Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

This month the news is about WiFi embedded in a magazine, Braille smartphones, ultramobile devices, innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the mobile app of the month. Of course mobile phone payments are not new.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Maybe you’re checking your mobile email. Either way, you definitely have your phone out. Mobile giving really is that simple. That’s precisely why we’ve created this overview: to give you a deeper understanding of the fundraising phenomenon that is mobile giving. In this series, we’ll cover: What is mobile fundraising?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2007

They served us drinks and let us use our cell phones. When the battery died, I amused myself using the mobile version of Twitter. My Twitter friends sent sympathetic messages about my travel delays! My connecting flight out of New York was delayed by 4 hours! We sat on the runway. And darn, no funyons. Thanks everyone!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Apps are only a few years old, but have taken the mobile phone and tablet worlds by storm. Apps are software widgets that you usually download onto a phone or PC. They are add-ons that extend the functionality of your mobile phone, tablet computer, or PC beyond its basic repertoire. What Are Apps, Anyway?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

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. Set up a strong screen-lock passcode to secure a phone, preferably one that is longer than just four numbers. Use public WiFi sparingly.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 18, 2018

Millennials, like most people, love putting stickers on their water bottles, laptops, bike helmets and it’s always nice to receive something for making a contribution. If you’re looking to do targeted awareness outreach to millennials, run ads on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. Optimize your forms for mobile. Swag offers.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Instagram is a photo-sharing app (for Android phones and the iPhone) that has a built-in social network. Like Twitter, you can add searchable hashtags (like #event2012), and then view all photos with that particular hashtag. He also set up a script that triggered the print function from his phone to his laptop.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Look what I can do with my phone! Advances in mobile technology are significantly changing how we live and work. The average smartphone outperforms the laptop computer of the previous decade. It's true: the employees of tomorrow may not have laptops or PCs. You can follow Grant on Twitter: @geekbyte.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

Yet, we often squander it by not being mindful. Mindful online is defined as not just going into auto pilot to update your FB status or scan your Twitter stream but to consciously think about all aspects of your digital actions. As he says in his book, your attention is one of your most available assets. with some useful Zen Apps).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The current technology of live-streaming on the Web has been around for a few years, but only recently with the launch of smartphone Apps that convert phones into video cameras and social media integration, has the technology started to reach mass adoption by Web users ( its up 600% in the last year !). For example, www.ustream.tv/user/nonprofitorgs.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Mobile-friendliness matters. Over 50% of people visit your nonprofit’s website on their phones. Imagine if they try to donate and the form doesn’t work on their phones. Do you think they’ll go grab their laptop or switch to their desktop?

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

Here are some of our favorite platform and application recommendations in the TechSoup NCVS toolkit for multichannel, live, interactive, and mobile media. Anyone who uses the designated tag on Twitter automatically becomes a part of the ongoing global conversation on that topic of interest. Connect with us at NCVS or online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Net2 ThinkTank gives up a round up of how Nonprofits and NGOs are Using Mobile Phones and SMS for Social Change. Twitter's CEO has learned that short is sweet, flexibility is essential, and applications shoudl work so that people don't have to be at their computer all day long.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2008

" Well, it seems that some people Twitter from the toilet with their cell phones and others, if the Internet connection is good, take their laptops with them too. Don't live at the post office, on Twitter, or your blog software. Stick to it; ignore your blog, email, or twitter until those magic times.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

For those that follow the #4Change twitter-based chats, this is a post recapping and highlighting our latest conversation on social media application in the Climate Change movement. That’s the question that the monthly #4Change chats (that take place on Twitter) address, this month focusing on the Climate Change movement.

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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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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

You can schedule posts in advance on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to ensure that you’re consistently appearing on followers’ feeds. They allow you to create mobile-responsive online donation forms, manage peer-to-peer campaigns, track donors’ giving histories, and gather event donations. Personalize outreach.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 27, 2011

You can also share your live Twitter feed, Facebook page, and Flickr. They're more portable than a laptop, and they have larger display screens than mobile phones. You can also view SlideRocket presentations online using your mobile web browser. stream within the presentation itself. Don't have an iPad?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Twitter Photo by Jennifer Barr @rjenbarr. I decided to have a different experience than live tweeting and even taking notes on my laptop. to college using my blog and later Twitter. I reached out to my network to ask for support, but using stories about her – not dry organizational stats. I call it slow social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2011

After triple checking to ensure you have your iPad, mobile phone, laptop, and all of your respective chargers in tow — you board a flight, land in a new city, and head straight for the convention center. Will the Virtual Summit Replace Face-to-Face?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

At some point, when I’ve saved up enough pennies, I’m going to buy a Mac laptop again. The eePC is a great example, as are cell phones, media players, etc. I think it can also work for the folks who perhaps use laptops as their primary machines, and don’t do anything except email and web. And, guess what?

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Mark shared his progress around the country in YouTube videos (he’s been featured on the YouTube homepage, blog posts , and his Twitter feed. You'll want to post regular reflections on your blog, and on Twitter and Facebook so people can engage with you along the way. Promote and Share - Share your experience from the road!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones. What I loved about this exercise, is that after Stephanie and I modeled taking photographs and sharing on our Facebook Group or Twitter, participants started to also document digitally. The power of peer knowledge at work!

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Common channels include email, direct mail, social media, phone calls, your website, etc. Your nonprofit can produce QR codes that store your organization’s website or donation page; when someone scans the QR code using the camera function on their smartphone, the code will open that page on their phone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2013

Twitter and other social media services offer verification logins. That means if try to log on from an unfamiliar IP address, the service will send a code via SMS to your mobile phone and you enter that code. Twitter, it’s under Account -> Account Security -> Require a verification code when I sign in.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2022

Guests typically place bids by raising paddles or shouting, but mobile bidding tools can simplify and speed up the process. At a silent auction, your nonprofit displays items and packages on tables for guests to bid on, either by writing amounts on paper bid sheets or by using Mobile Bidding software. Silent Auction . Virtual Auction.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

So things like asking, will the organization be providing computers and mobile devices for all staff, or would there be a hybrid model where some staff would have organization-issued computers and other staff would have to rely on their personal devices? Not really specifically to computers, but mobile devices.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

All of these parts can be filtered through a single device, like a laptop. Many people record live streams from a simple camera, such as the camera on a computer or mobile device. One of the most important pieces of equipment is the encoder, which we will explore in the live streaming equipment section (below). Audio Equipment.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 16, 2022

Guests typically place bids by raising paddles or shouting, but mobile bidding tools can simplify and speed up the process. At a silent auction, your nonprofit displays items and packages on tables for guests to bid on, either by writing amounts on paper bid sheets or by using Mobile Bidding software. Silent Auction . Virtual Auction.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013.

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AccelEvents

JANUARY 7, 2021

All of these parts can be filtered through a single device, like a laptop. Many people record live streams from a simple camera, such as the camera on a computer or mobile device. One of the most important pieces of equipment is the encoder, which we will explore in the live streaming equipment section (below). Audio Equipment.

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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. An online database of what is #trending on Twitter with user-generated definitions of related hashtags.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The convergence of mobile, social, data, and wearable technologies means a lot of data about our preferences will be generated and that means we will have a more customized experience. As Twitter and Google Plus still adopt their more business-focused strategies, nonprofits will benefit from the added functionality. Tablets will rule.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2021

People use their phones, laptops, and other devices for almost everything nowadays, including working remotely, online shopping, and staying connected with friends and family. This ensures you’re reaching out to real people who will see your messages instead of just a plethora of unused phone numbers and email addresses.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

His big prediction was that 2012 would be a breakout year for mobile computing in nonprofit tech. We also noticed a significant increase in the way that mobile technology is being used in disaster relief. Mobile Computing. billion mobile apps were downloaded across 20 countries. During the last week of December, 1.76

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