Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

A few weeks ago, the San Francisco Public Library hosted an event with the Electronic Frontier Foundation , a nonprofit dedicated to fighting for citizen digital rights. If your organization deals with sensitive information such as health records, confidential reports, or family issues, you should consider encrypting your data.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2014

To celebrate, I've rounded up some of the latest news in green mobile technology news. Speaking of e-waste, a new report from electronic recycler eCycle Best shows how much the company has recycled in the past year. 11,000 were laptops. Happy Earth Month! As always, I'll also cover other mobile news and trends.

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Global Giving

MAY 22, 2018

If you don’t have a technology or legal background, where do you start? This goes for laptops as well as any servers or databases. Make sure that your laptop’s hard drive is encrypted, and use encrypted devices whenever possible to minimize the risk of a data breach. The process can be intimidating! Want more tips like this?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

It's not our first time advocating for charities and libraries in the hallowed halls of the U.S. TechSoup Global's mission is to do whatever we can to provide the IT resources and knowledge that charities, NGOs, and libraries need to operate at their full potential. nonprofits and libraries. nonprofits and libraries.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. This is technology for good news from India. Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. Accessibility.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn is a major gift fundraiser and nonprofit communications expert who uses technology to amplify her impact and do more with less. I was assigned to the art school to track art classes and enrollments, and to work on reporting and making sure records were polished and current. Meet Carolyn Appleton!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

During the intervening two years, we have entered the “post-PC” era in which laptop and desktop computers are being superseded by tablets, phones and other mobile devices. And indeed sales of new PCs and laptops are declining. This is an update of a TechSoup article we posted online in November 2011.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 12, 2012

Mobile Beacon — a nonprofit just like TechSoup — helps nonprofit organizations, schools, and public libraries that lack traditional Internet access, or have slow access or bandwidth constraints get connected both in the office and remotely. Canvassers can report their results directly into your constituent management system.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

By "post-PC," Jobs meant essentially that computing and Internet use for both work and pleasure will no longer be dominated by PCs, but that there will be an array of smart devices including smartphones, tablet computers, smart TVs, laptops, and even sensing devices in our clothes and cars and other every day items.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

Browse our selection of refurbished laptops, desktops, and monitors. A Shopify store is a great fundraising tool for nonprofits that sell branded merchandise, arts, or crafts; for libraries that run book sales; and much more. It includes reporting, emails that almost correct themselves, and direct-mail design for print.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

It's the definite article that causes problems, implying there's an easy way to think about the issues surrounding the inequitable access to technology -- and perhaps an easy solution. Under the guise of non-profitability hundreds of millions of these laptops will be flogged off to our governments. The digital divide doesn't exist.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

A grant from Lannan Foundation allowed Braided River to donate 10,000 copies of the book to libraries and indigenous communities across the country. "There was a time when you could send a press release and expect a reporter to follow up with you to do a thoughtful story. Large-Format Photography. Images: Braided River.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

A grant from Lannan Foundation allowed Braided River to donate 10,000 copies of the book to libraries and indigenous communities across the country. "There was a time when you could send a press release and expect a reporter to follow up with you to do a thoughtful story. Large-Format Photography.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2015

This isn't a comprehensive list of all our donor partners' environmental activities, but this time I'd like to talk about Cisco and Symantec and also about our Green Technology Product Donations. There is far too much in Cisco's latest corporate social responsibility (CSR) report to cover here, but here are some highlights.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

Their stories also highlight how important having the right technology is to accomplishing this important work. Information Technology Exchange. Information Technology Exchange is a computer refurbishing project near Bangor, Maine. Find our in-depth profile of Information Technology Exchange on TechSoup for Libraries.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 7, 2006

This can't be your entire work-from-home policy though - with all the reports of personal data on stolen laptops, we've got to worry about what data we allow to go out into the world slung over our user's shoulders. But surveys still show that rss and related technologies are being adopted very slowly.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

Here's what some nonprofit technology bloggers posted - Paul Lamb , Allison Fine , and Deborah Finn. Marnie Webb asks " Have you seen the Technology Innovation Fund projects ?" Looks like Zen and the Art of Technology scored the Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops. Today is Stop Cyberbullying Day. NpTech Talk.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Last March I was on a blogging panel for an event put on by the Alliance of Technology and Women. Use Your Nonprofit Blog to Report Back From an Event, Trip or Disaster Do you have staff or constituents going to a conference that your supporters would be interested in hearing about?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Nonprofits have needs that can be addressed using mobile technology, particularly with apps or texting services. But in order to make that happen, they need to align with developers who can make that technology work. The reality is that not everybody has a device, such as a phone or laptop, which connects to Wi-Fi.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

It's time to catch up on some of the nonprofit technology trends and news once again. I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy new infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends for the sector. Here's the latest. Social Media.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

Mobile World Congress , an annual tech conference in Barcelona, Spain, sets the tone for global technology trends in the coming year. Besides the latest and greatest smartphones and tablets, the conference is a forum for innovation, ranging from green technology to accessibility. Windows Phone 8. App Development Just Got Easier.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years. Live-streaming is ideal for reporting live from conferences, fundraisers, and protests. Upworthy :: upworthy.com.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

Google Analytics is a freemium web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is an online library of almost 500 billion screenshots of websites since 1996. Storrito enables users to create Instagram and Facebook Stories on desktop/laptop computers.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

I've picked out a few mobile trends that nonprofits, charities, and libraries should keep an eye on in 2014. This column, by the way, will be a monthly feature on mobile technology for nonprofits and charities. The Galaxy Note Pro seems to make good use of the laptop-sized display with enhanced multitasking and remote PC access.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Here’s what the buzz seems to be for 2013 from a nonprofit technology viewpoint. Andrew Cohen of Forum One did one called 12 Big Trends in Nonprofit Technology for 2012. We also noticed a significant increase in the way that mobile technology is being used in disaster relief. The Forecasts for 2012. Mobile Computing.

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