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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Storify is a new tool that allows you easily search multiple social networks by subject or theme and then through drag and drop functionality, you can organize the results (tweets, status updates, videos, photos, etc.) It provides engagement data about your photos, likes, follower growth, as well as when is the best and worst time to post.

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Tips for Remote Presenting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the past, I have presented remotely using skype audio and video. Last year I audio-skyped into a conference in the UK to present with Steve Bridger. 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.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I've also had the benefit of getting some great photos sent by other people that I can use (thanks, Marketa!). One of the best memories of Isaac was standing in the Schatzalp hotel holding a laptop to his ear like it was a cell phone, because someone had made a Skype connection to Nigeria. Isaac is so big, it actually fit.

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Some Thoughts About Remote Presentations: Mekong ICT Camp

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Test, Test, Test: When the hosts arrived at the conference location for set up, we tested the connection and Google Hangout on location. The site had great wireless and Tharum was able to test on his laptop and give me a tour of the facility, including a walk outside. Photo by Be Chandra. Henry Khu (@HenryKhu) May 7, 2013.

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SXSW Reflection: Using Social Media to Facilitate A Global Back Channel at a Panel Session

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was also important to have someone take photos and post them on Twitter so folks online could see what was happening in the room. In addition, I had compiled a page of URLs explaining the topic that could be easily shared in the Twitter stream. (2) Kami Huyse, provided a back up, with live streaming using Qik. That means I need a T.V.

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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

Tech Soup

They have an integrated, cloud-based IT system in which everyone has laptops and merely needs some way to get to the Internet to plug in to 350.org. With a distributed global staff, we depend on things like Skype video chat to reduce travel. We have weekly global Skype video calls for various teams. An example is 350 Mexico.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

You had to say something on the blog, or post a photo on Flickr, or organize a Meetup. One Laptop Per Child (just launched that year). Here were some the baffling hot new things that charity techies and geeks for good were buzzing about: Blogging and the blogosphere. Citizen journalism. Google Maps. Podcasting.