Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

are often thrust into leadership positions with little training and a. " Our initial move to a management position is often made with little to no training, mentoring, or support. Tag, you’re it. of training and support that new technical managers often suffer from. experienced classically trained managers.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

About Black History Month Black History Month began when Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Some online e-commerce stores like Etsy spotlight Black-owned businesses or have a special tag you can search through to find Black-owned businesses to shop at. Keep reading to learn more about Black History Month and how you can get involved!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

She is also the Founder and CEO of Liz Ngonzi Transforms , a boutique international consulting firm that provides consulting, executive coaching, and training services that enable social sector leaders and entrepreneurs to increase their impact and reach their potential.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2009

Pacific for Roadmap to Microsoft Training Resources for a virtual tour of resources to get the most of our using Microsoft applications. There is an abundance of free training resources out there, but navigating those sites and understanding how to find what you're looking for can be a challenge.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 1, 2010

hours of comprehensive, detailed social media and mobile technology training. Only launched 7 months ago, Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Tags: Webinars Animoto Blogging Facebook FourSquare LinkedIn Mobile Technology Social Media Twitter YouTube. She also created and writes exclusively for this blog.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

A lot of you are familiar with TechSoup's Tech Beginner's Guide (formerly known as the Healthy and Secure Computing Guide). If you're a tech beginner working at a nonprofit, NGO or library, what topics interest you the most? Tags: Training. Just let us know which topics you think we should cover in the next revision.

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2012

Follow him on Twitter and read his first post in the Tag, You're IT! Interestingly enough, the entry has the following tags and sums up our global confusion about what mentoring is. Grant Howe is VP of research & development for Sage North America's Nonprofit Solutions business, based in Austin, Texas.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2023

Keep in mind that migrating to, implementing, and customizing the Salesforce platform may require asking a nonprofit tech specialist for assistance. Unfortunately, many software providers try to hide fees related to implementation and training. Ask about training resources for the solution. Does this implementation cost extra?

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NTEN

MAY 27, 2010

" In too many cases, tech becomes the elephant in the room: we see it, but tend to ignore the greater possibilities. Tech speaks it's own confusing language, when the only unifying language we all need to speak is MISSION. How can a techie coexist in a world where tech doesn't have a seat the table?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2009

Sarah over at the MaintainIT Project blogged about ways that libraries have used online trainings to lower costs, increase efficiency, and reduce travel. Tags: E-Learning GreenTech Online Seminar Staff Training Training Using the Web and Internet Volunteers Web 2.0 Tools Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

JUNE 11, 2009

Roadmap to Microsoft Training Resources was literally a virtual walk through all of the great resources available to nonprofit and libraries for FREE , when they receive their donated Microsoft software with Software Assurance through TechSoup. We wrapped up this fantastic webinar with Microsoft yesterday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

Wake’s Tech2Empower program organizes delegations of volunteer Technology Advisors, women who work for Silicon Valley companies like Google, Salesforce, Mozilla, YouTube, GE Digital and IRC, to provide training for women’s rights and girls empowerment NGOs in developing countries and here in the United States.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

It is a unique grassroots program that trains young, technology-enabled political organizers to work for progressive campaigns and organizations. Roz is organizing a training/skill share event next week and I'm passing this along for any readers in the DC area who would like to help out. training in participants' day-to-day work.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2009

In this post I'll cover ways to participate in online trainings to save money and reduce travel. Online courses and trainings are one of the fastest growing areas of education. Online courses and training are also good for the environment in that you participate in the training at home or work without additional travel needed.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Eastern time for a free webinar on how to train people to ask for gifts. Tags: Donors Event Fundraising Online Fundraising. Join Andrea Kihlstedt and GiftWorks on September 14 at 1:00 p.m. Andrea's book Capital Campaigns: Strategies that Work is a standard resource on capital campaign fundraising.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Tags: Acquiring Technology Community Tech Centers Community Tech Centers Hardware Networks Operating Systems Running Your Organization Server Applications Servers Servers Services Software Tech Planning Training Training Volunteers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

While there are a good number of tech-savvy hipsters out there that understand terms like “ Static Web ”, “ Dynamic Content ”, “ User-Generated ”, “ Cloud Computing ”, and “ Semantic Web ”, the majority of nonprofits don’t talk or understand such tech speak. Tags: Mobile Marketing Social Media. and Web 3.0 That’s my take.

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2010

The Academy is a 9-week online training program designed to help nonprofit leaders understand how to manage technology to both meet their basic operational needs and meet their missions. . > Tags: Budget Change Management Infrastructure Leadership microsoft NPTech NTEN Planning Social Media Web Sites.

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2010

TechAtlas , a tech planning tool from Kendra’s organization WebJunction, has links to resources and suggestions while creating a "container" for your tech plan as it forms. The dangers of not writing a tech plan are familiar to many nonprofits Elliot has worked with.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

If not, it may be time to get some training. I only launched Nonprofit Tech 2.0 Tags: Blogging Facebook Mobile Technology MySpace Online Fundraising ROI (Return on Investment) Social Media Twitter YouTube. If you are using social media correctly, then your numbers should rise from month-to-month. Website Traffic. Blog Traffic.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

As TechSoup's training and outreach manager, Kami manages TechSoup Talks! and various other training initiatives. Check out the Surdna tag at TechSoup for Libraries for more information.). Tags: Community Tech Centers Digital Divide News. It's an exciting time for public computing access in San Francisco.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2009

For more online training opportunities, don't forget about TechSoup's upcoming and recorded webinars. Tags: GreenTips GreenTech. TechSoup's MaintainIT Project also has several upcoming webinars ( archive ).

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 17, 2019

In this decade museums worst trends were in labor and tech: 1. Funder-driven tech initiatives. Maggie Schmidt (@goldfnch) December 6, 2019 The rise in professionalization spurred an increase in museum studies programs, as a way to train future professionals. Brad Dunn basically summarized the overall themes of people comments.

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Tech Soup

MAY 4, 2009

Green Benefit: If you can reduce the need for travel by car and plane for your meetings and staff and volunteer trainings, you will dramatically reduce the CO2 produced by all of that travel. Tags: Green Office GreenTech GreenTips Online Seminar.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Tags: Community Tech Centers Digital Divide Running Your Organization Staff Training. He argues that when hiring public computing trainers, the primary criterion should be community-mindedness, not technical expertise.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Tags: Acquiring Technology Consultants Running Your Organization Tech Planning Tech Support Training. But many nonprofits don't have the time, will, and/or experience for formal IT planning. That's where the Nonprofit IT Pyramid can help. The Nonprofit IT Pyramid.

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Tech Soup

MAY 17, 2010

Kami Griffiths, my co-worker and training facilitator par excellence organized a Meetup last Friday at the San Francisco LightHouse for the Blind , which I was fortunate enough to attend. The presenters, Patty Quinonez and Shen Kuan were both power users of assistive technology themselves and experts at training others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

It notes, "Maybe the answer is an intermediary b/w tech and design volunteers and the non-profits they???re Here's one of her training presentations. No problem, I dug into the NpTech + Digg tag archives and pulled out this terrific Beginner's Guide To Digg. Many individuals tag hundreds of resources each week.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Lumity , a nonprofit organization serving the Chicago region for 25 years, "helps charitable organizations to more effectively fulfill their missions through technology, financial support services, and training." Learn more about them from this short video. Past Technology Leadership Award Recipients.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 30, 2009

Last week I was in Michigan to do a training for Chapter Leaders of EPIP. Tags: movement building. We were are all leaving Detroit at different times and the taxi to the airport wasn't exactly cheap. What do you need in your social media strategy to facilitate your supporters self-organizing around your goal?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2010

Tags: Online Activism Running Your Organization Social Networking Tech Planning Training Volunteers Web 2.0 So, it's with great excitement that we announce the Community Organizers Handbook ! A Resource for Community Organizers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 18, 2007

Marshall Kirkpatrick's Comparing 5 Ways To Tag Videos hit dig popular. Reports, Conferences, and Webinars The Pew Internet and America Life Project recently released report on the "Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users" has created a buzz in the nonprofit tech spaces. without leaving the virtual world!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2010

But instead of plunging into hypergeeky tech topics, most of the directors just wanted to know how other IT folks were getting their organizations' employees to learn basic computer skills. Tags: Acquiring Technology Running Your Organization Staff Tech Planning Training.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2010

It will launch in conjunction with a speaking/social media training tour that will also serve as fundraiser for numerous nonprofits around the country. Tags: Social Media The Book. The book will include hundreds of best practices and feature numerous nonprofits that excel in their use of social media. THANKS very much!

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2010

Tags: Acquiring Technology Online Seminar Running Your Organization Security Software Staff Tech Planning Training Troubleshooting and Maintenance Using the Web and Internet. A Few Tools to Help You Work from Anywhere: read more.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Among other things, the project provides for 64 hours of free Internet training in 17 libraries around the state. Tags: Community Tech Centers Digital Divide.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2009

I'm certainly no expert on the ins and outs of tech at our organization. I'm fortunate that we have an incredible team of IT/tech experts here who not only know and specialize in different parts of our overall systems, but additionally, can communicate in everyday terms about them.

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