Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

TechSoup's newest offering is a green technology and our first discounted phone system package for nonprofits and libraries. The pre-negotiated discount package includes Cisco VoIP phones, hosted Voice over IP, and virtual PBX phone service. It's a complete "unified communications" office phone system.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Last week, we covered Windows Phones and Windows 8 tablets. This week, we'll cover how to back up your Android phone or tablet. With Google's mobile operating system, Android, you can link your phone or tablet data with your personal Google account. If your phone is running Android 4.0 (Ice Apps and Services.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2014

TechSoup has partnered with BetterWorld Wireless to bring discounted mobile services and donated devices to eligible nonprofits and public libraries in the U.S. Pay only for what you use: Usage-based pricing plans are a unique service plan option offered by BetterWorld Wireless. Read more about BetterWorld Wireless plans.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

At TechSoup, we support the efforts of nonprofits and public libraries working to build digitally inclusive and literate communities through donated technology from our corporate partners. These initiatives are exciting opportunities for libraries and nonprofits to get recognition and support for the work they're already doing.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2012

We'll start with Windows devices, but posts on Android and iOS phones and tablets will come in the following weeks. Backing Up Windows Phone. Windows Phone 8 , Microsoft's next generation mobile operating system, has improved backup features from Windows 7. This 3G phone features a 4.1-inch

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

If you work for a nonprofit or library in California, your organization might be eligible to reduce your. TechSoup donor partner BetterWorld Telecom is one of only a select few telecom providers certified and approved to provide services eligible for reimbursement through the CTF program. CTF provides funding for basic access services.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 7, 2013

Bookshare International Library We’re always thinking about new ways in which Benetech could go deeper and help many more people. Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

If your organization has offices or on-site services, offer to do tours for new, major, or recurring donors. Help the organization break down its budget or donations into units of service delivery (e.g. “$50 This can become a speakers bureau or a service for which the organization can charge. It need not be a solicitation.

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Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2014

Libraries, nonprofits, and faith-based organizations can help fight youth hunger by sharing information about local free summer meal sites. Only one in six children who are eligible for the National School Lunch Program take advantage of the Summer Food Service Program. You can make a difference, even if you are not a meal provider!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2010

This is a quick note on behalf of our Client Services and IT teams. Despite having gobs of phone lines to help handle calls from nonprofits and libraries, our systems are overloaded due to über high call volume from the many, many fine folks trying to make donation requests before tomorrow's fiscal year-end.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

However, many nonprofits and libraries aren't using apps, for various reasons. The App It Up project is here to help, by identifying - and even creating - apps specifically for nonprofits and libraries. Some nonprofits and libraries are even creating their own apps. What Is an App? First, a quick definition.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2011

QR Codes are two-dimensional bar code images that when scanned by a camera on a smartphone open a link to a website, send a SMS, or dial a phone number. The person scanning is then sent either to a mobile Web browser to view the link inside the QR Code, sent a text message, or prompted to dial a phone number. In libraries.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Microsoft acquired Skype last year so the voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service has a brand new look for Windows 8. The app version of SkyDrive , Microsoft's cloud storage service lets you store and view any file from your PC via a Start screen tile. Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. How about one for social good?

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. It will be a Braille phone and it is due to come out the end of this year at an affordable price ($185). The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology. Digital Wallets.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 23, 2024

What Blackbaud support services can nonprofit consultants provide? And because their support services are designed for your organization, you’ll always know that your solutions are going to move your mission forward, not backward. Blackbaud Knowledgebase : Search by keyword to answer your questions about Blackbaud products.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2013

This post was authored by Brenda Hough and was originally published on TechSoup for Libraries. One of the things I like best about working with TechSoup for Libraries is our connection to TechSoup , which provides opportunities for me to think beyond libraries and to consider technology in the broader non-profit environment.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

Twelve years ago, the Fund made its first grant to Benetech, in support of the then newly launched Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with disabilities that get in the way of reading print, including visual impairments and dyslexia. government and states like Texas. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2009

If your nonprofit or library works with supporters or community members who have difficulty hearing or are deaf, there's a cool new freebie out there to help ensure that people can communicate well by phone with you and everybody else. Tags: Community Tech Centers Digital Divide Services Telecom Services.

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2014

Interested in learning how to pick wireless devices, make your office more mobile, and implement good mobile strategies at your nonprofit or library? Eastern) for a free webinar to discuss how your office can leverage phones, tablets, and hotspots for social good. Pacific time (2 p.m.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A volunteer resource manager at another human service nonprofit that we talked with noted the challenge that comes with the decision to suddenly embrace information and communication technologies. “I CVAs described how transitioning to virtual and remote service removed the barriers of distance and lack of transportation.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Telephone: You probably need a phone number that is separate from your personal phone. There are many free and low-cost Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) options, which can be used through your computer and your phone. Ring Central is a commonly used app that bundles video meetings and phone capabilities.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 11, 2013

Our experts will speak about a varied menu of possibilities available to nonprofits, libraries, and charities today. Whether that is using an app on your phone, exploring online platforms at your disposal, or even hiring a professional, we want you to start thinking about ways you can tell your story now.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 25, 2012

Many donated and discounted products at TechSoup have services and licenses that are tied to a one-year timeframe. Because of this, we get a lot of phone calls from nonprofits and libraries asking: Does my service expire or shut off after one year? Cisco IOS Content Filtering Service. Automatic Renewals.

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APRIL 26, 2022

Our forth nonprofit trend is that we’re moving toward a subscription service-based culture in which many users pay monthly for streaming, meal delivery services, and tons of other resources that make their lives easier. This shows that donors are using their phones to make gifts. Memberships with benefits.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Here's an idea for using smartphones with good cameras and video capability like the Dell Venue Pro touch screen phones for digital story telling: Send someone out to video compelling work that your nonprofit or library is doing out in the field for your holiday message. Her Moments In Mobile piece describes the experience.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 8, 2010

As some of you may remember, we had reduced our phone service hours around the holidays due to a bit of a backlog of work to get through. ( We can be very popular, you know! Over the holidays we were able to answers almost everyone's questions and begin the year with a clean and fresh start.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Mobile matters for nonprofits, charities, and libraries. According to 2013 Pew research : 91% of American adults have a cell phone, 55% have a smartphone, and 42% own a tablet computer. 63% of adult mobile phone owners use their phones to go online, and 34% of those users go online mostly using their phones.

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CauseVox

MAY 6, 2021

Your nonprofit’s EIN/tax id Contact information including email, phone, and mailing address Required statements by the IRS that will make your receipt up to tax-deductible standards. No goods or services were given in exchange for this gift. A service dog opens doors for their partner, both literally and figuratively.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

Expansion of the FCC's Lifeline Service. The big recent digital inclusion news is the Federal Communication Commission's ( FCC ) proposal to extend the Lifeline Program , which has supplied discounted phone service to low-income people since 1985. Every Public Library in the United States. The subsidy would be $9.25

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

And there's a new free mobile app called Range that helps libraries, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and others working with youth locate those free meal sites this summer. That's when the federal Summer Food Service Program steps in, offering nutritious, free summertime meals to low-income school-age youth. Learn More.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2014

On December 17, TechSoup hosted a SoupChat for nonprofits and libraries looking for more information on website design and hosting. A staffer from a small library listed a few popular services — WordPress, Wix, and Weebly — adding that she worried she might regret her decision six months down the road.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2015

Q: What happens when you bring app developers together with nonprofits and libraries along with some coffee thrown in? Not only have the people working on the project been building up their list of locations with free Wi-Fi access, but they've also started to focus on marketing and outreach for the service.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2013

They supply charities, libraries and foundations with discounted Cisco and Polycom office phones. These are packaged with discounted voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone services that unify all your organization's telephones, mobile phones, fax machines, and computers through a virtual PBX software application.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2013

Want to create a mobile app for your nonprofit or library? Aidmatrix, will share their experience of creating the SafeNight app for domestic violence service organizations. When an individual is in urgent need of shelter, a qualified staff member at a domestic violence service organization can initiate a request for.

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Tech Soup

JULY 19, 2013

Try to remember: what was the last thing you did on your phone? But if you haven't already started thinking about it, now is probably the time to start planning how your nonprofit or library can have a presence on mobile. For nonprofits and libraries, mobile website optimization should be your first priority.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Windows Phone) is a point-of-care smartphone application that addresses child mortality rates by lack of detection and availability of treatment for malaria. Targeted toward 18-29 year olds, the app links Facebook users with the MyVote online service for voter registration and information. Political Engagement and Activism.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2014

Fairphone wanted to do something more so they decided to make their dream earth-friendly phone a reality. Owners of a Fairphone will also be able to easily order new parts in case their phone is damaged. By encouraging do-it-yourself phone repairs, Fairphone and iFixit hope to cut down on e-waste. Anti-Phone-Theft Pledge.

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