Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends. Facebook’s new Internet.org initiative is perhaps the biggest NPTech news item. The Future of NPTech. Accessibility.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Help for Charities to Develop a Mobile Giving Campaign. Fund for UNICEF, and United Way Worldwide to bring more mobile technology resources charities.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

This time I’ll review a yet another massive new digital inclusion initiative, the launch of a new free mobile phone calling and text plan, new technology in encrypted web browsing, a new NPTech news source find, scary stats on the looming Internet of things, and the coming of the bionic eye. The nonprofit World Wide Web Foundation.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Prior to joining NTEN in 2013, I worked in the human rights field with Social Accountability International (SAI). But the first test is to set up a way to measure it. Every nonprofit aims to have impact, but few have the systems in place to calculate little more than outputs.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! Charity Digital News , Wired , and several other UK tech publications recently reported on Nominet Trust 100 , or NT100, which is a new comprehensive global list of promising applications of digital technology for social good.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

NetSquared Local believes that the best way to build a strong, self sufficient community of #nptech practitioners is for us to go outside and get face-to-face. Mark Morton of Manchester’s Charity Analytics #Net2 group took his members on a journey deep into Facebook EdgeRank. New Orleans, LA: MiniBar 2013. NetSquared.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

We're in the season for charities to brush off their video cameras to tell their story and it's looking like the other Facebook (Google+) is starting to become a more useful tool for community organizing. Time for Nonprofit and Charity Videos. Also charities from anywhere in the world can participate.

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Care2

APRIL 15, 2013

Major congratulations to Jamie Biggar of Leadnow ( www.leadnow.ca ) for winning the 2013 Care2 Impact Prize for his outstanding impact on online advocacy and fundraising. Biggar receives a cash award of $1,000, and Care2 will donate an additional $1,000 to his favorite charity.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

I posted some nonprofit technology trends and news late last month, but found some late breaking nptech news items I wanted to add. NPTech Innovation in Eastern Europe. NPTech Online Fundraising Trends. The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Google launched a similar service for their Chrome browser in 2013. NPTech For Good reports that giveapp.org has beta launched Give App. The app uses the Guidestar database to search for charities and Network for Good to process donations. microsoft mobile apps internet of things NPTech news digital inclusion'

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Melbourne, Australia: charity: water … A digital success story. Abbotsford, Canada: Network, Connect and Talk Charity. Guatemala: Drupal Camp de Guatemala - 2013. Minneapolis, MN: October #NPtech Social Club. Tuesday, October 1. Naples, FL: GooglePlus and GoogleGlass 501TechClub SWFL net2. Tuesday, October 8.

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BoardAssist

MARCH 2, 2014

Great fundraising news for the nonprofit community – How Nonprofit Fundraising Performed in 2013 by npENGAGE gave us all the details. . I thought I knew how to use Twitter then I read this #nptech shared with us lots of really clever ideas on how nonprofits can use twitter better.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Here are four more steps your team will want to incorporate into your digital community building: Scalability Creativity Urgency Amplification effect For examples and stories of how all of these steps are integral to digital community building join us at the NTEN 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference in Minneapolis, Saturday, April 13 at 10:30 a.m.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

An example is Charity Wallet , an online tool that simplifies the online giving process for donors who support more than one organization, which was launched during the event! Of course charities using mobile phones is not new by any means, but in 2012 tablet computers in combination with smartphones are clearly reshaping the IT environment.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Net2Local, TechSoup Global’s grassroots #nptech community-building initiative has almost reached the end of 2013. Perhaps my favorite story from 2013 is the emergence of the social media surgery as a core Net2Local event format. August 2013. September 2013. September 2013. October 2013.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

In their newly published slideshow report: Cloud: What Every Charity Leader Should Know 2013 Report , Lasa shares why cloud technologies are the way of the future for charitable organizations. Charities and supporters alike share how they are using the cloud to change and enhance their work. Maybe you've heard of the cloud?

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Care2

APRIL 1, 2013

The winner will receive a cash award of $1,000, plus Care2 will donate an additional $1,000 to their favorite charity. The 2013 Care2 Impact Prize finalists are (drumroll please): James Rucker – co-founder of Color of Change. Shumway Marshall – Online Director at American Foundation for Equal Rights.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

Additionally, the Regional Representative will receive a trip to the 2013 National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Washington, DC. Nearly 30% of respondents indicated they fundraise on behalf of the charity they're most involved with at least once a year. Take part at networkforgood.org/beyourdonor/.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Last year, Dan Palotta and Beth Kanter put dynamite on the way I think about charity and about failure. Dennis McCarthy gave us a sneak peak of the 2013 online benchmark report last year , who will make an appearance this year? If the community alone were not enough, the line-up of thought leaders is a mecca of nonprofit experience.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

There’s lots of interesting NPTech news this month. We’ve had multiple celebrations of the web in recent years: the 20 th anniversary of the first public web page in 2011 , another 20 th anniversary webpage anniversary in 2013 , and this month, the 25 th anniversary of the idea of the web. NPTech Contests and Awards.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

There’s lots of interesting NPTech news this month. As I suspected, privacy and security remain a very hot topic in NPTech and in the general tech zeitgeist. Do you have any NPTech news items you'd like to add? Privacy and Security. The Day We Fight Back. The Guardian has good coverage on the Aaron Swartz story.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

I've picked out a few mobile trends that nonprofits, charities, and libraries should keep an eye on in 2014. For more on CES news, check out my colleague Jim Lynch's NPTech News column for this month. This column, by the way, will be a monthly feature on mobile technology for nonprofits and charities. Privacy as a Trend.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) billion in 2013. billion in 2008 to $29.8

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