Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Almost exactly two years ago, the One Laptop Per Child launched. So, the Sharing Foundation has continued to use our method of getting donated laptops in the US, refurbishing them, and getting them to Cambodia. DC Metblogger Flickr Photo. I blogged it and was initially very excited! Tharum was disappointed too.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 27, 2021

Give your members an easy place where they can manage their stored payment information, as well as the ability to checkout using that stored payment method. Regardless of the device (mobile, tablet, laptop, or desktop) your constituent is using, this improvement will make it easier for them to checkout. Engaged customers.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2022

Online auctions that are virtual or have hybrid components have also become the preferred method to keep supporters safe during times of public health concerns. Qgiv also offers web-based bidding for people who are participating from their laptops and mobile bidding for those who prefer to place bids from an app on their smartphones.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

However, a form with 3-5 basic questions (not including payment method/information), such as first name, last name, and email will seem like a breeze. Forms with 20 questions might actually turn away donors who are short on time or worry about sharing too much information on the web. Keep the form distraction free.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Nonprofits are increasingly turning to online payment methods. Implement two-factor authentication wherever possible on devices used within your organization like laptops/tablets/phones etc… PCI compliance applies to nonprofits that accept credit card payments.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Even if you know, or think you know, your preferred learning method, often a combination of these modalities can be helpful. Pin these next to your computer, or write them on a little sticky note you can affix to your laptop when working. There’s no one right way to learn. Write down the qualities you most need in new board members.

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Achieve

JUNE 3, 2019

The convenience of mobile giving methods has led many nonprofits to adopt them, and they’re only becoming more popular. While implementing mobile giving methods is a great way to attract the. We’ll start by exploring one of the most important reasons to offer mobile fundraising methods: convenience for your donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

Rheingold’s low-tech technique, a post-it note on your computer monitor, is a simple and elegant way to help train your attention. During the workshop in New Zealand, we discussed different methods for being mindful and what might apply to our practice. Distraction is still a problem and we need to need to find coping methods.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2013

I will sometimes take notes on my laptop during a conference session or webinar if I am planning to do a write up. For example, I like digital note taking tools when I’m capturing the “to dos” from meetings to make decisions and when I’m doing research online for a blog post or prepare curriculum.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Picture it: You're on public transit after a long work day and you accidentally leave your laptop behind. Loss of valuable hardware aside, your laptop is full of confidential data. Encrypting your hard drive can prevent anything happening to your data (though it might not get your laptop back).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

The Buffer Blog recently published a post, “ Nine Science-Backed Methods for Happier, Productive Meetings ,” that summarized new research and actionable tips for better meetings, including some tips that were new and different – and very useful: Don’t Take Notes with Your Laptop. A Table Stack for Cell Phones.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

By suggesting a giving method that will tend to yield a higher gift, such as requesting a planned or recurring gift. For example, you might explain that a $100 gift can purchase five new coding workbooks for your after-school program, and a $500 gift can buy a new laptop for a student. Using social proof to choose suggested donations.

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Global Giving

MAY 22, 2018

This goes for laptops as well as any servers or databases. Backup critical data using whatever method is approved for your organization. Protect confidential information by encrypting it, limiting access to it, minimizing the number of copies of it, and deleting the data when it is no longer needed. Don’t use shared logins.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 24, 2016

We move to our smartphones, to our laptops, to the attached screens on our desk, and at any time we could have hundreds of active tabs open and ready for our immediate use. Perhaps our greatest perceived weakness is our greatest strength. There never seems to be enough screens to quench the thirst of a millennial.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. Lina Aleryani , Team Leader from Yemen, offered this reflection on her workshop blog during “laptop time.&#.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Lifehacker , a popuplar blog on technology and productivity, had a post last week on lessons learned from a stolen laptop. As someone who travels frequently, often alone to crowded places where one must exercise a high level of caution, losing my laptop or phone is something I think about a lot. Software encryption is your friend.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

This method was used because the facilitator needed to speak into the mic so I could hear the questions. The audience had very good English skills so no translation was needed. During the presentation, we had participants jot down questions on index cards and those were used by the facilitators to lead the discussion.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

On my first day in Guatemala, a freak hard-drive meltdown relegated my work laptop to a paperweight. Indeed, much of our work in Guatemala centered on framing our partners’ substantive questions in a way we could actually answer using Archive data. Being flexible in finding new solutions was also critical to my success in the internship.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 1, 2020

Data privacy gets even trickier when you’re dealing with a third-party vendor, whose systems and storage methods might leave you at higher risk. . Protecting your nonprofit’s data is crucial, no matter who you work with. Ultimately, it’s up to you to make sure your organization’s data is secure ? and the stakes are high.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

The Pomodoro method and app is one way to avoid the productivity loss of procrastination. One of my favorites is Ommwriter which turns your laptop into an old fashion word processor. However, if you have to do “work” on Facebook, here’s some work flow tips for avoiding distraction.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

The morning also includes sharing the principles of successful social media, a talk that I have been giving and refining over the past 5 years and changes with new trends and developments in social media. The Importance of Energizers Throughout. This keeps the training active and helps people attend to the learning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

The instructional design included different delivery methods: interactive lecture with slides and whiteboard, facilitation with sticky notes, small group exercises, posters, group discussion, self-directed activities, and self-directed online activities. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

But if you know what you need to buy with that money, then there might be a different method of crowdfunding that could be a better way to ask for support. Keep the items affordable: Requesting new computers might be necessary, but if you are asking one person to donate $1000 for a new laptop might not be realistic.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As the world opens up to in-person fundraising experiences once again, some organizations have fully embraced the return to traditional fundraising methods and events. However, for many nonprofit organizations, virtual fundraising will continue to be a part of their fundraising strategy for years to come.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The average smartphone outperforms the laptop computer of the previous decade. It's true: the employees of tomorrow may not have laptops or PCs. The new realm of net-enabled personal communications devices will cut down on the need for many employees to have an expensive-to-maintain PC or laptop.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

Supporters can use these platforms to give quickly and easily from their laptops, desktop computers, and mobile devices. This means all of your supporters will have a smooth donation process, no matter if they give from their laptop, tablet, or mobile phone. Give donors an easy way to show their support.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Next, look to protect your donor, client, and project information across your entire network of "endpoints" (desktops, laptops, and servers) with Symantec's donated enterprise-level security software. This usually means setting up a second server to back up data as you work, or configuring a NAS to serve as a backup.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2014

Everyone is going to find certain methods that work for them and is an ongoing process of fine-tuning what works and translating that into habits that help. While these have helped me with a lot of great tips and suggestions, at a certain point I needed to stop reading about productivity, and start putting techniques into action.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

Even before our current health situation arose , technology has been the leading method of engaging employees in today’s society. In the span of one year, from 2016 to 2017, remote work grew 7.9%. Over the last five years , remote work grew 44% and over the previous 10 years, it grew 91%.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2011

I’m the lead for Zoetica where my role is to deliver training, advise on the curriculum and coaching methods, model transparency, and serve as meta network weaver. 4) Mary had a “laptops down&# rule and only allowed participants to be online during breaks. Have participants summarize what they heard in their native language.

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2012

You're doing it wrong if you're spending more time fixing laptops than focusing on strategy. Similarly, you need to guard what's important at your organization: distribute your methods of security so that responsibility is spread across the organization and incorporated into everyone's job functions.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

"One method is to add the first three letters of a website URL to the end of the root for each website, which makes it much easier to remember your password. " "I also use some free browser add-on applications on my laptop. All passwords would include this root but end with an identifier for the specific login.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

But I came away with the mental framework required for meaningful, methodical grant work. And keep in mind: As a grant writer, you will need to focus and spend long stretches of time in a quiet environment working on your computer or laptop. I admit, I was a bit intimidated. If you cannot concentrate, you will be in trouble.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

They include things like: Access/FileMaker databases on desktops or laptops. People can fear or mistrust or envy someone walking around with a laptop or a PDA. Peer training is the ideal method, since it engenders trust between equals. These efforts have met with mixed success. Mobile phones. Tablets/Touchscreen devices.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

You can mix these methods and arrange the user stations in the best way to suit the space and layout of the room. User stations can also be thin clients or traditional desktops or laptops connected to the host computer using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) via the LAN. Older desktops or laptops can also be used as user stations.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 18, 2021

The HIDS, a Host-based Intrusion Detection System used to detect or monitor the anomaly and alerts the administrator on any intrusion at the endpoint systems such as laptops/desktops, etc. Black hat hackers use brute force methods to intrude into the private network with malicious intent. Technically explain data leakage.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2019

If your site still requires someone to sit in front of a laptop for the best experience, you’ll shed all but the most motivated mobile phone users. If you aren’t finding this to be true, I’d love to hear what methods you are using instead below in the comments! Follow up with mail. Direct mail is still a closer. Make it intuitive.

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