Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Range helps trusted adults in a community – such as librarians, church group leaders, youth-focused nonprofit staff, or community volunteers – direct school-age youth to sites that offer free meals. Note: Right now Range only includes 2013 data for California because the full list of 2014 summer meal sites is not yet available.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Do you want to volunteer at the NTC and help us coordinate the largest nonprofit technology gathering? We have volunteer opportunities remaining - both during the conference and the day before so you can pick the opportunity to meet your needs. Celebrate a happy Valentine''s Day by registering at the lower rate !

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Volunteers add so much value to the work of TechSoup. TechSoup involves online volunteers as subject matter experts, moderators, and facilitators for our community forum. Our virtual volunteering offerings also include Donate Your Brain , a microvolunteering initiative. For volunteers, yes, it's quite simple.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2013

PowerPoint 2013 can be used to create image slides and animations like nonprofit Trickle Up did. You can also use Visio 2013 to make dynamic diagrams and charts for your story. Work with staff and volunteers wherever they are to provide training or share drafts and elicit feedback.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Guatemala: Drupal Camp de Guatemala - 2013. Houston, TX: Use Your Tech Powers for Good - Volunteer! But we are prepared for Halloween, since we spent the month in costume dressed as (social media) surgeons! October’s NetSquared Events. Tuesday, October 1.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2017

You can use Box to manage and collaborate on your content of any type with staff members and volunteers and to distribute content to beneficiaries. Provide affordable Skillsoft online learning opportunities to your employees and volunteers in topics like Windows, Office, networking, and security for both end users and IT staff.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

You’ll know you’ve found a surgery when you see one of our volunteers in full surgeon costume! Find your closest NetSquared group on our global map. Douala, Cameroon: Training Workshop: NetSquared Camp 2013 Cameroon. Guatemala: The Social Good Summit Global Conversation 2013 - Guatemala. Monday, September 2.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2013

Eligible nonprofits, charities, foundations, and libraries can now request Office Standard 2013 and Office Professional 2013 editions through the Microsoft Software Donation Program at TechSoup: Office Standard 2013 (admin fee: $24). Office Professional Plus 2013 (admin fee: $32). Sign up now! What's New in Office?

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2013

New and existing donors, volunteers, and others could be frustrated with perhaps their first interaction with your organization, miss out on particular initiatives, or never return to your site. Multimedia, Maps, Social : Upload and share multimedia content like video, audio, text, and images on your mobile website.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

NetSquared Local is TechSoup’s volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. Ushahidi is a NetSquared project alumnus who has gone on to create an amazing interactive mapping platform. Find your closest NetSquared Local group on our map ! What is NetSquared Local? Stay tuned for more details! May Events.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

NetSquared Local is TechSoup's volunteer-driven network of nonprofit tech meetups and salons. Check out our map of events to find your closest group. Portland, OR's pdxtech4good shared the secrets of using Internet and smartphone tools to engage and support volunteers.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 16, 2014

He felt great about the money they had raised in 2013 and knew that they could double their budget again in 2014. His organization didn’t have an up-to-date strategic plan, his development team was using an antiquated tracking system and he was putting zero time into mapping out a volunteer engagement strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

Based on the her book, Measuring the Networked Nonprofit, winner of the 2013 Terry McAdam Award, Beth Kanter will share frameworks, strategies and practical tips for engaging with your network in ways that lead to measurable results. It could also be about volunteering. Register here.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 17, 2013

A smartphone is the perfect traveling companion: it provides directions, maps, apps, Internet connectivity, and more. Microsoft Lync 2013 helps you stay in touch with your staff, volunteers, and constituents while you're away from the office. Mobile Gadgets and Apps.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Undertaking a full-scale collaborative inquiry project may seem overwhelming, so you might want to start in a more limited way with any process that engages your board, staff, volunteers and/or clients in meaningful deep discussions.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2012

Last time she had a kid with her, and he got chalk all over his hands from the mosaic activity they did with a volunteer. Visitors become volunteers and take the lead on new projects and activities. Visitors tell staff members and volunteers again and again how their lives are changing because of their involvement with the museum.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends. Sparked.com is an online portal of volunteers that have signed up to offer small amounts of time to complete Web-based projects requested by nonprofits.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Named one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and one of BusinessWeek’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media,” Beth was Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation 2009-2013. She enjoys writing, gardening, volunteering, hiking, vegetarian cooking and teaching her kids how to bake.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Contest ends October 25, 2013, so start pitching! To avoid creepy pitching, map out how you are going to gently, yet purposefully, move each group (e.g. To avoid creepy pitching, map out how you are going to gently, yet purposefully, move each group (e.g. Be honest as you do your mapping. Guest post by Erica Mills.

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BoardAssist

MARCH 2, 2014

From fundraising advice to reading how Google Maps is fighting poverty, we were inspired to do more. Great fundraising news for the nonprofit community – How Nonprofit Fundraising Performed in 2013 by npENGAGE gave us all the details. . Forbes supplied it with their uplifting post Could Google Maps Help End Poverty?

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NTEN

APRIL 18, 2014

Ignites In 2013, you told us loud and clear that these talks were placed too late in the day and stacked against too many other offerings. We found wins even in big fails and found opportunities for further improvement even in some of the big wins. So, we''re sharing these with both/all angles together. Talk about generosity.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

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