Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2010

Two organizations are working to see that aid workers, government officials, and the many organizations with damaged infrastructure throughout the country can start getting back on track by helping get quality refurbished laptops to them. World Concern and InterConnection are asking for your help.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Here are 10 strategies you can start employing today to keep your nonprofit’s email engagement up, and its mission on track, according to Katie Pellerin of Achieve Guidance. 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.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

allows users to shorten, share, and track links (URLs). Without tracking how many clicks the links you post on Twitter are receiving, you are Tweeting blindly. It also allows you to track your own tweets to see who is favoriting them. The ten Twitter Apps listed below are 10 of my 25 favorites: 1. Bit.ly : Bit.ly

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2022

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. Other times, you may need more involved software solutions like the ability to track fitness activity for virtual participants.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2022

Running an auction requires a lot of attention to detail, and the last thing you need on the day of your auction is the added responsibility of keeping track of endless sheets of paper. And with its connection to Qgiv, you can easily track and nurture your volunteer fundraisers and host a successful online auction event.

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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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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Store their contact info like email addresses and phone numbers and easily track donor interactions when they make a donation or volunteer for your organization. Planning a fundraising event can be stressful, but with event registration software, you can keep track of who’s planning to attend your fundraiser and prepare accordingly.

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

For your nonprofit organization, you can easily track how much has been received in sponsorships. For those you’re having a sit-down meeting with, you can bring along a tablet or laptop that has the form loaded and ready to make it easier for them to give right in the moment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

Your subscribers will be reading your text messages on their mobile phones, not their desktops or laptops. to Track Click-Through Rates. The more expensive group text messaging vendors offer useful stats and tracking tools, but if you want to save money and opt for one of the low-cost vendors, then you can use Bit.ly Use Bit.ly

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Byte Technology

APRIL 19, 2016

The variable may seem endless, but there are some must-ask questions that can help you track down the perfect website designer. More and more people nowadays—the majority of people really—are accessing websites on their mobile devices rather than on traditional desktops or laptops. Will users be able to navigate with ease?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 17, 2013

But then, your coworker calls and informs you that your donation page is broken, your organization's CRM just ate half of its entries, and the kitchen dishwasher is flooding… Guess you probably should pack along your laptop. Luckily, I backed it up before I left on my laptop, but I lost all the photos I took on my trip.

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NetWits

MARCH 27, 2013

Two-finger scrolling on laptop track-pads has become a standard feature. They scroll without thinking about it to the point that you may not even realize you are doing it. Modern devices for interacting with the web have embraced scrolling – modern mice have either a scroll wheel or touch-based scrolling.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

A fundraising strategy helps keep you on track by offering deadlines and benchmarks to hit throughout the year. Powerful platforms like Bloomerang also allow you to create donor segments for more targeted research and communications, view donor engagement and generosity metrics per supporter, and track fundraising campaign progress.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

This allows you to track all donor interactions and reach out to donors at the right times. Supporters can use these platforms to give quickly and easily from their laptops, desktop computers, and mobile devices. Use the dashboard to track your revenue that comes in from matching gifts. Selling tickets. Revenue dashboard.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

For example, you might explain that a $100 gift can purchase five new coding workbooks for your after-school program, and a $500 gift can buy a new laptop for a student. It’s important to keep track of donor engagement metrics to assess what types of suggested donations donors will be receptive to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2014

I keep a “to done reflection” list that allows me to see what I’ve accomplished and reflect on it, not bury myself in busyness. Idonethis is a simple app that helps you and your team track what’s been done. If you want to be sure you are incorporating movement into your day, use a fitbit or other device to track.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2011

Walt Mossberg, tech journalist for the Wall Street Journal, recently updated his semi-annual buyer's guide to laptops and mentioned the following in terms of choosing between the two form factors: Tablets tend to beat small, low-cost laptops in weight, start-up speed and battery life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

Social media can be filled with metrics to track results. Success means using metrics to learn how to improve practice effectively, both to identify obstacles and track progress. The action learning project will be designed to help grantees build a habit of measurement, reflection, and organizational learning.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 18, 2016

I remember the day my boss set my first laptop on my desk. "I think it's time we replaced your laptop. That's why Idealware, in partnership with TechSoup, is offering a practical, step-by-step Tactical Technology Planning learning track through TechSoup's new online training program.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

During the intervening two years, we have entered the “post-PC” era in which laptop and desktop computers are being superseded by tablets, phones and other mobile devices. And indeed sales of new PCs and laptops are declining. RCI), for example, has been tracking the price of refurbished computers since 2005.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Each push pin (that looks like a MacBook Pro) is a page from a travel diary written by his new laptop. I can just imagine Alan tracking his new computer's journey using the UPS Tracker feature. Colleague Alan Levine customized a google map. It's worth a few minutes to get a good laugh.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 18, 2018

By the way, with EveryAction Development, you can plan, implement, and track all direct mail and efforts, and monitor ROI. Millennials, like most people, love putting stickers on their water bottles, laptops, bike helmets and it’s always nice to receive something for making a contribution. You can read more about that here.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2014

11,000 were laptops. eCycle Best concluded that American consumers seem to be getting wiser about throwing away phones, tablets, and laptops. Luckily, having an iPhone, I was able to use Find My iPhone to track it (unsuccessfully, but alas) and remotely brick and wipe it of its data. Of these devices: 21,000 were smartphones.

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Achieve

AUGUST 5, 2022

backpacks, and laptop stickers. The product fundraising company you decide to work with should have an excellent track record of stepping in to make the process easy for nonprofit teams. Create a survey and send it out to your existing donors so that they can “vote” on the items you’re considering. coupon cards.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2013

We're apparently on track to reach a two billion computer install base sometime in 2015. Paul Hawkin, in his book, Natural Capitalism , finds that the volume of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. But I digress. Half the Periodic Table in That PC or Mobile Phone.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

By "post-PC," Jobs meant essentially that computing and Internet use for both work and pleasure will no longer be dominated by PCs, but that there will be an array of smart devices including smartphones, tablet computers, smart TVs, laptops, and even sensing devices in our clothes and cars and other every day items.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

As the leader, I have a lot of things to keep track of – from human resource to program to fundraising to, well, technology. I can retrieve these items from my phone, my tablet, my laptop, or any computer with a browser. So, for my fellow nonprofit leaders, here are the technology tools I can't live without.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 10, 2014

Use these tips to help run an effective board meeting and get back on track toward achieving your mission. Don’t allow other laptops to be used, unless you’re using one to project the agenda or do other exercises. We’re all adults, but even the most responsible can fall into the social media trap if a laptop is open.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

I was assigned to the art school to track art classes and enrollments, and to work on reporting and making sure records were polished and current. And keep in mind: As a grant writer, you will need to focus and spend long stretches of time in a quiet environment working on your computer or laptop.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2017

It's also powerful for keeping track of invoices, revenues, and expenses and reporting on them to your various constituents. TechSoup's hardware programs offer both new and factory-refurbished commercial-grade laptop and desktop computers to our members.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

There are rumors that Microsoft will release Windows 8 along with a full app store with greater use across the board for desktop, laptop, tablet, and phone users, but so far, it's just speculation. Laptops use 15 to 30 watts of electricity per hour when plugged in and in use, and approximately 50 watts per hour when they are charging.

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CauseVox

MAY 12, 2022

Donors are reaching your donation page from a variety of devices, from computers and laptops and tablets and cell phones. Here’s a few things you’ll want to look out for when you’re considering how your donation page can benefit you: Easy donation data management and tracking. Read about them here !

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The average smartphone outperforms the laptop computer of the previous decade. It's true: the employees of tomorrow may not have laptops or PCs. The new realm of net-enabled personal communications devices will cut down on the need for many employees to have an expensive-to-maintain PC or laptop. What do you think?

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Robert Weiner

JULY 17, 2009

You will want to insure your business equipment, even if that's just a laptop. set up systems for tracking income, expenses, and invoices. And remember the most important form of computer insurance--regular backups, preferably stored off-site. Deal with legal and administrative stuff, such as: get a business license.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 25, 2009

They introduced a new keychain format which lets me keep my copy of 1Password in sync on both my laptop and desktop computers. I know that every bug will be tracked down and squashed. Their license card scheme was a little funky and an online version didn’t quite work out. But the software was updated again.

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Judi Sohn

JUNE 25, 2009

They introduced a new keychain format which lets me keep my copy of 1Password in sync on both my laptop and desktop computers. I know that every bug will be tracked down and squashed. Their license card scheme was a little funky and an online version didn’t quite work out. But the software was updated again.

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Gyrus

JUNE 14, 2016

Scheduling that same instructor, the classroom, the projector he/she is using, a laser pointer and a shared laptop… priceless. This practice also aids in the ability to reschedule due to unforeseen circumstances, as well as to track user metrics within the allotted scheduled times. Custom APIs. What is an API?

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