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Trainer’s Tip: Your Room Set Up Can Make or Break the Learning Experience

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on personal and organizational resilience based on the ideas in my new book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit. Classroom style with desks puts a barrier between the students and the instruction, especially when people are using laptops or tablets to take notes. If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it stops group interaction.

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MathAndCoding Turns the Library into a Coding Classroom (Part 2)

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In part 1 of this series, we introduced MathAndCoding , a nonprofit that offers teen-led programming classes for children in public libraries in the Silicon Valley area. In part 2, we offer a librarian's perspective as the host for this program.

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Setting Up Windows MultiPoint Server

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Windows MultiPoint Server allows non-technical users to set up a multi-user computing environment, such as a classroom, computer lab, or public access stations, all without the support of dedicated IT staff. Insert the CD/DVD or flash drive that includes the installation files into the "host" computer. Update display drivers.

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Burlington Public Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

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software solution in which one host computer is shared by multiple users simultaneously. TechSoup and InterConnection , one of our Refurbished Computer Initiative partners, teamed up to supply a group of nonprofits and libraries with everything they would need to set up a MultiPoint Server lab in their environment.

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NpTech Tag: Stop Cyberbulling Day is Today!

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Here's what some nonprofit technology bloggers posted - Paul Lamb , Allison Fine , and Deborah Finn. The Nonprofit Blog Exchange shares Roundup #9. The Getting Attention Blog hosted a Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on the topic of Professional Development for nonprofit marketers. Today is Stop Cyberbullying Day.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. NpTech Community.

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The Environmental and Cost Savings Benefits of Windows MultiPoint Server

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In this blog post, I'll compare costs and energy usage for a WMS setup versus a conventional setup in which every user has a laptop or desktop computer. They can be networked and are best suited for large offices or classrooms. WMS can also use legacy hardware, such as old laptops or desktop computers. Software Savings.

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