Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2017

After all, it doesn't matter how good your antivirus is if someone can get hold of your computer and snoop through your files (or load it up with cat pictures). A cable lock, like this one from Kensington , is an easy, affordable way to keep your laptop from becoming a target of theft. Password-Protect Everything.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 17, 2013

But then, your coworker calls and informs you that your donation page is broken, your organization's CRM just ate half of its entries, and the kitchen dishwasher is flooding… Guess you probably should pack along your laptop. Mophie Juice Pack battery charging cases keep your phone powered and protected. Sharing Documents.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Obviously, you can't shut down the server running your website or email, but do you need the file server or the print server running? Unplug chargers for computers, cell phones, iPods, and other chargeable devices. According to Green Home Huddle "Your cell phone charger, iPod charger, laptop charger, etc.

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

I use Spanning Sync to keep iCal and Address Book on the laptop in sync with iCal and Address Book on the Mac (and in sync with Google Calendar and Gmail). I use DropBox to make sure I have important files with me (and to hold my 1Password keychain file s o my login passwords are automatically synced ).

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Evernote lets me organize files, web sites, pictures, audio, and notes, from any device. If I find a great article on IRS cell phone reimbursement policies, I can clip it straight from the browser into my Operations notebook. I can retrieve these items from my phone, my tablet, my laptop, or any computer with a browser.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Shut down all non-server computers : Don't leave desktop and laptop computers in sleep mode. Obviously, you can't shut down the server running your website or email, but do you need the file server or the print server running? Unplug chargers for computers, cell phones, iPods, and other chargeable devices.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2013

It contained a link to a file that presumably downloads more malware, hosted on a compromised website. Although I was not able to immediately pinpoint how the breach occurred, I speculated it was via a laptop I had used earlier that day. I made sure that the laptop had updated definitions, which I loaded from another computer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2017

Slido allows you to crowd source questions from the audience who can use the web site from their mobile phones or laptops in real time. I pulled up the page on my mobile phone. I do have a file with the questions, so I can do an analysis of the questions and think about how to improve my materials. Conference.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

I also encrypt my Android phone. I also use LastPass Premium on both my laptop and my cellphone for easy and secure password management. If someone happens to get in to my phone or computer, my browser’s password manager file is empty. "My security precaution on my mobile phone is not to leave it on my desk.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Obviously, you can't shut down the server running your website or email, but do you need the file server or the print server running? Unplug chargers for computers, cell phones, iPods, and other chargeable devices. According to Green Home Huddle "Your cell phone charger, iPod charger, laptop charger, etc.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Lifehacker , a popuplar blog on technology and productivity, had a post last week on lessons learned from a stolen laptop. As someone who travels frequently, often alone to crowded places where one must exercise a high level of caution, losing my laptop or phone is something I think about a lot.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

If you pay attention to the news, you may have recently heard about a major Internet hacking of celebrity phones and devices , in which hundreds of photos were leaked to the wider Internet. Their iCloud online storage was targeted, and hackers stole personal data and photos from their mobile phones and iPads.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 22, 2013

Tablet computers: So maybe your iPad isn't a replacement for your desktop or laptop, but the Surface Pro is getting awfully close. Netbooks and ultra light laptops: Sure, they aren't good for serious gamers (at least not yet, although gaming is moving online too), but they are good for most things you do. Your cost: $400.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

Too bad it’s so hard to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files on them – or is it? All of them view office documents including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files on various types of smartphones, but to varying degrees of effectiveness. You can view and edit Word and Excel files but just view PowerPoint files.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Now that you've set up your network, you need to keep it safe, and to think about what it can do beyond file sharing and managing your Internet access. VoIP unifies all your organization's telephones, mobile phones, fax machines, and computers through a virtual PBX software application. Keep Your Networks Secure.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2012

You have development directors that reach out to donors directly, the overarching house file receives solicitations, their may be a direct mail program, and finally social media based fundraising. They watch TV, read magazines, and yes, use their laptops, tablets and phones. Consider fundraising.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2017

TechSoup's hardware programs offer both new and factory-refurbished commercial-grade laptop and desktop computers to our members. Our f actory-refurbished laptop and desktop computers provide high-quality IT equipment at less than half the price of equivalent new equipment.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Store their contact info like email addresses and phone numbers and easily track donor interactions when they make a donation or volunteer for your organization. In the modern age, mobile phones are most people’s constant companions. Text fundraising.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2017

For example, you can use SharePoint to host and share files instead of going with a third-party cloud storage provider like Box. A former employee could still have shared login information stored on a laptop that gets stolen. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you weigh your options. But should you?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Juice jacking is a data theft practice you may not have heard about yet: Public charging stations can be configured by bad guys to read the data on your phone or laptop and also upload malware when you charge your device. 777,000 new comments were filed with the FCC. Reimbursing Employee Mobile Phone Expenses.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Tablet sales are up 53% while laptop and desktop computers are down 11% from the previous year. PCs aren’t going away, but mobile devices (phones and tablets) are flooding in to the nonprofit workplace. They save us the arduous task of taking our phones out of our pockets to look at them. What this means? Green Technology.

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CauseVox

MAY 12, 2022

Donors are reaching your donation page from a variety of devices, from computers and laptops and tablets and cell phones. Like with recurring donations, their card on file will be automatically charged for each installed payment. We’ve recently added even more easy-to-use customization options to our donation form.

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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. Your files could only be found in massive file cabinets. Eventually, though, computers and phones became portable, shrinking to the point where we can now fit them into our purses and our pockets. Cell phones.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2018

Almost everyone in this country who uses the internet at all has an email account, whether they access it by phone, tablet or laptop. . Though email is now a mobile medium as well, Facebook and mobile phones have long gone hand in hand (hah!). . Email Strengths: . Nearly ubiquitous in the United States. High action rates.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 3, 2013

Five years ago, it was the laptop. It doesn’t replace my laptop, but I sure get a lot of use out of it. –Tom Dropbox - managing files across devices, access to documents when on the road, or quickly sharing files with others. Twenty years ago, everyone brought pen and paper to meetings. We’ve done your homework for you.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2014

Traditionally, a call to action has been to donate in response to a direct mailing or a phone call. Make sure you have a signup sheet, flyer, tablet, or laptop at the event. The Online Marketing Benchmark Study released by Blackbaud in 2013 found that the median amount raised per email address on file is $13. Calls to Action.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 1, 2015

A recent report from TechSoup found that beyond email and file storage, most nonprofits are reluctant to embrace the cloud for their other organizational needs. Simply put, we’re now living in a world where most daily tasks are conducted online through our computers, phones or tablets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2007

I got a kick out the fact that one of my colleague's mother called her cell phone because she was worried about her transport home. These cell phones are popular. But the rain made my colleagues nervous because they said it would make it hard to navigate in flooded streets with their motor bikes and they didn't have rain jackets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Net2 ThinkTank gives up a round up of how Nonprofits and NGOs are Using Mobile Phones and SMS for Social Change. This post shows you how to jury rig a DIY periscope for your webcam if it is built into your laptop screen. This is useful if you want both broadcast AND use your laptop to take notes (or answer email).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Nonprofit Software and Hardware and Cell Phones. Can cell phones ensure a free vote? Election observers across Nigeria will be using mobile phones to text officials if they spot irregularities during Saturday's election. If you want to keep up with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), check out the wiki. " Findhabeas.

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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. But the failure to budget for routine desktop replacement - not to mention the replacement of other components from file servers down to power strips - has a serious hidden cost.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

All of these parts can be filtered through a single device, like a laptop. So if you need to use your phone camera in a pinch, you can still shoot high-quality video and even broadcast it to social media platforms like Facebook Live and still get great attendee reception. .

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

The things that we realize that happened most around file-sharing and collaboration and having two people look at the same document. And before you know it, there are so many different file-sharing systems, and so many different…for example, marketing solutions and things like that. So no, you can’t watch Netflix at work.

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Achieve

JULY 23, 2020

in the United States filed for unemployment at the onset of COVID-19. Keep in mind that your supporters may tune into your virtual stewardship event from their laptop, their phones, or larger screens. Phone calls. Phone calls are a great way to reach out to supporters for a one-on-one, pointed conversation.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

All of these parts can be filtered through a single device, like a laptop. So if you need to use your phone camera in a pinch, you can still shoot high-quality video and even broadcast it to social media platforms like Facebook Live and still get great attendee reception. .

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

That means you can access any of your files anywhere, whether you’re on your work computer, phone, laptop or tablet—as long as you have your login info and an internet connection, you’re set. One of the coolest things about using Google Drive is that all of your work is linked to a single account.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The reason why Windows 8 is such a big departure is because it is designed to work on all computing formats including mobile phones, tablet computers, and all types of PCs. But Windows 8 or versions of it will run on an array of smartphones, laptops, hybrid laptops, desktop computers, and tablet computers.

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