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Cisco Strengthens Three Square Food Bank's Network

Tech Soup

TechSoup's popular donor partner, Cisco , is best known for supplying the switches, security appliances, access points, and other products that charities need to run their wired and wireless networks. One of Cisco's less-known good works is its signature Global Hunger Relief Campaign each year. It does several things.

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Legacy of Hope Austin: Dreams for Kids with Special Needs

Tech Soup

This flagship program is unique, differentiating LOH from other organizations that serve children with special needs. Two years ago, Cisco Systems engineering manager Roland Holloway nearly reached the point of needing hospice care due to complications from cancer. In late 2014, Holloway was ready to help another local nonprofit.

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Why TechSoup Product Donations and Donors Are Green

Tech Soup

This isn't a comprehensive list of all our donor partners' environmental activities, but this time I'd like to talk about Cisco and Symantec and also about our Green Technology Product Donations. Cisco: Improving Environmental Efforts on Multiple Fronts. Cisco is a longtime TechSoup donor partner.

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75 Mobile Apps to Jump-Start Your Nonprofit's Productivity in 2015

Tech Soup

Cisco's WebEx app allows you to connect to meetings via your mobile device, AnyConnect lets you connect to Cisco VPN networks, and Jabber is an integrated instant messaging app. See all Cisco Android , iOS , and Windows apps. Cisco helps you connect to technical support resources and monitor network traffic.

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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

Each module had a trainer’s guide and materials that was provided to the training teams in each country who customized the material — translated into French or Arabic and localized case studies. Each country team communicated with each other through an online site where the trainers shared lessons learned and ideas.

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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 Networking Conference at the Dead Sea, Jordan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also developed the curriculum for the 15 workshops that were localized and delivered by the in-country trainers to over 220 NGOs over 9-month period. The program accomplished the following: 220 organizations participated. Organizations raised almost $125,000 through integrated social media campaigns from donors.

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