Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2013

Paul Hawkin, in his book, Natural Capitalism , finds that the volume of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. When you discard a 5 pound laptop you are also throwing away the 20,000 pounds of raw materials it took to make it. The green argument for electronics reuse goes beyond Williams and Kuehr, however.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

But what I realized was that the whole WPA thing with my laptop added to the pile of “little problems I haven’t solved yet.&# I knew that I should do it at some point, but I hadn’t encountered a WPA network until last week, so I hadn’t bothered. Needless to say, I’m doing that right now. Directories were shared.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2007

minute videos, map out the screencast before you actually film it, create a storyboard, write a script, use music. I only did so because one of the prizes was a laptop and my current one is on its last legs. no more than 3.5 I've put the presentation (and almost all my other presentations) into Slide Share.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

You get yourself some kind of together and you kind of meander and find your way to your laptop. And then laptop because, you know, work, right? I’ll drop the video. Twitter | LinkedIn | The post [VIDEO] How To Lead And Manage In Our New Nonprofit Work Reality appeared first on Bloomerang. What about this one?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

It looked quite like it might be a fun event to be at, but the hefty $3000 price tag for admission wasn’t something that I could possibly stomach, so I sat in front of my laptop, watching people describe new tools. Seesmic is a video conversation site. It’s an interesting concept. I think like a lot of Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2006

Watch the video. I decided to video blog the first conversation. At first, Dad wasn't quite sure what to make of video blogging, but he soon forgot about the camera. I won't spoil it -- watch the video). was also able to set it up on my husband's laptop. He said he wanted to create a blog. We accomplished that! (I

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2007

I would bring the laptop and plug into the phone line and do demos in small groups. And I had to tape flip chart paper over the windows so it would get dark enough to project the laptop to show the presentation. video and having people type themes into the chat worked. Or participating in the online conversation on Arts Wire.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Watch live streaming video from wisdom2conf at livestream.com. You know a conference is going to be a different experience when you walk into the conference area and there is harpist playing beautiful meditative music that melts away as the chimes and bells ring to signal the beginning of the conference.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

I have had varied problems , from issues of software integration, video problems, wireless issues … The list is getting very long. At some point, when I’ve saved up enough pennies, I’m going to buy a Mac laptop again. I migrated to making it my primary desktop about a year ago. And, guess what? I’m giving up.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2007

He notes that film, music, visual art, and literature have evolved as media that are used in all kinds of environments, from the mundane to the profound. Ian comments: Very few video games set out to tackle mundane applications akin to the home movie or the airplane safety video. And really, is it very surprising?

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CauseVox

JUNE 1, 2021

With many people social distancing, there are lots of opportunities for online video engagement. Here’s an example of a Facebook Live video from Skid Row Housing Trust: One of these initial webinars may be about how your organization is operating in the wake of COVID19, with further information about how your donors can stay engaged.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

As I mentioned in my post about " extra-organizational activists" , there are bloggers out there who would love to raise money for your cause: Beth Kanter raised $800 for the Sharing Foundation using the ChipIn widget plus her blog , social networks, Flickr and video in 26 days. She reads 4 blogs a day, five hours a week.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Skeptics doubted the iPod in 2001 , but it went on to help revolutionize how people consume music and audio content. The device's hardware includes components not currently found in a traditional desktop computer or laptop. It's promised battery life is ten hours -- longer than any laptop to date.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 12, 2012

We’re streaming video, posting photos, sharing personal information and listening to music, not to mention “checking in” wherever we go. We have to create an environment of trust around the information we collect and be crystal clear about where it’s going.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Branding themselves as the “Play” button for the Web, Wibbitz automatically converts text-based posts and articles into engaging, interactive videos so your supporters “never have to read again.” Vine is Twitter’s mobile app that can be used to create and share 6-second videos on Twitter. Vine :: vine.co.

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