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Private Foundations Now Eligible to Receive Microsoft Software Donations!

Tech Soup

In case you haven’t heard, 501(c)(3) private foundations are now eligible to receive Microsoft donations through the Microsoft Software Donation Program. Microsoft has made several exciting updates to its software donation program to make it more convenient for all nonprofits to request software donations.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Museum of Me :: intel.com/museumofme. A Facebook app that creatively displays you and your Facebook friends in a virtual museum. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. oneforty :: oneforty.com.

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Treat Your Website Project Like an Investment Rather than an Expense

Tech Soup

Open-source software differs from other platforms in that it doesn't cost anything to license and use. Drupal gets updated and maintained by millions of developers (a lot like Wikipedia). Make Integration-Focused Software a Priority. Other less custom platforms have a hard time integrating with third-party software.

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Grantmaking Foundations Can Now Register with TechSoup

Tech Soup

And as an added bonus: 501(c)3 Private foundations are also now eligible for the Microsoft Software Donation Program , as of July 28. Most often, private operating foundations are organizations which operate museums and theater/arts centers, although any other charitable activity conducted directly by the foundation can qualify.

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Museums that Get Better the More People Use Them

Museum 2.0

Today I got an early present from the San Francisco NPR station, KQED, which aired a piece on Museum 2.0 featuring me (as well as the fabulous Lori Fogarty of the Oakland Museum of California). being based on a simple premise: software that gets better the more people use it. How could a museum get better the more people use it?

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Private Foundations Are Now Eligible for Citrix Online Donations

Tech Soup

Most often, private operating foundations are organizations that operate museums, theaters, or arts centers, although any other charitable activity conducted directly by the foundation can qualify. Paul Getty Trust, which operates the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California and the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia.

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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

I was fascinated by our discussion, and Bob came to mind last month, when I was asked to write an article for the Association of Children's Museums quarterly journal, Hand to Hand , about children's museums and Web 2.0. To understand more, I turned to Elaine Gurian's article The Molting of Children's Museums? Why the uniformity?