NTEN

DECEMBER 21, 2011

In the four years that I’ve been responsible for planning and negotiating conference A/V and other technology expenses for NCFR, I’ve had my eye on mobile broadband as a potential lower-cost alternative for providing internet access. Our plan of attack going in was to bring nine mobile broadband devices. The approach.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Lifehacker , a popuplar blog on technology and productivity, had a post last week on lessons learned from a stolen laptop. As someone who travels frequently, often alone to crowded places where one must exercise a high level of caution, losing my laptop or phone is something I think about a lot. Software encryption is your friend.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As the world opens up to in-person fundraising experiences once again, some organizations have fully embraced the return to traditional fundraising methods and events. Usually, some of your guests will be in-person at an event space while others can stay home or bid on the go from their mobile devices or computers.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Opening scene: a pale, bespectacled man types furiously on a keyboard, muttering, "I almost got it!" The attack vector (how the hackers get in, wreak havoc, and steal data) is most likely to be unpatched software or devices. If you skip a software update, you become vulnerable. But nothing is further from the truth.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2017

If this equipment has a six- or seven-year lifespan rather than three or four years, the environmental impact for even a fraction of the billions of computers and mobile devices now in use in the world will be immense. The number of mobile devices (phones and tablets) in use in the world now exceeds the global population of 7.4

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology. VozMob: Mobile Voices/Voces Moviles. FrontlineSMS:Medic - SMS for Medical Records and Mobile Lab Diagnostics. The N2Y4 Mobile Challenge called for innovative mobile applications supporting social good.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Computerless February 20, 2007 My laptop is in the shop. It’s a lucky thing my partner has a laptop I can beg and borrow (stealing might cause issues.) I’ll spare you the details. Be Helpful.

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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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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Assess your software solutions. A modern fundraising strategy relies on powerful software solutions that consolidate fundraising into a centralized online system. Email marketing software. Event planning software. Email open and click-through rates. Make giving easy with the help of a virtual fundraising platform.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

There's still time to submit your nomination before October 31, 2011 for this year's Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public interest. Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. In the beginning, it was lack of software (I first tried this back in 1999), or printer drivers. I’m not about to change that.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2013

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. But I digress.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

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. Call us what you will, the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that by 2015, a bit over 37 percent of the total global workforce will be made up of mobile workers. The downside?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

I have become a complete devotee of Dokuwiki , which I use locally on my laptop, for my to do lists, notes, etc. I didn’t get so far into coding the markup, but I had decided that I’d follow MediaWiki’s syntax, since it was the most popular wiki software. I am an avid Wiki user. Be Helpful.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We’re open, but a lot of the volunteers just have not returned yet.”. With technology solutions, organizations were able to reach volunteers and clients who lived too far away or had other mobility issues. For them it’s really easy to take a class on Zoom, shut that window down, open up another Zoom link, and volunteer.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

I’m on week 3 of my Ubuntu laptop migration – things are smoothing out – I’ve got audio working, I can listen to mp3 and audio streams. I still haven’t figured out how to get higher resolution on my laptop screen, but that’s mostly due to lack of time trying to get it to work. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

An all-around accounting package for smaller organizations, AccountEdge extends your reach from Mac and PC to mobile devices with free iPad and iPhone apps. Secure your donor, client, and project information with desktop security tools like Norton and enterprise security software available through the Symantec donation program.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Goodbye Microsoft… March 29, 2007 Just today, I received in the mail some Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops, courtesy of Gavin’s regular potlatch program. So now, I have two bricks. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2013

New Mobile Features. For starters, several features expand access for those using mobile devices. Your survey resizes automatically to adjust to desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone screen dimensions. Now with 5.0, This feature works both when designing a survey and when respondents take a survey.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2013

Eligible nonprofits, charities, foundations, and libraries can now request Office Standard 2013 and Office Professional 2013 editions through the Microsoft Software Donation Program at TechSoup: Office Standard 2013 (admin fee: $24). About Software Assurance. You can use OneNote Mobile apps on Windows Phone, iOS, and Android phones.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2014

Mobile Beacon offers hotspot devices with $10 unlimited 4G mobile broadband data for use when you’re working or traveling in places without Internet access. Blackbaud eTapestry is web-based donor contact management and fundraising software. Of course Blackbaud is the big name fundraising software. Eastern time).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

The physical space is an open lab space, with lots of white boards, fast wifi, turkish coffee, and lots of geeks sitting on bean bag chairs or at tables with laptops on their laps coding and hacking on their projects. View more presentations from Rami Al-Karmi.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Giving up, a little August 6, 2007 As you might know, I migrated from using a MacBook Pro laptop as my primary desktop, to eating my own dogfood, as it were, and using Ubuntu Linux as my primary desktop.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

But what I realized was that the whole WPA thing with my laptop added to the pile of “little problems I haven’t solved yet.&# Of course with my mac, I opened up the system preferences, checked a button, and, voila! I am committed to the ethos of free software. Needless to say, I’m doing that right now.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2011

Here are some of our favorite platform and application recommendations in the TechSoup NCVS toolkit for multichannel, live, interactive, and mobile media. Tweetchats — A TweetChat room opens with a hashtag like our recent #NPtagging conversation. Mobile: Sharing Information on the Fly, from Your Smartphone.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

I have had varied problems , from issues of software integration, video problems, wireless issues … The list is getting very long. At some point, when I’ve saved up enough pennies, I’m going to buy a Mac laptop again. I migrated to making it my primary desktop about a year ago. And, guess what? I’m giving up.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 3, 2013

Five years ago, it was the laptop. It doesn’t replace my laptop, but I sure get a lot of use out of it. –Tom When I look at any piece of technology (business or personal), my first instinct is to evaluate the hardware and software eco-system around it to support the tablet in question. a mobile major giving toolset).

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Here are a few examples: District of Columbia's Data Catalog : The District has opened up 405 data sets across multiple agencies. Vancouver's Open Data Catalogue : If you are a Vancouver resident or tourist, you can subscribe to an RSS feed of traffic advisories or review the 133 voting division boundaries. Tell us in the comments.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 9, 2007

The only time I shut down this laptop is when I’m taking it somewhere, which is relatively rarely. 90% of the software I want to install I just install by saying “apt-get install name_of_package&#. In general, installation and configuration of software has become much easier. I love apt-get/aptitude. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

It looked quite like it might be a fun event to be at, but the hefty $3000 price tag for admission wasn’t something that I could possibly stomach, so I sat in front of my laptop, watching people describe new tools. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

There are a number of reasons for my deciding to slowly leave the Macintosh platform: I want to focus more energy and time on free and open source platforms – I might donate what I would have spent on Leopard to some deserving projects. have you thought about which laptop might be best to load Ubuntu up on? Be Helpful.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

When equipped with both web-based and mobile bidding tools, online auctions for nonprofits are not only very possible but also extremely successful. Themed branding elements on your online platform and mobile bidding app. Silent Auction Software: The Buyer’s Guide for 2021. Ready to host a virtual auction? Garden Party Auction.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 28, 2005

It will tell you what networks are around, and whether they are open or not, and what’s their strength. I had her laptop open, and I saw a "Ford_F350" network come, and go. A wifi hotspot on a bus?? July 28, 2005 I just found this very cool tool, called MacStumbler. It’s a wifi network sniffer. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In this edition of nonprofit tech news, TechSoup shows new ways your nonprofit could harness mobile and killer apps in 2016! Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. The NPR story on mobile recruiting is a good place to find out about this new trend.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

And as web-enabled mobile devices gain popularity, actual computers may become less and less important to the information economy, but monthly fees won't. Under the guise of non-profitability hundreds of millions of these laptops will be flogged off to our governments. " Who could argue with that? So, be mindful.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

But, what about the software used to bring those courses to life? Your choice in course authoring software is just as crucial as the tools you choose to deliver the content to learners. What are the best eLearning authoring software? What is course authoring software? Should you invest in an authoring tool?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. In Michael Gilbert's Top Ten Reports of the Year (2006) list, there is a pointer to the Roadmap for Open ICT Ecosystems. Nonprofit Software and Hardware and Cell Phones.

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