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TechSoup Partners Provide Aid to Organizations in Haiti

Tech Soup

Many nonprofits, including several of TechSoup's member organizations, are working hard to bring aid to earthquake victims in Haiti. Fortunately, several of TechSoup's donation partners have stepped up and either promised funds or otherwise directed aid toward relief efforts in Haiti. Microsoft has committed $1.25 read more.

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The 2013 DoGooder Awards Go To.

Tech Soup

See3, YouTube, NTEN, and Cisco came together to award storytellers for their awesome work, celebrate the many organizations and individuals who submitted great video, and highlight the nonprofit community who participates. YouTube video NTEN digital storytelling Cisco DoGooder Awards See3' Change Agent Award.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

That’s why we were excited to participate in the Skoll Foundation’s second annual Skoll Social Entrepreneurs Challenge , a fundraising campaign committed to strengthening the capacity of organizations like ours to accelerate impact on some of the most critical issues of our time. The Challenge ran for six weeks through December 5th.

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E-Mediat: Social Media Capacity Building for NGOs in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The project is training 300 NGOs in Jordan , Lebanon , Tunisia , Morocco , and other Arab countries to become networked ngos and use social media for civil society goals. A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund. I’d like to share some of these below.

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TechSoup Global Donor Partner Profile: BetterWorld Telecom

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They supply charities, libraries and foundations with discounted Cisco and Polycom office phones. These are packaged with discounted voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone services that unify all your organization's telephones, mobile phones, fax machines, and computers through a virtual PBX software application.

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Choose the Right VoIP Solution Through TechSoup

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Nearly any organization will save money on its phone service by switching from a plain old telephone service (POTS, the stodgiest of acronyms ) to a lower-cost, hosted VoIP service. Don't worry if no one at your organization is familiar with VoIP, which stands for the somewhat scary-sounding "voice over Internet protocol.

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E-Mediat Networking Conference at the Dead Sea, Jordan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The program accomplished the following: 220 organizations participated. Organizations raised almost $125,000 through integrated social media campaigns from donors. Organizations raised almost $125,000 through integrated social media campaigns from donors. 12 training centers have been established.

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