Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I learned that in some parts of India everyone has a cell phone but few have indoor plumbing or access to clean water – change is happening. I entered thinking Benetech was a lone voice for social change using technology. I left proud to be a part of this growing family of voices dedicated to making change.

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Judi Sohn

AUGUST 1, 2011

After reading reviews and getting opinions from friends on social media, as well as time spent just playing with different phones in the AT&T store, I decided on the Samsung Infuse 4G. It’s incredible how light and thin this phone is. No hoops to jump through in order to switch seamlessly to Google Voice and back.

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Judi Sohn

JULY 31, 2011

I use Google Voice, Google+, Google Calendar, etc. Android phones seem to be much cheaper with contract than iPhones. I have no idea how to really compare these phones and make the right decision, aside from reading thousands of reviews. These phones are all currently running Android 2.2 (I Samsung Galaxy? Suggestions?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 11, 2009

3) Jott : Accurate voice-to-text technology that can transcribe a phone call and publish it to an email, blog, or social networking service. Tags: Social Networking Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 Take a gander at the following shortlist of Web 2.0

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

While visual branding makes your forms easier to recognize, you should also include your organization’s voice on your forms. For example, if your donor chooses to hear about volunteer opportunities, you can add a conditional logic field to ask for their phone number or other details.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Your organization might be able to save money on its phone service by switching from a plain old telephone service ( POTS ) to a hosted VoIP service through one of TechSoup's partners. Don't worry if no one at your organization is familiar with VoIP, which stands for the somewhat scary-sounding "voice over Internet protocol."

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Reports of violence and of peace efforts could be placed via the web or mobile phone. What’s important to note here is that unlike wiki or websites, the direct forms of content creation, with Ushahidi citizens only needed to know the number to which they send reports from their phone. That’s why the Atlanta councilman used twitter!

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NTEN

JUNE 3, 2009

We need real competition instead of the cable and phone company duopoly. These phone and cable companies control 97 percent of the residential broadband market. This $7 billion-a-year program promotes universal phone service by subsidizing phone networks. The same is true for the nation's top cable companies.

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Care2

JUNE 30, 2014

Pick up the phone and call your donors to thank them. People love being personally thanked by a real human voice. If you have too many donors to thanks on social media, make a fun meme and tag them on different social media channels. These types of donors are the lifelines of your nonprofit.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Nearly any organization will save money on its phone service by switching from a plain old telephone service (POTS, the stodgiest of acronyms ) to a lower-cost, hosted VoIP service. Don't worry if no one at your organization is familiar with VoIP, which stands for the somewhat scary-sounding "voice over Internet protocol.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

" -- the poll was done with mp3 files and so you can hear their voices. " Does that include cell phones? Tag your post with "net2thinktank." The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week. mean for you?

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Lesson #1: Voice. “Social media is a storytelling tool, it’s let voices effected by climate change be heard around the world&# (@ amysampleward ). Many social media tools are specifically designed for users to tell stories and voice opinions, others are built as aggregators and distributors of users’ stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Here are some helpful hints to make your Facebook group a truly vibrant platform: Maximizing group features for networking and engagement: Tagging individuals in posts. Tagging folks in pictures and asking them to tag themselves also increases engagement, puts a face to a name, and humanizes the process by bridging online and on-land worlds.

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NTEN

AUGUST 30, 2011

Their team of digital volunteers, already trained in public affairs and talking to the media, used specific language to represent themselves as Red Cross voices online. FEMA updated their Facebook account with survival tips, like how to navigate around a flooded city, and information on how to access FEMA on your mobile phone.

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NTEN

JUNE 25, 2010

Even phone calls aren't phone calls anymore; increasingly they are Voice over IP calls that happen over the internet. It's no surprise that giant phone and cable companies like Comcast and AT&T have made moves to control the Internet. But now we need your voice! How did you pay your last parking ticket?

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NTEN

JANUARY 12, 2010

Today that reminder came from my VOIP phone provider. We got an email explaining that we would receive a free trial of their new voice-to-text service, which will provide text transcripts of all our voicemails. . Tags: Infrastructure Leadership NPTech NTEN. But sometimes, it's best to sit a little behind the curve.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2009

The most basic tools of telecommuting have been phone and email, but new information and communication technologies (ICT) are available that make telecommuting much more effective. Telework has been greatly enhanced by solutions such as virtual private networks (VPN), videoconferencing, and Voice over IP (VoIP).

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Microsoft acquired Skype last year so the voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service has a brand new look for Windows 8. You can't tag and sync notes, however. MetroTwit is a stylish Twitter client with a design inspired by Windows 8 user interface. Quick Note is like a legal pad for your desktop. Miss the trusty Start button?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Whether we look at mapping tools, fundraising, or missing person systems, the social media response to the January earthquakes in Haiti all leverage the powerful technology we can hold in our hands: our mobile phones. The disaster in Haiti is a perfect example of these changes: the impact of the Real-Time Web and the power of our phones.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Scratching your head on all the phone system options out there? Our hosts will address the various voice communication options (VoIP, PBX hardware, voicemail, etc.) We've gotten the conversation rolling with topics like how telecommunications is changing nonprofit work , Google Voice , and what VoIP services organizations are using.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

As always, there’s plenty more news like how Facebook’s news feed policy is not good news for charities, how smartphone kill switch legislation will affect your organization, how things like your own perspiration will run your phone someday and some more NPTech quick hits. million phones were stolen in the U.S., Quick Hits.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

The revolution that has allowed ICT services to transition to a point of real uptake and impact -- or as Heeks describes, from a tool of development to a “platform for development” --is the mobile phone. . Mobile phones have made the uptake of ICT services achievable because they have become incredibly available.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2009

It let's me have a brief exchange (instant message) with a co-worker without the time investment of finding their phone number and getting involved in a long conversation. If I need to speak with them using voice, I can do that using Skype too. You can even call landlines and mobile phones around the world for a reasonable fee.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2010

But in recent years, a battle has been raging between consumer groups and telecommunications companies over the fate of the Internet—whether it will remain neutral in the way content is delivered or whether phone and cable companies will be able to offer special deals featuring their own content. Why should nonprofits care about any of this?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2015

On Saturday morning, I got a news alert on my mobile phone that there had been a devastating 7.9 So, I shared it on my wall tagging friends , many of whom re-shared the post, and made a donation. Please donate to help Nepal’s Earthquake Victims now. earthquake in Nepal.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2009

You keep hearing how mobile phones are a great way to reach a large audience of people, but how can your nonprofit or library use this technology, and where do you start? Tags: E-Learning Online Seminar Telecom Services Training Training.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 23, 2006

Scripps Howard News Service : "Text messaging has evolved into a powerful non-voice form of communication for cell phone users, especially younger subscribers who love to trade short notes and updates. Tags: NPtech , NPFundraising , NPCommunicationtools

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2009

Tags: Green Office GreenTech Running Your Organization Social Networking Staff Telecom Services Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 read more. Tools Web 2.0

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

With all the communications sent to the Hill today,adding a voice advocacy program, backed up with mobile, can lead to increased visibility for your organization's grassroots lobbying efforts. This is allowing organizations to connect their constituents directly to the phone lines of Congressional offices, skipping the Capitol Switchboard.

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NTEN

JUNE 28, 2010

A land line phone plays back your own voice at low levels. Cell phones -- and social media sites, and your in-box -- don't offer much in the way of feedback. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like. Can somebody make a PSA-style poster to illustrate this? Yes, they can ! The feedback keeps you from shouting.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Mobile phones. Voice Recorders. Computers and phones require power, and whether batteries or electricity, if you don’t have it, you can’t work. A check of a YES or NO box or an ON/OFF voice capture or a tap of a few keys on a keyboard or a finger on a touchscreen and you’re done! Tablets/Touchscreen devices. Wikis/Blogs.

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Robert Weiner

MARCH 5, 2010

Like other app phones, there's a growing supply of apps for the Pre, both free and paid. I still wish they'd add voice memos. Tags: Mobile Communications. The current version of Palm's WebOS supports Flash and I watched a YouTube video of an Adobe tech demonstrating Flash on a Palm, but it hasn't been released yet.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Podcasting is a storytelling medium; use it as the voice for your organization’s most compelling stories. There are several services that allow you to create a podcast directly by leaving a voice message recording. To host remote guests, use a SkypeOut connection to call a phone line and Pamela or HotRecorder to record the audio.

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Forum One

MAY 11, 2009

Two of these were subsequently published online -- and to my surprise, in more than one venue, such as this one from Voice of America. One blogger's cell phone battery died in the middle of the call, but she was later able to weave the rest of the story together by listening to the sound file.

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Forum One

MAY 11, 2009

Two of these were subsequently published online -- and to my surprise, in more than one venue, such as this one from Voice of America. One blogger's cell phone battery died in the middle of the call, but she was later able to weave the rest of the story together by listening to the sound file.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2009

Moreover, the foundation has its own voice and is, in fact, on twitter ;-). we do have information and other policies that cover things like personal use of the internet, phone etiquette, crimes against humanity, copyright, bad attitude, and ugly pants. My blog is my voice. Tags: policy. It is, in fact, what I do.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

VozMob: Mobile Voices/Voces Moviles. Mobile Voices offers an open-source multi-media platform optimized for low-cost mobile phones that lets users create, share, and reflect on stories about their lives and communities. Tags: amy sample ward mobile devices netsquared Newsletter NPTech NTEN. Third Place: $10,000.

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