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Burlington Public Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

Tech Soup

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. We then did check-ins on how the MultiPoint Server system held up under use. Burlington Public Library was one of our test installation sites. Windows MultiPoint Server. 1 ThinNetworks USB Hub.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

One person we spoke with described the sudden adjustments at her food bank: We had never used a platform virtually before. We held 33 virtual focus groups (via Zoom) with 181 CVAs in the United States and Canada. CVAs described how transitioning to virtual and remote service removed the barriers of distance and lack of transportation.

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How to Host a Read-a-thon Fundraiser

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While read-a-thons are a great fundraising idea for nonprofits of all kinds, they’re the perfect fundraiser for schools, libraries, and education nonprofit organizations. With a longer read-a-thon, your fundraiser will primarily be a virtual event, with participants reading wherever and whenever they want to.

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What is the Current State of Grantseeking? Education

Tech Soup

nonprofits and public libraries at a very special discounted $99 administrative fee. public education system has thwarted attempted reforms for decades. There is a ground swell in this country to create change, not just in our educational system, but throughout our society. Learn more and request yours today !

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Networking Your Nonprofit: Let's Talk About Hardware

Tech Soup

These programs offer donated access points, switches, controllers, routers, and a number of other benefits to your nonprofit, library, or foundation. With a secure wireless network, you can let your staff work and meet anywhere in the office, or even remotely with a virtual private network (VPN). Controllers.

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Second Life Education Programs in NY Times, Goes Open Source, and other tidbits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo from Kate in Flickr Social Signal Open House in TechSoup Office last week I'm playing catch up here on a bunch of Second Life stuff happening over the past week that I didn't want to let slip through my fingers: Social Signal held an open house in Second Life to welcome their new virtual worlds manager, Catherine Winters , to Social Signal.

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Games for Change 2007: Funders Perspective Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There was some push back from someone in the audience "How can we measure virtual worlds when we really haven't yet figured out what works and what doesn't." What do libraries look like in the future? How do we think about virtual worlds and help us study human behavior. MacArthur Foundation. Two years ago.

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