Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Democracy platform reveals the state of nonprofit technology funding in a critical area in some detail. A decade and a half into the digital century, the vast majority of large foundations concerned with strengthening American democracy don't seem to get tech. Foundation Center's new Foundation Funding for U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

1) Access to the internet in Mexico has grown very rapidly over the last decade. When we started Fondeadora in 2011 (the first creative crowdfunding platform in Mexico, renamed to Donadora in 2016), processing online payments was very difficult. How has this impacted individual giving to NGOs in Mexico?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

NetSquared is TechSoup's answer to providing local tech support and learning opportunities. Our dream is to provide peer-led, in-person tech support for nonprofits in every community. Here in Uganda and Africa in general, governments do not provide for elderly people. They need affordable and reliable Internet.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In this edition of nonprofit tech news, TechSoup shows new ways your nonprofit could harness mobile and killer apps in 2016! In 2016, video will continue to be the most interesting media on the Internet. These are toys like Mattel's Internet-connected Hello Barbie that can have a truly interactive conversation with a child.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 23, 2011

." World Bank’s Mapping for Results launched – Check out this deployment of the Ushahidi platform for digital storytelling and reporting: "This weekend at the World Bank annual meetings the World Bank launched their new Mapping for Results platform. Change the internet?

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Tech professionals and Internet security specialists call out four main reasons why keeping WordPress updated at all times is important: security, performance, bug fixes and compatibility. Obviously, for most of us, security is of paramount importance.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2017

In a recent blog post , in which our nonprofit, TechSoup, advocated for Net Neutrality, there were several responses that have an interestingly identical structure: (a) Government should stay out of the Internet; (b) There are technical issues involved that TechSoup does not understand; and. (c)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2019

Government & Regulation. Technology & Platforms. Bettina Warburg of Animal Ventures sharing how Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and blockchain can combine to build a set of rules for machines to trade directly… “robots with wallets.” 4 th Industrial Revolution. Asset Chains.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

This spring, we’ve been evaluating some of the new social platforms on the market to see if there is anything new that would help elevate nonprofit and/or public sector missions. Other platforms, such as podcasts, YouTube, and TedTalks do this with high-end production to attract and engage audiences, and in many cases, they do it well.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The focus has gone beyond whether or not you will have digital platforms. The Internet of Things gives objects a brain and connects them to each other. Or to create FAQs for each of your platforms based on trending inquiries. The software typically wins as a result of the resources that are required to build a custom platform.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

"Government, nonprofit, and business leaders must together help to solve this problem by applying basic principles of supply and demand to volunteering and service. As a nerd, I'm excited by the new tech, particularly mobile, including new display systems and pervasive connectivity.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This post features advice from IT and grants management experts on how to streamline your tech solutions, create clear processes, and drive more external and internal impact. In the days following the fires in Maui, many people didn’t have access to Internet, cell service, even land phone lines. Everyone on the island suffered a loss.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

To be able to telework, people usually need five things: a computer or tablet, broadband Internet, access to work email, access to work documents, and a phone. During the polar vortex winter 2014, telework has done some unexpected things like keeping federal government services open for business during one of the really bad snow storms.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Check the internet and ask colleagues at other organizations for their recommendations. Our expertise is in tech, so check out our guide to nonprofit tech consulting for a walkthrough of an example project. DNL OmniMedia: Top Nonprofit Consulting Firm for Full-Service Tech & Strategy Consulting. Why They Stand Out.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2011

Recently, many of these NetSquared Local meetings are being streamed live on the Internet via livestream or online recording. Virtual NetSquared Local is completely free of charge for anyone to use, and only requires an internet connection. What do you think of us using the Meetup platform in this unconventional way?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

DECEMBER 18, 2018

We called up Jen Tolentino, Director of Policy & Civic Tech at Rock the Vote to talk about their mobilization strategy and the role of technology in organizing. Today, the internet has really changed how we digitally organize young people. We also partnered with musicians like R.E.M. How do you keep that momentum building?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Plus, in 2016, it created a new community initiative to distribute computers and Mobile Beacon Internet to low-income people. The goal is to receive relatively recent vintage, retired commercial IT equipment from companies and government agencies in Minnesota. It also brings this experience to TechSoup members.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

What’s the use of being in San Francisco if you can’t check out some cutting edge tech conferences now and then? As luck would have it, I got to chatting right away with Ned Malik, CTO of Vision Online , a DC-based company that provides cutting-edge information technology to government. on how to behave when wearing them.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2014

The organization submitting the story with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the UnoBook tablet AND will be featured as the “Tech 4 Faith” story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Dispute Resolution/Governing Law/Waiver of Jury Trial. Eligibility.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2014

Reset the Net is an effort to provide individuals and organizations with a technical, political, and social toolkit to fight back against government surveillance. The tools support Windows, iPhone, Android, Mac, and GNU/Linux platforms. The Internet Defense League provides the code and some tools for adding the banner.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” We took August off in the Leadership webinar series, so it feels really good to be back with you and to be back with you with a partner—the first of two webinars we’re going to do with our friends at Tech Impact. So let me introduce our two Tech Impact presenters.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 23, 2014

Amazon Fire Phone and the Internet of Things. which is built on Google's Android platform. The Fire Phone is a perfect representation of "The Internet of Things," a concept my colleague Jim Lynch has written about. inch display, Adreno 330 graphics, a 13-megapixel camera, and 2GB of RAM.

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Media Cause

APRIL 13, 2023

Most recently, their CEO went before Congress to answer questions about data collection and the platform’s ties to China. But what does this all really mean for the platform, and how does it affect your marketing plans? TikTok is just the latest social media platform to be under scrutiny.

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Forj

MAY 25, 2021

This task is made even harder if your CME learning management system ( CME LMS ), the platform that delivers eLearning to your association’s members, fails to support you in the effort. Program summaries, such as the advertising and exhibit income, registration fees, government grants, and private monetary donations received.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

This resulted in us creating a “sneaker-net” approach to providing basic asynchronous ICT services to rural villages: a complete offline Wikipedia that fit on a CD-ROM, and severely restricted bandwidth throttling to allow community radios to access the Internet (via prepaid RBGAN) for $2-3 a day. . Realizing Potential .

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2013

Tech Impact is watching some interesting trends emerge in nonprofit technology in 2013. By using data sets published by the government, they developed an interactive tool that allows child advocates and policymakers to assess health, security, and education opportunities for the most vulnerable in the District of Columbia.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

The internet connection here is such that I don’t think a live blog portal will sustain itself. Livingston - HHS, wanted evaluation of pandemic flu conversation online, point was to understand what they were saying about the government and so on to really know what to address as an organization to that community.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2018

The expert predictions about the impact of the internet over the next 10 years came in response to questions asked by Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center in an online canvassing conducted between Dec. This is the ninth Future of the Internet study the two organizations have conducted together.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Federal Government shutting down Megaupload for their illegal download activities. Do they rely on a larger cloud platform like Amazon? OnLive , a popular cloud-hosted gaming service, recently filed for bankruptcy. The largest and most famous cloud company shut down to-date was the case of the U.S.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

60) Search « 5 Quick Steps to Better SEO | Main | Tech & Style Tips for Conducting Blog Interviews » Tuesday Mar 10 2009 Top 10 SXSW Interactive Panels Your Nonprofit Should Attend Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 05:27PM | by Allyson Kapin Are you planning to check out SXSW Interactive this year? Panelist: Tara Hunt, Intuit 7.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

I've gathered up some of best of the best folks in the nonprofit tech field to share their stories, metrics, and lessons learned - this will be informative AND entertaining. Lessons in Local Tech: Sustainable Food 2.0 Ever wonder if there's a higher good you could be serving with your tech skills? Are you eating well?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Every now and then, we like to predict what's on the tech horizon. No Internet of Things (IoT) or big data. Thunderclap has been called a "crowdspeaking platform." Data theft, cyberattacks, and government surveillance are a growing fact of digital life, and it looks like 2015 will only be more of the same.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The Local Impact Map is a rich storytelling platform that uses mapping technology to place stories in a global context as you can see in the picture below. Dispute Resolution/Governing Law/Waiver of Jury Trial. It reaches our global network resources and, combined with TechSoup.org, has over 5 million annual site visits.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Improved nonprofit governance. Empower your board leadership to exercise effective governance and maintain more control over meetings. Any time you transmit confidential information over the internet, there’s an inherent risk of a data breach. Thankfully, the nonprofit tech landscape is constantly advancing.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2023

The current iteration of the AI boom, which went mainstream in 2020 and exploded toward the end of 2022, will revolutionize the internet, digital communication, and offline activities in ways we may not even realize. Despite Silicon Valley’s penchant for hyperbole, AI has the power to reshape the internet and computer technology profoundly.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

I’m very platform agnostic. It’s going to be a lovely, low-tech conversation about high-tech stuff. You don’t need to be a nerd, or a geek, or a tech wizard, or any of that stuff. . You have to understand what’s in your tech stack. So my advice for you here, low tech. Remember faxes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Some recent nonprofit tech posts addressing this topic here , here , here , and here. One hopes that once the CyberYenta solves her blogging platform issue , she'll jump on a job posting widgets for that nonprofit job list.). internetarizans tracks the Internet, Human Rights and Social Change. What do you think?

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