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The Essential Nonprofit Fundraiser’s Guide to Mobile Giving

Bloomerang

Donors can text a unique keyword or donation amount to your nonprofits dedicated phone number. Supporters can simply scan your printed QR codes using their phone cameras, and theyll automatically receive a link to your online giving form. Research supporters ahead of in-person meetings from your phone.

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New Ideas at TED2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Improving childhood nutrition. Could you add an attachment to the phone that could sense the pollution? This fellow had relearned to walk and talk, but was frustrated by the loss of a specific cognitive skill: the ability to listen to numbers (like a phone number) and transcribe them. Will such an app work?

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It's National 211 Day!

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Whether they are communicating by phone, text, or chat, or through public facing directories of resources and services, or through translators and assistive devices, these specialists perfect the art of listening well, understanding the expressed needs and the needs that may not be so easily apparent.

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Three Reasons Kids Need Digital Literacy and Citizenship Education

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We often hear the term “digital native” used to describe young people who don’t remember a time when phones were attached to the wall, but just because kids have only ever known a technology-rich world doesn’t mean they know how to engage with and through technology responsibly. An 8-megapixel camera on your phone?

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Still Confused About AI, Learn the Facts A-Bot Us!

.orgSource

The world has a smart phone in its pocket. For example, the smell of chocolate chip cookies baking might cause you to remember a recipe, family holidays, or some other scene from childhood. It took another 127 years for Thomas Edison to perfect the incandescent light bulb. ENIAC, the first digital computer, was launched in 1945.

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10 great games to play on your new 2020 VR headset

The Verge

Check out our app picks for iPhones , Android phones , Windows PCs , and M1-equipped Macs ; our favorite mobile games from Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass ; and our top choices for gaming PCs , the PS5 , Xbox One and Series X / S , Nintendo Switch , and VR. Here are ten games I personally enjoy and think are worth your time and money.

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Applying CX for Nonprofits: An Expert Shares Her Experience

Forum One

We are researching and advocating for policy change that specifically impacts early childhood development, and beyond informing, we need to give people the tools to make their voices heard, whether that’s personalizing social media, writing a letter, or signing up to meet with their elected representatives.