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Technology and the Environment

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OK, well, not so unrepentant or unabashed since I’m writing this post on the varied factors around technology and the environment, and have been thinking about this issue for myself for a long time. There is some argument as to whether or not cloud computing is good or bad for the environment. Cloud computing. Green Hosting.

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Best Practices for Securing Data in Humanitarian Crisis Situations

Saleforce Nonprofit

The unfolding crisis in Afghanistan is a stark reminder that many Salesforce.org nonprofit customers often work in fragile environments. In addition to the challenges inherent to any nonprofit mission, these organizations and their personnel must often work in areas with poor security and limited resources. Learn more. Learn more.

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Collecting Data in Low Resource Areas: How to Get Started

NTEN

It’s an old problem, made worse by the tantalizing potential that technology provides: how do you collect and aggregate quality data when you work in low resource areas? You have paper and pen, but in this harsh environment, even collecting data the old fashioned way can be unreliable. Mobile phones. So what do you do?

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The Environmental Case for Remanufactured IT

Tech Soup

They wrote Computers and the Environment: Understanding and Managing Their Impacts. It's much better for the environment to extend the life of a computer for an extra two or three years than to buy a new one every three to four years. Half the Periodic Table Is in That PC or Mobile Phone. billion humans.

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Top 7 Reasons Your Nonprofit Should Be Using Email Marketing

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

Its direct and mobile (but not intrusive). Most users can access their emails on a laptop/computer and on their mobile device, in fact 53% of emails are opened on mobile devices! Email marketing is paperless, so better for the environment than sending leaflets and letters and also considerably cheaper. Why Twenti?

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

Since not a whole lot is out there yet on the role of mobile devices in telework, I thought it’d be interesting to have a look a look at that. Call us what you will, the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that by 2015, a bit over 37 percent of the total global workforce will be made up of mobile workers. The downside?

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Environmental Case for Refurbished IT Equipment

Tech Soup

The scientific basis for the environmental case for refurbished IT equipment is primarily from Dr. Eric Williams of Rochester Institute of Technology in his book, co-authored with Ruediger Kuehr, Computers and the Environment, Understanding and Managing Their Impacts. Half the Periodic Table in That PC or Mobile Phone.

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