Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Learn how to maximize the reach of your nonprofit or library's posts to Facebook. Connecting Up Australia. Connecting Up Australia (CUA) spent the month of November sharing blog posts, articles, and other events to help nonprofits better use social media. TechSoup for Libraries. TechSoup Canada. NetSquared.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2013

The COO of 99designs, a design firm based in Australia and San Francisco, guest blogged about web design for Connecting Up, TechSoup's Australia and New Zealand partner. Watch a replay of TechSoup's Short Evaluations of Real Websites webinar to hear expert feedback on nonprofit and library websites.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 19, 2011

We've had dispatches from TechSoup's global partners in seven countries about how the cloud is changing the way nonprofits, public libraries, and NGOs work. TechSoup.org is coproducing this event with two of our global partners, TechSoup Canada and Connecting Up Australia. Join us for what's sure to be a great discussion!

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2012

Read the transcript of the Nonprofit Commons meeting, featuring Dr. Valerie Hill of Texas Woman’s University School of Library and Information Science discussing libraries, museums, and immersive learning. Connecting Up Australia. From TechSoup for Libraries. From the Nonprofit Commons. From TechSoup Global.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. Sign up for TechSoup's email newsletters and discover great resources, ideas, and donated technology for nonprofits and public libraries. Mark your calendar!

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. Sign up for TechSoup's email newsletters and discover great resources, ideas, and donated technology for nonprofits and public libraries. Mark your calendar!

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2012

more than 200 nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs from 25 countries submitted one-minute videos and five-photo slideshows to showcase the impact they are making on their respective communities. Whether you live in San Francisco, Australia, or Romania, we’d love for you to join us! >> RSVP on Meetup or Facebook !

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Katherine Stephans is the partnerships and communications manager at Library For All. She said she had one of those sparks working with Library For All, inspired by the passion of Library For All’s co-founders. “We Library For All co-founder and CEO Rebecca McDonald was living in Australia when tragedy struck Haiti in 2010.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. This post was written by Ryan Jones, graduate marketing officer at Connecting Up Australia. It originally appeared on the Connecting Up blog.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

Koios By specializing in libraries, Koios empowers clients to make their resources more discoverable online. Through expert Google Ad Grants management, this agency enables libraries to boost search traffic and expand beyond their existing patron bases. Catalog awareness: This is the bedrock of this agency’s services.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

On November 2, we wrapped up our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign with a tweet chat on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. TechSoup.org coproduced the chat with our partners TechSoup Canada and Connecting Up Australia. People had a lot to say about the roles that cloud computing plays in their organizations.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2012

over 200 nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs from 25 countries worldwide submitted one-minute videos and five-photo slideshows to showcase the impact they are making on their respective communities. Whether you live in San Francisco, Australia, or Romania, we’d love for you to join us! RSVP on Meetup or Facebook !

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. Sign up for TechSoup's email newsletters and discover great resources, ideas, and donated technology for nonprofits and public libraries. Mark your calendar!

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

The First Wave includes 6 museums, 5 performing arts organizations, 3 public libraries, 3 parks, and 3 community centers. We selected a First Wave that reflects diversity of geography, size, and sector, so we can see who this works best for and why. Half are led by people of color or indigenous people.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for seven years now. It made us think about ways we could bring good dependable low-cost computers to nonprofits and libraries. They’re a busy place. and everywhere else.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. NetSquared meetup in Adelaide, Australia ( Photo courtesy of Connecting Up Australia ).

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Its employees use Box to share digital asset libraries and collaborate with third-party vendors. Team Rubicon , Habitat for Humanity Australia , and Beyond12 also use Box to achieve their diverse goals. These organizations are using Box to more effectively carry out their missions. spanhidden.

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NTEN

MAY 14, 2010

Deborah Elizabeth Finn updated her nonprofit technology bookshelf and shared her recommendations for what should be included in anyone's nptech library. Ilearned a lot -- and had fun in the virtual conference space meeting folks from as far away as Australia, without the jetlag! Did she miss anything you'd suggest we all add?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Is Windows 8 right for your nonprofit or library? Our partner in Australia, Connecting Up, compiled five resource guides for getting your nonprofit ready for Windows 8. We curated a list of the most useful Windows 8 apps for nonprofits and libraries. is packed full of information tailored especially to nonprofits and libraries.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

” She also told us that their Youth Projects’ video was aired nationally on the Foxtel network in Australia. The Storymakers Campaign 2014 empowers nonprofits, libraries, and charities with the tools and training to tell their stories, get noticed, and make an impact. They are all very proud of us too.”

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

I strongly recommend you read her whole blog back to the beginning (it's not too onerous) and check out the evolution of her experimental format, which she has deployed in museums, libraries, and classrooms in the US and Australia. Here's how it works: Michelle partners with an organization, institution, or group.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

I'm about to leave on a month-long trip to New Zealand and Australia. Leading internal workshops with Te Papa (Nov 25), the Powerhouse Museum (Dec 8-9) the State Library of Queensland (Dec 10-11), and the Auckland War Memorial Museum (Dec 15). Click on a city name to learn more about how to register and attend.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2010

As many of you know, I've been working for the past year+ on a book about visitor participation in museums, libraries, science centers, and art galleries. There are projects from Vietnam to Australia to the Netherlands to the US, from libraries, museums, science centers, zoos, state parks, and art centers. Want to buy a book ?

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

Team Confufish Royale from Australia developed an app called Foodbank Local that allows businesses to easily donate excess food. He taught me how to listen for the pulse and passions of charities and libraries over social media. Very sophisticated for a student team. Find more on this project here. He was our social media manager.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

Fresh + new(er) is an institutional blog from the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney Australia written by staff member Seb Chan. Finally the Library of Congress community tagging pilot project on flickr. Blog helps deepened expertise. Many early adopters in nonprofits got started this way - outside of the firewall. Launched in Jan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2009

I was flattered when @PeterDeitz told me he was going to include Lend4Health in his keynote address at the Connecting Up Australia conference. I "favorited" almost everything, and I basically used Twitter as a personalized library. Submitted by Tori Tuncan, of Lend4Health.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Darren Rowse celebrated ProBlogger's two year anniversary by using his blog to raise $830 US ($100 AU) for Oxfam Australia with his Blogging for Chickens campaign. The Ann Arbor District Library System uses a blog for the front page of their site.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We’ve since welcomed virtual Sprinters from 25+ countries around the globe, including Australia, Japan, Senegal, Ethiopia, and Brazil. If there was a library of common use cases available for Admins to review, learn from, and model their work on, it would make their jobs much easier. Common Data Models.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 5, 2006

Seb Chan of fresh + new, the blog from the Powerhouse Museum in Australia, ran with this idea to comment on the impact of disaggregation on the way that visitors use museum collections available on the web. There's a difference between organization and aggregation; libraries organize their content, museums aggregate. And, surprise!

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

In Denmark and Amsterdam, I experienced radical dialogue programs like Human Library , but also a strict formalism as to what happens in galleries. In contrast, processes that engage individual participants as creators might work in a more individualistic culture like Australia or the US.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

In Denmark and Amsterdam, I experienced radical dialogue programs like Human Library , but also a strict formalism as to what happens in galleries. In contrast, processes that engage individual participants as creators might work in a more individualistic culture like Australia or the US.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2008

When I was in Australia last year, I met Priscilla Brice Weller who worked for a native rights group. Beth : Here's my little library - the second row has my picks for social media and networking. At first you won't get many comments - it takes time to build up a community of people who will comment.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2017

Then create an image library that you can pull from when you need images for your website, email, social media, or print communications. He has been a featured speaker across the United States, England, Australia, and online. John is an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco and Sonoma State University. Image 1: TechSoup.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

The organization operates in Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Laos, Dominican Republic and India and also has offices in three donor nations: United States, Australia and New Zealand. Problem: In years past, Hagar relied on an extensive library of Excel files to document contact with each client that would come seeking help.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2012

Facebook Timeline for Pages Super Guide , from TechSoup's partner down under, Connecting Up Australia. Coming March 30: Facebook Timeline from TechSoup's Online Community Team.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In our analyses, which is in Canada, States, and in Australia, and Europe, people, when they become a monthly donor, were 7 to 20 times more money because they don’t drop off your programs at the rate that your single gift donors do. Erica Waasdorp has two good books on it as well, I have three. And I was in a room with him.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 1, 2006

Blogging for Chickens by ProBlogger : Darren Rowse celebrated ProBlogger's second birthday by raising $1100 (AU), or about $830 US, to buy 110 pairs of chickens for impoverished families via Oxfam Australia. When Oxfam contacted Rowse they said that Blogging for Chickens was, "one of the more interesting fundraisers that they’ve seen."

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