Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Internet privacy, particularly with respect to advertising, has been a big topic in the news lately. How many consumers want to pay $1,000 a month to have access to the Internet?" If that argument sounds eerily familiar to you, it's because it's been voiced by the telecommunications industry throughout the net neutrality debate.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 3, 2010

According to the Pew Neighbors Online study recently released, 27% of American adult Internet users (or 20% of adults overall) use “digital tools to talk to their neighbors and keep informed about community issues. Global use of social media is also a great way to amplify voices, ideas, and stories. Meetup Everywhere.

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

The plan will help determine the future of Internet access across the country. As organizations with a stake in the future of communications, we must ensure that the commissioners hear our call for fast, affordable, ubiquitous, and open Internet access. It also requires the FCC to begin drafting a national broadband plan.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

They’ll take for granted that their voices can be heard and that a social movement can be launched from their laptop. Does limiting the internet and computing options of your organization's staff actually limit what they could be doing to deliver on your mission? Tags: roundup bookmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

" -- the poll was done with mp3 files and so you can hear their voices. Tag your post with "net2thinktank." Compete provides information on every site on the Internet including site traffic history and competitive analytics. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Don't worry if no one at your organization is familiar with VoIP, which stands for the somewhat scary-sounding "voice over Internet protocol." " VoIP is an Internet-based phone service that replaces a traditional phone service by transmitting incoming and outgoing phone calls over a high-speed Internet connection.

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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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NCE Social Media

APRIL 13, 2009

We can easily adapt the message to nonprofits who rely on the internet as an inexpensive form of engagement and advertising. It’s a place to give people a voice in the work that you do. Tags: Marketing and Awareness Tools blog social media sew failure avoid. Did you start using it and stop suddenly?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Global Voices Online is reporting how social media is playing a role in the latest parliamentary and council elections in Botswana. Tags: Connecting to the Internet Social Networking Telecom Services Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 One blogger in particular, Patricia Maganu, notes that: read more.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2010

Apparently there are now "tech support scammers" who allegedly can contact you via voice and deliver a "fix" to your system, when in fact they are delivering more malware directly. Tags: Hardware Security Troubleshooting and Maintenance Using the Web and Internet. So in light of these threats what can you do?

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

This gave them greater voice in the government. Right before the world transitioned into a new millennium, the Internet happened. Just look at campaigns like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge or the #BlackLivesMatter tag, both of which started online and transformed into giant social movements.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2009

One basic free video conferencing service is Gmail voice and video chat. Read what one of our non-technical volunteer's had to say about it in her recent post Using Gmail Voice and Video Chat: Is My Camera On?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2009

Cisco writes about a public-private partnership they have had with British Telecom and OneWorld that offers a voice accessible knowledgebase for rural farmers. LifeLines India allows them to call in and —using a voice activated system in their local language — get advice about their needs.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Don't worry if no one at your organization is familiar with VoIP, which stands for the somewhat scary-sounding "voice over Internet protocol." Custom tagging. Voice messaging. Check out the table below to compare VoIP offers available through TechSoup and decide which might be best for your organization.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 13, 2009

Join hosts, John Haydon , social media coach for nonprofits, and blogger and internet marketing consultant, Chris Garrett , as they demonstrate how to get started with social media and the value this can bring your organization. Tags: digital learning events basics newbie techsoup techsoupglobal webinar. Have any questions?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

In 1996, CCTV opened computerCENTRAL , a state-of-the art community technology center, to extend our mission by providing our community with access to computers and the Internet. CCTV has offered computer and Internet access to seniors in Cambridge for many years. Tags: interview communitys resources seniors social media.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Steve MacLaughlin, Director of Internet Solutions, Blackbaud. There's little doubt that most of us who use the Internet every day have at least heard about Net Neutrality. In short, there are corporate entities trying to control what gets sent over the Internet, and the Internet as we know and love it today might be lost.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

It’s a way for us to all join our voices together to bring awareness to this year’s topic (climate control), but it’s also a way to bring awareness to nonprofit blogging in general. Tags: Internet Resources social media Blog Action Day. Currently, nearly 2,000 blogs are registered to participate.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2009

Global Voices has an in depth post about Maneno — "words" in Swahili — a new blogging platform designed with low-bandwidth access in mind. Tools Digital Divide Connecting to the Internet. Tags: Web Building Web 2.0 A mobile accessible version is forthcoming as well. Tools Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2009

If I need to speak with them using voice, I can do that using Skype too. With Skype you can make free calls over the Internet to other people on Skype for as long as you like, to wherever you like. Tags: E-Learning GreenTech GreenTips Telecom Services Using the Web and Internet. What you need: read more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

They used "tagging" on Facebook to make people aware of the note. The Valley Medical Foundation: This organization provided an example of the personal versus organizational voice issue that social media often brings up. Robot Voice Disguiser for Large Group Facilitation. What's the Hash Tag? Photo by Nelson Layag.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2009

Global Voices blogged yesterday about a project funded by the State Department's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs, DOTCOM , and its recent progress. Tools Online Activism Using the Web and Internet. Tags: Web 2.0 Reaching out to youths in Armenia and Azerbaijan, DOTCOM. Check out DOTCOM's Facebook group as well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2009

The Webinar was mostly focused on the privacy concerns and the Human Resources side of Internet/Social Media Policies. During the Webinar, I had copies of the Foundation's Business Conduct, Confidentiality, IT Internet Usage Policy, and other related HR policies in front me. My blog is my voice. Tags: policy.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2009

Tags: Green Office GreenTech Running Your Organization Social Networking Staff Telecom Services Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 In our office, I'm usually logged on to Skype and AIM (or Pidgin ) most of my days in order to answer quick questions from co-workers whether I'm working from home, traveling, or simply down the hall.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Microsoft acquired Skype last year so the voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service has a brand new look for Windows 8. You can't tag and sync notes, however. MetroTwit is a stylish Twitter client with a design inspired by Windows 8 user interface. Quick Note is like a legal pad for your desktop.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

It is an advocacy group that will be “a strong voice in determining how mobile develops to best meet the needs of mission awareness, donor acquisition, engagement, and payments.” They are working on ways to harness these microbes to power Internet of Things type sensors. The new project is called the Mobile Giving Alliance.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Applications like Causes also enable individuals to give voices to your work that you don’t have to control or manage – campaigns that benefit you because your supporters believe and appreciate the work you are doing. ( Check out a great post from Ivan Boothe of Rootwork on this topic.). What other questions do you want answered?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Applications like Causes also enable individuals to give voices to your work that you don’t have to control or manage - campaigns that benefit you because your supporters believe and appreciate the work you are doing. ( Check out a great post from Ivan Boothe of Rootwork on this topic.). as a form of self expression and identification.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2009

Telework has been greatly enhanced by solutions such as virtual private networks (VPN), videoconferencing, and Voice over IP (VoIP). However, it is an option for more and more people working in the information economy who have broadband Internet and mostly work on computers, telephones, or smart phones.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 5, 2013

When it comes to internet marketing, blogs, social media, gifting, videos, forums, how-to documentation, product discovery, industry research, and even newsletters and idea banks, Luminate Online can deliver. Many nonprofits favor PostLing for the task and Rowfeeder for quickly analyzing and researching hash tags. Like this article?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Tell a good story, but don't forget to bring in new voices. This article was originally posted on I dig webby things.and I bet you do too at [link] by Chad Norman: An internet marketing, social web geeking, podcasting, skateboarding, family-oriented web guy running a green nonprofit at www.GoGreenCharleston.org.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

" campaign or SecondLife users' ability to instant-message, group chat, voice chat, and/or video chat while immersed in a virtual environment. Tags: Influence Events Internet Strategy Online Community Social Media. It could be as simple as the hundreds of thousands of Yahoo's status updates from the "You In?"

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

We were lucky enough to locate the training at the America House Kiev which offered the dream combination of great lattes, flexible space, state of the art equipment, and super fast internet. The first day the room layout was in small groups, to encourage knowledge sharing and co-learning.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

But still, what if I really just want to use social media (said in 5 year old tantrum voice)? Tools Social Networking Donors Running Your Organization Online Fundraising Clients Online Activism Using the Web and Internet Online Fundraising. Tags: Fundraising Web 2.0 It's called multi-channel.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2009

One free service is Second Life, the most prominent online 3D virtual world where users can meet and socialize using voice and text chat. Tags: GreenTech Online Seminar Using the Web and Internet. Last week, we posted a Second Life review by GreenTech volunteer, Michael Hodges, entitled Second Life as Alice in Wonderland.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

tags: ngo socialmedia ) Next, Iulian Comanescu - Training coordinator for the program is explaining the program. He selected some definitions from the Internet. Collective Tagging: Tagging is a keyword that describes the content. Gave examples of how to tag the presentation. Internet is difficult to stop.

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