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Collecting Data in Low Resource Areas: How to Get Started

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Imagine this scenario: You’re an NGO working in an African country to advocate for clean water. They include things like: Access/FileMaker databases on desktops or laptops. People can fear or mistrust or envy someone walking around with a laptop or a PDA. Tags: Data Newsletter NPTech NTEN Program. Mobile phones.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

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Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It will be interesting to see how this evolves given the technology platform came before the social design , but as online community pundits note, web2.0 Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. applications have changed the rules of online community.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Laura Quinn in her introductory post on the Open Content for Nonprofits NTEN Affinity group points to an article. If you want to keep up with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), check out the wiki. NTEN blog points us to Code for Change this Summer , an opportunity for those with drupal skills to put them to good use.

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Nonprofit Tech Forecasts for 2013

Tech Soup

More and more nonprofit, library, and NGO offices worldwide will need to accommodate personally-owned tablets and smartphones on wireless networks in order to work and communicate. Another big trend in the IT press forecasts is the much heralded decline of the traditional PC – laptops and desktop computers. The Decline of PCs.

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