Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 12, 2022

You want to do the right thing and make sure your site is easy to use for everyone. On the web, this means that when a site is accessible, anyone can use it without difficulty. If you’ve found out that your site is inaccessible, it’s tempting to look for a quick solution. That’s important! That’s a lot! Yes, seriously!

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 26, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. This site is an open space for those in the international development community who want to honestly and publicly share their failures. Here are some of the most interesting things I’ve found recently (as of January 26th).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2011

QR Codes are two-dimensional bar code images that when scanned by a camera on a smartphone open a link to a website, send a SMS, or dial a phone number. You can easily create QR Codes for free at sites like qrcode.kaywa.com and qrstuff.com. Linking to a desktop site in a QR Code that is meant to be read on smartphone is not practical.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. 2dCode :: 2d-code.co.uk. BlogPulse :: blogpulse.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

If not an entire site, then at the very least your organization should create select web pages that are designed to be easily read on mobile devices. Three are sending me text alerts with links to their desktops sites. Linking to a desktop site in text alerts is definitely not a best practice. The web is going mobile.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The advent of the Mobile Web is slowly starting to permeate and transform nonprofit communications. Just like social media transformed the nonprofit sector and how it communicates with its supporters, so will the Mobile Web (even more so). Foursquare. TwitPic.com allows you to easily share photos on Twitter in real-time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. 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.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2019

There are several web design platforms out there such as Squarespace or Wix that tout how they can be used by people with no website development experience to build professional looking website. But is it really a prudent business decision to build your own site? Site Maintenance. Converting Visitors Into Customers. Experience.

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Engadget

MARCH 24, 2025

The process is similar on the web or in Disney+ mobile app. If you're watching Disney+ on your phone, you can just tap on the three dots in the corner of a show or movie in Continue Watching and then tap on Remove. The only thing you can't remove from Continue Watching are live events, which will stay until they officially end.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The design is intentionally very simple so it’s easy to read on smartphones and mobile phones. The mobile web’s growth is exploding as well as the use of social networking sites on the mobile devices. That said, I am firm believer that the mobile web is the next frontier in nonprofit communications.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 7, 2011

As social media taught us, those nonprofits who act quickly and embrace emerging trends tend to experience the highest success rate, and similar to the rise of e-advocacy and “E-mail Action Networks&# beginning in 2000-01, the nonprofit sector is on the brink of transitioning their e-advocacy efforts to the Mobile Web.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 18, 2011

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. BlogPulse :: blogpulse.com. GroupMe :: groupme.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. 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.

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NetWits

JUNE 15, 2011

Ben Wood, mobile phone analyst at CCS Insight said the mobile phone may be “the most prolific consumer device on the planet&#.” What that means for nonprofits is that there are more than three times as many phones as personal computers. Make sure your web site has a mobile component. Is it a site upgrade?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0. Replace the “Web 1.0: The Static Web” with “Web 1.0:

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TechImpact

JULY 30, 2014

This is a question I ask myself, and web masters around the world ask themselves, on a daily basis. Or have you ever wondered how many visitors arrive to your site from Twitter vs Facebook. Distinguish patterns the way users flow, or navigate, through your site. Take advantage of site speed. No problem. Piece of cake.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 10, 2010

I immediately downloaded the Apps for the social networking sites that I regularly use as well as the few Apps that were available from the nonprofit sector. iPhones and AT&T are also expensive, so your user demographics will be narrow in comparison to the general web community. Love my iPhone. There are 4.1

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2019

When you need a new website built or updates made to your existing site, a common question website owners consider is if they should hire a web design agency or an individual freelancer. Working with a Web Design Agency. Established web design agencies with proven track records have been a reliable option for many years.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

” At this point that’s all we know, but the site is currently allowing users to secure their username on the Zeen homepage. Wufoo allows individuals and brands to easily create web forms through a simple drag and drop interface. This tool allows nonprofits to easily create Web-based Internet “TV” stations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0. Replace the “Web 1.0: The Static Web” with “Web 1.0: The Broadcast Web.” ” Social Media for Social Good is written as a how-to, step-by-step strategic plan for nonprofits in three parts: Web 1.0: The Static Web, Web 2.0:

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NetWits

MARCH 29, 2011

AMD is predicting that, by 2015, 50% of the world will have an Internet connection and Phone Count predicts that by 2012 there will be as many connected mobile phones as there are people in the world. More than half of cell phone internet users go online daily from their mobile device [ Pew Internet Report ]. Nielsen Study ].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

I like to think of group text messaging campaigns as the e-newsletter of the Mobile Web – just much shorter. Nonprofits were the absolute first to utilize social networking sites. The Mobile Web is not the Next Big Thing. You need a mobile phone number to create an account. They also send 2.5

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Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Ask any seasoned web designer what is one of the most important elements of building and running a site and you’ll no doubt get the same answer across the board: think mobile first. And it works seamlessly whether you’re on a self-hosted WordPress site or working via WordPress.com.

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Connect to Microsoft Lync with an iPhone, iPad, Android, or Windows Phone. Since nonprofits are typically made up of very busy, but very passionate people, keeping track of meetings is relied upon by calendar reminders and phone alerts. Lync Web App. Mobile Access. Easy Access To Conferences. Persistent Chat. Office 365.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 10, 2022

Additional Google Ad features that you will want to take advantage of are: Ad extensions which provide more information to web searchers. Getting Your Site Ready for Google Ads. You cannot have ads that send people to third party sites such as your social media pages. Certain groups such as hate groups are prohibited.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2022

US athletes have been advised not to bring their phones to the 2022 Winter Olympics. The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee is telling athletes to ditch their personal phones for burners ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics in China, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal (via Android Central ).

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

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. If your site is not mobile friendly going into 2014, this should be your top priority. Mobile Donations. Live Tweeting.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2011

I come across so many great conversations, ideas, and resources all over the web every day. " A Mobile World – whitepaper – A new whitepaper from SmartOnMobile looks at how the constituents of nonprofit organizations are using<br /> their mobile phones.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

It’s part of our culture, from the advertisements to the neatest, newest, coolest phones, to the new TV you should have. A friend of one of the board members is a web developer. They hire that web developer to put a new site together. They imagine the developer knows what they are talking about. Here’s why.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits was released in August 2011 and despite the rapid change occurring on the Social and Mobile Web, 90% of the content still rings true. Introduction :: Integrating Web 1.0, and Web 3.0. Replace the “Web 1.0: The Static Web” with “Web 1.0:

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

You can post pictures to TwitPic from your phone or through the site itself. With Screenr’s web-based recorder, there’s nothing to download. Trottr : Trottr allows you to record brief audio messages with your cell phone that are then hosted on the Trottr website. Alternatively, there is TweetPhoto.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 23, 2012

I am firm believer that social media will be the foundation of the Mobile Web and the book was written to help prepare nonprofits for the coming shift from desktop and social to social and mobile. It is illegal to buy, sell, or trade mobile phone numbers, unlike e-mail and snail mail addresses. page on your mobile website.

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The Verge

MAY 15, 2020

Now, a revealing BuzzFeed News story has shed light on another controversial yet longtime practice around phone ordering. But as BuzzFeed points out, a lesser known method GrubHub uses to extract money from small businesses involves putting its own custom phone number on business pages that redirects calls to the partner restaurant.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 25, 2019

If you visit a web site, it seems that you are forever haunted by emails, ads and other forms of artificial intelligence. Consumers can go to any company and ask them to disclose the data they are collecting by using a web site or phone number. appeared first on Byte Technology’s Web Design Insights Blog.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

2-1-1, the phone number used by millions to access information about community services, is celebrated nation-wide today, February 11th. Right now, many hundreds of call operators across the nation are answering requests for assistance about housing, food, legal issues, family support, health care, jobs and schooling and much more.

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NetWits

MAY 19, 2011

First and foremost, determine which existing audiences you wish to engage (board members, major donors, past event fundraisers or attendees, all donors, volunteers, etc) in your fundraising and how you will reach out to them (email, social networks, mail, phone, on-site events, etc).

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 10, 2024

Explore the list below to learn more about our favorite internship job posting sites, and start finding your dream interns. For example, our clients at Black Public Media could ask about a film the intern had seen recently, or their favorite web series. Ask them to answer a question unique to your nonprofit in their cover letter.

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