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The Year in Review: The Best Tech Stories of 2015

Byte Technology

The newest version of your favorite phone may go up a little, but you’ll recoup any up front loss in the long run. The Internet behemoth unveiled the Now on Tap feature that cuts down on the amount of time you need to find something on your phone from minutes to mere seconds. Microsoft Takes Over the Laptop/Tablet Hybrid Scene.

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HOW TO: Launch a Broadcast “TV” Channel for Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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 !). Experiment with me!

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How to Host a Virtual Fundraiser

Qgiv

Participants take part from anywhere using a cell phone or laptop to connect to the event. Sometimes, you can get away with just a laptop with a webcam for a simple live-streaming event. What is a virtual fundraiser? First, what is a virtual fundraiser? Make a list of the technology you’ll need for your specific event.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Online Interaction Tools To Engage Your Audience in the Room and Beyond

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This past month I’ve done several workshops where I experimented with different audience online interaction tools to engage people in the room as well as a remote audience tuning in through a live video stream. I pulled up the page on my mobile phone. These were workshops at Cause Camp , Global Giving , and the Hartford Foundation.

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Live Streaming Basics for Virtual Events

AccelEvents

No matter how you curate this event, one aspect you should include is live streaming. . Live streaming is where an event streams live video feeds so that viewers can see what’s going on. Live streaming is one of the best ways to connect with virtual attendees but pulling it off can be a little complicated. .

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Does This Deserve My Attention?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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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Five Tech Tips for Every Executive Director

NTEN

If I find a great article on IRS cell phone reimbursement policies, I can clip it straight from the browser into my Operations notebook. I can retrieve these items from my phone, my tablet, my laptop, or any computer with a browser. But streaming KClark's new album always makes me work a little faster.