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4 Ways Nonprofits Can Benefit from the Cloud

Tech Soup

For example, staff can manage vendors via Google Docs or create questionnaires via SurveyMonkey. Image 1 : Africa Studio / Shutterstock. This works just as well for local off-site staff members because they can access their work remotely, without the need to set up a virtual private network (VPN). A Green Initiative. spanhidden.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Speaking of Google, check out this new doc uploader and this bookmark service that aggregates all social bookmarking sites in one click (for those of us tool fondlers who need more than one tool for each type. " Gates Foundation also announced grants to programs aimed at helping small-scale farmers in Africa and Asia.

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Hold my calls

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Last weekend I met Canadian filmmaker Sylvain l'Esperance, whose wonderful documentary about life in the Niger Inland Delta region of Mali was showing at the Toronto Hot Docs film festival. To we technologically inclined folks this may seem obvious, but not everyone sees it.

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