Candid

AUGUST 10, 2023

The unfulfilled promises of blockchain to advance social good, a proliferation of mobile apps in developing countries that failed to garner adoption , and cheap laptops that were going to change the world are just a few examples. Before we get completely swept up, let’s not forget the previous technology hype cycles that have come and gone.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 15, 2015

Google, along with Facebook, Twitter and the rest of the big boys on the Internet are intimately aware of the fact that more and more web searches and surfing are now being done on mobile devices rather than desktop or laptop computers.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2012

It’s Time to Break the Bandwidth Monopoly | Tech News/Trends content from Meetings Net : Technology has invaded face-to-face events. Today’s attendee brings a smartphone plus an iPad or laptop to every event. If you stand in the back of a breakout session and observe attendee behavior, you’ll see what I mean.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2010

Desktop and laptop computers have become essential tools for nonprofit communicators over the last decade, and now we are entering the era of smartphones – a tool that nonprofit communicators should definitely be writing into next year’s budget for key communications and development staff.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 22, 2013

You may have recognized the trend: computing (crunching numbers and running programs) is moving away from your computer and is now being delivered as a service over the Internet. Plus, this trend is accelerating. That trend will continue. These laptops are priced between $200 and $500. Your computer will be disposable.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Foursquare does have a mobile website ( m.foursquare.com ) for laptop users, but the best way to experience Foursquare is on a smartphone. It is a trend I would definitely be monitoring at www.mobilepaymentsworld.com. Very much in its each days, this is definitely a trend to watch and experiment with.

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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During the intervening two years, we have entered the “post-PC” era in which laptop and desktop computers are being superseded by tablets, phones and other mobile devices.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. How robust is the used computer market and is it trending down or up?

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NetWits

MARCH 27, 2013

Sometimes I get so excited about new technology trends on the web, whether through new ways of interacting with a site or a new visual style, that when a question is asked that seems to belong in another age of design I get totally thrown off guard for a moment. Two-finger scrolling on laptop track-pads has become a standard feature.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2014

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. And perhaps because of that, walking meetings are common in Silicon Valley as this article points out.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

Also, the market is becoming increasingly flooded with low-cost vendors and this trend will likely continue. FrontlineSMS is an award-winning free, open source software that turns a laptop and a mobile phone into a central communications hub. TextMarks Dashboard. FrontlineSMS :: Free for Nonprofits, Software, No Ads, Intermational.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Lastly, you must ensure that viewing your nonprofit’s website is an equally enjoyable experience for smartphone users and laptop/desktop users alike. Make sure you prioritize your mobile fundraising capabilities to meet donors where they are and take advantage of this year round donations trend. Mobile-friendly formatting.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Plus, you can identify trends or patterns that illustrate where you’re most successful and where there’s room for improvement. Plus, tools that integrate with your CRM can pull data right from your donor profiles, analyze trends and patterns, and pinpoint donors who are ready to give more. Make giving easy.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2014

As always, I'll also cover other mobile news and trends. 11,000 were laptops. eCycle Best concluded that American consumers seem to be getting wiser about throwing away phones, tablets, and laptops. Happy Earth Month! To celebrate, I've rounded up some of the latest news in green mobile technology news. Let's dig in!

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

A growing trend among organizations is to get out of the business of owning servers entirely. Another emerging trend is cloud-based computing , which enables organizations to pay only for processor cycles, memory, and storage as it's used. The average smartphone outperforms the laptop computer of the previous decade.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

The morning also includes sharing the principles of successful social media, a talk that I have been giving and refining over the past 5 years and changes with new trends and developments in social media. We devote an entire chapter to it and the workshop exercise is based on this chapter. The Importance of Energizers Throughout.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

The website design was wider and centered to accommodate larger computers and laptops. The new design takes into account the trend of decreased attention spans on the part of online supporters and donors and prioritizes key messages.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2019

Nonprofits have joined the trend. And best of all, you’ll find ways to adapt to the trend with simple steps you can implement now. Get your employees set up with an encrypted laptop and make sure they sign into a secure VPN to help protect extremely sensitive IPs. And it’ll only continue to grow. The short answer—yes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Current trends in social media – Facebook Live, Periscope, Snapchat, Instagram Stories – require that your social media manager be effective behind and in front of the camera. Put your laptop in the closet and don’t take it with you if you are traveling for your vacation. It’s the marketing conundrum of 2016.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2010

As alluded earlier in the TechSoup Blog, IT managers in the corporate sector are taking greater notice to a trend that we've encountered for many years — employees or volunteers bringing in their own computers to the office. At a session called "Bring Your Own Computer to Work — What Now?"

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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. Since donations by mobile are a growing trend, making that process easy and seamless is not only helpful for the donor, but also a way to ensure your organization receives donations from every kind of device.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2013

In a perfect world, your nonprofit would have the resources to equip every worker and volunteer with a secure laptop. The trend has a name: BYOD, or Bring Your Own Device. BYOD was identified as a "major trend" at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference. That’s not a bad thing. Image: lars_o_matic.

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Care2

JUNE 27, 2013

It’s inevitable that one day you will leave your iPhone, iPad, or laptop either at a client’s office, a bar, CVS, the train, etc. Technology Trends' You should also use different passwords on different social networks and email accounts. Change passwords quarterly at the very least. Identity Authentication.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The most common screen width for desktop/laptop computers is 1336px , so you can go pretty wide. The trend these days is to have more content on each page rather than have tons of really short pages that users have to click around to find. Also, for your large banner images, consider filling the full width of the screen.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2016

Most of the processing power needed to run cloud-based applications is online rather than on an individual computer or on-site server; therefore, your data can be viewed as quickly on a hundred-dollar desktop as on a high-end laptop. In fact, cloud migration is currently one of the biggest trends in nonprofit technology.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 24, 2016

Each moment from the time we first picked up a keyboard, to now, is encapsulated in a trend of growth. We move to our smartphones, to our laptops, to the attached screens on our desk, and at any time we could have hundreds of active tabs open and ready for our immediate use. To many, this is construed as a distraction.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2017

With the release of iPhone 6, Apple finally joined the trend of manufacturing smartphones with huge screens. If the senior is using a laptop, the Fn key may also be required in the key-press combination. Boost the Size of Icons and Text.

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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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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

In light of that trend and all the recent travel upheaval due to COVID – 19, with increasing restrictions being placed on companies and their global workforce, we wanted to address creative alternatives to traditional volunteer events. . In the span of one year, from 2016 to 2017, remote work grew 7.9%.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

However, another trend that is emerging is that we'll be discovering the limitations of social media in fundraising. This has been a steady upward trend since 2008. The NPR story on mobile recruiting is a good place to find out about this new trend. This is an international trend. This trend is likely to continue."

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

We're seeing exciting trends in governments making data more available ? This would have come in handy a few years ago when my laptop was stolen from a parked car in Stanley Park. and valuable ? for the public. Whether on crime, education, or the environment, governments are putting more data on the web.

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2012

GenX on the other hand, is bucking the current trends. Holly draws the connection via the Pew Internet & American Life Report that online access is moving away from the laptop experience. We're already framing our issues in ways that appeal to them, and have the systems to support that.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2019

As marketers, we’re always trying to stay on top of the latest trends—and college-age students are a discerning audience. If your site still requires someone to sit in front of a laptop for the best experience, you’ll shed all but the most motivated mobile phone users. Start the connection online. Follow up with mail.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2014

and I was actually in my cubicle, drooling on my laptop. It’s here – the 4th annual edition of Nonprofit Communications Trends Report by Nonprofit Marketing Guide. I had a surge of utter panic when my hibernation holiday break came to a hault. You know, start 2014 off with a bang. Kick down some doors and stuff.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 29, 2015

Right, of course that data is in an Excel file on the Invisible Man’s laptop, wherever he is. Data to understand donor trends. Report and analyze event finances and registration trends. But, anyway, they live at… oh, we didn’t keep track of that information? Yikes, well, do we know when they last volunteered? Manage waitlists.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Mobile is a growing trend that just won't quit. I used to lug around my laptop everywhere, but that led to sore shoulders and a lot of missed opportunity to keep in touch. Author: Sally Heaven. Is your organization ready? And that in 2012, sales of smartphones are poised to outpace sales of PCs.

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Byte Technology

JUNE 20, 2016

Of course website trends and fads move quickly these days, so it’s vital that any and all non-profit organizations be proactive about page design in order to put their best face forward in successfully attaining their goals. . •

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