Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

It's been more than a year since Windows 10 launched on July 29, 2015, and the latest figures from Microsoft show the software on as many as 300 million devices worldwide. Most recently, the Windows 10 Anniversary update added several new features to go along with the software's existing improvements over its predecessor.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This post features advice from IT and grants management experts on how to streamline your tech solutions, create clear processes, and drive more external and internal impact. In the days following the fires in Maui, many people didn’t have access to Internet, cell service, even land phone lines. Everyone on the island suffered a loss.

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JULY 26, 2010

For many organizations, it's the standard-bearer software that lives on nearly every computer and is used daily by millions, so we think it's pretty important to have a good handle on how to answer the seminal question asked by resource-strapped libraries and nonprofits — "Should we bother upgrading?". What are the differences?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 14, 2008

They expect to make up the difference in revenue that they got from licenses from services sold to a greater number of organizations that would not have been customers otherwise. I hope that they decide to go with an OSI approved license (they are currently using their own, which is a modification of the Apache license.

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MARCH 30, 2015

Not sure which products from TechSoup qualify as "green tech"? Using a TechSoup product not mentioned above for green tech? The April 2015 TechSoup Green Tech Story Challenge (the "Challenge"). Check out our Green Technology Page. Or is your nonprofit doing good work to save the environment? Official Rules.

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MARCH 30, 2015

Not sure which products from TechSoup qualify as "green tech"? Using a TechSoup product not mentioned above for green tech? The April 2015 TechSoup Green Tech Story Challenge (the "Challenge"). Check out our Green Technology Page. Or is your nonprofit doing good work to save the environment? Official Rules.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2014

October’s Safer Internet theme month inspired 22 events, helping nonprofits work more safely and securely online! This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN’s Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech. New York, New York: 501 Tech NYC Holiday Gathering 2014.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

software solution in which one host computer is shared by multiple users simultaneously. Reliatech is a nonprofit social enterprise that provides on-the-job training to low-income people by having them provide IT tech support to individuals, nonprofit organizations, and small businesses in the San Francisco Bay area. Open Office.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Both Standard and Datacenter editions of Windows Server use processor-based licensing, with each license good for up to two physical processors. For more information, see the Windows Server 2012 Licensing & Pricing FAQ. For more information, see the Windows Server 2012 Licensing & Pricing FAQ. Previous Versions.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

No administration fees, no license checking, no running out of licenses for larger organizations, nothin’ Download it and put it on every desktop and get rid of that license manager thingy. It’s stable, feature rich, uses open standards, reads and writes MS files, and, did I mention it’s free?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

You can use Atomic Training to help your organization maximize its tech tools and software products. Organizing software trainings for your library or public computer lab. Since they're cloud-based, you can finish your courses anywhere and anytime, as long as you have Internet access. Train on Over 150 Products.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

software solution in which one host computer is shared by multiple users simultaneously. In most cases, we sent them the instructions, hardware, and software they'd need and then stood back and watched how the installation went. Joy Neal (right) is the library director and Lane Fernando (below) is their tech support person.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

software solution in which one host computer is shared by multiple users simultaneously. In most cases, we sent them the instructions, hardware, and software they'd need and then stood back and watched how the installation went. Joy Neal (right) is the library director and Lane Fernando (below) is their tech support person.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

software solution in which one host computer is shared by multiple users simultaneously. In most cases, we sent them the instructions, hardware, and software they’d need and then stood back and watched how the installation went. Windows MultiPoint Server Premium 2011 licensing. Windows MultiPoint Server.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

I said in that post: At one level, whether or not the software underneath the SaaS is open source is not relevant. You are not obtaining the software, and whether or not you can see the code, or modify it, is really not the key issue here. And, at the level of most nonprofits choosing software, this is, in fact, correct.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Cloud computing basically means services you use over the Internet like Google Apps, Microsoft Office Web Apps , Live Documents , or One Hub rather than installing software and housing the document or information in-house. Can tech help ease volunteers' pocketbook shock with gas prices? plus $2 per user license.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 4, 2015

JourneyEd.com has partnered with TechSoup to make academic discounts on more than 5,000 software and hardware products available to all nonprofits. JourneyEd.com products come from more than 200 vendors and include products like Camtasia, virtualization software from VMware, and more. Final Draft 9 (Electronic Software Delivery).

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MARCH 12, 2011

Frogloop compiled a list of resources of nonprofits, companies, and do-gooders who are using their tech-savvy and organizing skills to raise money and help locate missing people. Looking to help the victims of the Japan earthquake and Tusanmi, but don’t know where to start? By Roberto Maxwell. American Red Cross Text to Donate.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

From the proposed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act to "do not track" browser settings, Internet privacy has been at the forefront of discussions about our rights online. No high tech skills are necessary to participate: just a decent Internet connection and your curiosity. Prior to joining TechSoup.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Can we build a library of OpenSocial applications that have open source licenses? The ability to be able to move my social network around wherever on the Internet I want to go is important. It seems to me that many organizations are going to have very similar needs in terms of kinds of applications. Anyone interested?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Yes, it might be surprising, but I got a friendly email from fellow NTEN Board Member Steve McLaughlin, who also happens to be head of all things internet (more formally, Director, Internet Solutions) at Blackbaud. There is a $10K license fee that you have to pay if you use the On premise or hosted versions. More on those later.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

I had a brief conversation by email with Cory Doctorow , a science fiction author who is also a copyleft activist, who releases everything he writes with a CC license. He suggested, basically, find the publisher first, then talk about the license second. If, perchance, you might want to read it, drop me an email.)

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MAY 6, 2021

Nick Bilton, a tech columnist for The New York Times , wrote that we could find ourselves in a situation where a medical AI that is programmed to eliminate cancer decides that the way to do it is by exterminating humans who are prone to the disease. I think this is fair to say we have leading minds on both sides of the issue. Ashley Madison.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

2) The customers, as a general rule, check to the open source or open API box on their RFP and then hire the vendor to do the implementation… they just don’t have the technical chops to really dive deep into the software. at 3:59 pm Yeah, I certainly worry about that dynamic with company-led open source software.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

But for an organization like Concern with field workers all over the world, many of them in countries with undeveloped tech infrastructures, it's a revelation. Like Concern, Foundation Nepal has field workers in very remote areas with limited Internet access. Photo: Leo Reynolds , CC license. Cloud Computing Worldwide.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. In the beginning, it was lack of software (I first tried this back in 1999), or printer drivers. I stopped at the license agreement.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The following servers and licenses are in the Windows Small Business Server 2011 family. Small Business Server 2011 Standard Edition: English , Spanish. Small Business Server Premium Add-on CALs: User , Device. read more.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2016

. * **Katharine Bierce** recorded her recent [tech and philanthropy panel]([link]. Our **San Francisco** group curates a list of [tech for good experiences each month]([link] --> Upcoming Tech4Good Events. This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and HandsOn Tech.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Both Standard and Datacenter editions of Windows Server use processor-based licensing, with each license good for up to two physical processors. For more information, see the Windows Server 2012 Licensing & Pricing FAQ. For more information, see the Windows Server 2012 Licensing & Pricing FAQ. Previous Versions.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Flickr is one of our go-to places for Creative Commons- licensed images. It allows you to search for photos with a Creative Commons license for noncommercial use and images that you can modify, adapt, or build upon. You can search by topic, location, type, author, license, and source. I use the advanced search feature.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2007

In fact, pretty much every open source project that has gone commercial, or had a change in license, caused a fork, pretty much killing the original (like Mambo, or XFree86.) to develop open source software. They have had an active user community, many of which, I imagine, are going elsewhere. Xen comes to mind.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston: Creating a 90-Day Online Marketing Plan for Your Nonprofit. Chicago, Illinois: Making Tech Accessible to Nonprofits.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 18, 2005

They’ve just released a beta version (sorry, Mac only, for once) of a new platform for internet video, called DTV. There is a new, interesting project under Creative Commons license. It looks pretty amazing – and a great testament to what open source licensing can do for creative work. { This is very cool.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 18, 2007

Just threatening to sue, threatening to get license fees (which, for some open source projects would be a major problem) is enough to make people doubt the future of open source. Why can’t they just focus on making good software? The software will speak for itself (or it won’t.) make functional software).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

The three others are Democracy in Action , which is a SaaS that is open source, CitySoft says it’s open source, but I don’t know whether it is through an OSI approved license (since they don’t say. at 1:12 pm Aaron Antrim’s blog 01.01.08 » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.14.07

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2014

Our July 1 free webinar, Hidden Gems: Tech Donations for Faith-Based Organizations , is covering some of the same territory: to tell you about some lesser known donation programs available faith-based organization and some that may even extend to your parishioners.The free webinar will be on Tuesday, July 1 at 11 a.m. Pacific time (2 p.m.

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