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A New Habitat: Transforming Communities with Remote Work Tools

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Habitat for Humanity has been working to serve the nearly 100 million homeless and 2 billion people living in slum housing around the world since 1976. The organization's ineffective software and hardware had also slowed operations to a crawl. " Getting the Right Hardware from Cisco. Microsoft-Powered Collaboration.

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Volunteer for the Day of Service at NTEN's NTC in SF on April 26th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Day of Service is an opportunity for nonprofit techies to give back to the local community - in form of sharing knowledge one-on-one with a local organization or participate in a group project like installing a wireless network in a homeless shelter! I participated in my first Day of Service in 2001 as a volunteer.

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NTC Day of Service: Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Also, phone calls to local organizations prior to the event might help with no-show rate. A few strategy experts told me they would have liked to prepare or look at the organization's site. Ideally, I would have captured some video from the organizations as well. Peter did a strategy consult with a local organization.

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My Kumbaya Moments: Like Summer Camp for NPTechies, the NTEN Conference

Connection Cafe

Good feelings and Facebook friends will not solely allow an organization to fulfill its goals or balance a budget, but in a time when technology staffs are particularly stressed, the NTEN Conference allows many of us an invaluable opportunity to recharge our spirits. Cisco sponsored the project and provided the hardware for the network.

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