Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

In August, we hosted a webinar called Technology Planning Tips for Small Libraries. Julie Elmore, library director, Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library (Indiana). Travis Montgomery, technology specialist, Liberty Lake Municipal Library (Washington). Our guests for this webinar were.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2010

Photo by Metro Library and Archive. We know that good practice is to establish measurable objectives for your social media strategy and identify the audience before you executive. You should also be thinking about what to measure and an efficient method for collecting that data before you begin. You are all the experts here!

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Whole Whale

MAY 19, 2023

The DALL·E 2 Prompt Book : This is the OG image prompt library and guide on designing great prompts. ArtHub AI Library : A collection of AI-generated art prompts and a platform for artists to showcase their AI-generated artwork. Prompt Library on Twitter : A Twitter account that shares AI-generated prompts and resources.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2014

This reality changed when both Kevin and Sophia learned about the accessible online library Bookshare , an initiative of Silicon Valley technology nonprofit Benetech. With its rapidly growing collection of over 225,000 (and counting) accessible ebooks, Bookshare is the world’s largest library of its kind. Data is now a core resource.

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Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

Next, consider what audience learnings you can surface using your nonprofit’s marketing analytics, such as email engagement metrics, website traffic measures, and social media performance. Library of existing content. Pay attention to which types of content your supporters engage with the least to find opportunities for improvement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2019

Using a cheap hosting might seem like a great way to save money, but discount web hosting providers cut corners in their security measures to provide a low cost to you. Uploads protection: WordPress files that allow your nonprofit’s team to upload files to the Media Library get an extra level of security to keep hackers out.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2009

Many of you may not know that we also work with libraries and have done so for the past few years, largely via our MaintainIT Project. We call it TechSoup for Libraries. If you're a library and have used any of the resources mentioned above, please take a few minutes to offer your feedback in their survey. read more

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

While video views are nice, we measure our success by engagement—using likes, comments, saves, or shares as our metrics. Having a library of pre-made videos is helpful for the days when planned content falls through. Setting up to record video takes time, whether it’s prepping the space or getting yourself camera-ready.

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 12, 2024

Grant funding is great, but often comes with requirements such as financial tracking of the award, measuring the program, reporting to the funder, and more — so look before you leap ! However, your local library may have a subscription you can access for free, on site, with a library card.

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Candid

MARCH 19, 2024

For further inspiration on how to highlight your nonprofit’s metrics and impact, visit Candid’s Common Results Catalog and our free course, “ Introduction to measuring your impact.” Also check out Candid’s upcoming webinars and video library for more educational videos (both webinar recordings and quick tips).

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2013

The first group was a group of 32 professionals who work or volunteer for nonprofit organizations through the Foundation Center located at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. How do you measure success using social media? How do you measure success using social media? What platform is the right one to use? It depends.

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Candid

AUGUST 30, 2023

As we experience an ongoing shift toward equity-centered grantmaking, some foundations are seeking demographic data on their grantees and nonprofit communities to track, measure, and make informed decisions about the diversity within their grantmaking portfolios. Did we miss a good resource?

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

How are you measuring your success? Create SMART goals for your marketing activities so you know where you are going and what you need to measure. Put all your goals on paper and include every metric you need to measure to meet the goals in your fundraising plan. What’s working? What’s not working? And everything in between.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 5, 2013

After all, Benetech’s Bookshare initiative is the largest online library serving people with print disabilities in the world. And once the United States Senate ratifies the treaty, it will be possible for libraries like Bookshare to get more content for Americans from sources outside of the United States and in more languages.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 12, 2010

Eastern time our donor partner Mission Research (which donates its fundraising and donor-management software GiftWorks to eligible nonprofits and libraries) will be hosting a free webinar led by Nancy Dunleavy, founder and CEO of Dunleavy & Associates.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

In a talk at New York University earlier this month, Berger called this lack of meaningful measurement a full-on "battle for the soul" of the social sector. Worse, Berger says that the sector's inability to effectively measure (and learn from those measurements) means nonprofits really aren't as efficient as they could be.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

To explain our approach, let’s look at Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with print disabilities. The Bookshare breakthrough put our users in charge of the collection with a crowd-sourced library built by—and for—the people it serves. copyright law. Our lower cost model allowed us to invert the power structure.

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sgEngage

JULY 15, 2023

Measurable Growth Donor management helps cultivate prolonged success and growth by steering organizational leaders toward a donor-centric action plan. It’s impossible to improve something that can’t be measured. Donor management software consolidates these factors to help organizations better utilize donor metrics.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 27, 2009

These measures will not only make your systems more efficient; they'll also save money and reduce your impact on the environment. For those who want to try the software, TechSoup already carries Windows 7 upgrades for nonprofits and libraries; even those that have already made a Microsoft request this year can order.

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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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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 23, 2011

Security is a very important factor here, and it will be a mix of existing security measurements (e.g. " Library Value Calculator | Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library – I love this! For every tax dollar you pay, the library returns several to you in reading, research, programs and other services.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Bookshare: Solving the “Accessible Book Famine” Twelve years ago, we had an idea for recreating the traditional library for people with print disabilities—such as those who are blind, cannot physically turn the pages of a book, or have learning disabilities, like dyslexia—using the then-emerging technologies of digital books and crowdsourcing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2013

However, as the founder of the Bookshare online library, we have a great deal at stake in how the Treaty gets implemented. Plus, it will especially help countries with less-developed libraries and services for people with disabilities by making it easier to tap large collections (like Bookshare) in other countries.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Rather than trying to create a smaller or lighter CD player, or one that held multiple discs, or one with longer battery life, or one with slightly better sound quality (see also: a faster horse) Jobs gave us the ability to hold our entire music library literally in the palm of our hands!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Case in point: our accessible online library, Bookshare. As toolmakers, our ultimate impact is measured by what other people build with our tools. Bookshare is the result of joint efforts of our partners in the education, technology, publishing, student, parent, and volunteer communities.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Additionally, Candid publishes regular reports on relevant sector issues , such as the Advancing Human Rights report , Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report , and Philanthropy and Covid-19 report. For instance, if you live in New York City, several libraries offer free access to Candid’s tools.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The 2013 Communities of Impact (CoI) pilot program consists of two groups, both focusing on the ways that nonprofits measure, learn from, and share their data. The idea is to create clear, measurable organizational change to participating nonprofits while sharing the learnings and findings with the whole community.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Response mechanisms, for example, can be very helpful in tracking responses and measuring marketing performance. Nonprofit groups and libraries can utilize trackable phone numbers, personalized URLs, and BRCs (Business Reply Cards) to reach a broader audience than they might in their local area, as well as increase individual donations.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

The Gender Parity Index is a UNESCO measurement of access to education for both males and females. As in so many fields, nonprofits, religious organizations, libraries, and foundations are important change agents toward a world of gender equality. Cecily Walker , systems librarian at the Vancouver BC Public Library. Shortfalls.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

There are tons of ideas that you can shop on Meta (Facebook) Ads Library. Key Takeaway #5: Measure Participation Ogilvy had a client who was launching expensive prestige advertising campaigns that received lots of industry acclaim and creative awards. Growing your community of supporters is the only measure that matters.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

Embracing measured risk, The Fund has been willing to make early bets on Benetech, and has repeatedly chosen to invest in our prototype projects. Worth Trust , an Indian social enterprise providing employment to people with disabilities, partnered with Bookshare to provide book-processing services and expand the library.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Learn how to maximize the reach of your nonprofit or library's posts to Facebook. Here are three tools to measure audience engagement on social media. In addition to its social media resources, TechSoup Canada covers a variety of tech tools pertinent to nonprofits and libraries. TechSoup for Libraries. NetSquared.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2014

In a talk at New York University earlier this month, Berger called this lack of meaningful measurement a full-on "battle for the soul" of the social sector. Worse, Berger says that the sector's inability to effectively measure (and learn from those measurements) means nonprofits really aren't as efficient as they could be.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Flickr Photo by Metro Transportation Library and Archive. Actionable Measurement. The gym metaphor resonated because lately I’ve been obsessed with the idea of “ SpreadSheet Aerobics , an actionable social media measurement strategy that is fit and trim and light on its feet! Avoid this measurement as therapy trap.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 11, 2021

Fundraising campaigns, appeals, and events to accurately measure the cost-effectiveness of fundraising activities and deliver cost-benefit analyses to Development. books for the library or basketballs for the athletics program). We’ve already discussed the need to ensure proper tracking of donor intent and restrictions.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Koios By specializing in libraries, Koios empowers clients to make their resources more discoverable online. Through expert Google Ad Grants management, this agency enables libraries to boost search traffic and expand beyond their existing patron bases. Catalog awareness: This is the bedrock of this agency’s services.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Are you a nonprofit or library with questions about data? In this event we will address what kind of data is relevant for your specific nonprofit or library. Have questions about data or performance measurement you want to see answered during the TweetChat? If you can't measure it, you can't manage it.

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