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Americans' Urge to Help Overcomes Lock Down Limitations

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Thousands of COVID-19 volunteers and donated essential supplies are matched with states’ needs through an innovative pro bono tech and volunteer partnership BOULDER, CO, April 9, 2020 – Americans are no strangers to disasters. A hallmark of U.S. Our technology suite is in use in dozens of states around the country and more are joining.

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American Red Cross Taps Huddle for Collaboration

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The organization provides relief to those affected by disasters and helps individuals in the community to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies. These volunteers provide training in first aid, CPR, and disaster preparedness and give support to those who have lost their homes to disaster.

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Technology for Resilience: The Future of Disaster Relief

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Disaster preparedness is something every nonprofit and public library needs to be on top of — whether you deal with disaster relief directly or not. Sometimes the communities you serve are affected by disaster, and there's also the chance that your own organization could face some sort of disaster. 3D printing.

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New to TechSoup: Autodesk Design Suites

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Autodesk ® Product Design Suite Ultimate : 3D product design software with simulation, collaboration, and visualization tools, including AutoCAD and Inventor. TechSoup also offers an FAQ with information about downloading, installation, licensing, and more. See a full list of software included with this suite.

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Worldwide Lexicon and Volunteer Translation

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In a time when more and more nonprofits are blurring the line between local and global, I think that services like WWL can make a huge difference in how we communicate and collaborate. Last month, Google launched their own engine for collaborating on translations , Google Translator Toolkit. Photo: gcbb , CC license. .

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Advice from Grantmakers on Streamlining Your Tech Solutions

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This wasn’t Tacker’s first go at responding to a disaster. Reaching people in the midst of a major disaster is challenging, said Tacker, and the Foundation depends heavily on its technology platform for outreach and processing. “In Additionally, she said, they consolidated their software subscriptions, and IT now holds the licenses.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

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Microsoft Project and Huddle 's cloud collaboration solution to manage it’s many children’s rights projects worldwide. Through TechSoup Japan, KnK received a donation of 15 Microsoft Office 2007 licenses and Adobe Creative Suite Design Premium. It also uses both. All these are available as donations from TechSoup.