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Libraries pivot to survive pandemic

Candid

They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life,” said famed writer and producer Sidney Sheldon. Libraries have helped fill the void by providing hot spot access and in some cases laptops computers to students.

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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

Tech Soup

Each year the International Computer Refurbishers Summit awards a lifetime achievement award. This year the award went to Nancy Jo Craig who runs the nonprofit Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council (CACRC) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Actually the biggest need was for laptop bags to serve as suitcases for refugees.

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Share Your Green Tech Story and Win a Laptop or Tablet!

Tech Soup

Interested in winning a free refurbished laptop or tablet? Dell Core Windows 7 Laptop from InterConnection. HP EliteBook 8440p Core i5 Windows 7 Laptop from PCRR. Both laptops come preloaded with Microsoft Office 2010, a Windows operating system, and Microsoft Security Essentials. Are you … A U.S. iPad 2 from CDI.

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Share Your Green Tech Story and Win a Laptop or Tablet!

Tech Soup

Interested in winning a free refurbished laptop or tablet? Dell Core Windows 7 Laptop from InterConnection. HP EliteBook 8440p Core i5 Windows 7 Laptop from PCRR. Both laptops come preloaded with Microsoft Office 2010, a Windows operating system, and Microsoft Security Essentials. Are you … A U.S. iPad 2 from CDI.

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The Importance Of Employee Engagement

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Then the uncertainty impacted people’s jobs, family life, hobbies, and more. This may mean that they need a new laptop or printer, or a desk with good lighting. Since 2002, Debbie has served as a judge for the Web Marketing Association’s annual web award competition.

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Deadline Approaching for $10,000 Pizzigati Prize

Tech Soup

Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change. There's still time to submit your nomination before October 31, 2011 for this year's Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public interest.

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Nonprofit Technology News for January 2014

Tech Soup

It got a CES 2014 Innovations Award. is a gadget that brings the Internet of Things into our everyday life. It was by most accounts a good show with lots of weird stuff on display. Fortunately you can turn it off if you don’t want your activities in your bed monitored. NPR did an amusing story on this biometric device.

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