Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 28, 2010

You donate and then receive a “Thank You” email. is all of the above except that the Web experience is no longer limited to desktop and laptop computers while stationary in one place. It’s the Internet on the go fueled by mobile phones and tablets. The donation process is not interactive or public. It’s one-way communication.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Watching TV or movies on my laptop/computer/tablet/phone/etc. (no I will be reading email, and answering my cell phone and texts, so you can still be in contact, if you wish (besides, I still need to make a living.) Blogging or reading Blogs. no Rachel Maddow, sniff, sniff). Playing video games. This is kinda radical.

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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. As smartphones mature, we’re doing more on them and less on our laptops. Often our best contact lists are now on our phones. Telework By Any Other Name.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

email marketing is one of the most effective channels for nonprofit organizations. Here are 5 nonprofit email marketing mistakes to avoid. . As a nonprofit organization, email marketing should be one of your top priorities. Around 42% of donors prefer to hear from nonprofits via emails. Overlooking mobile users.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

It is illegal to buy, sell, or trade mobile phone numbers, unlike e-mail and snail mail addresses. page in your e-newsletter (80 percent of new group text subscribers come from email lists!) Your subscribers will be reading your text messages on their mobile phones, not their desktops or laptops.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

That’s because the cameras on our laptops and desktops are not nearly as sophisticated as the broadcast equipment we are used to seeing on TV, nor is the lighting in your home or office. Assume your audience is distracted by at least one other thing — the cell phone, dog, or a child coming into the room.

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

I use Spanning Sync to keep iCal and Address Book on the laptop in sync with iCal and Address Book on the Mac (and in sync with Google Calendar and Gmail). Sure, I can charge my phone, but I have to be careful not to let iTunes sync, because it insists on only syncing to one iTunes Library at a time. When I travel, I can’t sync.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2021

I also have a winding down ritual – I set the alarm, make my next day to-do list, and put away my laptop and phone. Don’t take your phone on your walk or put it into airplane mode if you are using the camera. Once you are done for the day, put your phone on do not disturb. Make it a no screen zone.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2010

Being online or living a connected lifestyle is something many of us do - and as smart phones, Facebook, ipads, and other technology tools become part of lives, we have to examine our relationship with them and find balance. Don't React All Day To Email. If the first thing you do when you get up, is check your email.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2024

Some people prefer email; others texting, cell phone calls, landline calls, video conferencing, social media. I prefer email for several reasons, but perhaps I have grown old fashioned. I like composing from a laptop keyboard, ease of cutting and pasting content, adding attachments, and etc. Guess what happened?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

For the audio, we use a phone line that was fed into the AV system and wireless mic. I thought we could use the chat back channel but since there was only laptop in the room we needed another system for backchannel communication. The body language code was as follows: ! audience is engaged (leaning forward in their chairs). ?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Watching TV or movies on my laptop/computer/tablet/phone/etc. (no I will be reading email, and answering my cell phone and texts, so you can still be in contact, if you wish (besides, I still need to make a living.) Blogging or reading Blogs. no Rachel Maddow, sniff, sniff). Playing video games. This is kinda radical.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2006

Our agency has that functionality - we have disaster web site, email address and phone number on our ID badges to let the agency know where we are and what is happening, but there isn't any connection outside. Sure, not as important as search and rescue, food and water, but I think it's up there with healing from the incident. -

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Candid

JULY 26, 2023

Similarly, your meeting room may only have two outlets available, but there are eight in-person participants who will need to charge their laptops. In this case, you may want to grab enough power strips to comfortably accommodate everyone’s laptops and phones.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

If I find a great article on IRS cell phone reimbursement policies, I can clip it straight from the browser into my Operations notebook. I can retrieve these items from my phone, my tablet, my laptop, or any computer with a browser. Did I already mention that this is a 24/7 job?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2008

" Well, it seems that some people Twitter from the toilet with their cell phones and others, if the Internet connection is good, take their laptops with them too. Do not feel bad about not reading the digital avalanche of email, blog posts, or web content. So, that question was revised!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2013

Once I did and logged in to my email, friends were writing and replying to me about the spam I was sending. Although I was not able to immediately pinpoint how the breach occurred, I speculated it was via a laptop I had used earlier that day. I made sure that the laptop had updated definitions, which I loaded from another computer.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2010

Also, make sure there is decent wifi (or cell phone reception). If you have a projector and laptop available, you may want to stream the Twitter Feed during the event. Don’t forget to have an email list sign up at the event. You’ll want to designate one for your event and use it before, during, and after the event.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. It will be a Braille phone and it is due to come out the end of this year at an affordable price ($185). The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. Digital Wallets.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Rather than a donor texting a keyword to a shortcode to donate and having the donation processed through the donor’s mobile phone bill, with TapFunder the donor is sent a link to a mobile-optimized payment site where the donor can make the donation with a credit card. You can either manage your group online or on your mobile phone.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Obviously, you can't shut down the server running your website or email, but do you need the file server or the print server running? Unplug chargers for computers, cell phones, iPods, and other chargeable devices. According to Green Home Huddle "Your cell phone charger, iPod charger, laptop charger, etc.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Half the Periodic Table in That PC or Mobile Phone. Paul Hawkin, in his book, Natural Capitalism , finds that the volume of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. When you discard a 5 pound laptop you are also throwing away the 20,000 pounds of raw materials it took to make it. How Much Does Reuse Save?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

It's hardly news to anyone that we're experiencing a gradual convergence of phones, Internet, computers, video, and social networking. We now have smart phones that use wireless 3G and 4G networks to receive and send data, voice, and video. We have laptops, netbooks, and tablet computers that can go everywhere with us.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

That’s because the cameras on our laptops and desktops are not nearly as sophisticated as the broadcast equipment we are used to seeing on TV, nor is the lighting in your home or office. Assume your audience is distracted by at least one other thing — the cell phone, dog, or a child coming into the room.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

4) Learn the basic business skills that are essential to success and sanity: - communication (timely, clear, complete, appropriate method: sometimes a phone call, sometimes an email, sometimes a memo, sometimes a meeting. I also have a remote connection to my home (business) laptop available at all times. paper trails matter.).

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2010

She never had much interest in email, but does communicate with classmates from time to time on gaming social networks that are kid-appropriate. I just turned off her cell phone account because she was never using it. Everything is nicely synced between my desktop computer, laptop and iPhone. And I don't have autism.

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Judi Sohn

MAY 29, 2010

She never had much interest in email, but does communicate with classmates from time to time on gaming social networks that are kid-appropriate. I just turned off her cell phone account because she was never using it. Everything is nicely synced between my desktop computer, laptop and iPhone. And I don't have autism.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2018

A question I have often heard: should nonprofits focus on email or Facebook? ” In fact, the two channels work best when they work together — email and social CAN play as a team. Email Strengths: . In practice, email appeals have among the highest action rates of any digital channel. Email Weaknesses: .

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Obviously, you can't shut down the server running your website or email, but do you need the file server or the print server running? Unplug chargers for computers, cell phones, iPods, and other chargeable devices. According to Green Home Huddle "Your cell phone charger, iPod charger, laptop charger, etc.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Here’s how it works: Let’s say you urgently need to replace six laptop computers for students in your program. You mention to one of your best donors about the laptops and that replacing them isn’t in the budget but it really needs to be done so the students can continue learning. Like the loyal donor they are, they offer to help.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Now that we can use our phones to make credit card purchases, do online banking, email our doctors, and store lots of personal information, it’s probably time to take few precautions. Set up a strong screen-lock passcode to secure a phone, preferably one that is longer than just four numbers. Use public WiFi sparingly.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

in regular conversation; in an email; in a blog post). turn a fundraising appeal letter into an email, text, and/or social media post; write a brief impact report using a storytelling approach to summarize key outcomes). Make a 20 second thank-you video on your phone and send it to a targeted group of donors (e.g., Or “Breathe.”

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

It probably won’t be until 2015 or later that tablets reach the point where they can replace a laptop or desktop completely – office application use is still too stunted by the small screens and keyboard issues – but more and more people will have them. Our information we send out will be viewed on phones more and more.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2013

That’s why I took Exact Target’s fantastic list of 50 Email Marketing Tips and Stats for 2014 and boiled it down to three key takeaways for nonprofits. For example, panicking over the changes to Gmail Tabs is a moot point if your organization’s emails aren’t optimized for mobile. Include your CTA early on in your email.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

I also encrypt my Android phone. I also use LastPass Premium on both my laptop and my cellphone for easy and secure password management. Frank Babbitt , director of operations, told me, "I've enabled two-factor authentication on my primary email address. In fact my bank recently enforced it on.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Here are a few examples of cybercrime and cyber fraud: Phishing: Occurs when a cybercriminal sends a fake email or text message that tricks an employee into sharing confidential business information. The email or text will contain a suspicious link that can contain viruses to corrupt systems and steal data or passwords.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Here's an idea for using smartphones with good cameras and video capability like the Dell Venue Pro touch screen phones for digital story telling: Send someone out to video compelling work that your nonprofit or library is doing out in the field for your holiday message. Her Moments In Mobile piece describes the experience.

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