Online Volunteering Technology, Tools and Tips by Randy Tyler

Free, Easy-to-Use Program Provides a Secure Way to Email Confidential Information

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:03:00 -0800

Using AES 256 Bit Encryption, LockNote Keeps Your Sensitive Information Secure Whether you have passwords or serial numbers to store or need to e-mail sensitive information to your non-profit board...

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Free Program Checks the Strength of Your Current Passwords or Creates Secure Passwords

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:04:00 -0800

See and download the full gallery on posterous Do You use the Same Password in Different Places? If you use the same password for your e-mail account, Twitter and your online banking, cracking your...

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Study Finds 73 percent of Bank Customers Use their Online Account Password to Access Other Web Sites

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:59:14 -0800

Do You use the Same Password in Different Places? If you use the same password for your e-mail account, Twitter and your online banking, cracking your Twitter account, for example, makes your other...

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Monitor Your Web Site Visitors in Real-Time as They Click Through Your Site, for Free

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:38:00 -0800

Who is Visiting Your Web Site Right Now? Non-Profits, You Can Quickly and Easily Know Billed as providing what Google Analytics does not, Footprint allows you to view your visitors as they click...

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Only Google's Web-Based E-mail Service, Gmail, Retains a Secure Connection After Log-in

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:07:16 -0800

Of the three major free Web-based e-mail services (Yahoo, Windows Live/Hotmail and Gmail), only Gmail retains an encrypted (secure) connection after log-in. Each mail service's secure Web site...

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Free, Until Feb 24, Program Easily Removes Your Forgotten Owner PDF Passwords

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:22:16 -0800

Have you created a password-protected PDF that prevents your content (for example, a funding proposal or an Online Volunteering Position Description) from being copied or printed but have now lost...

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How to Easily Backup Your Photos from Google's Picasa Web Albums

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:03:00 -0800

As a non-profit organization, there are a number of effective, easy and free ways to promote, reflect, demonstrate or illustrate your mission, whether it be, for example, your events, the...

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Easily Edit a YouTube Video with a Free FLV Editor

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:03:00 -0800

As a non-profit, you may want to edit your special event video you posted on YouTube but do not have the original. Over the last 20 years of working with non-profit organizations, I have experienced...

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Microsoft Still Holds a Whopping 92.21 Percent of the Total OS Market; Mac OS Only 5.11 Percent

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:39:09 -0800

Based on current trends, it appears that Microsoft's dominant Operating System (OS) will be around for some time. According to a December 2009 report by Net Applications, Microsoft still commands a...

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How to Easily Reveal Your Login Passwords with a Firefox Addon

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:15:00 -0800

Passwords used on Web-based log-ins are usually masked. Hence, when one can not see the actual characters, typing the correct password may require many attempts. However, the Firefox Addon "Show My...

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How to Easily Transfer Files Up to 2 GB for Free

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:57:21 -0800

Working with online volunteers often requires the transfer of large files exceeding the 10 MB to 25 MB e-mail attachment limit. Faced with the need to transfer a large file to an online volunteer,...

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How to Quickly Comment on a Blog Post by Enlarging the Text Area

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:36:00 -0800

Have you ever been frustrated trying to enter text into a small comment box? If the text area is too small, you may be required to scroll horizontally and vertically in order to see your input....

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How to Easily Tell How Many Characters You Have Entered in a Comment Text Box

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:05:00 -0800

Commenting on blog posts is one effective way for a non-profit organization to stay engaged and build community. However, when commenting on a blog post or a within a forum, the text area (text box)...

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Shortened Links May Lead You to Malicious Sites - How to Unshorten a Link Before You Click

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:58:00 -0800

See and download the full gallery on posterous You are about to click on a shortened Twitter link but do you know where this shortened link will take you? URL shortening services such as tinyurl...

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Your Non Profit Web Site Up Time is Critical and a Reflection of Your Brand - Easily Monitor Your Web Site for Free

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:56:00 -0800

Whether you are a non-profit or charitable organization offering online volunteering opportunities, providing a Web-based client service or allowing your donors to contribute online, your Web site up...

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Non-Profits - Easily Create Your Free Yammer Private Microblog to Plan an Event, Collaborate on a Project

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:16:00 -0800

When e-mail is too slow and inefficient to plan an event or fundraiser or collaborate on a project, consider a free Web hosted microblogging tool. Yammer, similar to Present.ly, offers a private,...

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Using Present.ly, Easily Create Your Non-Profit Organization's Free, Secure, Private Microblogging Tool

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:29:00 -0800

There are times when e-mail, as a tool to facilitate organizational productivity, is too slow, inefficient and awkward. Present.ly, a free, Web-hosted microblogging platform, allows your employees to...

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Free Online Tool Enables Easy Web Color, Size and Typeface Comparison and Selection

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:34:20 -0800

Choosing typefaces, color and size can have a big impact on how your Web site or blog looks and what it communicates. The task of choosing workable, safe Web typefaces, leading, kerning, sizes and...

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Monitor Your Web Site or Blog for Free to Ensure it is Up

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:05:00 -0800

Pingdom' offers a free level of service which allows you to monitor (on your chosen interval) one Web site or server and be notified via e-mail when your site is down (and up again). Start monitoring...

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Speed Up Your Internet with Namebench, a Free Open-Source DNS Benchmark Utility

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:37:00 -0800

Recently Google announced a free Public DNS service to compete with such free services as OpenDNS. DNS (Domain Name Server) is a database of Internet names and IP (Internet Protocol) addresses which...

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