Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

The 2013 Digital Storytelling Challenge is underway! If you haven't heard, during the month of April TechSoup is hosting our 4 th annual Digital Storytelling Challenge designed to inspire, educate, and empower nonprofits, libraries and social good organizations to tell their story through video and photos. Michael Hoffman.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

One foundation that has been a committed supporter of our work is the Lavelle Fund for the Blind. The mission of the Lavelle Fund is to support programs that help people with visual impairments, including blindness, lead independent, productive lives. This pilot paved the way for our work in the education field.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2013

TechSoup is pleased to present … the Bitdefender donation program! Now available to nonprofits, charities, and libraries through TechSoup, Bitdefender security products protect individual PCs and Macs as well as enterprise networks. Drum roll, please! Awards and Praise. Two-way firewall. Safepay™ and privacy.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2013

The latest version of Office , available through TechSoup's Microsoft Software Donation Program , is the installed desktop version of the software. Office 365, on the other hand, is Microsoft's subscription program for both online and desktop versions of Office products. Each SkyDrive Pro user gets 7GB of personal storage.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

My reaction was that this kind of advocacy work was a luxury we couldn’t afford. Against all odds, we—a novice bidder with a less than $1 million-a-year program—won a five-year, $32.5 We were elated and eager to get to work. I’d say, dodging the recommendations. I was wrong. million contract to do just that.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

And there's a new free mobile app called Range that helps libraries, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and others working with youth locate those free meal sites this summer. That's when the federal Summer Food Service Program steps in, offering nutritious, free summertime meals to low-income school-age youth.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Few were available, and he had trouble with the ones that were: they’d often be in a format that didn’t work well with his voice recognition software. This reality changed when Frank found out about Benetech’s Bookshare accessible digital library for people with print disabilities.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age. " The Role of Libraries. Additionally, 30 million library users reported going to the library for employment-related activities.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2013

So when the latest version of Microsoft Office became available for eligible nonprofits, charities, libraries, and foundations through the Microsoft Software Donation Program , we teamed up with our friends at Microsoft Citizenship and Doug Thomas, content producer for Office.com, to host a tweet chat. New Features and Improvements.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 17, 2013

While working during vacation isn't exactly ideal, sometimes it is necessary to ensure that the day-to-day operations of your organization stay intact. TechSoup offers a few different solutions: Citrix ShareFile allows you securely upload and share large files with your coworkers from anywhere you might be working. Work Remotely.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

If you already have the new Microsoft Office up-and-running on your organization's computers, you're probably aware of all the great new features that save you time and help you create more professional-looking work. You'll find a catalog of both free and paid apps that work with one or multiple programs in the core Office suite.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2014

Now that it's time to upgrade from Windows XP (it’s retires in early April 2014), you may well be wondering how much of your current software and hardware will work on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. I tested it on a classic Windows XP computer , a Dell Optiplex GX 280 from 2005 and it worked fine. We also have both Windows 8.1

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

It's not our first time advocating for charities and libraries in the hallowed halls of the U.S. TechSoup Global's mission is to do whatever we can to provide the IT resources and knowledge that charities, NGOs, and libraries need to operate at their full potential. Our latest opportunity was on February 13 2013.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Staff at nonprofits and libraries can sometimes feel overloaded with too much information and too many competing priorities. The new People-OnTheGo Donation Program at TechSoup can help you get organized and stay productive. Work more strategically and collaborate more effectively. First Dates in 2013.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Staff at nonprofits and libraries can sometimes feel overloaded with too much information and too many competing priorities. The new People-OnTheGo Donation Program at TechSoup can help you get organized and stay productive. Work more strategically and collaborate more effectively. First Dates in 2013.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. Monthly giving programs in particular have seen explosive growth, with revenue growing by 43 percent. donation program provides discounted pricing of services and equipment for credit/debit card payment processing. Anything I missed?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 21, 2018

The 2012 State of the Work Report shows that “people of color make up 37 percent of program offices at foundations…21 percent of U.S. Eventually, their protest worked and a deaf candidate was hired. Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/job.2040. This was contradictory and limiting. References.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2017

We'll kick this off with a completely original, new, and free fundraising service for charities, churches, and libraries. AvePoint is a new donation program at TechSoup. It is useful for any charities and libraries that are moving to Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint, or OneDrive for Business for document management.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Here's an idea for using smartphones with good cameras and video capability like the Dell Venue Pro touch screen phones for digital story telling: Send someone out to video compelling work that your nonprofit or library is doing out in the field for your holiday message. for lots of great resources for nonprofit and library apps.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

This is the fourth and final installment in a series of grantseeking pointers inspired by fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding ’s great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries that came out a few years ago. Some companies operate an in-house corporate giving program in addition to a foundation.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2017

Nonprofit, church, library, and foundation offices are vulnerable to this malware, which can lock up your IT system until a ransom is paid. Ransomware became famous as a tool of cybercrime in 2013 with the infamous Cryptolocker attacks. It works with your existing antivirus software. Link might not work in all browsers.).

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for seven years now. It made us think about ways we could bring good dependable low-cost computers to nonprofits and libraries. to scale up RCI in California. Using the U.S.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

By 2004 she had come back to her hometown of Baton Rouge and was working as a management consultant to a failing nonprofit. Nancy Jo notes that CACRC became a as much a service organization as a recycling operation as a result of the Katrina work. “It just works better that way.” ” She says.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2013

Eligible nonprofits, charities, foundations, and libraries can now request Office Standard 2013 and Office Professional 2013 editions through the Microsoft Software Donation Program at TechSoup: Office Standard 2013 (admin fee: $24). Office Professional Plus 2013 (admin fee: $32). About Software Assurance.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2013

Back in February, we hosted the webinar QuickBooks 2013 Made Easy for Nonprofits and Charities. In that webinar, I spoke with QuickBooks Made Easy's Gregg Bossen on the updates to QuickBooks that were relevant to nonprofits, charities, and libraries. Would you like to make working in QuickBooks much easier? Pacific time.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2014

Since Earth Day 2013, the eCycle Best has recycled more than 34,000 gadgets. Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup Global, released a free mobile app called Range that helps libraries, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and other working with youth locate free meal sites in the summer. 11,000 were laptops. Images: iFixit.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for eight years now. PC Rebuilders and Recyclers (PCRR) is our newest RCI refurbishment partner and is now providing enhanced tech support to our program. A Bit About How RCI Started.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

" While it’s true that Windows XP and Office 2003 won't stop working on zero day (April 8 th ), PCs using XP will face greatly increased exposure to malware attacks. Newer Versions of Windows and Office Work Well on Older PCs. through TechSoup's Microsoft donation program. Good Reasons to Upgrade Now.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Volunteers add so much value to the work of TechSoup. Thier ideas, unique points of view, and diverse talents provide us with critical information and expertise, and greatly enhance our program activities. We developed a web page describing the program , which involved drafting, discussing, and finalizing content.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

" New at TechSoup: Your 501(c)(3) nonprofit, library, or foundation can now collect donations by text message — and develop your own mobile site — with discounted and donated services from Connect2Give. and for faith-based organizations that may want to designate donations between a variety of programs they're operating.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

We went live in October 2013. ” Murtis Taylor Human Services has requested over 70 Mobile Beacon CLEAR Spot 4G Voyager portable wireless hotspot devices through the TechSoup donation program. Mobile Beacon is a joy to work with and we prefer their service.” It was a mountain of change for our agency, but worth it.”

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

(bring your own device) movement has been a staple topic in the IT press, and it is commonplace for us to use our own mobile phones and tablets for work related activities. As adoption of mobile devices increases for both work and pleasure, IT will no longer be dominated by PCs. And indeed sales of new PCs and laptops are declining.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 23, 2013

I''m pissed off that well-capitalized organizations that engage a narrowing constituency can raise millions while young organizations struggle to be viable even as they produce powerful work for growing communities. I wish organizations would focus more on creating amazing work than on sustaining operations. Recombine them.

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River staff members work with other conservation organizations from the beginning of each of their book projects to arrange public outreach campaigns that include presentations, publicity, and exhibits that reach beyond the printed page to audiences beyond the traditional environmental core. Contributors presented across the U.S.,

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Tech Soup

MAY 18, 2015

Braided River staff members work with other conservation organizations from the beginning of each of their book projects to arrange public outreach campaigns that include presentations, publicity, and exhibits that reach beyond the printed page to audiences beyond the traditional environmental core. Contributors presented across the U.S.,

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Nick Bilton, a tech columnist for The New York Times , wrote that we could find ourselves in a situation where a medical AI that is programmed to eliminate cancer decides that the way to do it is by exterminating humans who are prone to the disease. BackRubbing doesn’t work. Thankfully, they changed the name to Google.

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