Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2014

Darian talked about lots of things, very broadly: Why mobile presents a huge opportunity for any nonprofit or public library. We now have more mobile phones in use than people. TechSoup Article: Mobile for Nonprofits and Libraries. What the Mobile Impact 101 Webinar Covered. Everyone Is Using Mobile. No surprise here.

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NTEN

MAY 30, 2013

With this being said, here is a list of five apps you may not already have on your phone but are worth considering: Lookout mobile security app - Lookout provides a free option to locate your device once it goes missing or is stolen. These advanced options will require access to the premium edition, which isn’t free.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys. Here are a few new things we could be doing with our phones and tablets in 2016.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Personal computers, cell phones, digital assistants, and the Internet have fundamentally changed how we communicate. But with the Internet now accessible from public libraries, cyber cafés and cell phones, getting online is easier than ever for nearly anyone. Sami Hassanyeh, AARP.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

Session(s) on longitudinal measurement of income via on-line/on-phone giving. For instance, in legal aid orgs, programs are collaborating with courts and libraries to build self help centers using document assembly software. Tags: 10NTC community NPTech NTEN. Storytelling as it pertains to Fundraising. Other recommendations.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

I challenge anyone to try to get through the INS process in one hour, the time limit many public libraries put on Internet use.). Their two choices (if they're lucky) are: in the school or at the public library. AT&T may want to slow the data for Skype to force people to use the AT&T phone system.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Flickr gives nonprofits and libraries an easy way to store and share these powerful images. NTEN's recent blog post on visual storytelling is a great reminder of just how powerful images can be. Hear from other nonprofits and libraries about putting their donation to work. Don't have a Flickr account? It's one.

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NTEN

JULY 21, 2011

This week our members are giving away free HD video cameras, improving free phone service, creating awesome online surveys, and talking tech over breakfast. Through your Google account you can make free phone calls to computers and telephones. Techsoup is offering FREE HD video cameras to nonprofits and libraries.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Dyer, Volunteer Program Coordinator, Multnomah County Library. Inclusive approaches weave together platforms like SMS and voice - available to all mobile phone users - with radio, human networks, and analogue communications tools to reach everyone, including those without any phone at all - the most vulnerable in our society.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Brett Meyer, NTEN. Cell phones and wireless technology mean rural areas don't need expensive landlines. And who needs libraries when we have Wikipedia and Kindles? Tags: digital divide Newsletter NPTech NTEN. The digital divide doesn't exist. We can just bridge the gap, right?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

We take heart that this is consistent with NTEN's State of the Cloud survey findings, where U.S. We do have a working hypothesis that NGOs in lower-per-capita-GDP countries may be leapfrogging IT; in much the same way as people in those countries adopted mobile phones much faster than older landline telephone technology.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

It hooks up to a phone, tablet or computer so the information can be messaged to a hospital. After Jason Shim won the 2014 NTEN Award in March, I thought I’d have a look to see why he got the award. He taught me how to listen for the pulse and passions of charities and libraries over social media. Image five: NTEN.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

To host remote guests, use a SkypeOut connection to call a phone line and Pamela or HotRecorder to record the audio. If your phone system has the ability to play custom hold tracks, consider playing segments of your podcast when constituents call your offices and are put on hold.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

Download a copy of the full report as a PDF file from Imagine Canadas online reference library: Effective knowledge transfer & exchange for nonprofit organizations : a framework (PDF) Fataneh Zarinpoush, Shirley Von Sychowski, Julie Sperling. that you can use to get started, or adapt to suit the needs of your own organization.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

In a world where web sites offer only an anonymous contact@organizationx.org address, or make you go through a maze of automated messages and "press 2 now" in their phone system, the value of human connection can't be underestimated. The Ann Arbor District Library System uses a blog for the front page of their site.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

percent of the 3 million Note 7 phones sold. That's fewer than 1,000 defective phones worldwide and under 100 in the U.S. We did a couple of common-sense articles this past year describing actions charities and libraries can take to be more secure: 4 Steps Nonprofits Can Take to Keep Data Private. Good job, NTEN community!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The big nonprofit tech trends this past year seemed to be in the areas of making websites viewable on mobile phones, using mobile phones more in the workplace, cloud computing, social media fundraising, foundations and Microsoft donations, greater self-sufficiency among NGOs in developing countries, and some cutting edge things like hackathons.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. The IT press has been covering lots new developments lately in paying by mobile phone. Of course mobile phone payments are not new. CNN Money: 5 pay-by-phone apps tested. NPTech Online Fundraising Trends. Digital Wallets.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

People trying to get help or information will come visit your site from work, from home, from the library, even from their phones, day and night. Farra will be leading a panel discussion about Your website as an experience of your brand at NTEN’s NTC on Monday, April 27.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We lead off with Amy Sample Ward who is the executive director of NTEN , the big membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals. Beth Kanter won the NTEN Award in2007: Most Valuable Person in NpTech field. He got the NTEN Award IN 2011. Amy Sample Ward. She is one of our great online community organizers.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

More and more nonprofit, library, and NGO offices worldwide will need to accommodate personally-owned tablets and smartphones on wireless networks in order to work and communicate. I’m not sure how much it will affect nonprofit and library technology, but I just thought I'd put it on the radar. The Decline of PCs.

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