Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 4, 2014

To do so effectively, you’ll need a staff person whose sole purpose is tweet, post, share, blog, photograph, record, and interview during the event. Conduct video interviews with speakers and attendees and host the videos on YouTube or Instagram. This person can’t simultaneously serve as the event planner or volunteer coordinator.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 5, 2011

School Tech: 6 Important Lessons From Maine's Student Laptop Program - Yahoo! They instead made podcasts about historical landmarks that cumulatively produced a walking tour, recorded interviews with town elders and created websites

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 13, 2013

400 purchases a laptop so students can study at home. Each student is given corporate-class career guidance, interview training, and connections to dozens of possible employers. Donate this. 160 ensures one student can complete the A+ certification. Donate this. Donate this. 1,000 provides a paid internship for a student. Donate this.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Tech Impact offers a complete IT support solution to nonprofits that includes a live help desk, proactive maintenance (desktops, laptops and servers), unlimited support tickets, and more. Tech Impact keeps an eye on all of the servers, laptops, and desktops in your network and notifies you before critical issues arise.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 14, 2007

Photo Credit: Mini Laptop Club Thanks to Sibley for sending me this fascinating article about "the laptop club"--a group of second and third graders in an afterschool program who designed their own (non-functional) laptops using construction paper, pencils, and a lot of imagination.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes. Since many of the guests are from time zones that are far away, to make it convenient, I will pre-record a video interview for students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2013

Note from Beth: I first learned about this project last year, when Shiree Teng, the project leader, interviewed me as part of some research on capacity building consultants that lead to the design of ImpactRising. Broke and living in community housing, I came home one evening to find my room burgled, my laptop and cash savings gone.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

You can use interviews with those your organization has helped, your staff members, and your volunteers to determine your main characters. Lastly, you must ensure that viewing your nonprofit’s website is an equally enjoyable experience for smartphone users and laptop/desktop users alike. Mobile-friendly formatting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 16, 2008

As you know doubt know, airports are not designed for travelers with laptops. One of the best gadgets I picked up was a travel plug with three outlets. There were few plugs at the gate, so I asked this young guy named Alex who was using the plug to recharge his Ipod if could share. Alex is on route to Fiji. sites and social networking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

” His work is focused on this question: What if there were a way to use the internet – and all our web-connected phones and tablets and laptops and games consoles – to foster rather than erode our attention spans, and to replace that sense of edgy distractedness with calm? ” (Note: I created a list.ly

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2009

What if it's not an actual disaster like a hurricane or flood, but a staff member simply loses or breaks a laptop carrying essential supporter data? Does your organization have a plan to keep your technology, data, and assets protected in the event of an emergency or disaster? Join me on Thursday, August 20 at 11 a.m.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

. “Every spare dollar needs to go into our mission, not our technology and we get stuck.&# She went on to tell the story about how several biotechnology firms are moving their employees to mobile – the iPhone and the laptop. Next Congresswoman Donna Edwards joined her on stage for an interview about Net Neutrality.

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Care2

JANUARY 5, 2011

They love their gadgets and are constantly on the web via laptops and mobile devices. The Millennials, Gen Xers, and the Matures. Millennials (ages 18-33) are an important demographic to the nonprofit sector. The are tech savvy. Interestingly, the fastest growth has been the Matures (74 and older).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

She went on to tell the story about how several biotechnology firms are moving their employees to mobile – the iPhone and the laptop. Next Congresswoman Donna Edwards joined her on stage for an interview about Net Neutrality. . “Every spare dollar needs to go into our mission, not our technology and we get stuck.&#

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NTEN

JUNE 30, 2009

While there, I was interviewed for the live stream of the event, which was run by Business Boomer : I want to note that the setup for the live stream was wicked simple: a decent camera with wired mics, all plugged into a laptop sitting on a folding chair. I think it's fair to say that we rocked!

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Interviews have suggested that SMEs think that word of mouth is a more important way to establish their business’ reputation. Mobile-friendly websites are also important because it’s now more popular to go online on smartphones than laptops, and 33% of UK citizens see their phone as their most important internet device.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

She went on to tell the story about how several biotechnology firms are moving their employees to mobile - the iPhone and the laptop. Next Congresswoman Donna Edwards joined her on stage for an interview about Net Neutrality. "Every spare dollar needs to go into our mission, not our technology and we get stuck."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2006

Since I'm going to Podcamp , I'm summarizing this bit of wisdom from the N-TEN Discuss List: Any recommendations on a decent microphone that will plug into a laptop? audio from a distance) rather than a person sitting down and recording a podcast or an interview. The only brand I know is Shure, but I'm sure there are others.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Interviews have suggested that SMEs think that word of mouth is a more important way to establish their business’ reputation. Mobile-friendly websites are also important because it’s now more popular to go online on smartphones than laptops, and 33% of UK citizens see their phone as their most important internet device.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S. We wanted to know how technology use has changed in volunteer management, especially through the pandemic. and Canada about their technology use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I decided to have a different experience than live tweeting and even taking notes on my laptop. There was a wonderful interview with Jane McGonigal and Kelly McGonigal about their work. Jack Kornfield, also a twin, did the interview. There were two things that I heard, one from each sister, that surprised or resonated.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

TechSoup's Ale Bezdikian went out and conducted a video interview last spring using one of the donated Dell phones. Having Wi-Fi on a cell phone means it can connect to any wireless network just like a laptop computer. You can essentially use them as a $31 (admin fee) HD mobile recording device.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Participants had digital copies of the powerpoints translated into french and used their laptops to follow along. We used real-time translators and participants used headsets to tune into the language channel of their choice to understand what was being said. Workshop Handouts work in Arabic and French. Design for Flexibility.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2007

The articles I've read with hype headlines like "My Space For Grown-Ups" or " LinkedIn or Left Out " describe LinkedIn is as necessary a business tool as a laptop or a cell phone. Maura interviewed me for a story on Women and Blogging over the summer. How might I harvest this contact in the future?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

This post shows you how to jury rig a DIY periscope for your webcam if it is built into your laptop screen. This is useful if you want both broadcast AND use your laptop to take notes (or answer email). Check this recent interview to learn more about Jonathan's secrets to using social media tools for success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2009

As one of the winners, the Sharing Foundation, I have shared my lessons learned and techniques very widely and inspired others to not only raise money for my charity - but also try it for their particular Causes. As part of the reflection paper, Allison and I interviewed scores of participants to learn what worked and why.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I'm happy that my new laptop has an extended battery life so I am writing some reflections on the plane en route to Boston. I always try to incorporate new learnings and observations that I've discovered from the many interviews I do on my blog, resources discovered, and stories. What worked? What didn't? Observations.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 27, 2008

In a recent interview for a magazine I was asked, "What tips do you have for the unemployed who are seeking full time employment?" If you have a laptop, it may be less distracting to have your job search time at a café, or the library so that when you come home you don’t feel guilty relaxing. I thought I'd share my answer with you: 1.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

This is an interview between Keli Sullivan, TechSoup’s RCI Program specialist and Candice Erdmann, information manager, at Transition Projects in Portland, Oregon. The mission of Transition Projects is to help people to transition from homelessness to permanent housing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 20, 2009

My Laptop Stickers. The best practice interviews have a common theme — social media is no longer the responsibility of a few people in the organization. That was my favorite line from the panel I moderated at SXSW last March called the "Nonprofit Social Media Poetry Slam" (notes here ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I was able to find some research and pieces about laptops in the classroom. An NTEN staff person interviews the expert on a conference call line, while people listen and post questions in the back channel. Know of any? My own experience as a learner and teacher is that social tools deepen the learning.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

A laptop and camera equipped smart-phones are a must, but also consider bringing hand-held video cameras (Flip or the Kodak Zi8 series are great options) and a mobile hotspot like a Verizon MiFi device with you so you're sure you have web access from the road. Hardware - Be sure your road-trippers have the right gear with them on the road.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 31, 2005

Connect virtually to those wonderful bloghers that I didn't interview or trade business cards with at blogher. Get ecto on my laptop. Eath is in New York and I'm definitely going to try to connect with her face-to-face.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

Millions of people were laid off or furloughed, while millions more were sent off with their laptops and their monitors to work from home. Restaurants, retail outlets and yes, offices around the world closed their doors as we entered lockdown. Most people who could do their jobs from home say they never worked remotely before the pandemic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

The chapter is based on interviews with folks in the field and includes step-by-step checklists, examples, and tips. Staff Interviews. Clients Interviews. They wanted to implement a laptop program for the 40 attornies on staff - they knew it would be more efficient for those who working outside of the office. Observation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

Students get a minute to think about the question on their own and then answer it using a mobile device that sends their answers to Mazur’s laptop. You get people to line up in the room as to whether they agree or disagree on a provocative statement related to the content – and then interview people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

Looks like Zen and the Art of Technology scored the Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops. and Classroom 2.0 ) Here's an interview Robert Scoble did with the Gina Bianchini where she demos how to set up your own social network. Gavin Clabaugh 's annual PotLatch Program (a regular giveaway of gently used hardware and gadgets) has come and gone.

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