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What is cloud computing?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Companies such as Amazon are creating massive grid storage and computing services for applications in the cloud. What you should do Make an assessment – will using this online tool really save money or time, or facilitate collaboration in ways that is not possible with local apps?

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Impact and Interoperability: How Technology Powers Collaboration

Saleforce Nonprofit

The collaboration required at mass scale between governments at the national and local levels, private entities, healthcare institutions, philanthropic donors, nonprofits, and individuals is immense. Amazon is more than just where you get your last-minute holiday gifts. But what about those tools that weren’t?

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[VIDEO] The Early Bird Guide to Epic End of Year Fundraising

Bloomerang

And it doesn’t matter if your copywriter is local. There’s the Amazon list or the deal-of-the-day. And I keep a Google Doc of my all-time favorite subject lines, and I get inspired all the time. Those are two people that I know that are. as well as Sarah Masterson. That really makes no difference whatsoever.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

Back in 1995, in the early days of the internet, a San Francisco innovator named Craig Newmark started a small email distribution list for friends, highlighting local events across the Bay Area. Amazon, born in 1995 as an online bookstore, grew by the 2000s to become the largest global e-commerce platform company in existence.

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