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TechSoup Japan Disaster Relief Program Launches to Assist Local NGOs

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As the weeks pass, the disaster recovery is increasingly shifting out of the hands of professional first-responder organizations into the hands of the local NGO community. The TechSoup Global Network believes a strong civil society is always important. A joint press release in English is posted in the TechSoup Global press room.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

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Adobe Creative Cloud. Adobe Creative Cloud launched this year as well. It’s a new licensing arrangement in which Adobe products users download the software as they have in the past and use it on PCs, but licensing is on a monthly per-user fee basis. This is on a personal computing level. The nonprofit refurbisher.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

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I did a post a few weeks ago on youth programs in TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map and decided I hadn’t covered this resource nearly enough. demonstrates what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup Global software donations to further their missions. Our Local Impact Map.

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Stories from German Nonprofits: A Look at Stifter-Helfen.de's Case Studies

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TechSoup Global's partner in Germany, Stifter-Helfen.de – IT for Nonprofits , has been collecting case studies from the organizations it works with over the last year. The organization received a variety of donations from Stifter-Helfen including software from Symantec, Microsoft, and Adobe. Empowering Youth Through Soccer.

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TechNet Blogs

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TechNet Blogs : "n order to assist with the recovery, TechSoup Japan, a program of the Japan NPO Center, is working with Microsoft, Adobe, and Symantec to aid local nonprofit organizations whose facilities are damaged in the earthquake by providing software donations. More information is available here in Japanese.

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21 Strategic Lessons for Creating Great Nonprofit Games

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Games are a $60 billion global industry. (MB). Games structure participation in vital civic actions like voting, budgeting, advocacy, movement-building, solving major challenges, and simulations for disaster preparedness. (BS). A Selection of Strategic Game Design Lessons for Nonprofits. Game Audiences. 60% of casual gamers are women.

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