TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

An updated, educational blog is a perfect way to get more search engine traffic to your website – Google loves fresh, unique content! In December 2013 there was much fanfare when Facebook unveiled a “Donate” button for nonprofits , but not much came of it and it dwindled in popularity. Check out this example from Denver Rescue Mission.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Date: Thursday, January 17, 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: Free (One Time Only – Usually $50). How to Register: Sign up !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 15, 2013

Date: Tuesday, May 28, 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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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

" New at TechSoup: Your 501(c)(3) nonprofit, library, or foundation can now collect donations by text message — and develop your own mobile site — with discounted and donated services from Connect2Give. Mobile giving is a low-cost way to raise funds on an ongoing- or campaign-based basis. Benefits of a Mobile Site.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. Expert new media managers have the ability to anticipate the impact of emerging trends in mobile and social media. Experience.

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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. And reaching folks on mobile? So, if you were procrastinating on getting that flu shot, well. maybe procrastination isn't such a bad thing.

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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 28, 2013

Most recently, PCL has been a trailblazer in providing mobile technology to their patrons, redefining what library services means. PCL recognized an opportunity to reduce those barriers to access by creating a way to “loan out the Internet” via Mobile Beacon’s 4G device donation program on TechSoup.org.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2013

Nonprofit website design and online fundraising have dramatically changed in recent years due to the rapid rise of social media and mobile communications. Much of a nonprofit’s website traffic came from search engines thus a large quantity of content was placed on the home page. View: worldwildlifefund.org Archive 3/15/08.

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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! 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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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

We may be a nonprofit, but we’re also a tech company: in ten years, we shouldn’t be doing what we’re doing today! Interestingly enough, our 2013 budget projection for the Martus project is larger than the combined group was in 2012. We have also begun searching for a new senior executive to lead our Human Rights Program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Google has been slowly merging Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, Blogger, Wallet, Photos, Location, Mobile, Videos, etc. Many nonprofits still allocate mobile communications to a distant, far off, in-the-future priority list and that’s a big mistake. Related Links: Social Media and Mobile Technology Webinars for Nonprofits.

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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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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

APRIL 25, 2014

And there's a new free mobile app called Range that helps libraries, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and others working with youth locate those free meal sites this summer. The Range mobile app helps address that awareness problem. Remember, it only includes sample data from 2013 right now, but 2014 data is coming soon!

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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. Privacy and Security.

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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

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. So What Really Causes Data Breaches? These breaches exposed the identities of 598 million individuals.

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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? Research Grant Guides. 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. The nonprofit World Wide Web Foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. The Mobile Web. .” The Mobile Web. At the time the book was written, mobile wallets hadn’t been launched yet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

With 90% of your nonprofit’s supporters and donors now accessing the Internet on multiple devices every day , nonprofits really need to prioritize mobilizing their Web content. Today, for the exact same reason, we’re starting from the beginning in mobile website design. Make sure that it links to your mobile website home page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Nonprofit Tech for Good began as a “Nonprofit Organizations” Myspace Page in 2005. Nonprofit Tech for Good is a one-person operation and one person can only do so much. Nonprofit Tech for Good’s LinkedIn Company Page requires a minimal time investment and grows in value each year, so it made the cut for 2016.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

After spending all that energy and time researching, writing, and editing 75,000+ words about social and mobile media best practices for nonprofits – living and breathing it for three months straight – it was frustrating, heart-breaking, mind-boggling even to have to let it go and accept that the book was going to be imperfect. .”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. The Mobile Web. .” The Mobile Web. At the time the book was written, mobile wallets hadn’t been launched yet.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

All that and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month. 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. Resistance is futile… Ginny Mies' Mobile App of the Month.

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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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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.

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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. The Wello WaterWheel is not the first device of its kind.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

From searching for a job, to applying for government benefits, to getting an education – the Internet has become critical to getting things done. ”Digital Divide: If You’re Reading This, You’re One of the Lucky Ones [INFOGRAPHIC],” Retrieved September 3, 2013 from ” [link]. [2]

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

I’ll review Mary Meeker and Liang Wu’s annual report on the Internet, a new NTEN report on nonprofit technology assistance providers, Facebook’s new guidelines for nonprofits and causes, charities losing control of Hactivism, Google’s new micro-donation app, and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month.

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