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5 Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Care About Cloud Computing

TechImpact

Image courtesy of entech. Mail, and Google Docs are all examples of cloud-based applications, also known as software as a service (SaaS). Chances are good your organization is already using some form of cloud computing without realizing it. Gmail, Yahoo! But what is cloud computing? The future is bright for cloud computing.

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Chromebook for Nonprofits: Are Web Apps All You Need?

Tech Soup

I use Google Docs , Zoho Writer , and Office Web Apps. But what about video and image editing? Surely you still need your "real" laptop to run your donated copy of Adobe Creative Suite , right? Surely you still need your "real" laptop to run your donated copy of Adobe Creative Suite , right?

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

As smartphones mature, we’re doing more on them and less on our laptops. Microsoft with its Surface line of tablets that are a hybrid of laptops and tablets, is working hard to transform tablets from personal entertainment devices to business productivity machines. Tablet adoption is very brisk.

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4 Ways Nonprofits Can Benefit from the Cloud

Tech Soup

Most of the processing power needed to run cloud-based applications is online rather than on an individual computer or on-site server; therefore, your data can be viewed as quickly on a hundred-dollar desktop as on a high-end laptop. For example, staff can manage vendors via Google Docs or create questionnaires via SurveyMonkey.

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Cloud Computing for Small Nonprofits: Lessons Learned from 5 Years in the Cloud

NTEN

Shortly after the Colorectal Cancer Coalition was incorporated as an organization in March 2005 we hired an admin, bought her a laptop and gave her a desk in a tiny single room office sublet from another organization in Washington, DC. With Screen Steps, I can easily edit the file to replace an image or rewrite a step. Didn't happen.

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Cloud Computing for Small Nonprofits: Lessons Learned from 5 Years in the Cloud

NTEN

Shortly after the Colorectal Cancer Coalition was incorporated as an organization in March 2005 we hired an admin, bought her a laptop and gave her a desk in a tiny single room office sublet from another organization in Washington, DC. With Screen Steps, I can easily edit the file to replace an image or rewrite a step. Didn't happen.

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A website that allows you to create an image with a mosaic of your Twitter Followers’ avatars. Share As Image :: shareasimage.com. Share As Image allows you to select any text on the Web and pin it as a quote on Pinterest. In addition to text quotes, Quoto also has a digital library of quotes embedded on images.

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