Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change. What if you’re a U.S.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

One of the best plain-language pieces I've seen on it is David Pogue's How and Why to Turn On Two-Step Verification for Your Apple, Google, and Yahoo Accounts. " Finally, Cameron Jones , senior director, technology solutions and services, reports: "I use two-factor verification on my Google password.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 26, 2009

Jon Stahl, in his comments on my first post in this series said: “a PHP API accessible only to other PHP apps on the same machine is simply not sufficient integration in an age of web services, where people run different apps on different machines and use languages other than PHP for building web apps.&#

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Y’all will just have to live with overlapping series. I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Y’all will just have to live with overlapping series. I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!)

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

The Raspberry Pi was designed to help educators and students understand technology better. The hub has lots of helpful information on understanding Linux and how to write code for it in popular languages like C#, Java, JavaScript (via Node.js), PHP, Python, and more. Programming with Raspberry Pi. Beyond Learning to Program.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Many organizations have acceptable use policies as standard language in their employee handbooks, defining in legal terms the appropriate behavior for using technology resources. My colleague Ariel has more info on staying safer online and how pledging to do so is the first step. Do you have tips on staying safe online?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

This year's Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Washington, DC, had a lot to offer for the nonprofits in attendance, and TechSoup was no exception. We sent several of our best representatives to meet our fellow nonprofits and take in the latest tech info from the sessions. Language has power, so wield it carefully.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

They didn't wait to collect enough churning info to seed their PRNG. We use the Java programming language's mechanism for getting a high-entropy seed ( SecureRandom ) from the operating system , whether it's GNU/Linux, Windows, or Mac OS X. and Heninger et al. and Heninger et al. Does it affect Martus?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2006

Last night, I dropped into the lecture/presentation by Jeff Barr, Amazon Technology Evangelist, in the open-air auditorium on Information Island. You can read the presenter's reflections on the event or what he calls "info-edu-tainment" here and a participate blogs about their experience here.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 30, 2011

I pressed all these tabling skills into service over the last two weeks when I attended both the Non-Profit Technology Conference in DC and the Association for Fundraising Professionals Conference in Chicago. If your organization has an advocacy campaign running right now, use the petition language as a sign-up tool as well.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

But if you are using their language or really innovative elements, you should credit them. New technology called “voicemail drop” allows an organization to place a voicemail in your voicemail box without ringing their phone. Use warm values-based language and feelings into your messaging. Get creative. Hear me out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2009

Our main goal is to help you learn how to leverage our technology and the tools that make up social media. I know you may not have a blog, but the info still applies and there is a lot of useful information here. is the next Google, but the technology it's brought to market could be very important in the indexing of the social web.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2009

I must say, I was thrilled to see such a huge, powerful technology coming to not only support but evangelize their myriad programs offered at no cost to nonprofit organizations. 41 languages. There are lots of third party options and the templating language is pretty sophisticated. tech love to the nptech community.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

This is our earth month edition of nonprofit technology news. It’s a snippet from a larger infographic called E-Hazards: The Downside of Rapidly Evolving Technology by AlliedHealthWorld.com. For more info on this, I like Laura Orsini’s plain language description on ReadWrite. Recycling. Climate Change.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

To talk about the evolution of nonprofit technology we really need to pick a place to start, because the beginning could be anywhere. What this means for tools, specifically, is that we don’t actually like technology. In the analog paradigm, our strategies did not include technology. Digital Tools. Digital Tactics.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

Nonprofits can personalize their messaging by using language that resonates with specific donor groups, mentioning their past donations or volunteer work, or highlighting their connection to the cause. What kind of language is going to grab the attention of different donor groups?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 14, 2014

Yelp - for finding reviews and other info on all kinds of businesses. Duolingo – is a free language-learning app and website that is also a crowdsourced web translation service. Duolingo – this is a free language-learning app and website that is also a crowdsourced web translation service.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

technology is becoming a buzzword, and is becoming a little bit of a cultural change just overall. Actually, the technology is in place, we're just trying to get our footing before we make a push. I would love to do an info. People are saying, "We're all going to collaborate! Are you expanding beyond the Bay Area?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2006

Example -inventory of tens of thousands of chemical containers that are in the debris from the hurricanes, what's in them, how to you safely dispose of them, are they leaking, some in languages like Chinese - and I can think of many. hurricane or earthquake), and updated as more info was available (e.g.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

We don’t have the language to talk about drug abuse and really aren’t equipped to be able to help them live a healthier lifestyle and address chemical use directly. And even though this is all standard strategic planning language, for some of you, you’re like, “I got this. We’re ready to do this, Julie.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Refresh old blog posts with new info. Speak their language. Regularly publish new blog posts , announcements, resources, and other content to give search engines fresh material. Repurpose and update existing content to make it evergreen. Personalize content for your audience using relevant terms they search for.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

What’s your body language? So you have to remember, when you are getting online and ready to make these asks, be aware of how your body language and everything that you’re presenting to the screen, how it comes across. I swear, technology. I’ll answer the rest of the questions afterwards. The power of pause.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

In science and technology centers, there are some “can’t”s that are alive and well in other museums. on kids' freedom--keeps science and technology museums from hard topics and edgy presentation styles. Failure of NIH drug testing design An exhibit only in a language other than English Santa Claus – Real or Not?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 26, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) January 26, 2009 CiviCRM was the first nonprofit-focused open source CRM (one of only two, at this moment.) I do agree with Jon to some extent.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

You have to know who you’re talking to, and you have to speak their language, and you have to gain their trust. So, yes, I think the Global NGO Technology Report found the majority of nonprofits do agree social media is effective for creating brand awareness. I just get some smart people to come on like you and share their info.

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Care2

APRIL 20, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) This needs to change ASAP. “P.S.

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