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Technology Convergence: Serious Gaming, Internet of Things, and Nonprofits

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It's always interesting to see emerging technology trends merge and intersect in ways that might someday prove valuable to nonprofits and libraries. The technology trends that Green Goose is combining are social networking, serious gaming, and the Internet of Things: read more.

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Taking Back Your Time: Is Unplugging the New Green?

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Below is a collection of articles and posts about what I think is an upcoming cultural trend: unplugging. on weekdays, you get off the internet. Friday's Confession: I Want to Quit the Internet on Crafty Fanny "I love 'meeting' new people through their blogs, or facebook, or twitter. I love reading things that inspire me.

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Mobile for Good: Trends to Watch at Mobile World Congress

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The Barcelona tradeshow sets the mobile trends for the year with major announcements expected from Nokia, Samsung, LG, and others. Besides being a launch pad for shiny new gadgets, MWC has also been a forum for green technology news, digital inclusion efforts, low-cost smartphones, and other mobile for good innovations. Security Alert.

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Can Social Media Create and Spread Revolution?

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Another important factor in this debate is that the Egyptian government shut down the internet. Similar discussions surfaced last year during Iran’s Green Revolution, when many people on social media overlaid a green shade to their avatars and profile pictures to show their solidarity with the people of Iran.

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11 Highlights from BlogHer '11

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Photo by Green LA Girl ) 2. with Gwen Bell As I mentioned in my post, Taking Back Your Time: Is Unplugging the New Green? I think that unplugging and limiting internet and tech use is an upcoming cultural trend, so I was thrilled to see that one of the sessions was Unplug, Unfriend, Unfollow, Unwind: Is That Sacrilege?

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How Churches Can Go High Tech with the Collection Plate

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A growing trend among most of us these days is paying for things more with credit and debit cards and less with cash and checks. This trend means even the smallest churches may find it useful to explore low-cost ways to accept electronic donations for offerings, tithes, and other gifts. Even More Fundraising Tools for Your Church.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

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The big nonprofit tech trends this past year seemed to be in the areas of the emergence of mobile devices, social media stratification, the launch of Office 365 for Nonprofits, some huge digital inclusion initiatives, and lots of other things. Green Technology. Big Data and the Internet of Things. It’s a longer-term trend.

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