Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2014

Are you… A Faith-Based Organization? The organization submitting the story with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the UnoBook tablet AND will be featured as the “Tech 4 Faith” story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). A TechSoup customer?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 14, 2021

Choose a Quality Company and Product Roll up your sleeves and review/compare several companies’ track record of success. Keep an eye out for user reviews that could help identify pitfalls and hidden costs. Organize Your Fundraiser Details You’ll never regret being organized from the moment you hit the ground running!

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

As part of our debrief of the event, we wanted to share some insights from the Classy staff who organized it. As you organize your nonprofit virtual fundraising event , you’ll also want to ask yourself questions during planning, execution, and follow-up on whether your schedule is respectful of your participants’ time.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Do you have an idea for an organization that will bring good to the world and serve a charitable purpose? million registered nonprofits in the United States, making these charitable organizations a staple of modern society. This guide will teach you what you need to know to get your new organization up and running. In the U.S.,

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Resources, symbolic attraction of alliance members, and expanded networks” as stated in a review from AIM Alliance , are all compelling benefits to joining forces, however, organizations should proceed with caution as these solutions are not sole problem solvers. Recommendations. The key ingredient throughout is undoubtedly trust.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 29, 2021

This past year’s social justice movement has caused many organizations to take a leap and highlight their key values for society to take notice of and support. This act of solidarity is a starting point, but not valid unless the organization takes intentional actions to progress their mission to commit to DEI. Where to start?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

From eating healthy to volunteering at local nonprofits, users earns points that can then be redeemed for rewards or special discounts offered by partner businesses. It must be downloaded and is available only to nonprofit organizations. That said, you should also monitor this site (and others like it) for the rare rogue review.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

You can review the page edits here: [link] ) Links to news stories were included as they emerged and the occasional personal edit of sentiments like “no one knows what’s going on” contributed to the live action growth of the page. Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 23, 2011

What a terrific way to help tell the story of your impact in the community – I can see something similar working for all kinds of organizations, schools, and more. "The . 'What I’m going to talk about today, are some of the network properties and social principles behind some popular social platforms.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The organization with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the Lenovo IdeaPad AND will be featured as the "Youth Impact" story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Poke around the map and see for yourself. Limit one submission per organization.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. Use the “Story” section of the form to tell us the great things your organization has been able to do with the help of TechSoup. Alright you got me, I’m in.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. Read the post below or visit the Stanford Social Innovation Review blog to comment. Lesson #3: Local vs Global. The final focus area is on the local vs global impact of social media. Examples of Social Media.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

Whether you are teaching a community about sustainable agriculture in Colorado or organizing a hack-a-thon in Romania, we want to help you tell your story. One of our favorite ways to share success stories is through our Local Impact Map (LIM). That sounds great. How do you plan on doing that? Enter your story by 5:00 p.m.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2014

organization doing innovative and inspiring work in the social sector? Using TechSoup products or educational resources to increase your organization's security? We want to hear how TechSoup’s educational resources and donated technology products help keep organizations like yours doing the good work they are doing safely.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 17, 2010

This wrap up will highlight some of the insights and resources shared during the chat, but, if you’d rather, you can review the full transcript. What’s the point in using “global” tools (social media) for local organizing? But for now local is still something I use a map and a tank of gas to determine the limits of.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

Qriously is super easy to use: you pick the type of question (two answer, slider, or star/rating), write your question and possible answers, select the location (global, regional or local – if you get a trial account, you are limited to global questions), and then how many answers you want to gather. That’s it!

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Google has kept nonprofit marketers on their toes with iterations of Panda and Penguin , a new algorithm called Hummingbird , and in late July a local algorithm called Pigeon. Pigeon is an update to Google’s local search algorithm , which dictates geo-sensitive search engine results. Nonprofits are not the only busy bodies in 2014.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2017

One of TechSoup's less-known areas of work has been to support and promote the work of other tech-for-good organizations, like Ushahidi in Kenya. Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. LABB created an Oil Spill Crisis Map in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

These programs can vary in nearly every aspect, from the type of gift to the organizations supported. Annual giving campaigns: Each year, some companies organize internal fundraising campaigns to support a specific nonprofit project. You can also look for software reviews online to see what other people have to say about the tool.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. For many people who find you online, your website is the organization.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Debra Askanase, Founder, Community Organizer 2.0 Primarily, it's about creating a fundamentally engaging experience for the website visitor that brings them closer to your organization. In our review of many social websites, we noticed that some websites have at least two primary goals for placing social media on their website.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

They're also a useful way for nonprofits to connect with local developers if they're interested in building an app. Data Collecting and Mapping. They designed an open-source mobile browser-based app that allows the user to quickly collect and map data while on the ground. Referral Services.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Here’s my latest contribution to the Stanford Social Innovation Review – you can read the post and join the conversation on the SSIR Blog or below. Nonprofit organizations, local and federal governments, campaigners and even businesses are trying to innovate at the speed of communities. Communities As A Model.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Our mighty army of volunteers hosted over 500 free nonprofit technology trainings last year, and we're on track to reach even more organizers this year. Well, the average NetSquared organizer spends 8.2 And while you're there, be sure to give your event organizer a hug for me! You like numbers? Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2011

But many causes and organizations are finding that it’s a lot harder to get picked up in the local paper and/or the national news than it used to be. So long live new media, which places your nonprofit organization in the driver’s seat. OK, reports of the death of traditional media may be greatly exaggerated. Content is King.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

That's why we do an annual survey of our members — because our local volunteers are always striving to figure out how they can help your nonprofit use technology to do more good. To learn how I can apply technology to my cause or organization. Saint Paul, Minnesota: State Legislative Preview for Nonprofit Organizations.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

" Local humor aside, the project is exciting: 31 public parks in San Francisco will get free Wi-Fi for at least two years. " Grist's Susie Cagle mapped. Google's proposed Wi-Fi hotspots using Google Maps (very meta). Google's monetary gift to the city is a step forward.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2012

Create, edit, and review Microsoft Office documents. Capture photos and video of your organization in action. You can search for contact information right on your phone (great if you think you’re at the wrong address), and show off your organization’s website to people you meet at conferences and events.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

It points out that poverty in rural areas is higher than in urban ones, but that "rural nonprofits find it incredibly difficult to build strong organizations" despite this reality. While private foundations are clearly more urban-oriented, state and corporate foundation grantmaking now favors rural organizations.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

your local elections and help support voting rights? Rock the Vote offers a customizable voter registration tool you can easily embed in your organization's website. polling place, review voting rules, and contact Election Protection if. organization that sponsored it. on some congressional and local races too.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

As a NetSquared organizer, you will become known as someone who's a leader in the Tech4Good community. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Skill Extension: Maps (on the Green Line) | Sponsors: Maptime MSP Meetup, CARTO. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

At this point, the question isn’t whether to use tech but whether your tech stack is configured in a way that positions your organization for success. A nonprofit technology assessment is an evaluation of the digital maturity of your organization. This involves asking questions such as: Who is your organization?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

These challenges helped provide early publicity, support, collaboration opportunities, and funding for now-famous "tech for good" organizations such as Ushahidi , FrontlineSMS , and many others. Ushahidi's David Kobia was named Humanitarian of the Year in 2010 by the MIT Technology Review.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

has used the Internet to disseminate its model, empowering local communities to self-organize and build their own playgrounds using free resources on its website. is one of the first non-profit organizations to take this approach online. Instead of taking a traditional non-profit approach to scale, KaBOOM! While KaBOOM!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

NetSquared groups focus on topics that address their unique local tech challenges, but once a quarter, we select a common theme. In the US, the Chicago and Portland groups visited their local Microsoft stores to learn how to leverage the Office 365 donation. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Mapping out a fundraising event, especially while taking COVID into consideration, can feel like a game of psychological chess between yourself and the world. Make sure your guests know ahead of time if they need to bring cash to tip or consider partnering with a local bank to have a mobile ATM onsite (sponsorship opportunity alert!).

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Your local NetSquared group is here to help with free, in-person events being held across the U.S. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Feeling overwhelmed?

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