Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

A lot of you are familiar with TechSoup's Tech Beginner's Guide (formerly known as the Healthy and Secure Computing Guide). It's been a consistently popular item on our site, but we wrote it several years ago and it needs an update. If you're a tech beginner working at a nonprofit, NGO or library, what topics interest you the most?

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2016

In truth, for the vast majority of users—bloggers, small e-commerce ventures and the like—just utilizing the most basic aspects of the program are more than enough to create the site they need and want. But you probably didn’t know that said page has a handful of shortcuts that take you immediately to different sections of your site.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

NameCheckr easily allows social media manager to search nearly 50 of the most popular social media sites to see whether their first choice of usernames are still available. The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is an online library of almost 500 billion screenshots of websites since 1996. NameCheckr :: namecheckr.com.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 29, 2016

It’s an all-to-common scenario: a new user to WordPress builds their site, goes live and starts blogging or selling or raising funds without giving much thought into how their site’s performing. Leave it to Google to come up with the industry-leading site testing app. Are visitors getting a good user experience? WebPagetest.

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Byte Technology

JANUARY 11, 2017

After all, nothing grabs a visitor’s or user’s attention like compelling photos, infographics and like: they draw the reader in and foster a desire for further exploration while adding to the overall visual appeal of your site. However, imagery doesn’t always cooperate, especially for beginners to the WordPress platform.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2017

In the nonprofit and library world, it's not uncommon for staff — from management to service delivery team to volunteers — to be tasked with designing handouts, board presentations, or annual reports. Please visit the site to view this video). Adobe Absolute Beginners: Photoshop 101. That's OK. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2013

Watch a replay of TechSoup's Short Evaluations of Real Websites webinar to hear expert feedback on nonprofit and library websites. These articles and products can help you build your website from the ground up as well as inspire enhancements or new features on an existing site. Website Building, Planning, and Management.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2011

Not only are you able to share news and drive traffic back to your own site, but your constituents have a new way to talk and interact with you, and each other. And remember: social media isn't just limited to creating a profile on a major site. YouTube is one of the top search engines there is. Check out our helpful webinar.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Pull up a chair, pour yourself a warm drink, and get cozy with TechSoup's free nonprofit and library tech webinars. SEO for Beginners. This free webinar will teach you basic SEO tips to help your organization's site and content rank higher in online searches. Adobe Photoshop Tools and Filters for Advanced Beginners.

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Skills Tech Adobe Beginner 36

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Free video services like Instagram and Vine that feature short videos now attract millions of users, offering nonprofits, charities, and libraries an opportunity to connect with new audiences. Once recorded, Vine videos are uploaded to Vine's social network and can also be shared on Facebook, Twitter, and other sites.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Professional design services: Neon Websites two non-DIY packages include professional designers building part or all of your site. Standard Build: $600 set-up fee In the Standard package, you pick a template from our library and then Neon Websites’ designers creates 6 of your website’s most important pages.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

One thing we hear again and again is how organizations pay someone to design and develop a website for them, and once that site is handed over, the organization doesn’t have anyone on staff who knows how to use and update it. We have a good collection of articles at TechSoup to help you navigate these waters.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A question to ask yourself when you visit your nonprofit’s site is, “Can I easily understand what my organization’s purpose is and is it easy to measure the impact it has had on our community?” . If you cannot answer this question within a minute of visiting your site, it’s time to update your site to communicate that more directly.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A question to ask yourself when you visit your nonprofit’s site is, “Can I easily understand what my organization’s purpose is and is it easy to measure the impact it has had on our community?” . If you cannot answer this question within a minute of visiting your site, it’s time to update your site to communicate that more directly.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 21, 2018

These resources are perfect for beginners and veterans wanting to learn and develop their social media skills. Get your next Facebook campaign launched using the resources below: Facebook Ads – Setting up the basics: Facebook Pixel – a Facebook pixel placed on your site will collect data in Facebook’s ad manager.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

CitySoft is a web-based CRM and content management system for eligible nonprofits and public libraries. CauseVox can help you create fundraising sites that support donation pages, crowdfunding campaigns, and peer-to-peer fundraising pages for individuals and teams. Funding Technology Projects.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Top feature: Adobe users have access to a robust asset library of over 195 million royalty-free Adobe Stock collection photos, videos, and music. The WordPress Block editor is very intuitive and beginner-friendly, with added features to support search engine optimization and enhanced content readability.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

GPT4 and ChatGPT – [link] Google Bard and LaMDA – Google Bard Claude – Anthropic | Introducing Claude Beginner Code Prompts Up to this point, we have only focused on text copy-based prompts, but the power of this tool goes way beyond text completion.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Then, post them online on an ecommerce site so that donors can scroll through as if shopping online. If you want to pivot this to virtual, encourage participants to upload a photo of their costume and then create an ecommerce site where people can vote for their favorites by sending in a donation.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Live topics, which are now available in an on-demand library , included networking transformation, SD-WAN, and mobile edge computing. . Over nine hours of content is available on its on-demand site so continue to draw audiences long after the event has passed. . This hybrid event had 22,000 attendees tune in over 45 days. Apple WWDC.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Live topics, which are now available in an on-demand library , included networking transformation, SD-WAN, and mobile edge computing. . Over nine hours of content is available on its on-demand site so continue to draw audiences long after the event has passed. . This hybrid event had 22,000 attendees tune in over 45 days. Apple WWDC.

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Engadget

MARCH 26, 2025

Many of the best language learning apps today offer a multi-tier approach, with AI-powered conversations, extensive vocab libraries and even podcasts you can listen to to help you master your target language. Can beginners use this to gain confidence? There are cheaper apps on this list that provide comparable experiences.

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Engadget

MARCH 14, 2025

They are also particularly well-suited to beginners, with many of them offering a free trial. I liked apps with huge libraries of guided meditations and those that offer additional mindfulness activities, like yoga routines. They provide access to all kinds of guided meditations to suit different styles.

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