Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Folks with regular cell phones with Internet browsing wouldn’t be able to read the content of those links at all. You want to make sure that you are sending them text alerts with links that they can read on their mobile phones. million people in the United States access the mobile Web. The web is going mobile.

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TechImpact

MARCH 31, 2014

They make your content accessible, and easily found. Take a screenshot of the image via your smart phone, or computer, crop it down, and post it on your feed! selfie is one of the most trafficked hashtags on the internet, take advantage of it. Hashtags (#) are perhaps even more important in Instagram than they are on Twitter.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

As with all new major technological changes (we’re looking at you, electricity and the internet), we must adapt and adopt. While we might call our phones ‘phones,’ there are Apple, Android, and Google devices. Now that ChatGPT and its ilk are out of the box, there’s no cramming them back in. Yes and no.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

But what you may not have anticipated was that $41m of these dollars flowed through mobile phones via “premium text messages.” As it turns out, The Red Cross used but one of several common methods to generate revenue from mobile phone owners. Using this method, you’d similarly promote your designated fundraising phone number.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 23, 2018

It can be accessed wherever you have an Internet connection. Not to mention the capability to log in from a smart phone, you’ll have easy access if you happen to be out of the office. Accessibility. In fact, after performance, access was cited as the as the second highest advantage of using cloud services.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Whenever I’m presenting to a group in another country, I spend time investigating any social media data I can find that is specific to that country, especially as it relates to mobile phones, access, and usage per capita.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Ensure donors can access donation screens quickly. While it may seem intuitive to optimize your website for smart phones, you can not forget about tablet users. Some users feel comfortable completing transactions over the internet or SMS text message, while other may only feel comfortable using PayPal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

Nonprofits might also think that the Mobile Web is a somewhat abstract concept that they need to focus on in a year or two, but as of today one in five Americans now access the mobile web daily. You need a mobile phone number to create an account. They also send 2.5 The Mobile Web is not the Next Big Thing. It’s already here.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 22, 2013

In recent years, the possibilities of what can be achieved with human rights fieldwork and advocacy has expanded as the worldwide use of mobile phones has increased and significant advances have been made in Internet and mobile technology. We’re excited to share that our Human Rights Program has been awarded a two-year, $2.2

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Yahoo set up 100 Internet-linked computers at the Astrodome and developed a meta-search of evacuee registration websites. Problems were that many survivors had no internet access, let alone electrical power, let alone computers or even computer literacy. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

To be able to telework, people usually need five things: a computer or tablet, broadband Internet, access to work email, access to work documents, and a phone. We can easily calendar with them, do email, do Internet searches, make calls, instant message, text, and conference on them. The Almighty Smartphone.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 28, 2011

As we all continue exploring the vast horizons of the internet and the social tools it offers, be sure to check out the applications that help you continue telling stories with the power of video, maps and more. The best part is that you can post in a manner of ways: from the platform, from your email, from your phone, etc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2013

You can enable this for both Google and Facebook. It was minor inconvenience at first having to reset these accounts on my desktop, laptop, tablet, and mobile phones, but better to be safe than face an ordeal like Ruby’s. Every so often, it is a good idea to do security and privacy assessment of your Internet presence.

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NetWits

MAY 16, 2012

Back even a year ago, some friends would say “Can’t you put your phone away and just enjoy our conversation?” According to a recent econsultancy blog Inforgraphic - by December more Americans will read emails from their phone than their lap or desktops. When compared to Internet growth, mobile web is killing it.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 11, 2014

Mary Meeker of the of the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, does a yearly report on current state of the Internet and IT at about half way through the year. Here's what I found: Internet growth: 2.6 billion people are now using the Internet worldwide, 618 million of them are in China.

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NetWits

JANUARY 3, 2011

Best of all, it’s smart phone accessible. Once again, this is a great sharing tool for resources that you wish to access anywhere you can get an Internet connection and that multiple staff members will be working across. Smart phone users will also be able to reap the benefits of playing with documents on the move.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

62% connect to internet wirelessly. 90% of mobile subscribers in the US have internet-ready phones. If it’s a full screen on your computer, and you are looking at it on your phone, it’s impossible. It’s important you start building trust and accessibility so that you can win them now.

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TechImpact

MAY 7, 2014

As detailed in yesterday’s blog , today, more people are using mobile phones today than tooth brushes. 28% of all internet traffic is coming through mobile , and some are even predicting that mobile traffic will eclipse desktop traffic as early as this year. Smart phone, tablet, desktop, doesn’t matter. But what does this mean?

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 22, 2013

What’s our Internet connectivity like. Cloud computing does not change your Internet speed, however it is a great solution for old, slow database hardware. As long as your nonprofit has an Internet connection, the information saved to the cloud can be accesses from anywhere. How sensitive is our data?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2012

You can access all the app’s content even without Internet access so you can be safe on the go. Want to be the first to install this app, text GETFIRST to 90999 to receive a link to download the app directly to their phone on June 14.

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2014

There have been a tremendous amount of issues and disasters in the news recently, but I want to draw your attention to a critically important story that is developing as you read this: once again, our open Internet is in danger. Advocacy Communications fcc internet issues law net neutrality open web'

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NCE Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2010

However the people with chronic health conditions are the ones less likely to have internet access and thus can’t research information. However using social media directed towards cell phones can be a way around it. Working in the disabilities community we see this firsthand.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

More people have access to a cell phone than to a toilet. billion people lack access to toilets. As hand-held mobile devises connected to the internet spread to cities, villages, remote communities around the world, we need to continue finding ways to use these tools to make a positive impact. What is Blog Action Day?

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TechImpact

MAY 6, 2014

The truth is, with the internet of things on the horizon, mobile marketing will not only become the norm, it will become an necessary outlet that will enable marketers to automatically identify a potential donors and consumers, then deliver a targeted, compelling message directly to that person’s mobile device. xAd, 2012).

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

adults still don't have broadband Internet access at home. The big recent digital inclusion news is the Federal Communication Commission's ( FCC ) proposal to extend the Lifeline Program , which has supplied discounted phone service to low-income people since 1985. Nearly a third of U.S. The subsidy would be $9.25

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 6, 2011

I considered going with an iPhone but haven't been wild about the user experience on my iPad (too inflexible, inconsistent navigation from app to app, Apple bans apps they simply don't like) and I can't abide the idea of a phone with a battery that can't be swapped (which also eliminated the new Motorola Droid RAZR from consideration).

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

Now more than ever, we rely on our devices and the internet to connect to the outside world. If they’re able to figure out that single password, they can access all of your personal information. Using free public wireless networks to access the internet on your computer or cell phone can put you at risk.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters. Have you considered how your current Website looks on a mobile phone?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 25, 2011

Tactical Technology’s Security in A Box suggests asking a couple of good reflective questions about your account on any online social networking platform where you set up a presence: Who can access the information I am putting online? First, it is very easy for governments to block access and it can happen without warning.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

Organizations such as Kids Help Phone have already recognized the potential of chatbots as an effective support tool on their website. 4) Prospect Research Tools The days of endlessly scouring the internet for information on potential donors are long gone.

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The MatrixFiles

AUGUST 17, 2023

The internet was created for communication between computers, but our presence as individuals on the internet is less formally defined. Technology advocates argue that we need an identity layer for the internet. Our online identities are, unfortunately, not in our control. Why would a membership credential be useful?

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Tech Soup

JULY 21, 2015

NTEN's Amy Sample Ward recently wrote an intriguing article about Addressing Digital Inclusion in Every Mission making the case that access to broadband for everyone is key to ensuring that we all have the opportunities to fully participate in public life and advocate for our own health and well-being.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

Since it was a Friday and I was leaving for NTC in a few days, repairing was not a viable option, so I ended up getting a new phone. (I I do, of course, recognize the great fortune being able to get a new phone relatively easily, but that's another post). Do you have any other backup/restore tips for your phone?

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Believe it or not, young donors are not the only ones that want to access nonprofit websites on their phone. In 2012, 58% of the Millennial population said they used the mobile Internet, and this number is only increasing. eMarkerter predicts that more than 50% of the 76.4 million Baby Boomers in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

I was part of the first-day that featured mobile expert Amy Gahran and Lee Raine , Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. 1: Broadband Internet (Expansion of broadband). #2: ” He went into details about how people consume or share content via mobile phones vs tablets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2010

For nonprofits, access to an open Internet is the fundamental and necessary condition that will allow them to compete in the marketplace of ideas. Net neutrality has been the default law of the land since the Internet’s founding more than 40 years ago. And that capacity should not be undermined by an unfairly slanted Internet.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

of internet user time is spent on social media and social networking. 1] And not just that, according to Gartner Research, by 2013 mobile phones will take over PC’s as the most common web access device. [2] 2] Also, 41% of mobile internet time is spent on email.[3] It says that 22.7% is through mobile devices!

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