Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

While such a program currently exists as a government benefit, Lifeline, many homeless or severely low-income people haven't heard of it or aren't using it. While there have been numerous studies done on mobile phone use in the developing world, very little work has been done in understanding mobile use among homeless in America.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Here’s a summary of a few of the top ideas: AgriTextBot Info Hub: A tool for farmers that responds to localized questions and provides up-to-date, real-time information on topics from market pricing to weather indicators and farming support, through a guided conversation and accessible via a feature phone. Dun-Ying Vicki Yu. Mia Blakstad.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 4, 2021

In 2020, we helped close to 900 members gain cell phone access through referrals to the government-supported Lifeline Assistance program. She received her undergraduate degree from Merrimack College and holds a Master of Business Administration from Boston University. Implementing a Homebound Vaccination Program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Help the organization by researching and compiling information on government grants that may be available. Use the Foundation Directory at the library or a university to find foundations out of state. Set up face-to-face meetings or phone calls to ask contacts to donate. It’s easier than it sounds.

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

Leads acquired online are often best nurtured through social networks and converted in the mail, or over the phone if you're after monthly donors. Phoning your email supporters. Say good bye to "online fundraising" and "offline fundraising," there is only fundraising. Engaging on Facebook, converting in email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 17, 2012

The site was established in 2004 on the 10th Anniversary of the genocide in partnership with the Rwanda Government, Kigali City Council, and Aegis Trust, a charity in the UK dedicated to the prediction, prevention, and ultimately elimination of genocide. Favorite: On A Mission To Help Children in Rwanda.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

If you're an NTEN Member -- or have been lurking around for awhile -- you know that Universal Broadband Access is an issue we care deeply about. They're doing some fabulous organizing around universal access and have provided some basic talking points for comments to the FCC. It's essential that they hear from us. Net Neutrality.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

By Jeff Stanger, Director, Center for Digital Information We are obsessed with data — big data, open data, linked data, personal data, government data, visualized data. Joe Hellerstein, a computer scientist at the University of California in Berkeley, calls it 'the industrial revolution of data.' And rightly so.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

What happens when you combine local government, open data, and creative and tech-savvy citizens? They reached to these communities through the NetSquared Warsaw groups, tech- and startup-focused meetups, and through local universities such as the Warsaw University of Technology. Apps4Warsaw. A Contest Built on City Data.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

The big recent digital inclusion news is the Federal Communication Commission's ( FCC ) proposal to extend the Lifeline Program , which has supplied discounted phone service to low-income people since 1985. Some Lifeline phone service providers also offer free mobile phones and minutes to low-income families.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2017

One day can make a difference and New Mexico State University (NMSU) can prove it! We partnered with local businesses, partnered with local government officials to proclaim December 1, 2015 #GivingTuesday at NMSU Day and celebrated these partnerships, our team and donors throughout the day.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2016

"Organizations will pay significant consequences if they don't work openly, honestly and proactively with government and society. Computers, cars and antibiotics would not have made it out of the laboratory without companies; and there would be no movies, no mobile phones and no airplanes. What insights stood out?

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2016

This approach will support nonprofits, government agencies, and market actors. Expansion: where RST expands the program to offer mobile phones to all clients, and LIRS expands to other regions and partners. Demonstration and learning: where LIRS, RST, Sparrow, and LEO evaluate the model’s effectiveness against a control group.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Richard Heeks of the University of Manchester, and one of the premiere scholars in the ICT4D space, describes this shift aptly as a transition from ICT4D 1.0 Mobile phones have made the uptake of ICT services achievable because they have become incredibly available. Mobile phone based applications and service .

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. Here are a few new things we could be doing with our phones and tablets in 2016. a-month phone service or home broadband — their choice. One is hiring. Another is surveys.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 18, 2015

That's why government, the private sector, and nonprofits have all been increasingly adopting telework. Regular check-ins via phone, instant messaging, web conferencing, or email seem to be useful for managers. The University of Wisconsin also has some useful language in its telecommuting policy and guidelines (PDF).

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 23, 2020

What I actually do is talk with donors, angry constituents, volunteers, staff, conduct phone meetings, constantly answer emails, and deal with governance and financial issues. I think people believe that I am in either in meetings, traveling, and never in the office.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

Still, I called them up, and their voicemail message identifies them as Helping Hands, although no one was answering phones during their advertised office hours. Seems that Summa not only has the same phone number, but once had the same exact address as Educational Care. The next one is Educational Care, in Tempe, who reported $1.8

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2012

Since there are no 211-type phone/internet services in Australia (that I know of), I was lucky enough to speak about our unique service (provided in the US and Canada) with many nonprofits and charities in Australia. Kelly Bergeron Online Initiatives Manager Ontario 211 www.211Ontario.ca 211Ontario.ca

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2015

Waste management is also incredibly costly, and is causing crises for governments all over the world. Creative Reuse: A Universal Language. As Betsy says, "One of the things we say about art is that it's a universal language. Betsy Dassau, C3's founder and executive director, believes in the power of art.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

DECEMBER 18, 2018

So we partner with school districts and teachers across the country to start getting young people, even before they turn 18, to understand how government works and how they can leverage it to make change in their communities. We also have a phone banking tool that is populated with contacts so people can can call young voters in swing states.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

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. It also makes phone and video calls. It was developed at Singularity University and uses technology from the NASA Mars Rover project.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Qualified organizations include California schools, community colleges, libraries, government and district-owned and operated hospitals and health clinics, and community-based organizations. Phone Service : Voice over IP (VoIP) and PBX service and seats, and traditional plain old telephone service (POTS) lines. (The

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DipJar

APRIL 19, 2021

So, you would think that the most pressing skill to build is in revenue generation, like fundraising , government grants, or fee-for-service programs. How staff members answer the phone, whether the walls look bright, if your waiting room is inviting—these aren’t trivial. Mary’s University of Minnesota.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Content governance. Now that that’s done, organizations are beginning to realize they need to govern that content. Enter content governance. . Enter content governance. . What is Content Governance? . Content is how you answer the phone and the signature in your emails. You’ll hear it a lot.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Find the first installment of this series, Developing a Grant Project here , the second installment, Researching government funders here , and the third installment on researching foundations here. Michigan State University's list of service clubs and civic organizations that provide funding.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Direct mail and phone calls continue to be extremely effective outlets for nonprofits promoting their campaigns but only if they’re handled with the right strategies in place. Extensive board governance services, including retreats and recruiting. Board governance training in a concise “Boards 101” format. Why They Stand Out.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

In contrast, the Current Population Survey is a government-sponsored telephone survey that interviewed 57,000 households in 2008. So, the ASU Lodestar Center survey, modeled on the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy Panel Study , emphasizes several major prompts. Prompts really matter. Central Ave.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2015

Go online to find trade association reports, government data, academic research, and databases such as CPANDA. For example, try a reference librarian, approach an experienced individual in the private sector, or contact a university extension department. The cheapest form of market research is simply looking things up.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

In many cases, we are not dealing with unknowable or unsolvable mysteries of the online giving universe. There are 7 billion people on Earth and 5 billion of them have a mobile phone. Get your data governance practices together – now. Mobile is the New Normal. Compare that to about 2 billion personal computers – and not growing.

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Achieve

JUNE 7, 2021

Mary’s University of Minnesota. Up until then, some universities ventured into certificates, but there was nothing with real academic rigor. You don’t want the person answering your phones not to have the details of the next fundraising event! Mary’s University of Minnesota. Your job is to meet their concerns and fear.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 26, 2021

There might not be an example that better exemplifies that than the collaborative COVAX partnership between Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness (CEPI), and more than 190 governments around the world. Within COVAX, we brought together 193 governments,” she says.

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Forum One

APRIL 7, 2005

Part two talks about understanding the challenges.Foundations take on the biggest and gnarliest social problems (if the problems could be easily solved, the private sector or governments would have already figured them out. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 7, 2022

Touch points are established with prospective students and their interactions with the institution across several mediums and communication methods (mail, phone, email, etc.). Data warehouses do not exist in silos; they exist in tandem with an institution’s retention, governance, and integration strategies.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

E-books, therefore, make access to information an affordable reality, as more and more people, including students, have a device in their pocket capable of operating as an accessible e-reader: from inexpensive mobile phones and MP3 players to Braille note-takers that can store thousands of e-books in digital Braille.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2018

One respondent noted, “The ritual of a weekly phone call with friends where there seemed like enough ‘space’ to talk about things in a meaningful way has eroded to texting to ‘keep up.’ Some respondents stressed that both kinds of futures are possible and can be affected by the choices that are made now.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

David Dunlop, who many of you will know as from Cornell University, spent his life there, took 13 years to get a $100 million-plus gift. And because they trusted him at the university, because he was so successful, they were willing to wait for this. . Local university, my wife was working there as a major gift person.

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