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Nonprofit Technology Celebrates International Women's Day

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By 2011, American women surpassed men in gaining college degrees , including advanced degrees. International NGO Leadership. Cecily Walker , systems librarian at the Vancouver BC Public Library. In the U.S., Women's participation in parliaments worldwide rose to 23 percent in 2016. Last year, U.S. Law and Advocacy.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

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We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. Our New NGO Partners in Vietnam. Our New NGO Partners in Indonesia. The technology is shipped directly to the local NGO.

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What if Cloud Vendors Go Out of Business or Delete Your Account?

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This week we got a great comment from a TechSoup member to our Cloud Technology and the NGO Community blog post. In our TechSoup Global NGO cloud survey we found that people in nonprofits and libraries are indeed concerned about data security in the cloud the world over. Can cloud vendors simply close your account without notice?

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Digital Volunteerism – Effective Disaster Relief the GreenTech Way

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and Sahana Foundation (which hosts a free open source disaster management system), have changed the way disaster relief is being done all over the world. Another great example of what Voluntweeters can do is the case of Red Cross voluntweeters responding to the more recent February 2011 Chicago blizzard. For others it was not so clear.

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What's So Scary about Cloud Security?

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argues that cloud-based services are likely to be safer and more secure than most in-house nonprofit computer systems. "I’m as big an advocate of a good firewall and a reputable anti-virus/spam package on all your systems as the next person. nonprofits across eight states in 2011. but all over the world.

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NTEN State of the Nonprofit Cloud Survey Results

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states In the fall of 2011. The results revealed that the most commonly used cloud-based systems were staff email solutions, at 69 percent, followed by broadcast email (57 percent) and office software (44 percent). TechSoup Global is also in the process of adding to the body of cloud research with our Global NGO Cloud Survey.

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Ten Ways Small NGOs Can Collaborate

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I often get the comment during a leadership seminar I teach that goes something like, "Well this is all well and good for large organizations, but what about my twelve-person NGO?" IFRC joined in early 2011. Plan with other local NGOs and create an informal board of IT advisors. But they were open to sharing a person.