Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2013

According to Google, there were more than 425 million active Gmail users as of June 2012. Adestra July 2012 Report ). The reality is that subscribers will likely view your messages on a wide variety of devices—including desktops, laptops, smart phones, and tablet computers. If you’re not learning, you’re not growing.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

From 2005 to 2012, telework growth in charities has been 87 percent. As smartphones mature, we’re doing more on them and less on our laptops. We’re working from restaurants, cafes, hotels, our cars, planes, the beach, and classically from home. Telework and the Polar Vortex. And never the twain shall meet.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

By "post-PC," Jobs meant essentially that computing and Internet use for both work and pleasure will no longer be dominated by PCs, but that there will be an array of smart devices including smartphones, tablet computers, smart TVs, laptops, and even sensing devices in our clothes and cars and other every day items.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2012

If the goal is to work more productively and cost-effectively, nonprofits using a laptop or netbook and their own personal Wi-Fi network for use wherever and whenever they need it, have more options. Today’s nonprofits always need to be connected, even when they are not in the office. And their tools need to be too.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In 2012 , IT product donations started to open up to nonprofit foundations. New Dell discounted laptops. TechSoup has a lot to offer foundations, but the majority of foundations don't know it! Here are seven ways TechSoup is benefiting philanthropy. See what we can do for your foundation! Adobe Creative Cloud.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River teamed up with Alaska Wilderness League to deliver 1 million signatures to President Obama opposing drilling in the Arctic in 2012. Each of our three winners got either a refurbished laptop or tablet from our great Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) partners: CDI , InterConnection , and PC Rebuilders and Recyclers.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River teamed up with Alaska Wilderness League to deliver 1 million signatures to President Obama opposing drilling in the Arctic in 2012. Each of our three winners got either a refurbished laptop or tablet from our great Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) partners: CDI , InterConnection , and PC Rebuilders and Recyclers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

Some of the tools needed to do this work are obvious: a camera, microphone, headphones, tripod, laptop, and maybe a light. Now, fast forward to 2012. I am a documentary filmmaker and video journalist, and I think of my work as a form of story telling and documenting. At that time I made a blog and raised $2,000 using Chipin.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2013

Large and Small. Bitdefender is offering eligible TechSoup members unlimited requests (while supplies last) of these network and individual products from its arsenal: Bitdefender Internet Security (1, 3, or 5 users).

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The library also offers free WiFi, a laptop checkout program, and 30 public access computers. Installation Date: September 13, 2012. We worked with library director, Maggie Buckholz, and Janet Royer, the library system administrator and circulation supervisor. Software Donated: Windows MultiPoint Premium 2011 with 8 Device Cals.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The current donated product available through TechSoup is Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 , and the specific installation steps may differ slightly between versions. See How to Reuse Old Laptops with Windows MultiPoint Server. Note that these instructions are for Windows MultiPoint Server 2011. Image: Dell Inc.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

And that in 2012, sales of smartphones are poised to outpace sales of PCs. I used to lug around my laptop everywhere, but that led to sore shoulders and a lot of missed opportunity to keep in touch. Is your organization ready? But there are certain things that I prefer to do using a computer with a bigger keyboard.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The winner will be announced at the next Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in April 2012. Past Winners.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

When the Fort Collins, Colorado area was threatened by wildfires in the summer of 2012, the Poudre River Public Library District set up a temporary library at an evacuation center. The library can alleviate some of this stress by being a place where people can connect to services, find distractions, and take steps toward recovery.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi. Installation Date: August 24, 2012. Like most libraries, La Conner Library provides public access computers to patrons to use however they wish. 4 Plugable USB Docking Stations. 1 USB Hub. 5 keyboards. 5 Refurbished LCD Monitors.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi. Installation Date: August 24, 2012. Like most libraries, La Conner Library provides public access computers to patrons to use however they wish. 4 Plugable USB Docking Stations. 1 USB Hub. 5 keyboards. 5 Refurbished LCD Monitors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

I am very excited about upcoming peer learning projects that I’m working on in 2012, including several for Packard grantees in India, Pakistan, and Africa as well as the e-Mediat project in the Middle East. Photo by Beth Kanter, Net Funders Conference, October, 2011. A few days ago I opened the door on a new learning journey.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

Here is some fine print on using this highly-discounted RRP offer: Servers do not require a prior Windows licenses to be eligible for this product, but client devices (like old laptops) must be refurbished devices with a prior Windows COA. The admin fee for Windows MultiPoint Server 2012 Standard Edition is $20.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Probably the most intriguing new devices are the convertibles, which are hybrid tablet and laptop devices. Microsoft slates are designed to be as functional as a laptop, in a small touch screen form that weigh only a pound and a half. The new touch screen ultrabook computers are more on the laptop side. Touch-Enabled Ultrabooks.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

Causes began as a Facebook app in 2007, and became independent in 2012. Back in 2012, in order to better meet the needs of the global philanthropic sector, the Foundation Center began an extensive review of their Philanthropy Classification System. It was one of the original 10 Facebook apps. Images: Rest in Peace: Shutterstock.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

But it seems that many nonprofits are still having trouble: Nonprofit click-through and conversion rates significantly declined in 2012-13. Responsive design automatically detects the device being used (mobile phone, tablet, laptop) and reformats the email. How can you design mobile-friendly emails ?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Named one of TIME’s 50 Best Websites of 2012 , Outlook.com is Microsoft’s new Web-based email service. It combines everything a good social media manager knows to maximize on the Social Web in 2012 i.e., graphics, images, statistics, and inspirational quotes. Outlook.com :: outlook.com. npCloud :: npcloud.org.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Mobile device ownership has steeply climbed for five years, but desktop and laptop ownership is flat. Mashable giddily declared 2012 the year of responsive design , but progress hasn’t always been fast enough. Case in point: mobile online purchases climbed to 26% by November of 2015. A mobile-friendlier web for everyone.

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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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