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! Examples of NT100 projects include: Witness , the Peter Gabriel-founded watchdog charity which uses online videos call attention to human rights abuses. Images: TechSoup Global and Nominet Trust.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

In 2013, in only its second year, 10,000 groups in 40 countries participated. " These are photos of yourself doing good or pledging to give back and tweeted with hashtags #unselfie and #GivingTuesday. The Red Cross also recruited celebrities like Josh Duhamel to post photos thanking donors. Image 2: Giving Tuesday.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

Adobe : Adobe products aren’t just for creative professionals — with a little know-how you too can make powerful digital images and videos. Use Adobe's Photoshop CS6 or Photoshop Elements to refine photos or create motion graphics. Flickr Pro gives you unlimited photo and video uploads and storage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Image from Flickr by Xurble. Here are a few images from the charity: water website that show how they employ social proof. Social proof is particularly powerful when famous people are setting the example. You can then make each testimonial a piece of content for your social channels by quoting the best parts in an image.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Click to See Larger Image. For inspiring examples we need only look at Doug Ulman, Melinda Gates, and Beth herself, each of who provides the shoulders on which others stand to reach greater levels of social impact. Order your Social Branding Blueprint now and receive an extra online access pass FREE to give to a non-profit colleague.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

Martha Graham Do you ever have weeks where a word, image, or idea keeps popping up? For the past week, examples of daily practices around creativity and giving have been showing up, so I thought I'd share them with you. Most people post a photo of what they made on their blog, or Flickr. Howabout you?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The example he used was the hero myth: an underdog starts from nothing, becomes educated or stronger by way of a mentor, and then saves the world. Zeega is a content curation tool that lets you collect video clips, sound bites, and images from sites with public media (like Flickr, YouTube, Dropbox, and so on). Image: Ginny Mies.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Conservation mapping and 3D imaging. Even low-cost hobbyist drones like the Parrot AR drone quadricopter can produce and send high-definition videos and photos to a smartphone or tablet. " Image 1 : Lee / CC BY-NC-ND. Image 2 : Simon Fraser University - University Communications / CC BY. Image 3 : U.S.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

TechSoup's Global Content and Community Coordinator and resident digital storytelling expert Ale Bezdikian says: If you're just embarking on your journey into social media visual storytelling using photos and videos, it's easy to become overwhelmed by the depth of information out there. Image: Shutterstock.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2013

hjc, Blackbaud, Edge Research, and Sea Change Strategies recently studied the giving habits and communication preferences of four generations of Canadian donors and published findings in a report called The Next Generation of Canadian Giving 2013. LinkedIn use rose 24% from our 2010 study to 48% in 2013.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

Wearables have been around a long time; an example would be hearing aids or the Sony Walkman. Another example is the Philips Lifeline gadget from late night TV commercial fame in which an elderly person wears a monitor that calls 911 if they fall down. Images: Jim Lynch and Kevin Lo of TechSoup. Where Wearables Came From.

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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. Social Media.

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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. In 2014, sliders will start to be replaced by one prominent photo or graphic with a small amount of text. Bye Bye Sliders?

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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. And I want more.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Optics matter, and you can bet there will be reporters aplenty doing live shots and photographers snapping photos galore on big days like oral argument and when a decision comes down. So here’s Part Two of our checklist: Plan for your presence at the court. Think through tech needs. Get to the court — or a central community location.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

In November 2013, 51% of all emails were opened on mobile devices , according to Litmus. A second right column can be added for an image and call-to-action. Keep the height of your header image under 100 pixels. Compelling, Mobile-Friendly Images. Images can be an important piece of your email. Simple Layout.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Share info from MCON 2013. Post event images and sponsor images/story links. Post-MCON engagement: Promote event videos/photos. see examples below). Quantcast.com, April 2013). Promote upcoming research release. MCON event engagement: Host a Tumblr Room for speaker participation (GIFs, Social Q&A).

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Examples of Windows 8 touch screen ultrabooks include the Dell XPS Duo Touchscreen Ultrabook. In early 2013 Microsoft is planning to launch a Surface with Windows 8 Pro which is expected to be more full-featured, a bit larger, and more expensive. All images: Microsoft Store. It makes the Surface more of a cloud-reliant device.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Photo by BirgerKing. 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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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

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. As John Haydon points out, you want a tool that can edit your visual content as follows: visual storytelling also means that you need the ability to quickly edit the photos you are sharing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Photo by BirgerKing. For example, Facebook users share 684,478 pieces of content in a minute. Image Source: PR Daily. Keep an eye out for photos, especially useful for Twitter. Most educators and psychologists agree that the ability to focus attention on a task is crucial for the achievement of one’s goals.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Here’s what the buzz seems to be for 2013 from a nonprofit technology viewpoint. TechSoup's online community manager, Michael DeLong, also predicts that nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs will increasingly integrate an overall mobile strategy into their work in 2013. Mobile chip sales will overtake PC revenues in 2013.

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