Feb 21, 2020 by: Liora Lebowitz 0 Comments

The Best of the Web, February 2020

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Jan 27, 2020 by: Laura Quinn 0 Comments

Low Cost Tools to Create Your Own Infographic

Infographics—a visual that displays numbers, charts, or just words to help present a message—can be a very useful part of a nonprofit's communication mix. They can help convince supporters to support a particular campaign or present information to help constituents. Straightforward infographics can ...
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Jan 13, 2020 by: Liora Lebowitz 0 Comments

Putting Data into Action With Infographics

Your nonprofit collects all kinds of data. Maybe you've analyzed it and figured out how much of an impact your organization is making on your community. Now what? How do you show the rest of the world?
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Oct 30, 2018 by: Karen Graham 0 Comments

Tech Impact and Idealware: My Perspective on the Merger and on Maintaining Editorial Independence

This post was written by Karen Graham, Idealware’s Director of Capacity Building (formerly Executive Director). As of Oct 1, 2018, Idealware and Tech Impact merged, with Idealware becoming a program of Tech Impact. We’ve published it in parallel with a post written from the perspective of Pat ...
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Sep 10, 2018 by: Karen Graham 0 Comments

How Often Should We Replace Computers?

My laptop has been giving me some trouble lately. It seems like it’s running more slowly, and has a hard time connecting to the printer and the headset. Because I’m always telling people they should replace their laptops every three years, and mine is three and a half years old, this is the part ...
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Jun 25, 2018 by: Karen Graham 0 Comments

Locking Down Your Email With Encryption

I met Matt Eshleman, Chief Technology Officer at Community IT, at NTC 2018 in New Orleans. After sitting through his session, I asked if he'd be willing to answer a few questions for our blog, and he graciously agreed. Thanks for taking the time to respond to our questions, Matt!
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Jun 5, 2018 by: Karen Graham 0 Comments

Droning On About Drones

If you had asked me a month ago how nonprofits could use drones, I might have come up with one or two ideas—including delivering medicine and supplies in remote areas. I've heard about an organization testing this in a region of Africa where roads become impassable during certain seasons. It's a ...
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May 29, 2018 by: Karen Graham 0 Comments

Tossing Out Stale Beliefs About Innovation

Everyone wants to be innovative, right? But incorrect beliefs about innovation are getting in our way, and outdated attitudes are holding us back. In a recent article in Stanford Social Innovation Review, author Polina Makievsky shared a fresher perspective on six stale beliefs about how innovation ...
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May 21, 2018 by: Karen Graham 0 Comments

Digital Currency: Proceed With Caution

It seems like news headlines about digital currency—another name for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin—pop up on a daily basis. With so many people talking about this, I’ve been asking myself if I should be taking part in the conversation. I'm new to the topic myself, and frankly, skeptical about the ...
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May 7, 2018 by: Karen Graham 1 Comment

Messaging as a Channel for Nonprofit Audience Acquisition and Engagement

In a recent eNews, I wrote that nonprofit leaders to be paying attention to messaging as an important technology trend. Since then, I had a chance to ask some questions of Michael Sabat, an expert on messaging for nonprofits. He explained what messaging is, why it matters, and what steps a ...
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