Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The Trend of Live Reporting During Events. Equipment: You’ll need a laptop and smartphone and easy access to charging stations during the event. 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report. To register for future free webinars, please see the Nonprofit Tech for Good Webinar Schedule. Social Media Examiner: How to Use Instagram Live.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The advent of the Mobile Web is slowly starting to permeate and transform nonprofit communications. Just like social media transformed the nonprofit sector and how it communicates with its supporters, so will the Mobile Web (even more so). Some nonprofits have begun to lay a foundation for their mobile communications strategies.

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Candid

AUGUST 10, 2023

The unfulfilled promises of blockchain to advance social good, a proliferation of mobile apps in developing countries that failed to garner adoption , and cheap laptops that were going to change the world are just a few examples. Consider the persistent gender gap in access to both mobile phones and the internet.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Mobile-friendly formatting. Mobile-friendly formatting. Lastly, you must ensure that viewing your nonprofit’s website is an equally enjoyable experience for smartphone users and laptop/desktop users alike. This underlines the crucial importance of making your website and online donation page mobile-friendly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

I like to think of group text messaging campaigns as the e-newsletter of the Mobile Web – just much shorter. Now that same concept is emerging in mobile communications. Text messaging campaigns help keep supporters engaged and informed, and can significantly increase traffic to nonprofit mobile websites and smartphone Apps.

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Tools like Yoast Suggest and Google Trends can greatly aid you in determining what’s abuzz on the Internet and in popular culture, and it will look impressive to your visitors who’ll recognize that you’re on top of ongoing trends. Do lots of keyword research and build a content strategy. Encourage readers to share your posts.

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CauseVox

MAY 12, 2022

Mobile-Optimized And Mobile Payment Options. Donors are reaching your donation page from a variety of devices, from computers and laptops and tablets and cell phones. About 65% of all donations that you get online will be on mobile, and mobile giving is only growing. Read about them here ! Simple Donation Process.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Nonprofit website design and online fundraising have dramatically changed in recent years due to the rapid rise of social media and mobile communications. The website design was wider and centered to accommodate larger computers and laptops. 5 Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Prioritize the Mobile Web in 2013.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Mobile is a growing trend that just won't quit. I was not an early adopter of a mobile device. I used to lug around my laptop everywhere, but that led to sore shoulders and a lot of missed opportunity to keep in touch. Author: Sally Heaven. Is your organization ready? And that's a missed opportunity.

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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. As adoption of mobile devices increases for both work and pleasure, IT will no longer be dominated by PCs. Refurbishment and the Environment.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2017

With the release of iPhone 6, Apple finally joined the trend of manufacturing smartphones with huge screens. If the senior is using a laptop, the Fn key may also be required in the key-press combination. Boost the Size of Icons and Text.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

A growing trend among organizations is to get out of the business of owning servers entirely. Another emerging trend is cloud-based computing , which enables organizations to pay only for processor cycles, memory, and storage as it's used. Advances in mobile technology are significantly changing how we live and work.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In this edition of nonprofit tech news, TechSoup shows new ways your nonprofit could harness mobile and killer apps in 2016! Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. This has been a steady upward trend since 2008. This is an international trend.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Plus, you can identify trends or patterns that illustrate where you’re most successful and where there’s room for improvement. Plus, tools that integrate with your CRM can pull data right from your donor profiles, analyze trends and patterns, and pinpoint donors who are ready to give more. Make giving easy.

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2012

GenX on the other hand, is bucking the current trends. Holly draws the connection via the Pew Internet & American Life Report that online access is moving away from the laptop experience. An equal number (55%) of Millennials are accessing the Internet via mobile device as they are a computer.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2019

Nonprofits have joined the trend. And best of all, you’ll find ways to adapt to the trend with simple steps you can implement now. Get your employees set up with an encrypted laptop and make sure they sign into a secure VPN to help protect extremely sensitive IPs. And it’ll only continue to grow. The short answer—yes.

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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. What this means?

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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. promotional ad in Forbes that turns the magazine in to a free T-Mobile WiFi hotspot for 15 days. percent) as we transition to using more tablets and mobile devices. NPTech Online Fundraising Trends.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Current trends in social media – Facebook Live, Periscope, Snapchat, Instagram Stories – require that your social media manager be effective behind and in front of the camera. Put your laptop in the closet and don’t take it with you if you are traveling for your vacation. It’s the marketing conundrum of 2016.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2019

As marketers, we’re always trying to stay on top of the latest trends—and college-age students are a discerning audience. Is your website fully mobile optimized? 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.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

We're seeing exciting trends in governments making data more available ? This would have come in handy a few years ago when my laptop was stolen from a parked car in Stanley Park. The submissions included several compelling mobile apps. and valuable ? for the public. By now, most folks in the web development and Gov 2.0

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Forum One

MARCH 16, 2022

For over a decade, digital strategists have been talking about the importance of mobile web strategies and meeting audiences where they are. Mobile-First. Since before the first iPhone was released in 2007, organizations have been discussing the importance of making their content more accessible on mobile devices.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 3, 2013

Five years ago, it was the laptop. It doesn’t replace my laptop, but I sure get a lot of use out of it. –Tom The exception to this rule in the nonprofit space tends to be mobile tools for canvassers, volunteers, or major gift officers, who typically use specialized apps or web applications (e.g. a mobile major giving toolset).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 27% of online donors say that email is the tool that most inspires them to give (social media 29%, 18% website, 12% print). Embrace a mobile-first design strategy. The good news is that modern design trends for mobile email are also compatible with desktop email.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas just finished up on January 10 th so we thought we’d call out some of the products and trends that we hope are fun and interesting to nonprofit techies. Fundraising social media nptech Mobile tssocialmedia tsfundraising tsmobiletechnology nonprofit technology news NPTech news'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The walking at work trend is being more broadly adopted by senior managers, in part because leaders want to get some distance from their always on work styles, with all of the demands of smartphones and laptops. Those that require technology and an Internet connection can easily be transferred to a mobile phone while you walk.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2015

CoinDesk : A leading Bitcoin news site, CoinDesk provides a broad view of the network and details on the latest trends. Here are some useful resources: Bitcoin.org : The original Bitcoin site has helpful videos, simple walk-throughs, and very useful resources for individuals and organizations. How did they adopt it? Who donates?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Reads blogs about social media and mobile technology. A good social-media manager is a regular reader of Mashable , TechCrunch , Social Media Today , Social Times , Mobile Marketing Watch , All Facebook , About Foursquare , Nonprofit Tech 2.0 , Beth’s Blog , TechSoup , NTEN , and other such blogs. Mobile technology enables that.

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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. For example, you can work on a document in the new Microsoft Office on your Windows 8 laptop, take a break, and then pick up where you left off on your Windows Phone. Mobile Green Tech.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

There are now lots of laptops available that are less than $200 — like HP Streams, Acer Aspires, and too many Chrome books to count. Prices on all this gear will continue to drop in 2015, and the effect on nonprofit offices will be an acceleration of the "bring your own device" (BYOD) trend. Mobile Payments.

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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. Next slide, please.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The iPad's release next month is best considered as another milestone in the phenomenal expansion of mobile computing. Millions more are already using Google's Android mobile operating system and, additionally, a Google tablet prototype was unveiled recently. It's promised battery life is ten hours -- longer than any laptop to date.

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Gyrus

JULY 19, 2016

At Gyrus, we believe it is our duty to identify, discuss, and communicate our thoughts on upcoming industry trends. However, with the migration of learnings to more accessible on the go mobile learning (mLearning) platforms such as phones and tablets, their need becomes a bit more noticeable. The Concept of Microlearning.

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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.

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

For those who have an exercise bike at home, you can also encourage them to, set up their laptop or mobile camera and cycle together. There are multiple ways you can capitalize on the trend to create a cool fundraiser. Set a date and time and encourage participants to bike outside for a certain amount of hours or miles.

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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. What The Trend :: whatthetrend.com. For mobile social networkers, Viddy is a must-download.

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