Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The newer the cell phone, the better the photo. Among the people she has supported in improving their reading skills: a veteran, a grandmother, a bus driver, and a mother who recently emigrated from Yemen. . Mary fell in love with Nancy Drew books as a child and is excited to see her students improve their reading skills.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

That’s why we included a module in the Emerging Nonprofit Leaders peer learning group on meeting design and facilitation – and these days it is an important leadership skill. The Buffer Blog article suggests that taking hand-written notes is more effective than typing notes on a laptop. A Table Stack for Cell Phones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

My presentation will focus on personal productivity in an age of distraction, tools, skills, and best practices that staff members of nonprofits – large and small need. ” These apps can transform our mobile phones, tablets, and computers from agents of distraction into agents of mindfulness.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

But I have come to realize that it is actually a useful thing (skillful means, in Buddhist terms) to have a time of year where you consciously decide to dig deeper, and connect with yourself, and God/Spirit/Wisdom/{your name for the Divine here}. Watching TV or movies on my laptop/computer/tablet/phone/etc. (no

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2014

A lot of my work consists of sitting — working on a computer, talking on the phone, or attending meetings or conferences. As Nilofer Merchant points out in this Ted.com talk , people are sitting 9.3 My doctor’s advice was to start eating a heart healthy diet and get more exercise. Even in the nonprofit sector.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2014

In this case, a team leader would be able to select specific volunteers by a predefined category, such as the skills they possess. At the event we talked to some very smart and committed ham radio experts to understand new technologies useful for converting ham radio signals to readable messages on a laptop. Image: Anna Jaeger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2013

” His work is focused on this question: What if there were a way to use the internet – and all our web-connected phones and tablets and laptops and games consoles – to foster rather than erode our attention spans, and to replace that sense of edgy distractedness with calm? ” (Note: I created a list.ly

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2013

Format: Our session was 90 minutes. Tharum Bun , a blogger in Cambodia that I have known for ten years, did an introduction and I presented for 25 minutes. Most importantly, we tested the technology in the room where the presentation was taking place. We also tested with other users on the wifi. kanter we have wifi connection interuption here.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2010

We just finished spring cleaning the NTEN offices and took a laptop, four boxes of toner, some thumb drives, a broken keyboard, and some old power supplies to Free Geek last night. Not only will they put the used tech to good use, they'll give people great work skills while they do it. Recycle your old equipment. Skip the commute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

It includes design and facilitation – and these days those are important leadership skills. Don’t attend a meeting wishing the meeting was over while stealing glances at your email on your mobile phone under the table, or trying to sound smart during the meeting. One of the modules is on meetings.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Having an informative, user-friendly website means that customers will look here for information, cutting down on the time it takes to answer questions by phone or email. The idea that creating a website – especially a great-looking one – is difficult and requires a lot of skills is a complete myth.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This is your go-to dashboard for all the latest conference details with easy access from your laptop, tablet, or mobile phone. Brush up on your speaking skills. Login to myNTC , your conference information and connection center. Find a full list of all attendees, speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors. Find your flock.

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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. Scanning and pattern recognition is a really important skill to have been you need to look at a lot of information. So, that question was revised!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Being online or living a connected lifestyle is something many of us do - and as smart phones, Facebook, ipads, and other technology tools become part of lives, we have to examine our relationship with them and find balance. She also plays another game with the battery life of her phone at the end of the day. Soren Gordhamer, Wisdom 2.0

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2015

The idea came out of the hackathon, but its creator didn't have the tech skills to make it happen. Users can go to any bus stop and simply text the stop ID number (listed on every bus stop) to a local phone number (415-528-3226). The reality is that not everybody has a device, such as a phone or laptop, that can connect to Wi-Fi.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Commit to eliminating departmental silos so that everyone is on the same page and all team members contribute their unique skills to help you succeed. Or, you might have some of your staff members set aside time to make donor phone calls each week. Incorporate phone and Zoom calls and in-person meetings. Personalize outreach.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Having an informative, user-friendly website means that customers will look here for information, cutting down on the time it takes to answer questions by phone or email. The idea that creating a website – especially a great-looking one – is difficult and requires a lot of skills is a complete myth.

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Achieve

JUNE 3, 2019

An online giving page that’s mobile-responsive—that is, one that you can access and use as easily on a smartphone as on a desktop or laptop computer—is an essential step in providing your donors with mobile giving options. The answer is: as many as you have the time and skills to manage and update effectively.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

They include things like: Access/FileMaker databases on desktops or laptops. Mobile phones. Computers and phones require power, and whether batteries or electricity, if you don’t have it, you can’t work. Computers and phones require power, and whether batteries or electricity, if you don’t have it, you can’t work.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. Here are a few new things we could be doing with our phones and tablets in 2016. a-month phone service or home broadband — their choice. One is hiring. Another is surveys.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

A lot of my work consists of sitting — working on a computer, talking on the phone, or attending meetings or conferences. 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2008

Opened in 2006, the school offers computer classes every morning utilizing ten donated laptops and a few older desk tops. Students are picked by lottery and attend daily for six weeks to learn word processing and spread sheets, and see a bit of the internet on the school's one very slow connection, a cell phone.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Relying too heavily on technology means that those who lack the resources, language skills, and savvy to use technology to its full potential are left behind. Failure to engage the digital immigrants. The changes in technology are more difficult for some of our older volunteers.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

I decided to have a different experience than live tweeting and even taking notes on my laptop. I couldn’t help but think about how important content curation skills, information literacy, and encouraging a movement around this as Clay Johnson suggests in his book, the Information Diet. I use pen and a note book to take notes!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

This is a lively community, mostly because of the expertise of people like Maddie, Lindy, and Tony who are skillful community managers. From my experience in doing technology trainings, no matter well you describe levels and content, you always get a range of experience, comfort, and skill. . They're done on the phone and chat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

For this project, participants were carefully vetted, avoiding organizations that were in a leadership transition, had other organizational priorities to address or did not have the capacity to apply the skills or knowledge. I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2021

Technology can be a huge barrier for inclusion if we don’t consider the digital divide of skills, tools, and Internet speeds when selecting platforms and tools for meetings. In-person participants will need to bring their own laptops). Beware of Power Imbalances and Group Dynamics. 6: Give Remote Participants A Seat at the Table.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Keli gets to talk to many people on the phone who use TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) to get low-cost refurbished computers. We have different agencies that come to assist the individuals in our program with things such as job search assistance and other life skills and basic needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2008

Computer classes are held every morning utilizing donated laptops and desktops (that are hand-carried over by Dr. Hendrie on her quarterly trips) Students, picked by lottery, come daily for six weeks to learn word processing, spread sheets, and Internet use, on our one, slow connection, acquiring a useful skill for future employment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2006

So, I volunteered some time to work with Emily Commerce and Lyre Calliope on researching and compiling the nonprofit directory on Second Life - which is not an easy thing do for a newbie avatar because my skills are still very basic, but easy because there aren't a lot of nonprofits on SL quite yet. and so I volunteered to take notes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

the skills identified in this workshop or sessions at the upcoming NTC designed to look at change issues that technology surfaces from the viewpoint of executive directors or IT staff might help. Net2 ThinkTank gives up a round up of how Nonprofits and NGOs are Using Mobile Phones and SMS for Social Change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

There is a gap in social skills, experience, and knowledge when you only have 10-15 minutes of access in library versus 24/7 access at home. The young people who don't have pervasive access will fall behind in terms of skills. He noted that media literacy has to be integrated as a skill set in all places. It starts in the home.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Nonprofit Software and Hardware and Cell Phones. Can cell phones ensure a free vote? Election observers across Nigeria will be using mobile phones to text officials if they spot irregularities during Saturday's election. If you want to keep up with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), check out the wiki. " Findhabeas.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 9, 2014

The user can go to any bus stop and simply text the stop ID number (listed on every bus stop) to a local phone number (415-528-3226). The reality is that not everybody has a device, such as a phone or laptop, which connects to Wi-Fi. The user will receive a text with the three closest locations that have free Internet access.

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Gyrus

JULY 19, 2016

Microlearning is a brief (less than 5 minute) learning component with a focus on a very particular learning object (specifically a skill, behavior, or compliance piece). To start the microlearning discussion we must first define what it is. The concept of Microlearning is not that new.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

The tech underground model (loose yet organized affiliation of npo techs who share skills and back each other up) is one of the good models out there. 3) Find resources to build your skills, and give them time every week: webinars, listservs, online classes, books, etc. 2) Get a wiki. Attend conferences. Be ahead of the curve. (4)

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2006

Our agency has that functionality - we have disaster web site, email address and phone number on our ID badges to let the agency know where we are and what is happening, but there isn't any connection outside. Folks that have those skills getting connected with those that need them during a disaster.

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