Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

From the first experience of surround sound to seeing your hands function and your body moving through a digital world, nonprofit marketers and fundraisers absolutely need to explore this next iteration of the internet. The universal menu includes: Apps : View and launch apps from your library.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

So, why would you be interested in the debate about getting broadband Internet access to under-served communities? You need access to high speed Internet to participate in our society. If you care about your clients, if you care about your community, you need to care about the Internet.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

How does your library address questions about Internet safety? Internet safety can be a tricky subject to teach. Information about Internet safety, computer security, and. Internet safety instruction doesn’t have to be difficult, though! will share best practices for teaching Internet safety in group and.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 29, 2014

But with proper education, Internet users can fight back against these digital creeps. Scott Pinkelman, digital literacy innovation specialist at the Free Library of Philadelphia , recently presented on this important topic at the Digital Shift online conference. " In other words, the Internet isn't a monolithic entity.

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Tech Soup

MAY 25, 2011

Today I chatted with Jacque Gage, the Library Director at the Joplin Public Library. I invited her to share how her library and community are. original post appears on TechSoup for Libraries. Here's what she had to share: First off, the library received NO DAMAGE. The library is open normal hours today.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Register now for TechSoup's "Story of an Open Source Library" webinar, this Thursday at 11 a.m. that work well for libraries and the benefits and challenges associated with their use. They use thin clients for Internet access and Koha for the circulation and public catalogs. Pacific time.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2014

Tomorrow is the last day to submit your feedback to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) during their public comment period on Net Neutrality, so there is time to have your voice heard to help reverse the dismantling of the open Internet. You can also check out the guide at Consumerist for more information on Net Neutrality.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

This tool allows nonprofits to easily create Web-based Internet “TV” stations. Definitely a trend to keep your eyes on as Internet TV begins to penetrate our living rooms in coming years. In addition to text quotes, Quoto also has a digital library of quotes embedded on images. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/internetstats.

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JULY 13, 2011

Because of Twitters timeline based tweets, organizations with mobile libraries, blood drives, medical services or other site-specific services can find Twitter useful for communicating where they will be at any given moment. Location Based Services. Timely Actions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org. If you are interested in having your nonprofit listed on the Giving Library, you can apply here. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2021

The attempt thrust digital inequity into the public’s awareness. And even those who are comfortable navigating online find their internet connections taxed as multiple family members try to make simultaneous video calls. Despite needing to access online services, almost a quarter of U.S. adults do not use home broadband.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

As more and more information moves online, Americans without Internet access are increasingly being left behind. OCLC's recently released infographic, " The Internet Is Important to Everyone " dramatically highlights these discrepancies. The barriers to increasing broadband Internet adoption. Picturing the Problem.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 2, 2015

The Internet was primarily a desktop PC or laptop experience and reading news and sending and receiving email accounted for the majority of time spent online. Today, social media consumes the most time spent on the Internet and the majority of that browsing occurs on a smartphone or tablet. New York Public Library 2015.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

With platforms and products multiplying across the internet, education is one area where that fierce competition is on full display. In case you still enjoy soaking up knowledge the old fashion way, we also added over 45 new posts to our blog library. Great conversation, a little bubbly, and treats at the Innovation Summit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Twitter Lists: A Natural Evolution of Internet List Culture. The Internet has a strongly ingrained "list-making" and "collecting" culture. Back in the early 1990's, during my "gopher mistress" days, I could use this Internet protocol to create lists of lists of public files on servers on the Internet.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

Pottsboro Area Library in Texas. We of course got lots of great stories, and our winner is the Pottsboro Area Library. When librarian Dianne Connery came to the library a few years ago, she found a classic small town library situated in a converted post office building with the requisite institutional green paint job.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Businesses that fall under Title I, those that operate 20 or more weeks per year with at least 15 full-time employees, or Title III, those that fall under the category of “public accommodation,” are covered by the ADA. But the law’s authors never saw the internet coming. Museums, libraries, and zoos. Dunkin Donuts.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2014

Do you help job seekers at your library or nonprofit? Supporting job seekers is a critical service provided by public libraries and community based workforce organizations. Gather new ideas to improve your services for job seekers as you hear stories of success in libraries. Pacific time (2 p.m.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A copyright exception allows specialist organizations (generally a government agency or disability NGO or library) to make an accessible version of a published book without having to get permission from the author or publisher. That is, we want the ebooks that are purchased by the general public to be fully accessible.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2014

The FCC updated that as of late Tuesday, they had already received more than 780,000 comments, including an open letter from Internet giants Google, Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, and others. Read what TechSoup Global staff think of their ruling, how the gutting of Net Neutrality hurts nonprofits , and why libraries need to be especially vocal.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

This week is about using the Internet to make life better, and its not too late to get involved! Mozilla believes everyone should know how to use the Internet, have easy access to it, and have a good experience when they’re online. Create Web how-to materials for a library’s computer cluster.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

In public key cryptography , there are two keys that complement each other. This is useful because a user can freely distribute one of her keys (called the public key) so that others can encrypt information that only the other key (called her private key) can decrypt. Acknowledgements What exactly is the problem? are examining.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 30, 2009

I think this is my third or fourth Foo Camp, and the energy around public uses of technology was palpable. Brewster Kahle of the Internet Archive ( a forceful critic of the settlement), Tim O'Reilly, Marissa Mayer of Google were all part of the audience. I just got back from Foo Camp 2009, which was a blast as usual.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Phishing scams, data theft, social media missteps, and cyberbullying are all unfortunate side effects of Internet use. In honor of Safer Internet Day , Microsoft has launched a new interactive website to promote a healthy Internet for everybody. What are the Internet safety practices at your organization? Why participate?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. We’ve been doing this for close to five years and have accumulated over 2,000 publications. Connections between the publications are more important than strict regional boundaries. Geography is fluid, though.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. " The Role of Libraries. Additionally, 30 million library users reported going to the library for employment-related activities.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

Department of Commerce Broadband Technology Opportunities Program to address the digital divide, one in five American adults still do not use the Internet. One element is an infrastructure project installing fiber optical cabling to homes, schools and businesses and gigabit (ultra-fast) Internet, sponsored by Google.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 21, 2006

Their website , found at [link] is an on-line memorial honoring over nine thousand victims allegedly killed by the Islamic Republic of Iran since the revolution in 1979 and an extensive library of documents relating to human rights and democracy. Omid, named for the word "hope" in Farsi, is truly unique and inspired.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2010

The event was presented by Twilio and Open 311 , one of the organizations leading the charge to make government data public, accessible, and usable. A few weeks ago, I attended a panel discussion on open government data. I've kind of become an open-data geek in the past few months, largely thanks to NetSquared's unconference at NTC.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 7, 2014

Last week, TechSoup for Libraries held a webinar called Public Tech Instruction: Teaching the Public on Internet Safety. The presenters, Austin Stroud of the Monroe County Public Library and Crystal Schimpf of TechSoup for Libraries, shared resources for teaching online safety and security.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2018

After we sold that social enterprise – we used the money to start Bookshare, which used ebooks and crowdsourcing to build a lending library created by the community itself – blind people scanning books for themselves – and then sharing that scanned book with tens of thousands of other people with disabilities. But wait, there’s more!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

As the issues became more public and more people started looking for others and taking action, it was necessary for an organization to form that could provide some of the infrastructure and administration of the community and it’s work. Yes we have an accessible and attention span limited world thanks in great deal to the internet.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

this summer is the Comcast Internet Essentials Program. This new program is rolling out this month in 39 states offering $10 per month broadband Internet program to low-income families with children who are eligible to receive free school meals. Anyone interested in finding out more on this program can call 1-855-8-INTERNET.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2015

How the Natalia Library Helps Patrons Improve Their Lives. The Natalia Veteran's Memorial Library serves the small town of Natalia, Texas. With extremely limited resources, librarian Amy Edge must make difficult decisions every day about what her library can provide. " Public Computers Are First Priority.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2017

We benefit from the resources, brainpower, and strength of organizations and individuals to help us support NGOs and public libraries worldwide. We were introduced to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through our common interest in libraries. TechSoup and the IMLS Are Library Champions.

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