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JUNE 25, 2013

A couple weeks ago, I posted about an upcoming e-waste and refurbishment standards conference in South Africa that I was co-organizing. The event's purpose was to join industry and government in putting into action some of the precepts developed at the 2012 United Nation’s Pan-African Forum on E-Waste in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The newest version of Windows isn't expected to launch until late in 2012, but it will have a number of major new features, including green ones. The preview took place at the Microsoft Build Windows Conference this week (September 13 - 16, 2011) in Anaheim, California. gave the first keynote and Windows 8 demo at the event.

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Selfish Giving

APRIL 2, 2012

I’ve always had columns for “cause marketing”, “#causemarketing”, and, since I started writing QR Codes for Dummies , “qr codes” I also added “nonprofit mobile”, and for this week “#12ntc” and “innogive” so I can follow the Nonprofit Technology Conference in San Francisco.

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AUGUST 24, 2012

Winners will be announced at the Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits in Washington D.C. on October 1, 2012. The deadline for nominations is August 31, 2012. So choose the category that best applies to your nonprofit and nominate it today! The categories include: Best Overall Use of Blackbaud. Best Online Campaign.

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MAY 3, 2024

Lately, it seems I can hardly open a newsletter, attend a training, or look at a conference schedule without seeing the word AI popping up everywhere. For example, one AI writing platform was trained on information that was created in 2012 or before. At the time of me writing this newsletter, 2012 was 12 years ago.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Lou completed what Pat started: I definitely will be giving podcasting a try in 2012! In short, John is a great person to hang out with at a conference! I’m already looking forward to Blogworld 2012! A big thanks to Chris Noble for leading the cause track this year. It was great to talk and visit with many old friends.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 26, 2014

In 2012, EU countries discarded 10.9 The ICRS (now being organized by Sarah Cade of PC Refurbishers and Recyclers) has grown into an annual conference series held in different cities around the U.S. The conference is hosted by the Regional and European Co-Operative for Social Industry ( RECOSI ). Million Ton Problem. and Canada.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2013

The intention of the event is to join industry and government in putting into action some of the principles developed at the 2012 United Nation’s Pan-African Forum on E-Waste in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

The Forecasts for 2012. I guess a good place to start is looking back at forecasts from January 2012. Andrew Cohen of Forum One did one called 12 Big Trends in Nonprofit Technology for 2012. His big prediction was that 2012 would be a breakout year for mobile computing in nonprofit tech. The Decline of PCs.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2013

I've just returned from organizing an electronics recycling conference in Cape Town, South Africa, where I met Dr. Hylton Villet, the chairman of MyDigitalBridge in Namibia. I’m well acquainted with the big digital inclusion projects in the U.S. like Connect2Compete. Namibia is a medium-sized country that borders South Africa.

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MARCH 26, 2012

Last weekend I had the privilege of speaking at the Ohio Habitat for Humanity conference. and are in great shape to start 2012. I work with lots of Habitat affiliates across the country and this was a treat to be at an event with hundreds of them! Here are a few of the important ones. First, you must be passionate about your work.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2012

"This is a different kind of conference," says Masaoka, California Association of Nonprofits CEO. Rather than cover the tired topics of typical nonprofit conferences like reaching donors or polishing mission statements, Masaoka's convention will challenge mainstream policies and look at policy decisions yet to come.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2012

recent security lapse will be rolled out at every seminar and conference for the next three years to warn small children, sorry, prospective users of cloud services, of the cloud’s inherent insecurity. conference, or that just oh-too-tempting website/email. He has been in the high tech field for more than 25 years.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

A session at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference, recounted on the TechSoup blog, offers advice on using storytelling for fundraising. A session at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference, recounted on the TechSoup blog, offers advice on using storytelling for fundraising. on the Future of Fundraising back in 2011.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

The TechSoup Survey will be open through March 23, 2012. If you’re coming to the upcoming NTEN NTC 2012 conference in San Francisco next month, I hope to see you there! Primary Findings. NTEN surveyed 780 nonprofits across nine U.S. states In the fall of 2011. How are you using the cloud?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

Michael offers some suggestions for developing Your Tech Game Plan for 2012. Alicja rounds up upcoming 2012 European conferences. TechSoup Canada is growing and looking forward to 2012. Get great content curation tips in Susan's recap of the TechSoup and TechSoup Romania's tweet chat. From the Nonprofit Commons.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2012

For more nonprofit- and library-specific apps, also see: Open-Source Mobile Apps for Social Change from the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. What apps are already out there? How would apps benefit your nonprofit or library? Does it make sense to build your own app? Apps for Nonprofits and Libraries.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

percent increase in 2012 to $5.3 More than three-quarters of corporate respondents said their giving budgets would be flat – essentially the same as 2012 levels. The 2012 leaders were: Wells Fargo Bank ($315 million cash). The median cash amount given in 2012 among those companies surveyed was $25 million.

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Selfish Giving

JANUARY 1, 2018

I am about to start researching conventions and conferences, regardless of where they might be in the world, that I can attend so that I can learn anything and everything I can about the various sorts of technology that I could implement into my office and into my projects. 2018 is only a few hours old and it already feels different to me.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

APGA, for example, uses a model hotel agreement for their annual conference. The agreement requires that any hotel hosting their conference will: Give hotel guests at check-in the choice of having conference materials provided to them electronically or in traditional paper form, and also opt out of getting a daily newspaper.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

As we prepare to launch the third series of Social Media for Nonprofits conferences with our New York City flagship conference on March 7, we thought it’d be helpful to share a few of the many practical insights and tips enjoyed by our audience of 2,500 nonprofit leaders last year. Shorter Is (and Isn’t!)

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2015

At the recent RSA Security Conference , an annual IT security conference, I attended a privacy panel featuring the chief privacy officers of Microsoft and Facebook, and the director of Google's privacy legal team. Appealing to all egos, the site went viral also because of how it far off it can be. Who Owns My Photos?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This December, the United Nations will host a conference on climate change. Many outcomes and non-outcomes could result , but the goal is to establish a new climate change agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. I often have to hold back a cringe when I hear discussion of climate change and other environmental issues.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

percent increase in 2012 to $5.3 More than three-quarters of corporate respondents said their giving budgets would be flat – essentially the same as 2012 levels. The 2012 leaders were: Wells Fargo Bank ($315 million cash). The median cash amount given in 2012 among those companies surveyed was $25 million.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2012

Those were the subjects of an afternoon panel today at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. Many became aware of the movement against the Stop Online Piracy Act after the January 18 service blackouts started by Wikipedia and Reddit (with support from Craigslist and Google ). "I see dirty tricks all the time. What Can You Do?

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2012

From now until the end of July 2012, we are offering off-the-shelf pricing of 19.9 Read on to learn what web conferencing is, why you should also use audio conferencing, how Adobe Connect stacks up, and tips and tricks for wildly successful web conferences. Web Conferencing. That's it! cents/minute.

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APRIL 10, 2012

Shim shared a case study at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference on how his organization uses social media to communicate with youth participants in the Pathways to Education program. According to Shim, Facebook is a primary communication tool for young people. As Sengupta said: "I have an inbox with 2000 unread messages.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

From 2005 to 2012, telework growth in charities has been 87 percent. We can easily calendar with them, do email, do Internet searches, make calls, instant message, text, and conference on them. Telework By Any Other Name. Actually the names for telework are proliferating at a good clip. It’s a really big part of our world.

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MARCH 26, 2012

Last weekend I had the privilege of speaking at the Ohio Habitat for Humanity conference. and are in great shape to start 2012. I work with lots of Habitat affiliates across the country and this was a treat to be at an event with hundreds of them! Here are a few of the important ones. First, you must be passionate about your work.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Pro 2012 (admin fee: $35) links donor databases and contact history to calendars, tasks, project summaries, and appointment schedules. Beyond conference calls, nonprofits can use ReadyTalk (admin fee: $45) to record audio and video for tutorials and educational webinars hosting up to 25 free attendees at a time.

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Tech Soup

MAY 25, 2012

The Donor Class of (TechSoup Fiscal Year) 2012. Acteva The Program : Acteva offers cloud-based tools to let organizations streamline registration and payments for events, conferences, and classes. Make sure your organization gets all of the hardware or software it needs from TechSoup before our fiscal year ends on June 30, 2012.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The last day at the Social Capital Market Conference in San Francisco closed out with a bang. A hot buzzword in 2012, big data refers in this context to all the information captured online or via mobile transactions around the world each second. Making Sense of Big Data. What does it mean? What is big data for good?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

Laura Quinn shared her ideas at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , in a session called More Than Apps: Affordable Program Delivery Through Mobile Phones. 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.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The winner will be announced at the next Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in April 2012. Submissions must demonstrate that the nominee's work helps nonprofits both increase their effectiveness and help them motivate and communicate to their constituents. Past Winners.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

In It's Not You, It's Your Stories at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , Steve Daigneault (VP of eCampaigns at M&R Strategic Services ) and Sue Citro (Director of Digital Strategy, Global Programs at The Nature Conservancy ) shared their tips for telling better and more effective stories. Make them trip over it.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

At that time, most community and economic development groups seldom applied for funding from any private source, with the exception of small general operating or perhaps conference underwriting from local and regional businesses. That tool can help you determine your own organization’s breakdown when it comes to grants (i.e.

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APRIL 10, 2012

" Or so said Aaron Pava , a strategist at CivicActions in his 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference. "The mobile tools to solve social problems are already out there." session, Open Source Mobile Apps for Social Change. What the Mobile Revolution Means. It's a myth that mobile users are always distracted.

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