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Cisco Employee Changes Lives Through Technology Donations | 3BL Media

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Cisco Employee Changes Lives Through Technology Donations | 3BL Media : "In 2013, Roland Holloway learned he was cancer-free. For 9 years, Roland, a Cisco employee, had battled neck cancer, but a surprising recovery inspired him to give back to his community. I’ve had a lot of good fortune come my way,” he said. “I

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Legacy of Hope Austin: Dreams for Kids with Special Needs

Tech Soup

Julie Lyles Carr was asked a life-changing question five years ago: "What is the one thing you would like to do to impact your community?" Two years ago, Cisco Systems engineering manager Roland Holloway nearly reached the point of needing hospice care due to complications from cancer. million in Cisco products.

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Why TechSoup Product Donations and Donors Are Green

Tech Soup

This isn't a comprehensive list of all our donor partners' environmental activities, but this time I'd like to talk about Cisco and Symantec and also about our Green Technology Product Donations. Cisco: Improving Environmental Efforts on Multiple Fronts. Cisco is a longtime TechSoup donor partner.

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Phones in the Cloud and Telework Month

Tech Soup

This month in GreenTech we're focusing on cloud-based phone services and also the changes in the workplace that this technology is enabling, namely telework. TechSoup Global donation partner Cisco Systems and the environmental organization Telework Exchange are teaming up to promote Telework Week from February 14–18. read more.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re thrilled that today’s rapid changes in technology are opening up tremendous new ways to address the problems they face. Case in point is our team’s work with local LGBTI groups in Sub-Saharan Africa to help them establish independent human rights documentation initiatives. To do so, we definitely need your help.

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You’ve Been Missing Out!

Tech Soup

Social media and the Internet have dramatically changed the way people donate money and discover causes they're interested in. No cancellation fee lets you end it anytime, and you get 50% off Cisco IP phones! They build apps that help communities access, organize, and apply local resources to their most pressing problems.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

If you’re like me and particularly like services that offer a Dropbox style local folder on your device which is mirrored in the cloud, those include: MediaFire , Copy.com , Google Drive , and Microsoft SkyDrive. Google Drive. I’m told that Copy.com has unusually good security. Anything I missed?

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