Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 11, 2010

I’m actually quite happy – I can run both Windows 7 and Ubuntu Linux on my laptop, and I like Android (and my Droid 2 phone) a lot. I actually like my Droid phone better than I ever liked my iphone, which came somewhat of a surprise to me. Tags: Technology Zen android apple Hardware microsoft.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2010

Most mobile phones and laptop computers use lithium ion rechargeable batteries. Tags: Green Office GreenTech GreenTips. Find out where to recycle them at Call2Recycle.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Net2 ThinkTank gives up a round up of how Nonprofits and NGOs are Using Mobile Phones and SMS for Social Change. This post shows you how to jury rig a DIY periscope for your webcam if it is built into your laptop screen. This is useful if you want both broadcast AND use your laptop to take notes (or answer email).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

For the audio, we use a phone line that was fed into the AV system and wireless mic. I thought we could use the chat back channel but since there was only laptop in the room we needed another system for backchannel communication. Tags: Conferences Tips Training Design ffog remote presentation skype twitter video.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Unplug chargers for computers, cell phones, iPods, and other chargeable devices. According to Green Home Huddle "Your cell phone charger, iPod charger, laptop charger, etc. keep drawing electricity even if your phone/iPod/laptop/etc isn't charging. Tags: Green Office GreenTech GreenTips.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Lifehacker , a popuplar blog on technology and productivity, had a post last week on lessons learned from a stolen laptop. As someone who travels frequently, often alone to crowded places where one must exercise a high level of caution, losing my laptop or phone is something I think about a lot.

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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). Name Tags: Make sure you have name tags and if are you hosting, be a good host and introduce people. If you have a projector and laptop available, you may want to stream the Twitter Feed during the event. They all have free elements to their service.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

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 !). Next, choose a “Category&#.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2010

In this post, however, we'll cover basic green IT devices like desktop PCs, laptops, servers, and monitors that are affordable and easy to get. We'll do other posts on how to buy green used and refurbished IT equipment and also green mobile phones. Tags: Acquiring Technology Green Office GreenTech Hardware Servers.

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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. With web-based software, web conferencing, laptops, and smart phones, it's easier than ever to skip the office entirely. Two words: Smart Strip s.

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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. Like Twitter, you can set up a hashtag for your event and tag your photos with it. If your organization uses Flickr (Android, iOS, Windows Phone) to manage photos, the mobile app is a must-have companion.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Look what I can do with my phone! The average smartphone outperforms the laptop computer of the previous decade. Emerging tablet computing devices, such as the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy, promise the benefit of mobile access with a larger form factor than a phone screen, making it much easier to do work in the field.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

As mobile phone usage increases and technology advances, it seems we now have the world at our fingertips. Of the 4 billion mobile phones in use on this planet, over 1 billion of them are smart phones. Of the 4 billion mobile phones in use on this planet, over 1 billion of them are smart phones.

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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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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

I tell you this not to wax nostalgic, but to remind you that while there are only 1 billion PCs in the world, we'll pass 5 billion mobile phones by the end of 2010. Why carry around a bulky laptop when you can just check your e-mail and browse the web on something that fits in your pocket? Tags: NPTech NTEN.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

Anyone who uses the designated tag on Twitter automatically becomes a part of the ongoing global conversation on that topic of interest. Facebook — We post frequently to our TechSoup Facebook page from our laptops, tablets and phones by tagging @TechSoup in our updates. We think Watchitoo.

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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. People can fear or mistrust or envy someone walking around with a laptop or a PDA. Tablets/Touchscreen devices.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 31, 2010

Anyone who comes in and votes for Hannah's Hope via cell phone or laptop will receive a free slice of pizza, courtesy of owner Matt McClellan.If Tags: NPPepsiRefresh NPPepsiChallenge NPFundraisingIdeas. St Petersburg, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Hannah's Hope.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Think about a tool like YouTube, where people can share videos (uploaded and created in various ways from mobile phones to laptop computers to high quality cameras) and then find others who care about similar issues. Tags: case studies issues 4change climate change environment lessons learned social media. What do you think?

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Forum One

MARCH 16, 2010

Everywhere you go, people are nose down in their laptops and phones: while in sessions, while walking down the halls, and while on the panels. Tags: Influence Events Events Tips & Trends. I've been attending the South by Southwest Interactive Festival (SxSW) these past few days. It's my first time, and it's a lot to take in.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 27, 2009

The McKinsey report offers a concise statement of the issue: The rapidly growing carbon footprint associated with information and communications technologies, including laptops and PCs, data centers and computing networks, mobile phones, and telecommunications networks, could make them among the biggest greenhouse gas emitters by 2020.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

The mission statement of One Laptop per Child is artfully constructed: "To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. The Unforeseen.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Because I spend all day, every day in front of a laptop tweeting about my Facebook links. If your clients can access the Internet on a phone, or at home, you can reach and support them in brand new ways. Tags: digital divide Newsletter NPTech NTEN. I was floored. I thought it would be 30 to 50 percent.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2010

The thing is a computer interface for new Ford cars that sports two screens or dashboards: an instrument cluster display shows vehicle information such as engine speed, temperature, and trip data; and the other dashboard shows audio, phone, and navigation information. Tags: GreenTech. Ford also plans to include a web browser.

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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

JULY 23, 2009

My laptop was logged onto a webinar session and there a phone line in the room - so remote participants to see and hear the presentation. What was cool was that one of the remote twitter users live tweeted the session, including my response to one of the skeptics. Tags: ROI. Perhaps not the right word.

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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. We arranged for wifi in the room and asked participants to bring their laptops).

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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 17, 2021

In-person participants will need to bring their own laptops). In addition to the main screen in your conference room, you can also set up laptops with their video and audio at a seat at the table. Whether via text, chat, or phone, they have a private line of communication constantly available throughout the meeting.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 7, 2006

From time to time I'd be there when one of the folks working the phones would get an irate call from a customer who was ticked off about something. Tags: nptech Help Desk as Customer Service I had a client years ago who ran a company providing continuing education to nurses and other health professionals. Anyone want to help her out?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I was able to find some research and pieces about laptops in the classroom. They're done on the phone and chat. once and it was disaster, best to use to supplement discussion in between phone calls). Tags: online communities technology training training materials. Know of any? I love the way NTEN does these sessions.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2005

When you want to use tags to organize and find stuff in your freezer. the digital devices people carry, such laptops, media players, and camera phones, 2. Technorati Tags: ContinuousComputing nptech When you think every t-shirt logo/slogan is about software. So, I wonder how this impacts nonprofits?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 27, 2008

In person is best, but if the people you want to work with are across the country, you can talk on the phone, or set up a Skype conference call. If you have a laptop, it may be less distracting to have your job search time at a café, or the library so that when you come home you don’t feel guilty relaxing. Tags: askbritt.

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NTEN

JULY 8, 2009

What if I could phone bank for you from my laptop? " Tags: innovation NPTech. What would your case workers be able to do better if they had cellular modems in the field? What if clients could make same day drop-in appointments at your clinic via text message instead of waiting in line all day? You owe it to your donors.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2005

Once her prayers are answered she makes a few frantic phone calls to see how quickly a new computer can be dragged in. Sarah's laptop can't come up on the old projector; Joe is back on Excel 97; the graphics software won't work with Jack's video card. Technorati Tags: nptech , tech_planning , ymca

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

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