Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 18, 2013

Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Attendees learn how to insert images and videos into blog Posts, monitor stats and comments, and strategically create Pages. Blogging best practices in terms of post frequency, tone, and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) are also covered in detail. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. How to Register: Sign up !

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Image courtesy of No Kid Hungry. An updated, educational blog is a perfect way to get more search engine traffic to your website – Google loves fresh, unique content! Image from TrickleUp’s Facebook. No Kid Hungry takes photos of their volunteers in action and posts them on Facebook. 4) Use quotes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2013. Attendees learn how to insert images and videos into blog Posts, monitor stats and comments, and strategically create Pages. Blogging best practices in terms of post frequency, tone, and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) are also covered in detail. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. How to Register: Sign up !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2013

Date: Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Attendees learn how to insert images and videos into blog Posts, monitor stats and comments, and strategically create Pages. Blogging best practices in terms of post frequency, tone, and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) are also covered in detail. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. How to Register: Sign up !

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TechImpact

MARCH 19, 2014

Image courtesy of James Madison University. Active gathering is when you search for content to solve a particular problem. Keeping this in mind that 51% of all emails were opened on mobile devices in 2013 while designing your newsletter template will increase interaction rates, open rates and click through rates. Add in content.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 1, 2013

Date: Wednesday, September 4, 2013. Throughout the Google+ training, a heavy focus is placed on how Google+ is integrated with other Google Products , such as YouTube, Search, Gmail, Images, Places, and Google Mobile. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: $50 or Spring Webinar Special. How to Register: Sign up !

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NTEN

JANUARY 31, 2013

A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies. Tis the season: the season for Google Flu Trends to demonstrate the power of aggregated search data. It's just a series of still images, but it's almost heartbreaking. So, if you were procrastinating on getting that flu shot, well.

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NTEN

MAY 30, 2013

HP ePrint service app - This is an excellent app for those who need to print documents or images directly off of their phone. You can upload your document and image and select the location nearest you that you would like to print them out at. This article is part of the June, 2013 issue of NTEN:Change, which is all about mobile.

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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

OCTOBER 12, 2015

She argues, "Creating an email address, learning how to search for something online, learning how to talk on Skype, building a résumé on Microsoft Word — these are things that we think are very simple, and we take for granted, but you learn them automatically when you have access to the Internet. spanhidden

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Four quick bits of news: a new life for New York City pay phones, a more "conversational" way to search for information, the recently-launched Give app, and smart garbage. Bing’s New "Conversational" Search. Google launched a similar service for their Chrome browser in 2013. You read that right: Smart.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. Woe to the nonprofit that incorrectly assumes that a new media manager is a tech position. To effectively work with image and video content, your new media manager must be adept at using photo and video editing software.

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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). Search Engine Optimization. Apple Pay).

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

This is more futuristic tech for good. Bing’s New "Conversational" Search. In personal tech, lots of publications like Search Engine Land are reporting that Microsoft has launched a new feature in Bing that lets people ask follow-up questions to their initial search query. The Give App.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This time I’ll review some new developments in privacy and security, social media, cloud computing, digital inclusion, gaming for good, and the new tech blog, Re/code. As I suspected, privacy and security remain a very hot topic in NPTech and in the general tech zeitgeist. A New Tech Blog: Re/code. Image 1: Microsoft.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Conservation mapping and 3D imaging. Search and rescue. They are perfect for wildlife conservation, search and rescue, and understanding what is needed in disaster relief. " Image 1 : Lee / CC BY-NC-ND. Image 2 : Simon Fraser University - University Communications / CC BY. Image 3 : U.S. In the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Range allows librarians, nonprofit staff, and other "first referrers" to: Find meal sites by viewing a map of nearby free summer meal sites based on current location or searching by address. Note: Right now Range only includes 2013 data for California because the full list of 2014 summer meal sites is not yet available.

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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. Even if an employee or former employee isn't intentionally stealing information, malware searching for credentials on an unmanaged device or account could still cause problems. Image 2 : Symantec.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Search Tips. Refine and target your search, work from general to specific. Approach potential partners and local leaders to let them know about your search. Speak at local clubs and organizations about your library projects and your search for funding. Searching for prospects? Image: Shutterstock.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

We can easily calendar with them, do email, do Internet searches, make calls, instant message, text, and conference on them. There’s a ton of information on all this, but I still like Time Magazine’s now ancient 2012 article, Your Life Is Fully Mobile , which is part of their larger Mobile Tech Special Edition.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

What’s the use of being in San Francisco if you can’t check out some cutting edge tech conferences now and then? launched in August 2013 when they became available to app developers for $1,500 – by invitation only. You can do Google searches by voice. Images: Jim Lynch and Kevin Lo of TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Back in 2013, GuideStar, BBB Wise Giving Alliance, and Charity Navigator formed an alliance to combat the overhead myth. GrantStation also allows members to search for grantmakers by support type, including General Support, which is non-directed dollars. Image 1 : Andrey_Popov / Shutterstock. Image 2: GrantStation.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Volunteer techies had set up an online people finder database, and relief agencies desperately needed computers so refugees in shelters could search for their loved ones. ” Image: bloggernews.net. The electricity was out for week. CACRC suddenly became the most famous refurbisher in the country. The Inundation.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2013

After Tuesday, January 29, 2013, Microsoft will also be electronic delivery only. Use the filters on the left to narrow your product search by category. Image: Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center. They include software from Adobe, Intuit, Symantec, and several other donor partners.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Veronika got her start at BITS by volunteering as a peer mentor in 2013. At this point, Veronika began searching online for a way to solve BITS' accounting dilemma and eventually located the Intuit QuickBooks offering through TechSoup. Images: Business in the Streets. " A Do-It-Yourself Solution. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Veronika got her start at BITS by volunteering as a peer mentor in 2013. At this point, Veronika began searching online for a way to solve BITS' accounting dilemma and eventually located the Intuit QuickBooks offering through TechSoup. Images: Business in the Streets. " A Do-It-Yourself Solution. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

Three years ago we began our search for a comprehensive electronic health records system (EHR) and chose the Credible Behavioral Heath system. We went live in October 2013. Images: Logo / Murtis Taylor Human Services System. It is a completely cloud based EHR. It was a mountain of change for our agency, but worth it.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

As always, 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. The Internet of Things is one of those items on my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends.

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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. Technology moves from relying on search, files, and pages to reading, understanding, and enabling streams (cloud, social, local, mobile).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

My greatest hope for 2013 is that nonprofits evolve beyond the “free” mentality to a strategy that gives the time and financial investment necessary to make the Social Web work for your nonprofit. And the Google Search App and Bing Search App are very useful and now empowered with voice search.

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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. Imagine that.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

My greatest hope for 2013 is that nonprofits evolve beyond the “free” mentality to a strategy that gives the time and financial investment necessary to make the Social Web work for your nonprofit. And the Google Search App and Bing Search App are very useful and now empowered with voice search.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

That said, the following excerpt from Chapter 9 of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits will help your nonprofit get started with launching a mobile website or at the very least get the idea percolating and higher on your priority list for 2013. Limit the Use of Images.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

In either case, both Wello and the The Hippo Water Roller Project are searching for creative ways to make these devices affordable to the people who need them now that the technology is ready. that is experimenting with high tech balloons to supply Internet in remote places. Image one: courtesy of Wello. Digital Inclusion.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2015

Several integrations now exist between Box and the latest versions of Microsoft's productivity suite: Office 2013 Desktop Integrations. From the Office 2013 desktop apps, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, users can create, open, edit, and share Box files without ever leaving their Microsoft environment. Image : Box.org.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 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. Mary Meeker and Liang Wu ’s 2013 Internet Trends from Kleiner Perkins. The Internet in 2013. Now, here's the latest.

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