Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Not that long ago, there were dozens of charity mobile phone donation programs vying for attention. Why Phone Recycling Matters. In the world of electronics recycling, mobile phones are a problem. They’re one of the hardest gadgets to get people to recycle. Phones 4 Charity. Very up-front.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

If your nonprofit is experimenting with text-to-give, text alerts and/or smartphone Apps (or planning to), then launching a mobile website is something your organization should seriously consider. Folks with regular cell phones with Internet browsing wouldn’t be able to read the content of those links at all.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 23, 2014

It seems like every company wants a hand in the mobile game. From apps to new devices to connected home objects that can be controlled with your phone, the market is saturated with all things mobile. For this month's column, I'm going to dissect the latest entry into the smartphone field: the Amazon Fire Phone.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 6, 2016

And in no specific sector is that more true than in field of mobile app development. But there are also more encompassing trends to be on the watch for, watershed movements that will continue to change the way we interact with all our mobile machines and, ultimately, with each other. literally with the flip of a wrist. •

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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. Since not a whole lot is out there yet on the role of mobile devices in telework, I thought it’d be interesting to have a look a look at that.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 10, 2020

Technological advancements have fundamentally changed the way people live, and they will continue to do so. According to Pew Research Center, a whopping 96 percent of Americans now own a cell phone, and the share that own smartphones is now 81 percent—up from just 35 percent in 2011. Bottom-line: the nonprofit sector must adapt.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 11, 2014

Mary Meeker of the of the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, does a yearly report on current state of the Internet and IT at about half way through the year. Here's what I found: Internet growth: 2.6 billion people are now using the Internet worldwide, 618 million of them are in China.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

If you’re like most people working at a nonprofit, you probably had a “Holy Mobile!” But what you may not have anticipated was that $41m of these dollars flowed through mobile phones via “premium text messages.” Did you miss mobile? Mobile giving is just about five years young. This, you expected.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

This session focuses on how to successfully get started with mobile technology, with Tonia Zampieri from Smart Online presenting. 1st generation raised on mobiles. 95% own mobile devices. 83% sleep with mobile at bedside. 62% connect to internet wirelessly. Why mobile? Big 4 In Mobile. most over 45.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2013

The workshop topics included trends in digital media consumption, social media, engagement on mobile devices and a variety of community foundation projects funded by the Knight Community Information Challenge. 1: Broadband Internet (Expansion of broadband). #2: 2: Mobile Usage. #3: Digital Trends. 3: Social Networking.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This week, the world is gearing up for mobile's biggest global tradeshow, Mobile World Congress (MWC). The Barcelona tradeshow sets the mobile trends for the year with major announcements expected from Nokia, Samsung, LG, and others. Internet.Org: Mobile to the Masses. Wearables, Smartphones, and Tablets Galore.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2011

The robust smartphones of the near future will likely use a combination of mobile apps and cloud apps and because we'll dock them so much with our laptops, we'll begin using those types of applications much more on our computers as well. The near future is looking to be even more mobile with more fully integrated technologies.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

While some stay, others change the way we use computers and mobiles devices every day. Mobile Donations. With close to 70% of cell phone users using their mobile device to access the internet, raising money through mobile donations is an area that is expected to only grow. Mobile web design.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

With an exponential increase in people accessing the Internet on mobile devices, the nonprofits, charities, and libraries that don't have a website optimized for mobile devices or that haven't created a separate mobile website risk irritating — or losing — their supporters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 15, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. The rapid rise of mobile and social media has directly correlated with a rise in Internet trolls —individuals whose sole purpose is to rant, vent, and incite discord. Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

The target for cell phone apps is largely a mainstream one. According to a November 2012 Pew Internet and American Life Project report , a higher percentage of African American and Latino cell phone users have downloaded at least one app in comparison to Whites. Sadly that's not the case. Bridging the App Gap.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

Recently, CTA conducted a study on mobile use by the homeless population of Santa Clara County (where CTA is located). The goal of the project, called ConnectSCC , is to come up with a sustainable model for a mobile plan for homeless and low income people. Mobile phones are also essential for finding jobs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2009

As the Web goes mobile , so does social media… and so should your nonprofit. If there is one thing I have learned over ten years of using the Internet for fundraising and social change, those nonprofits that can embrace change quickly, empower their visionaries, and adopt new Web trends, reap the benefits of being early adopters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2012

Mobile is the Needle, Social is the Thread: How Information Today is Woven Into Our Lives. View more presentations from Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. The panel description: At the Cross Section of Web, Social and Mobile. Larry Eason: Larry is a web and mobile strategist to causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2011

Note from Beth: I’ve been looking for good examples of nonprofit mobile strategies. So, moving to a mobile phone app makes sense for Seafood watch, so they can catch consumers at the point of decision-making. Your organization was one of the early adopters of mobile phone apps. What is different?mIs

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Tech Soup

JULY 30, 2013

Summer is a big time for mobile news: there's Apple's World Wide Developer Conference, Microsoft Build, CTIA, and a spree of other mobile-related press conferences. Sometimes the day-to-day work at a nonprofit can make you feel worlds apart from the fast-moving mobile tech industry. Windows Phone Evolves.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

This guest post was authored by Mike Snusz, a Blackbaud senior Internet marketing consultant. Does your nonprofit send mobile-friendly email? You’ve likely heard about the importance of being mobile-friendly to engage constituents. Maybe even that: Mobile email opens are predicted to surpass desktop opens this year.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Help for Charities to Develop a Mobile Giving Campaign. Fund for UNICEF, and United Way Worldwide to bring more mobile technology resources charities.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

adults still don't have broadband Internet access at home. The big recent digital inclusion news is the Federal Communication Commission's ( FCC ) proposal to extend the Lifeline Program , which has supplied discounted phone service to low-income people since 1985. Nearly a third of U.S. The subsidy would be $9.25

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

It has been a busy few weeks for mobile news … but then again, when isn't it busy? The much-anticipated Apple announcement coincided with the perhaps poorly timed CTIA mobile industry tradeshow. But there was a common thread between these two events: the future of mobile video. Net Neutrality and Mobile Video.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

So much so that many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. A website (mobile app coming soon) that allows users to check-in while doing good deeds.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In October 2016 Garry Illyes, a webmaster trends analyst with Google[1], announced that the number one search engine was going to rollout a separate mobile-index. This means that throughout the next few months Google will use a new algorithm to rank its search listings based solely on the mobile version of your website. Site speed.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 20, 2015

Mobile World Congress (MWC), which is held annually in Barcelona, Spain, sets the tone for the mobile industry for the coming year. Remember how I mentioned that Mobile World Congress seemed focused on inclusion? billion people have access to the Internet and it's growing more slowly than you think.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2016

The first thing I did was to take a walk at the Stanford Dish , a nearby nature hiking area, without my mobile phone. Last March, I tucked my mobile phone into a sleeping bag (see above) and turned off the screens. But here’s a technique that I found really helpful when you need to use your mobile as a telephone.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

" New at TechSoup: Your 501(c)(3) nonprofit, library, or foundation can now collect donations by text message — and develop your own mobile site — with discounted and donated services from Connect2Give. Mobile giving is a low-cost way to raise funds on an ongoing- or campaign-based basis. Benefits of a Mobile Site.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

As smartphones and tablets grow in popularity, mobile optimization is something libraries and nonprofits should pay close attention to in the coming year. Responsive web design (also known as mobile optimization) refers to designing a site to provide an optimal viewing experience across a wide range of devices. Why Mobile?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

More mobile devices are sold worldwide than PCs, and mobile is expected to overtake PCs as the most popular way to access the Internet in the next few years. Laura Quinn shared her ideas at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , in a session called More Than Apps: Affordable Program Delivery Through Mobile Phones.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2015

But more than likely you’re a smart phone user. However, it’s not just our daily lives that are being influenced by mobile. Mobile devices are now influencing our sector in a major way. Don’t miss opportunities because your giving options are not mobile-friendly. We have to be mobile-friendly philanthropists.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2010

Here's what she had to say about the event and getting people to volunteer. The Opportunity: Why Don't People Volunteer? We have instant Internet access thanks to smartphones, and even in the developing world people have mobile phones. You can follow her on Twitter. They don't have time. Or so we say.

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Candid

AUGUST 10, 2023

The unfulfilled promises of blockchain to advance social good, a proliferation of mobile apps in developing countries that failed to garner adoption , and cheap laptops that were going to change the world are just a few examples. Consider the persistent gender gap in access to both mobile phones and the internet.

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Tech Soup

JULY 21, 2015

Some large tech companies are well along in a race to provide low-cost broadband Internet access to the world's people … from space. space exploration company, filed a request to the FCC earlier this year for permission to test satellites for Internet broadcasting. There are some big names in this race.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2015

Although we know we have no lever guaranteed to eliminate poverty — it has been with us for thousands of years — for the first time, we have a tool kit and neural network via mobile and the Internet, which can be pointed at making a difference in people's lives.

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