Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Help for Charities to Develop a Mobile Giving Campaign. Fund for UNICEF, and United Way Worldwide to bring more mobile technology resources charities.

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News Charity Mobile New York City 61

Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

Recently, CTA conducted a study on mobile use by the homeless population of Santa Clara County (where CTA is located). The goal of the project, called ConnectSCC , is to come up with a sustainable model for a mobile plan for homeless and low income people. Mobile phones are also essential for finding jobs.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

It has been a busy few weeks for mobile news … but then again, when isn't it busy? The much-anticipated Apple announcement coincided with the perhaps poorly timed CTIA mobile industry tradeshow. But there was a common thread between these two events: the future of mobile video. Net Neutrality and Mobile Video.

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Mobile Video Proposal Captivate 58

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

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Mobile for Good is a bit of a misnomer for this month's column. But there's light at the end of this tunnel: new, free updates to Office mobile apps! Free Editing for Office Mobile Apps. Earlier this month, Microsoft made creating and editing documents on Office Mobile for Android and iOS free. spanhidden.

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Mobile News China Colorado 44

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Mobile for Good is a bit of a misnomer for this month's column. But there's light at the end of this tunnel: new, free updates to Office mobile apps! Free Editing for Office Mobile Apps. Earlier this month, Microsoft made creating and editing documents on Office Mobile for Android and iOS free. spanhidden.

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Mobile News China Colorado 41

NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

So, why would you be interested in the debate about getting broadband Internet access to under-served communities? You need access to high speed Internet to participate in our society. If you care about your clients, if you care about your community, you need to care about the Internet. Who controls what is on the Internet.

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Internet Government Library Grant 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 5, 2016

It encompasses a vast array of activities from developing mobile phone apps to launching advocacy campaigns to strengthening the policies and infrastructures involved in media creation, transmission and access. Media Access and Policy. The term “media” now means so much more than journalism and documentary film.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy. The topic we explored was mobile fundraising, ranging from best practices, integration and why applications on phones haven’t taken off. What phones and apps are they using?

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

In particular, he reflected on five strategic uses of the internet which, when combined intelligently, have influenced the actions of the entire US Congress. Transparent scorecard reporting: After aggregating a "grade" for each policy maker, publish it on the Internet, with all relevant substantiating information.

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Internet Darfur Strategy United States 52

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The risks of being on the Internet are increasing. Now that we can use our phones to make credit card purchases, do online banking, email our doctors, and store lots of personal information, it’s probably time to take few precautions. Well over half of smartphone owners don’t password protect their phones at all.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

These questions and guidelines can help you figure out how much data your nonprofit’s mobile devices need. How often do your workers need mobile access? Then check with the software vendors to get a range for data usages with their specific applications and multiply by the number of mobile users you have.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Or a team of volunteers that manage communications (from phone trees to canvassing). When you bring the Internet, online social tools, mobile technologies, and all the rest into the equation, you do not fundamentally change how communities organize or make change.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

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. PC Sales Continue To Decline While Mobile Sales Increase. There are remedies. Smartwatches.

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News Review Technology Adobe 62

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! Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. In 2016, video will continue to be the most interesting media on the Internet.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” And your perspective on technology policies, I think, will vary a little bit depending on your role in the organization. The problem they had was they didn’t really have policies to really govern and guide their staff towards effectively transitioning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 8, 2011

Also, it requires adding the words “social media&# to any professional conduct language or a social media policy. Here’s some of the advice that came through Facebook: It takes a while to motivate the musicians, because they are busy people and often on the road away from internet. Decks and Links here.

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NTEN

AUGUST 12, 2010

When last we tuned in to the soap opera that IS the net neutrality debate, the fate of our Internet had been left in the hands of FCC Chairman Genachowski, who had architected a process he hoped would lead to some action. Then, on August 9, Google and Verizon took a left turn, and announced their own joint proposal for an "open internet."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2010

For nonprofits, access to an open Internet is the fundamental and necessary condition that will allow them to compete in the marketplace of ideas. Net neutrality has been the default law of the land since the Internet’s founding more than 40 years ago. And that capacity should not be undermined by an unfairly slanted Internet.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2012

The Internet is great because it connects us all so easily and allows us to so easily share information. The Internet is horrible because it connects us all so easily and allows us to so easily share information. The good (and bad) news about mobile security. These include: How to remove personal info from Google searches.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

" We'll also cover the Internet slowdown protest, Instagram's new Hyperlapse app to make easy time-lapse videos, and the first-ever charity TV shopping channel. They teamed up with big Internet companies like Etsy, Vimeo, reddit, Kickstarter, and Netflix. Reimbursing Employee Mobile Phone Expenses.

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News New Jersey Reddit California 45

Robert Weiner

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Subject: RE: CELSA - Copies of Policies. Text: Unfortunately, I cannot obtain electronic copies of the Ocean, Warehouse or EPLI policy. Contact Person : Mr.Han Liang - Mobile phone : 0086-(0)13063813025. Text: Good day, as promised,(Internet Explorer File). Unfortunately, no umbrellas were included.

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NTEN

MAY 9, 2011

In a similar finding, the Pew Research Center reported in January 2011 that among the general public the Internet has now surpassed newspapers as a primary source of news and is steadily closing the gap with television. The Internet's data-handling capabilities are one of its distinguishing (and revolutionary) characteristics.

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Data New York Government Digital 91

Qgiv

JULY 29, 2021

Mobile fundraising empowers people to give on the go! Whether supporters are donating through text or accessing your online donation page on their smartphones, it’s imperative that your organization has the tools, resources, and best practices to conduct a successful mobile fundraising campaign. What Is Mobile Fundraising?

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Mobile Campaign Practice Ideas 52

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Internet use has reached 45% of the total population in LMIC, with 5.1 billion mobile users as of July 2019 ( source : IISD). She has worked across multiple low and middle-income countries in both policy and research capacities. Thankfully, this is changing. Senior Program Associate, The Rockefeller Foundation. Molly Emmett.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Rock the Vote has been mobilizing the youth vote for almost 30 years. 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.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2014

Many companies like Twilio and Tropo offer APIs to integrate phone call and text message features into your web applications. To go the extra mile, you could even combine APIs like Twilio or Tropo with the elected officials’ phone numbers from the Cicero API for phone banking and other types of call-in advocacy campaigns.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2015

The Bitdefender donation program at TechSoup offers antivirus, Internet security, and cloud-based management programs for both Mac and Windows computers. Bitdefender also has a mobile app for Android phones, available through TechSoup as well. Bitdefender: Defend All Your Devices. Secure All My Things. Bye Forever, Spam.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

mobile technologies, distribution of power and wealth, transparency in. “[In Africa] the race is on to find what mobiles can do in areas as disparate as public health, governance and education.” ” Rakesh Rajani, Tweweza, talking about the potential dramatic impact of the mobile phone in Africa in the next five years.

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Activities Active Activism Review 47

Care2

APRIL 26, 2007

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)

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Social Media Mobile Advocacy Online 31

Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

They calculated that they were spending 3,600 staff hours (the equivalent of two full-time staff positions) on the phone each year to convey basic information to students. " question, Shim recommends the following: Trust your staff to behave well on the Internet, but… Have a policy in place outlining appropriate behavior.

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NTEN

APRIL 28, 2010

And our members also rely on technology to take part, booking reminders in online calendars or using GPS-enabled cell phones to get to events. But ECPA was enacted in 1986, when Ronald Reagan was President, cell phones were as big as your head, and the Web did not even exist. The issue is starting to get some much-needed attention.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2016

According to the Women and the Web report, 200 million more men have access to the Internet than women. A host of cultural, economic, social and infrastructural barriers keep women locked out from the empowerment potential of Internet access. That’s just the beginning.

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Digital Empowerment Argentina Literacy 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

They use big data to gather time-sensitive information so their programs can act quickly, for policy change, but how to make this a reality for more in the sector. They are convening geeks, policy wonks, security analysts, and others to do experiments. No infrastructure to do this! kanter data circuit riders?

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2015

The Internet has gone "video." Within the next couple of years, video will account for 69 percent of all consumer Internet traffic. It's definitely easier to grab great videos off the Internet to put on your website or blog than to make them. Let's face it. " People just like it. But is it legal?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2008

Thanks to the efforts of the volunteers who pulled out their N95 mobile camera phones and digital camera - we have some rich multi-media documentation of the day. Ruth was not actually interested in the internet but wanted to master the functionality of her new DELL computer. We also went over Microsoft Works.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 30, 2010

The site is a toolkit of free online services for child health advocates, including a map of the obesity prevention movement , customizable widgets, cell phone tools, and blogger outreach services. Obama’s Apps for Healthy Kids : This mobile app competition is part of Michelle Obama’s "Let’s Move!"

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