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

OCTOBER 28, 2013

During the intervening two years, we have entered the “post-PC” era in which laptop and desktop computers are being superseded by tablets, phones and other mobile devices. And indeed sales of new PCs and laptops are declining. Refurbishers in emerging markets will start to see a higher supply of laptops for refurbishment.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2014

Blackbaud eTapestry is web-based donor contact management and fundraising software. Of course Blackbaud is the big name fundraising software. Bloomerang is also cloud-based donor management software. You can also take our Program Eligibility Quiz to see which software and hardware donations your organization may be eligible for.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

Can You Live Without Installed Software? Surely you still need your "real" laptop to run your donated copy of Adobe Creative Suite , right? In January, Kevin reviewed the Cr-48 laptop , a Chromebook prototype. Photo: slgckgc , CC license The first time you open a Chromebook, it's a disorienting experience.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 1, 2015

The vast majority of software is currently offered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS/Cloud) and. Less than a decade ago, we installed software on our own internal systems using physical compact discs. There’s no need to invest in expensive hardware, software licenses or hiring significant IT staff.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

By "post-PC," Jobs meant essentially that computing and Internet use for both work and pleasure will no longer be dominated by PCs, but that there will be an array of smart devices including smartphones, tablet computers, smart TVs, laptops, and even sensing devices in our clothes and cars and other every day items.

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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. Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi.

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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. Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

I have had varied problems , from issues of software integration, video problems, wireless issues … The list is getting very long. At some point, when I’ve saved up enough pennies, I’m going to buy a Mac laptop again. I migrated to making it my primary desktop about a year ago. And, guess what? I’m giving up.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Tablet sales are up 53% while laptop and desktop computers are down 11% from the previous year. In hardware life extension news, the grand award winner for software in Popular Science's Best of What's New 2013 this year is a server/software technology called Neverware Juicebox. Here’s what it all looked like to me.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2014

As the cost for issuing mobile devices like smartphones, laptops or tablets can be more than a non-profit can bear, bring your own device can be a solution, but there are risks and benefits to consider. You should be evaluating your technology regularly and asking yourself these questions: Do we have enough user licenses?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

See TechSoup's articles, Downloading Your Software Donations and What to Do After Downloading ISO Files from Microsoft , to learn how. Follow the on-screen prompts to select your language options and accept the End User License Agreement. See How to Reuse Old Laptops with Windows MultiPoint Server. Image: Dell Inc.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2015

It's famous for its antivirus and security software like Norton Security and Norton Small Business. It also offers enterprise-level software — for example, Symantec System Recovery. Symantec donated more than 432,000 licenses reaching more than 23,000 organizations in 29 countries last year.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

But, what about the software used to bring those courses to life? Your choice in course authoring software is just as crucial as the tools you choose to deliver the content to learners. What are the best eLearning authoring software? What is course authoring software? Should you invest in an authoring tool?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

In this blog post, I'll compare costs and energy usage for a WMS setup versus a conventional setup in which every user has a laptop or desktop computer. A WMS computer system has less upfront hardware costs, as well as less maintenance and software costs. WMS can also use legacy hardware, such as old laptops or desktop computers.

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3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Have you recently read an article or attended a webinar where you were told that your data or software had to be in “the cloud”? There’s a reason why a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere came to be used to describe a particular state of data and software. Make sense?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

There is also your new classification compliments of the BRIDGE Project, and the first universal software for micro finance, another free cloud service. The charity pricing on it is is free for up to ten licenses with as much as a 75% discount per seat above that. Larger nonprofits can get additional licenses at half off.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

A MultiPoint lab has fewer initial hardware costs, less ongoing maintenance, and lower software costs. Windows MultiPoint Server software is ordinarily available through academic or commercial volume licensing. or Premium , and on the license type, either Academic or Commercial. Both MultiPoint Server.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Sometimes it’s as innocent as evaluating a piece of software. But there’s a balance, there’s absolutely a balance, and you don’t want to leave yourself too stretched and overexposed if you’re continually going out and evaluating and rolling out new software or systems. Who can install software? I think it’s okay.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2015

Ironically, these cloud services are typically offered at costs that are more economical than traditional licensed software and internal support expenses combined. Everything you’re hearing tells you that SaaS is better than the old licensing model. Here are 5 reasons the cloud is right for your organization: 1.

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