TechImpact

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Because emails are being opened with mobile devices more frequently than on desktop or laptop computers, it is important to understand what they look like when opened. Send your message to yourself and open it on your smart phone to get an idea of what it looks like. Is the message contorted to skewed anywhere on the screen?

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Indeed, experts now estimate that the vast majority of users access the web on a smartphone, tablet or the like, rather than a standard desktop or laptop computer. Of course, the first place you should start is with the WordPress mobile app for iOS or Android.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Starting in October 2016, TechSoup's Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) will feature refurbished laptops and desktops with Windows 10 preinstalled. Laptops and desktops from RCI are competitively priced hardware from top manufacturers like Dell, HP, Lenovo, and more. If it works on your phone, it'll work on your desktop.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2021

There’s nothing more powerful than a story to help you connect with your audience. Luckily, animal shelters tend to have some great stories! . One of the most compelling stories that animal shelters can use is a heartstrings-tugging before -and-after. Over 50% of people visit your nonprofit’s website on their phones.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 4, 2022

Are you sharing heartwarming stories that stir their heart and soul, moving them to donate? Do you make it easy for them to contact you by putting your email address and phone number in plain sight? Was the story you told in this email powerful enough? Did the story have a strong accompanying photo or video?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2007

The back story is here ). However, in one of the discussion threads on the Summit wiki, there has been mention about using cameraphones or smart phones for this in addition to. Our questions were: What do you need to know about web/blog design so that your blog can be read by people on a mobile phone?

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

June is generally a very busy month for mobile with Google I/O, Apple's WWDC, and lots of summer phone/tablet releases. A kill switch would allow consumers to remotely lock and wipe their phone so thieves can't get a hold of their data. You can read the full story behind the confusion – and controversy – here.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2014

As I lunched under a shady tree, I overheard a group of hard-hatted NERTs sharing stories of where they were that day in 1989. 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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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

You can give real-time updates from fundraisers or liveblog featured speakers at events from your laptop or mobile device. If your organization uses Flickr (Android, iOS, Windows Phone) to manage photos, the mobile app is a must-have companion. Some phones even let you upload to YouTube directly from your video gallery.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Many social media tools are specifically designed for users to tell stories and voice opinions, others are built as aggregators and distributors of users’ stories. It is impossible to tell a story about someone else being affected by Climate Change as well as the authentic voice of the person who is living with Climate Change.

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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. Have a look at our client story from Shredski to see how this can be used to build a great online presence. They can simply be directed to your website.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

The nonprofit provides laptops, tablet computers, training, and other technology resources to elderly people. Get Your Story Up On the Local Impact Map. We’re looking for great stories like this one about nonprofits and libraries doing good work with technology. spanhidden.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2010

Also, make sure there is decent wifi (or cell phone reception). If you have a projector and laptop available, you may want to stream the Twitter Feed during the event. Have an amazing story? You’ll want to designate one for your event and use it before, during, and after the event. Be creative. Keep in touch.

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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. Whomever you start talking with at this conference is going to be an interesting person; they''ll have great stories to tell about their work and their organization, and they''ll be a possible resource to you.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2015

When care managers are with families, they need to be able to access critical information through email from their mobile phones in order to tailor services and care to their clients' needs. Staff members contacted a third-party consultant to help out with the migration for the staff's laptops and mobile phones.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

In honor of our Safer Online theme this month, our lead nonprofit tech news story is about a low-cost device that protects your electronics devices from data theft while you recharge them in places like airports, the "USB Condom." Reimbursing Employee Mobile Phone Expenses. USB Condom is its official name.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

The Interaxon Headband is a brain-wave detector that sends real time information on your brain activity to your phone, supposedly so you can improve concentration and composure. smart socks generate heat maps of how a runner’s foot strikes the ground and sends the info to a phone app. It got a CES 2014 Innovations Award.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 27, 2011

So even when you're offline, you can still tell your nonprofit or library's story with SlideRocket. They're more portable than a laptop, and they have larger display screens than mobile phones. If you have a SlideRocket account, the free app lets you import and play your SlideRocket presentations on the iPad.

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NTEN

MAY 16, 2011

Simply titled "The Names," the vignette shares the story of the difficult task of compiling, organizing, and displaying the names of those killed on 9/11 for The National September 11 Memorial & Museum at Ground Zero, which is still under construction. You may think that this story doesn't apply to your cause because 9/11 is different.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

The nonprofit provides laptops, tablet computers, training, and other technology resources to elderly people. Get Your Story Up On the Local Impact Map. We’re looking for great stories like this one about nonprofits and libraries doing good work with technology.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We heard many stories detailing the aftermath of the abrupt transition to virtual work, or the shuttering of programs entirely, beginning in spring 2020. Many of the stories we heard describe access limitations that were either introduced or exacerbated by COVID-19. Here’s what they had to say. On One Hand, Technology Promotes Access.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2010

I just turned off her cell phone account because she was never using it. She loves to read and write, but needs help making sure her stories have a beginning, middle and end. Everything is nicely synced between my desktop computer, laptop and iPhone. She's very comfortable on the computer. And I don't have autism.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2010

I just turned off her cell phone account because she was never using it. She loves to read and write, but needs help making sure her stories have a beginning, middle and end. Everything is nicely synced between my desktop computer, laptop and iPhone. She's very comfortable on the computer. And I don't have autism.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2015

I'm thrilled to say that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Cary Creative Center , or "C3," an organization working to save materials from the landfill by turning them into beautiful art. About the Success Stories Contest. Images: Cary Creative Center. spanhidden.

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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. There wouldn't be a local node or the phone had some weirdness that prevented me from dialing out successfully. Like the time I was doing a session in an artists loft and the phone jack was 150 feet away and my phone cord was only 125 feet.

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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. 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 use pen and a note book to take notes! Healthy Mind Platter.

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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. If we want to get our story out there in a form that will get attention, videos are the ticket. Here are a few new things we could be doing with our phones and tablets in 2016. This past year, U.S.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The moment that they get your communication, whether that’s over email, if it’s a phone call, if it’s a text message, if it’s a voice memo, if it’s a personalized video, whatever it is, this is a chance for you. You can send them voice memos, if you have their cell phone. I put phone number here.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Tablet sales are up 53% while laptop and desktop computers are down 11% from the previous year. PCs aren’t going away, but mobile devices (phones and tablets) are flooding in to the nonprofit workplace. They save us the arduous task of taking our phones out of our pockets to look at them. What this means? Green Technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2006

I told them that after circle we would use SKYPE internet phone to call Nick in Hong Kong. I explained to them that my computer was turned into a phone and showed on the globe where Hong Kong was. I was not able to get on with my laptop. Was there really a dragon named Nien-- or is that just a story?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

Almost a year ago, I got a phone call from James Leventhal who follows me on Twitter. The social media lab for arts organizations is a combination of face-to-face workshops, phone calls, and online support via a wiki and Twitter over several months. After hearing a story from a peer. Social Learning: Face-to-Face.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2015

By creating a “My Account” page—like the Gift Service Center in Luminate Online—you can allow constituents to select their preferred method of communication (email, direct mail, or phone), opt out or in to mailings, modify their gift amount, or even skip a monthly payment. Be Responsive. That’s amazing—and it makes sense. It’s that easy.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

Road trips are an excellent platform for causes to tell important stories, engage volunteers, and fundraise in an innovative way. telling the stories of homeless individuals across the United States has been well documented. Boaz ran his trip as a free agent story teller. Diverse Goals. Trail-blazing Road Warriors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

You might be thinking this is unnecessary, but it only takes a few minutes to test both – on your laptop and your phone – and it could save you huge headaches in the long run. Test your email subscribe and donation forms on both your computer and phone (5 minutes or less). Set up a pop-up asking website visitors to subscribe. (30

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

Mobile Voices offers an open-source multi-media platform optimized for low-cost mobile phones that lets users create, share, and reflect on stories about their lives and communities. million patients in Malawi and Uganda, they've seen that text messages and cheap mobile phones are great tools on the front-lines of global health.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2007

I got a kick out the fact that one of my colleague's mother called her cell phone because she was worried about her transport home. It was good to hear first hand stories of their challenges to maintaining a blog and their experiences training young people and others to blog. These cell phones are popular.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

Our goal is to teach everyone how to repair the stuff they own—whether it’s laptops , snowboards , toys , or clothes. Although we’ve been told otherwise, there is no such thing as a “green” cell phone or computer. User-replaceable batteries are key to lengthening the life of electronics like cell phones.

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