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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

Museum 2.0

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. Someday we want to collect audio and video, too, but we’d need a pretty serious operating budget to do that and at least one full-time employee. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here.

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Citrix Online Returns

Tech Soup

Eligible nonprofits and libraries can now access discounted rates for Citrix Online's web conferencing and remote desktop services. Not sure which web conferencing tool makes sense for your nonprofit or library? Web and Audio Conferencing. Citrix Online products are back in stock! high-definition video conferencing.

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Losing Mobile Users? Easy Mobile-Website Builder Can Help You: New TechSoup Program

Tech Soup

With an exponential increase in people accessing the Internet on mobile devices, the nonprofits, charities, and libraries that don't have a website optimized for mobile devices or that haven't created a separate mobile website risk irritating — or losing — their supporters. Do you host exhibits or operate a museum?

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10 Essential Tools for the Nonprofit New Media Manager on the Go

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Foursquare is essential for nonprofits that are location-based (such as museums, food banks, and libraries ). Trottr allows you to record brief audio messages with your cell phone that are then hosted on the Trottr website. Foursquare. The technology does not yet exactly match the needs of the nonprofit sector, but its close.

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Private Foundations Are Now Eligible for Citrix Online Donations

Tech Soup

Here in TechSoup’s San Francisco office, we use audio and video conferencing every day to talk with people working remotely in the Bay Area, New York, or Seattle, as well as with our partner nonprofits around the world. Teen Outreach Pregnancy Services. How to Register Your Foundation.

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11 Tips to Get Your Nonprofit Live on Facebook

NonProfit Hub

The Humane Society, The White House, the MET, and many smaller nonprofits are broadcasting news-as-it-happens, museum tours, and even feeding time for baby raccoons ! Check the video and audio quality. For example, the New York Public Library broadcasted a special story time in front of City Hall. Make sure lighting is good.

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Content Curation Tweet Chat Recap

Tech Soup

The best advice is to take a tip from libraries and museums and curate all that information. For example, sharing multimedia content like audio might not present well across some curation tools; in some cases you may need more than one tool. What Is Content Curation? The Human Element.

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