify complex work environments that can help people be more resilient coupled with professional development that helps individuals build resiliency skills.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 2, 2010

This week I had the chance to attend the Electronics & Sustainability: Design for Energy and the Environment Symposium at the University of Illinois. mobile phone collector and aggregator. The stats in the mobile phone world are pretty staggering: read more.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

For the foreseeable future, remote fundraising and virtual actions will be the norm, as evidenced by the 433% increase in virtual actions on the Mobilize platform in just six weeks. This new environment is an opportunity to rethink solutions to strategic problems and create innovative virtual events that inspire supporters to do more.

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sgEngage

MARCH 6, 2024

This looks different from school to school and only you know what works best for your environment. Luckily, after a few COVID-19 Zoom phone calls and a bunch of trial and error, we got the “Success!” We’ve also developed a OneRoster API and endpoints that students and parents can access via mobile apps. Magic, I tell you!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

However, in one of the discussion threads on the Summit wiki, there has been mention about using cameraphones or smart phones for this in addition to. So, while at BlogHer 07 I had a little bit of a personal learning mission: What can I learn about mobile video blogging in a global context? Here's where the coffee cup photos enter.

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TechImpact

APRIL 24, 2014

The mobile space has been a talking point for years now, but with the January 2014 introduction of 802.11ac, a wireless networking standard WiFi, it is even more important than ever. Bring your own device (BYOD) is a trend that is sweeping not only the nonprofit world by storm, but the for profit environment as well.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Mobile: 70% of our traffic comes from mobile. Charities need to adopt mobile-first solutions to collect online donations. 70% prefer to be thanked for their donations by email, 13% via social media, 8% via print postcard, 6% via print letter, 2% via text message, and 1% by phone call. ? are quickly replacing TV.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Stay agile and be ready to adapt your strategies as needed based on new information or developments in the fundraising environment. Launch a Text-To-Give, or Text-To-Donate drive : Your donor likely has a cell phone. Text-to-donate is one fundraising tool you can leverage to engage your audience through their mobile devices.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

The revolution that has allowed ICT services to transition to a point of real uptake and impact -- or as Heeks describes, from a tool of development to a “platform for development” --is the mobile phone. . Mobile phones have made the uptake of ICT services achievable because they have become incredibly available.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, can be really powerful storytelling tools. Understanding what mobile applications to use, the limitations of your tools, and what makes a good video were the goals of TechSoup’s recent Mobile Storytelling tweet chat. Mobile Video Is Great, But Has Limitations.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If we had known the full consequences of Steve Jobs showing us that first iPhone on stage in 2007 and its impacts on our lives, attention, interactions, children, environment, physical and mental health, what hard questions would we have asked? We didn’t ask. Generative AIs have the power to transform education.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Carry your camera phone around and snap impromptu photos of your #nonprofit. Mobile phone cameras that have touch screen allow you focus with your fingers. Concentrate on Your Subject: Mobile phone cameras are much more limited than a DSL camera. And it is those limitations that help you focus on your subject.

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M+R

DECEMBER 8, 2023

It already has, though people rarely rush to update their phones. Note that this will also have an impact on other platforms like Google, but to a lesser extent given they are already heavily optimizing ads to Google environments anyway. A recent study has shown that 46% of respondents had used private browsing at least once.

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Gyrus

JULY 14, 2016

Pokémon Go is a phenomenon which is quickly taking over our cell phones. It has already surpassed Candy Crush as the biggest mobile game in US History (Mac Rumors). So, how can this apply to the corporate learning environment? 'Pokémon Go' Now Considered 'The Biggest Mobile Game in U.S. Gamification.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 26, 2014

The statistics are similar for mobile phones, except that phones are discarded even more quickly than PCs. There is extraordinary work being done in EU countries in a complicated regulatory environment. greentech electronics waste mobile phone Recycled and Refurbished Computers mobile phones event'

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Gyrus

MAY 31, 2016

Let us look at some of the top technology trends taking place in the training and Development Industry: Mobile Learning : According to e- Marketer, the number of smartphone users in the United States is estimated to reach 207.2 This widespread adoption of mobile phones as well as other mobile devices such as tablets, e-reader, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

This is a terrific presentation from Lee Raine from the Pew Internet and American Life Project that looks at the issue being “hyperconnected” or “over connected” to the web, mobile technologies and social media. Some 95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, 76% use social networking sites, and 77% have cell phones.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2013

The intent of the event is to speed up efforts to address the African e-waste problem in a manner that protects the environment and workers' health, and also creates economic opportunity. Africa now has more mobile phone users than either the U.S. or European Union or Latin America.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Stories are the currency of human connection; they move, motivate, and—most importantly—mobilize. From the first email, phone call, or meeting, volunteers are gauging whether your organization is a place where they want to invest their time and energy. Why does your mission matter? Why should someone dedicate their time to your cause?

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NetWits

MAY 31, 2011

The organizations that participate in the Target Analytics online benchmarking group are prominent nonprofits covering a range of sectors, including animal welfare, the environment, health, human services, international relief, and societal benefit. Retention rates for both new online and offline donors are bad. They get worse over time.

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Whole Whale

MAY 31, 2023

Accessibility, in the context of email marketing , refers to the practice of creating products, services, and environments that are usable by as many people as possible, regardless of their abilities or disabilities. mobile phones). Are there any tools I can use to help my content be more accessible?”

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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. What’s important to note here is that unlike wiki or websites, the direct forms of content creation, with Ushahidi citizens only needed to know the number to which they send reports from their phone. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

The above is the analysis of Jozef Vodicka, a Slovakian geek and entrepreneur, whose team has developed a multi-mobile-platform (iOS, Android, Windows Phone) application for documenting illegal dumping and, not incidentally, for mobilizing environmental consciousness and fostering citizen engagement.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2013

One of the things I like best about working with TechSoup for Libraries is our connection to TechSoup , which provides opportunities for me to think beyond libraries and to consider technology in the broader non-profit environment. Last week I attended attend a TechSoup webinar, Developing Mobile Apps from Idea to Launch. Apps Builder.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2017

They wrote Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing Their Impacts. It's much better for the environment to extend the life of a computer for an extra two or three years than to buy a new one every three to four years. Half the Periodic Table Is in That PC or Mobile Phone. billion humans.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

Off the top of my head, I can think of a few categories I'd like to see added to Paper: Environment, Social Good, and Education. To look at a larger version of a photo, you tilt your phone. Here are a few reasons why: The mobile app is limited to only the iPhone; there's no Android, iPad, or Windows support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Is everyone sitting around the table, but only engaged on their mobile phones or laptops, checking email or looking at social feeds? The FeetFirst site suggests that these tasks are perfect for walking meetings: Educate and inform ; educate about things in the environment while experiencing and demonstrating them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2005

I got an exchange deal with a local mobile phone company and they gave us a free dial number so that listeners can call in during the broadcast for free for one year.). s environment. How does your NGO use technology to support your advocacy and education work? Cross-posted on Global s.

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