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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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

The big recent digital inclusion news is the Federal Communication Commission's ( FCC ) proposal to extend the Lifeline Program , which has supplied discounted phone service to low-income people since 1985. If this proposal is enacted, it will, at a stroke, do more to close the U.S. Every Public Library in the United States.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. The Proposals A. Joint Recommendation Proposal (US-JR). The African Union Proposed Treaty (“AUPT”).

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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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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The most effective nonprofit consulting projects will address immediate problems and provide long-term strategic value that helps you grow. There are a few general steps that you should follow when looking to hire a nonprofit consulting firm for any type of project: Review your needs. Discuss the project with your board.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

I had an exceptionally knowledgeable mentor who ran an office engaged in multiple types of fundraising activities: endowment (major gifts), special project fundraising (grant writing), annual fund (with a corporate slant), membership, database administration, special events, and volunteer management. My mind was a sponge.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

As part of the Transforming Communities project, we had the opportunity to explore apps targeted toward youth as well as apps developed by youth. Transforming Communities is a Microsoft-funded initiative that builds on what TechSoup and Microsoft already learned through the first App It Up project. Apps Made by Youth.

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NTEN

AUGUST 1, 2011

Nonprofits around the globe are using online games not to only educate the public, but to get donations and supporters – and even help find cures for diseases. New York Public Library: Find the Future. DISNEY PROJECT GREEN: Play games, donate points and help a charity win $100,000. Casey Golden, CEO, Small Act.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

With that growth comes competition for funds and projects: as a public benefit corporation in the current economy, proving your impact is crucial for survival. ClickTime’s timesheet software allows employees to track the amount of time they spend on projects, grants, or tasks. Image 1: Foundation Center.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2007

About a month ago, Globels announced the first five citizen media outreach projects to receive Rising s microgrants. originally submitted two separate project proposals both focused on working class neighborhoods in Medell?? So, I'm keeping an eye on the progress reports for inspiration. lvaro Ramirez and Mauricio M??nera

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing company, has undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. The organization's project on The Last Polar Bear reached more than 20 million people. The Last Polar Bear project reached 26.5 The organization's impact is astonishing.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing company, has undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. The organization's project on The Last Polar Bear reached more than 20 million people. The Last Polar Bear project reached 26.5 The organization's impact is astonishing.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Maybe you need to create an appeal for an email campaign, a proposal, or a new set of thank you letters and you’re at your desk just wishing that coherent sentences would magically start appearing? That tool, Fundwriter.ai , has been in the works for a while and just started opening up to the general public. Fundwriter.ai

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 16, 2010

You want to get some projects going, but you're not in any particular position of power. Ruth is a curator of pictorial collections for Puke Ariki, a museum/library/visitor center in the small city of New Plymouth, New Zealand. She came back inspired and eager to get moving on some experimental projects at Puke Ariki.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Do a review of your annual projections and goals, and look at what you need. Ask these questions: Is there a project you want to get funded for immediate use, before the end of the year or early into next year? Funds made necessary by COVID will have a different tone than funds for an exciting new project.

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Neon CRM

JULY 20, 2023

The later public phase will focus on raising money from smaller individual donors. Capital campaigns typically focus on raising large amounts of money for a specific project over a set period of time. A capital campaign is an aggressive funding push to support a large, expensive project. What Is a Capital Campaign?

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations. C3 topics have ranged from exhibition development, community needs, outreach programs, our Loyalty Lab project, and family programs. Can't wait to hear what you think. Make time for them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

Photo from Politalk_Tim Flickr Stream via the Voter s project Cross-posted at Netsquared Election Day, Organizing, Campaigns, Nonprofits and Web 2.0 The NPTech Blog Chatter Confessions of a non-profit IT director blog rasied ruckus with his proposal for creating a closed forum and new NTEN Affinity Group : nptechhelp.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 12, 2006

Ingrid Severson is the lead project organizer of the Rooftop Resources project, a project of the Oakland non-profit Bay Localize. Ingrid: Bay Localize is a non-profit project that started back in December of 2005. Britt: What are some of Bay Localize's projects? Ingrid: Right now we have three projects.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

One of the major benefits of cloud-based programs is that you can work on projects or documents from anywhere at any time. With many programs, multiple staff members can work on a document or a project simultaneously. Huddle also has accompanying mobile apps so your staff and volunteers can work on projects from the field.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

One of the major benefits of cloud-based programs is that you can work on projects or documents from anywhere at any time. With many programs, multiple staff members can work on a document or a project simultaneously. Huddle also has accompanying mobile apps so your staff and volunteers can work on projects from the field.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And I think that that’s been a very important focus because a lot of my clients are just saying, “We don’t need to build a project. But the first one is really thinking about the grants projection. ” So you can assign a percent chance to that specific prospect ranking so you can get some kind of projected total.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2011

Over the next five weeks, we're going to be sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. You can also view sample RFPs and visit our RFP Library for more resources to start any tech project out right. Think of it as Spring Cleaning for your website.

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Tech Soup

MAY 10, 2011

Over the next five weeks, we're going to be sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. You can also view sample RFPs and visit our RFP Library for more resources to start any tech project out right. Think of it as Spring Cleaning for your website.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

Over the next five weeks, we're going to be sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. You can also view sample RFPs and visit our RFP Library for more resources to start any tech project out right. Think of it as Spring Cleaning for your website.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

CitySoft is a web-based CRM and content management system for eligible nonprofits and public libraries. Caspio lets you create database applications for volunteer registration, membership systems, contact management, donor listings, staff directories, petitions, training schedules, and public-facing searchable databases.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 20, 2011

New York Public Library. 27 million of the proposed $37 million was restored in the budget, keeping all of the libraries open an average of five days a week. 27 million of the proposed $37 million was restored in the budget, keeping all of the libraries open an average of five days a week.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is an online library of almost 500 billion screenshots of websites since 1996. Textiful empowers public speakers to collect email addresses at events via text message. Coolers is a color scheme generator that allows users to explore hundreds of color palettes for graphic design projects.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

It sort of depends on your budget and your needs and if you’ve got access maybe through a library or some sort of collaborative organization, a membership to Foundation Directory Online. . Are they coming back in supportive alignment with the program that you proposed? You certainly can. So that is fantastic.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Museum Projects COSI has done a lovely job aggregating all of their social media efforts into one "Share" tab on their website. LACMA has recently opened their grounds to two pretty unusual art groups, Machine Project and The Public School. conference for museum and library professionals in D.C. WebWise is a free(!)

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