Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Perhaps some organizations make it look simple, but behind the scenes there may be some sophisticated Esri tools that map disease outbreaks and aid distribution. Take a look at one of their interactive aid distribution maps to find out what they do with this kind of web mapping technology.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

At TechSoup, we support the efforts of nonprofits and public libraries working to build digitally inclusive and literate communities through donated technology from our corporate partners. " Grist's Susie Cagle mapped. Google's proposed Wi-Fi hotspots using Google Maps (very meta). Microsoft's YouthSpark.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured IT to further their missions. The school combines traditional Hindu education with modern technology under the care of monks of the Ramakrishna Religious Order.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

The Blue Hair Technology Group in Johns Creek, Georgia (northeast of Atlanta), is educating senior citizens to use new technologies like tablet computers and Facebook so they can keep in touch. Blue Hair Technology Group is featured on TechSoup’s new Local Impact Map. How Blue Hair Technology Group Started.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

Healthcare website visitors search for crucial medical advice, doctors’ names and contact information, a map of your facility, or other must-have information. You can improve your website’s user experience by mapping the user journey. Follow these steps to map user journeys: Create audience personas.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

Pottsboro Area Library in Texas. We of course got lots of great stories, and our winner is the Pottsboro Area Library. When librarian Dianne Connery came to the library a few years ago, she found a classic small town library situated in a converted post office building with the requisite institutional green paint job.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. The organizations get to do everything BUT drive: you are the vehicle, the gas, the map, the snacks even! So they provide the examples and maps, but they let the youth pick and pledge whatever it is they want to do to make a difference. Quite the opposite.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Technology planning can be a challenge for many organizations. In addition to those, most people may know us best for our software, hardware, and technology service donation programs. Tags: Acquiring Technology Grants for Technology Legal Considerations Running Your Organization Software Tech Planning TechSoup Help.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2013

Do you ever feel like you’re approaching your digital marketing without a map? In your neighborhood, this might be the coffee shop where you work sometimes, the park where your kids play, the library, or the grocery store. Marketing Technology Assessment Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 Settle in and stay awhile.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. The school combines traditional Hindu education with modern technology under the care of monks of the Ramakrishna Religious Order.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! If you’re a nonprofit news junkie, have a look at all our Nonprofit Technology News pieces from this past year. TechSoup Technologies for Good. It also lists and maps hackathons worldwide. Hacker Helper.

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sgEngage

APRIL 18, 2022

In this guide, we’ll cover the top four best practices to enhance your healthcare organization’s website: Map and optimize the user journey. Map and optimize the user journey. They may be searching for crucial medical advice, doctors’ names and contact information, a map of your facility, or other must-have information.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

In my contribution to Ron’s book, I discuss the framework that guides us at Benetech, the technology nonprofit I lead. When I first started pursuing the idea of using technology to solve challenging social problems, it was a pretty radical idea. copyright law. Our lower cost model allowed us to invert the power structure.

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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

The app includes journals and trackers to allow parents to record important information about their journey, a glossary of commonly used terms, a community and resource library, a directory of NICU family support partners, a postpartum checkup, and more. To date, more than 400,000 pages of records have been transcribed.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

—– The Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference takes place Febrary 28-March 2 in Austin, TX, and I’m SO honored to be a keynote speaker! The keynote will focus on “Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation”. Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

This technology and analysis is used by truth commissions, international criminal tribunals, and non-governmental human rights organizations around the world. Design and implement data visualizations, including everything from simple static charts and maps to custom interactive visualizations on the web.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 15, 2012

Poet will give readers with vision impairments access to fully described images which is especially important for textbooks that contain lots of charts, graphs, and maps. Benetech's digital Bookshare library is currently using Poet to add image descriptions for its accessible ebooks used by people with print disabilities.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

You might be surprised at just how far this technology has come! In other words, AI is a fantastic piece of technology that you can only leverage if you’re collecting the correct data and using AI in the right ways. Some high-tech resources are available to help you grow and empower your membership.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2017

As far as “under the hood” changes go, look for better mapping for theme widgets and navigation menus when you choose to switch themes; a ditching of the SWFUpload library; and recurring and automatic searches for files in plugin and theme editors.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Cynthia Adams, CEO of TechSoup donor partner GrantStation , recently did an important online training webinar on how rural charities and libraries can get grants. If your charity or library happens to be located in rural America, it's not your imagination that it is harder to get grant funding in rural locations.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

As I''ve said before, technology is finally approaching common sense. Or said another way, technology is finally able to support the complex, dynamic, and evolving needs that are our communities. Thanks to some serious development effort, we will be able to launch Community Operating System Portals with a click.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2013

More on Technology and Disaster Relief. Additionally, make sure to get a copy of The Resilient Organization , TechSoup's disaster planning guide for nonprofits and public libraries. And for more on how innovative technology is changing disaster response efforts, read Technology's Impact on Disaster Relief.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

TechSoup recently updated its disaster planning and recovery guide, The Resilient Organization , to include the new ways nonprofits, charities, and public libraries are using technology. The Esri ArcGIS app (Windows 8) is useful for organizations that wish to build their own relief-related maps. Government Agency Apps.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

Use our newly launched Local Impact Map to learn how organizations are using technology products and knowledge to further their missions. From TechSoup for Libraries. Sarah reports on the Public Access Technology Benchmarks project. A New Year's call to volunteer action from Catchafire. From TechSoup Global.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? At tightly facilitated events called Generators, leaders with a range of expertise from the nonprofit and library communities discuss their daily work. public libraries to the app.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2012

David also walked us through Foundation Directory Online , a resource that we heard a bit about during our previous webinar Mapping Philanthropy: How You Can Use Data Visualization to Do Good. These are libraries and resource centers across the country that provide free access to the Foundation Directory Online.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2015

In a moderated discussion, the guests list problems that arise in the day-to-day operations of their organizations and brainstorm ways technology might solve them. What if technology could help connect kids to the meals? It uses GPS and mapping technology to show the distance between the user and nearby meal providers.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 11, 2013

The challenges included connecting African farmers to markets, creating an online networking space for women veterans, mapping Africa's natural resources, and a few others. I sat in on the mapping group because the Peace Corps presenter said that he thought nonprofits could also take advantage of whatever solution they came up with.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2012

Stay in constant communication with your team by adding smartphones to your nonprofit’s or library’s toolkit. Bing Maps: a mobile app for finding locations, mapping directions, and predicting traffic conditions; it can also integrate with other online services to overlay data on top of maps.

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Forj

JUNE 7, 2021

The learner can then use these recommendations to map out their own professional development journey, exploring subjects that actually interest them while avoiding those less valuable to their experience. Rather than learners accessing content as it becomes available, learners always have access to a vast library of on-demand courses.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2008

maps and Yahoo! If the fantasy sports staff never interact with the maps staff, how will they align what common user actions (e.g. The solution is a design pattern library, a place where Yahoo! You can access a limited design pattern library here. s process for creating their internal pattern library in this paper.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The weekend event was organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , Code for America , Random Hacks of Kindness , and many other organizations and companies. Leonard Library. Another project was creating an easily accessible map of Hawaii's farmer's markets. Census Bureau and the Peace Corps.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Our goal is to leverage our extensive and complementary networks of individuals and organizations to provide knowledge, training, and tools to nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs around the world. Mapping Philanthropy : How You Can Use Data Visualization to Do Good (free pre-recorded webinar). About Our Alliance. Got Grants?

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NTEN

MAY 30, 2013

You can map the vicinity in which your phone is located once you lose it or activate a siren that sounds for up to a minute to help you locate it. Sophia Guevara is the Chair of the Consortium of Foundation Libraries, and is a new member of the NTEN:Change editorial committee for 2013. What would you recommend to your colleagues?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Pacific time, to learn about how the Cicero Legislative Information API can be integrated into websites, databases, and mobile applications to match addresses to district IDs, district maps, and contact information of elected officials. This webinar is appropriate for nonprofits and libraries interested in geocoding and legislative matching.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Attention 501(c)(3) nonprofits and libraries in U.S. You can now request technology product donations through TechSoup.org. ESRI (not available in Puerto Rico) – mapping software. Tags: Acquiring Technology Grants for Technology Running Your Organization Tech Planning. Minor Outlying Islands, and U.S.

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