Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2011

public libraries and some nonprofits provide. How to Evaluate Your Digital Literacy Program Thursday, June 30, 11 a.m. Analyst at the Colorado State Library and a BTOP grant recipient, will discuss. they track, and how this data will benefit their libraries beyond the grant. To bolster their efforts, the.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Pacific time for Short Evaluations of Real Websites. During the hour, web design experts Susanne Hempel and Steve Williams will take a look at a succession of real nonprofit and library websites. Join us on Thursday, November 10 at 11 a.m. This free one-hour webinar is presented in cooperation with SAP , a TechSoup donor partner.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

This vast library contains more than 34,000 freely available philanthropic resources authored by organizations in our sector—including reports, case studies, surveys, toolkits, and more. This evaluation looks at one such program, Supporting Education and Employment Development (SEED).

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Charity Village

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Their programs include high dosage tutoring through their reading app, access to their curated library of 2,000+ books, and in-depth impact evaluation. Hoot for All, by Hoot Reading, connects at-risk children with experienced, hand-selected teachers to complete 1:1 reading lessons. The grant covers costs related to […].

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

—– The Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference takes place Febrary 28-March 2 in Austin, TX, and I’m SO honored to be a keynote speaker! The keynote will focus on “Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation”. Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community.

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Bonterra

APRIL 10, 2024

Make data collection even simpler with our library of common assessments, intervention record templates, and pre-configured forms tailored to common compliance standards. Showcase your impact with custom reports Quickly develop custom reports with built-in reporting and insights tools.

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Tools Management Los Angeles Demonstration 52

VisionLink

MAY 10, 2012

Lori Warrens, the executive director of the Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD), VisionLink''s Lois Ann Porter and others are on-site today planning the upcoming Medical Surplus Recovery Organization (MSRO) Conference to be held at the Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta this July.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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Bloomerang

MAY 19, 2021

Do they have a library of on demand trainings on how to use their tool? If you truly take the time to evaluate and compare different nonprofit email providers, you can set your organization up for email success and better donor relationships. Customer support . Do they have live chat and how quickly do you get a response?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2017

evaluate visual content using design standards and best practices. Nonprofits and libraries are consistently tapped (and drained) to leverage creative talents and produce palatable brochures, logos, web pages, presentations, and annual reports — just to name a few — with little budget. Get your design license.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

You’ll also want to make sure the system has a library of built-in reports as well as ways to personalize your reports to fit your needs Bonus question: How does view-only access work for your system? Our fund accounting buyers guide will show you the best practices for knowing your organizational priorities and evaluating different software.

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Network for Good

MAY 17, 2021

But while many nonprofit organizations are attracted to promises of free licenses and a seemingly endless library of widgets, even more find themselves hopelessly tangled in fields of data and needlessly complex reporting mechanisms. Let’s dive in to what Salesforce can do and whether or not it could help you in your fundraising efforts.

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San Francisco License Nonprofit Database 64

Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. " The Role of Libraries. Additionally, 30 million library users reported going to the library for employment-related activities.

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Digital Literacy Community Build 66

Gyrus

OCTOBER 20, 2016

When evaluating your learning program, are you making the most of what is available to you? Here is a quick guideline in evaluating the free content available to you, and how to augment your learning program with what you find. Evaluate Current Content. Evaluating the Free Content. Not all free content is created equally.

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Content Free Learning Evaluation 64

Network for Good

MAY 17, 2021

But while many nonprofit organizations are attracted to promises of free licenses and a seemingly endless library of widgets, even more find themselves hopelessly tangled in fields of data and needlessly complex reporting mechanisms. Let’s dive in to what Salesforce can do and whether or not it could help you in your fundraising efforts.

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San Francisco License Nonprofit Database 52

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2014

This reality changed when both Kevin and Sophia learned about the accessible online library Bookshare , an initiative of Silicon Valley technology nonprofit Benetech. With its rapidly growing collection of over 225,000 (and counting) accessible ebooks, Bookshare is the world’s largest library of its kind.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

Your story library: These are the stories that get people hooked on your mission. Store them in your library, so you will have them when you are ready to deploy them as part of your marketing strategy. Whatever tool you use should provide you with some metrics to evaluate your results each time you hit “send.”.

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Marketing Guide Metrics Nonprofit 69

Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Access to Research and Data Access to research reports, market trends, and extensive research libraries is another perk that your organization should seriously consider making available for members. Feedback & Evaluation Benefits Don’t be confused: We’re not saying that you should offer to evaluate your members for free.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2014

On December 17, TechSoup hosted a SoupChat for nonprofits and libraries looking for more information on website design and hosting. A staffer from a small library listed a few popular services — WordPress, Wix, and Weebly — adding that she worried she might regret her decision six months down the road.

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Design Websites Resource Tips 65

NTEN

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The first group is looking at ways to improve organization-to-organization data sharing (supporting impact measurement, real-time reporting, and more) and the second is examining internal organization measurement and reporting (supporting cross-department collaboration, program data evaluation, and so on).

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Forj

JUNE 15, 2021

This platform is described as a “one-stop source for digital education”, and it’s a growing library of veterinary CE courses, webinars, and podcasts. Therefore, Axon , a digital education platform powered by CourseStage LMS , was built to ensure members had access to valuable education 24/7 at their convenience.

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eLearning Summary Podcast Management 36

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Meaningful tools to evaluate effectiveness are largely absent (Liket and Maas, 2015). This means an increased demand for more and better evaluation (Renz and Murray, 2010) is needed. Nonprofit organizations should identify evaluation methods to assess their programs and organization effectiveness on an ongoing basis.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2017

"This course gives a nice, easy to follow guide to evaluating your organization's strengths and weaknesses in regards to hardware and software and gives many good suggestions." Think of TechSoup Courses like your local library — first you get your library card, and then you can check out any and all resources at will!

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Tech Oregon Course Library 57

Neon CRM

OCTOBER 23, 2023

If you have had issues fundraising in the past, consider evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of your previous efforts.By A $50,000 gift will build the library structure, and a $20,000 gift can supply all the desks our students need.”Helping Do you have enough resources to fund a program?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

A couple of years ago, outreach, training, and fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding , posted some great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries. Once you plan your project, it will be easier to evaluate specific funding sources (our next step!) Evaluation Plan. Evaluation Plan. Outcomes 3.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Use the Foundation Directory at the library or a university to find foundations out of state. Perhaps you can individually evaluate the way the organization pays vendors or contractors and see if there are efficiencies to be found. It’s easier than it sounds. Inquire about affiliate marketing. Miscellaneous.

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Fundraising Mail Law Donation 353

Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2013

Access to quality research provides nonprofits and libraries the ability to improve services, strengthen funding proposals, and share knowledge within the field. How can IssueLab help nonprofits and libraries? Join our free webinar on Friday, January 18 at 11 a.m. Register today as space is limited!

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

As the content manager here at TechSoup, part of my job is to help nonprofits and libraries learn to choose and use the right technologies to help achieve their mission. Are nonprofits and libraries better informed and making better decisions than they were a year ago or three years ago as a result of the educational offerings I help create?

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Social Measure Charity Library 67

Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2013

Watch a replay of TechSoup's Short Evaluations of Real Websites webinar to hear expert feedback on nonprofit and library websites. The Wikispaces Plus Plan , available through TechSoup, offers nonprofits and libraries a hosted wiki site. Website Building, Planning, and Management. Also available through TechSoup, Shopify.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2012

What happened when TechSoup gathered a room full of nonprofit and library professionals, social entrepreneurs, and programmers together on a recent Thursday ? The ideas were evaluated and fine-tuned before the larger group so that they were ready for submission before the brainstorming round deadline.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind. Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program.

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Literacy eBook Images Accessibility 208

Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2011

Last month, I blogged about the Google Chrome notebook , evaluating its potential applicability to the nonprofit and library sectors. As most media outlets have moved on to the next latest tablet or possible Apple hardware, most discussions have moved to developer forums and groups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Participants prioritized the ideas by combining and evaluating the cost/impact, boiling down to a couple of ideas to present to the whole group. Create a leadership library of nonprofit books for staff to check out and read. Then, I have participants work in small groups, using a structured brainstorming process.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

Go through your website’s media library and there should be a section where you can add alt tags to your images. If there is no alt tag defined, a screen reader will simply say “image” giving the visitors no information on what the image is displaying!

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2010

If I were a manager or supervisor, two recurring responsibilities would keep me awake at night with fear, guilt, and indigestion: performance evaluations and planning documents. I'm afraid there's no easy cure for the agony of performance evaluations.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention that we offer nonprofits, schools and libraries unlimited 4G data plans for just $10/month. Eligible nonprofits and public libraries can also request 4G hotspots and other hardware through TechSoup's Mobile Beacon donation program.

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Data Tips Skype Mobile 67

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Since Microsoft will be donating Windows 7 upgrades to eligible nonprofits and libraries through TechSoup beginning on October 22 , this reminded me to post this little "save the date" announcement, as well as give you a heads up as to what you can expect to see from TechSoup as we approach this launch. link] href="[link] it here.

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