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! All that and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month. It covers 10 topics including humanitarian uses of drones: • Mobile and cell phones • New uses for TV and radio. TechSoup Technologies for Good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Use images in every communication #21CapitalCamp. GuideStar USA (@GuideStarUSA) October 8, 2013. Mobile phone cameras that have touch screen allow you focus with your fingers. This is a good trick if your subject is back lit and darker, the iPhone, for example will auto focus and adjust the contrast.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

For example, if you haven’t looked since December 31, you are SO 2012. For those who want to use audio with other mobile devices or DAISY players, we have added DAISY audio and MP3 format download capability for all of our titles, in addition to our existing DAISY text and Braille Ready Format (BRF) options. What if you’re a U.S.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 17, 2013

Once organizations secure a spot on GlobalGiving, they can benefit from GlobalGiving’s corporate partnerships (with Nike, Dell, Gap and Ford, for example) as well as GlobalGiving’s marketing campaigns and media outreach. The next Open Challenge will begin on September 1, 2013. Image: Global Giving. Get Started!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2017

Let’s consider how much has changed in tech over the last 4 years: Since 2013, we’ve seen the adoption of the smart phone, the start of smart watches, selfies, and touch ID. And perhaps most notably, 2013 was also the beginning of responsive design (Mashable). Apple watches have added GPS and health tracking capabilities.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

Here are a few examples of what purpose-driven companies do that set them apart. For example, when it was time to make decisions about how to remove tobacco from stores, CVS assembled a team from finance, merchandising, marketing, corporate social responsibility, retail store operations, and inventory. What’s next?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2013

” Or a variation – What’s the cutting edge on social media , mobile , or data ? If you’re still unconvinced that Vine & Instagram are right for your brand, then the following seven examples should be of interest. What’s not? What’s the new cool thing?” Share in the comments below.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Since not a whole lot is out there yet on the role of mobile devices in telework, I thought it’d be interesting to have a look a look at that. Call us what you will, the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that by 2015, a bit over 37 percent of the total global workforce will be made up of mobile workers. The downside?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

According to the August 2014 Symantec Intelligence Report , there were 259 data breaches between September 2013 and August 2014. Nonprofits should avoid having sensitive data stored on mobile devices and drives if possible. Image 1 : Brian Klug / CC BY-NC. Image 2 : Symantec. So What Really Causes Data Breaches?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

is a solid blog site by Lauren Hunter that covers an array of faith-based technology topics including social media, online giving, improving church websites, church AV , and mobile technology (including automated SMS messaging). It’s a classic example of hiding a light under a bushel. Image: Aftab. ChurchTechToday.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 19, 2024

The page, in most cases, involves mobile giving, peer-to-peer fundraising, and automated follow-ups. Favorite Features : Classy is built with beautiful donation pages that are also mobile-friendly and customizable. NationBuilder helps you create and manage your email campaigns directly from their website or mobile app.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

When people can’t come to one of their offices, Murtis Taylor's 130 mobile case managers bring services to the people. Murtis Taylor now serves around 11,000 people annually across its 12 locations and via its dozens of mobile case managers. Moving to the Cloud to Enable Mobile Case Workers.

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2014

As more and more Americans are abandoning landline telephones in favor of mobile devices, traditional landlines or "plain old telephone systems" (POTS) are becoming a thing of the past. Providers of traditional phone services like AT&T face strong competition from mobile technology. Image: Shutterstock.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2014

Since the fall of 2013 when Microsoft made its product donations available to 501(c)(3) faith-based organizations including churches, synagogues, and mosques lots of faith-based organizations have been discovering TechSoup. Find some examples of CauseVox fundraising campaigns here and more detailed information about the offer here.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2014

It was the end of February in 2013 when Yahoo’s celebrated young CEO, Marissa Mayer, decided to end telecommuting at Yahoo to boost collaboration and communication within the company. Participants using iPads can download the free ReadyTalk Mobile for iPad app to join conferences and access other features. The Media Frenzy.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

For example, if you know I’m interested in lung cancer issues, send me a lung cancer project or research to fund. Test the link language, placement, image vs. text, or link frequency. Note: The 10 percent/10 percent/80 percent example works best for 10,000+ email lists. 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

During the intervening two years, we have entered the “post-PC” era in which laptop and desktop computers are being superseded by tablets, phones and other mobile devices. As adoption of mobile devices increases for both work and pleasure, IT will no longer be dominated by PCs. Jobs was as usual quite prescient.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Examples include the Lions Club International , Rotary International , The Association of Junior Leagues International , and Kiwanis International. is a mobile and web-based payment processing service that lets you accept donations from just about anywhere. Image: Shutterstock. Clubs and Organizations. PayAnywhere.

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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. Well, the time is upon us. smartphones.

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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. Digital Wallets.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

Since we're three months into the new year, you're welcome to revisit my new-and-improved list of 2013 forecasts for hot nonprofit technology trends as well. Coming immediately after the doGooder Video Awards is TechSoup's 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge (TSDIGS) coming April 1. Mobile-friendly is necessary.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 12, 2013

Mobile World Congress , an annual tech conference in Barcelona, Spain, sets the tone for global technology trends in the coming year. For example, you can work on a document in the new Microsoft Office on your Windows 8 laptop, take a break, and then pick up where you left off on your Windows Phone. Mobile Green Tech.

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JANUARY 4, 2014

For example, to get users to focus on reading or skimming the content on a desktop website page, navigation menus will temporarily disappear. The Daily Beast is a good example of this. If that first image did not draw users in, visitors will immediately click off the site as users have very low attention spans on the web.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Design your fundraising appeal for mobile. In November 2013, 51% of all emails were opened on mobile devices , according to Litmus. When thinking about your email visual design, mobile rendering needs to be the priority. How can you design mobile-friendly emails ? Mobile-Friendly Email Design. Simple Layout.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

As we prepare for our leap into 2014, let’s learn from 2013′s ups and downs – triumphs and flops – and make this next year one for the record books. Here’s Your 2013 Nonprofit Roundup: THIS – thanks to Marc Koenig of Nonprofit Hub: Nonprofits, 2014 is the Year of the Blog.

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

There are tons of #GivingTuesday guides, playbooks, toolkits, examples and stories so we decided to try to summarize some of the best Giving Tuesday ideas we’ve seen as well as adding our own. Go through the process on mobile and donate $5 to make sure the donation flow performs correctly. Prepare for landing (page).

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Examples of Windows 8 touch screen ultrabooks include the Dell XPS Duo Touchscreen Ultrabook. It is Microsoft's new mobile operating system, and somewhat different from PC-based Windows 8, but is in the same family of operating systems. All images: Microsoft Store. It makes the Surface more of a cloud-reliant device.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2014

Example: If your organization’s mission revolves around serving food to the needy, a sentence like, “ Without your help, 800 citizens in this area will go hungry in 2010 ” sounds dire and threatening. .” For example, write, “By making a tax-deductible donation, you can help.” Hint: Think Mobile.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

How long can you pay attention when working online before your mind wanders? According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. For example, Facebook users share 684,478 pieces of content in a minute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

How long can you pay attention when working online before your mind wanders? According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. For example, Facebook users share 684,478 pieces of content in a minute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Take the example from National Wildlife Federation to engage its audiences around the 2013 Green Inaugural Ball event on Facebook and Twitter. Combining Images –Before/after pics, infographs. Resizing Images –Hi-res images taken with a Cannon Powershot might be way too big for a Facebook Page update.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Here’s what the buzz seems to be for 2013 from a nonprofit technology viewpoint. His big prediction was that 2012 would be a breakout year for mobile computing in nonprofit tech. We also noticed a significant increase in the way that mobile technology is being used in disaster relief. Mobile Computing.

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