Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Green Technology. In hardware life extension news, the grand award winner for software in Popular Science's Best of What's New 2013 this year is a server/software technology called Neverware Juicebox. This new technology has become available in time to help public schools in the U.S. Social Media. Adobe Creative Cloud.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

TechSoup donor partner, Huddle , which is our cloud-based collaboration and content management donor partner has just broken that mold. Huddle is offering its online service to charities and libraries at a one-time admin fee, and a very reasonable one at that. Collaboration Is How Charities Function. It's our nature.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

I was delighted when Ron Schultz invited me to collaborate with him on his latest book Creating Good Work – The World’s Leading Social Entrepreneurs Show How to Build a Healthy Economy. In my contribution to Ron’s book, I discuss the framework that guides us at Benetech, the technology nonprofit I lead. copyright law.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

This technology and analysis is used by truth commissions, international criminal tribunals, and non-governmental human rights organizations around the world. Data archeology: recover data from ancient files in odd formats. Familiarity with python, R, and JavaScript libraries for charting, mapping, and vis is helpful.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Thus, privacy can be sustained and collaboration encouraged quickly, easily, and at very low cost. As I''ve said before, technology is finally approaching common sense. Or said another way, technology is finally able to support the complex, dynamic, and evolving needs that are our communities.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Getting started: The nonprofit tools you need to set up shop and grow your organization TechSoup is a global nonprofit organization that offers discounts and technology solutions as well as IT consulting and courses to nonprofits. Joining TechSoup should be the first technology task for your new nonprofit.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Managing Your Organization's Technology Assets. Technology Planning for Nonprofits: Getting Started.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Managing Your Organization's Technology Assets. Technology Planning for Nonprofits: Getting Started.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Some of the biggest ways your nonprofit or library can make an. effective way to make your office paperless is with technology. Going entirely paperless means some up-front technology planning and. Make sure you do your homework before any technology investments, especially ones that effect your entire office, are made.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

When we surveyed NGOs and libraries around the world this year about where they are in regard to using and needing cloud based IT services, we didn’t know how far things have gone toward cloud adoption. We got respondents in 88 countries and the project was done in collaboration with 36 partners around the world.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2013

So it's a good thing many TechSoup donor partners offer mobile versions of the technology you already rely on for your nonprofit, charity, or library. Huddle's file sharing, collaboration, and project management tools are in the palm of your hand with Huddle's collaboration apps , available for a variety of devices.

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NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

This may be you, or a bit of you; I'm often collaborating with folks, including other staff here at Database Designs, who slice up the tool pie differently. Collaborative Files I couldn't get through my day without Dropbox , which I have blogged about before. Dropbox also has essential team collaboration built in.

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Tech Soup

MAY 25, 2012

Since we launched our donation program in 2002, TechSoup has saved nonprofits and libraries in the United States and around the world over $3 billion dollars in IT expenses. This fiscal year ten new donor partners have joined with TechSoup to make their product donations available to nonprofits and libraries.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

Streamline File Sharing, Social Media, and Collaboration Online. Accelerate collaboration with Box 's easy-to-use interface for instant access to files stored online. We are proud to provide the technology donations, informational webinars, and content your organization needs to successfully fulfill your mission.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Content created by TechSoup is available to reuse by any nonprofit or library (for free!), We think this kind of information sharing is the essence of nonprofits and libraries' collaborative spirit. We hope you like our content, and we want you to use it! thanks to our Creative Commons license. We are in pretty good company.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2017

After all, they let you work from practically anywhere using almost any device, and they make it easy to collaborate with coworkers. For example, you can use SharePoint to host and share files instead of going with a third-party cloud storage provider like Box. A lot depends on your technological resources. But should you?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Making wise and affordable technology investments can help in all of this. Human resources software can save you time, reduce paperwork, and help you get rid of paper HR files once and for all. Collaborate In and Out of the Office. Collaborate In and Out of the Office. Does your organization have a website? Learn more.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Each year around the winter holidays, we take stock of the world of nonprofit technology over the last 12 months. As usual, there were lots of fun nonprofit technology surprises, and some that just keep rolling along year after year. Find out more about nonprofit technology and the SDGs. Communications. Image 1: Wes Holing.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Services that let you create or share documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and other files can help you stay productive while you're on the road. TechSoup offers a few different solutions: Citrix ShareFile allows you securely upload and share large files with your coworkers from anywhere you might be working. Sharing Documents.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 21, 2006

If you're not print-disabled, you can stroll into your favorite bookstore or library, browse the shelves, pick a title you like, open it up, and jump right in. It's just not as easy for somebody who's print-disabled. Aren't there options out there already that aren't as difficult? From Bookshare.org.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nonprofit consulting services might solve a specific challenge, like customizing and cleaning up your database , or serve as more of a long-term investment, like designing a complete technology plan for your nonprofit. Technology strategy and solution implementation. We specialize in: Nonprofit technology strategy development.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

demonstrates what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup Global software donations to further their missions. Microsoft Project and Huddle 's cloud collaboration solution to manage it’s many children’s rights projects worldwide. Our Local Impact Map. It also uses both.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

We discuss issues and trends in modern web technologies that help your organization achieve more with less. Filed under: General non-profit interest , nptech , Best practices , Non-profit Communications , training , publicity. Ease of use - technologies that delight you and those that frustrate you. Comments (required).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

You can collaborate with other nonprofits in your region or in your issue area to investigate whether you can all offer benefits for each other. Files: Is your organization the holder of the official record of something? Do you have the news clippings of major events in your files? Get creative. Welcome packet. Access to Assets.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JULY 14, 2006

If, for example, your family shares a home pc on which you need to sometimes work on confidential client files, this tool can allow you to save documents with at least some sense that you are meeting your obligations to protect this data. PC Privacy: Microsoft Private Folder 1.0 I've got an application in mind for it already!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

In-world speakers from nonprofits who spoke about their work included Evonne Heyning from Camp Darfur, Barry Joseph from Global Kids , Lori Bell from the Library Alliance , and Marc Sirkin from LLS. Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Collaboration on student projects or other ways. Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines, tagging is completely unstructured and freeform, allowing users to create connections between data anyway they want. Create collaborative, student-authored resources. Hiring people. The power of Web2.0

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 18, 2008

Institutions like the Library of Congress and the Powerhouse Museum are getting thousands of quality tags and comments on previously hidden away images. Developers of the ECHO project are exploring new ways to use web technology to bring native voices into museum exhibits and research. Who's sharing authority and how?

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We’ve been going through changes, too, from figuring out new ways to help organizations incorporate new technologies, such as machine learning and AI , to keeping our client organizations in the know on new social media platforms like Threads. For us, it was no different! This project took home six awards this year!

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Tech Soup

MAY 29, 2017

In this new program, eligible charities and libraries pay a $10 admin fee to receive five coupon codes that provide 25 percent discounts for new equipment on the Linksys U.S. Windows Server is a fundamental building block for setting up an organization's technology infrastructure. Windows Server Standard. Check out Visio.

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Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2012

Patrick Callihan is the executive director at both NPower Pennsylvania and npCloud.org , two charitable organizations that provide technology and cloud services to nonprofits. They have taken the most widely used office and collaboration tools and placed them in the cloud. Cloud Hosted Calendars, Email, and Files.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We’ve been going through changes, too, from figuring out new ways to help our clients incorporate technology, such as machine learning and AI , to keeping our clients in the know on new social media platforms like Threads. Since then, thousands of volunteers have transcribed hundreds of thousands of image files of the more than 1.7

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

It’s pretty hard to make sense of what cloud services your charity or library actually need. Sam’s philosophy is that there shouldn’t be an expectation for busy nonprofit people to be experts in technology, but it is important that they be self-sufficient. I have a long-term goal when it comes to nonprofit technology.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

Here are just a few anti-trafficking nonprofit organizations that are leveraging Salesforce technology to fight human trafficking and support survivors of these crimes. Problem: In years past, Hagar relied on an extensive library of Excel files to document contact with each client that would come seeking help. AnnieCannons.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

There's a tiny fine line between collaboration and distraction. Collaborative web applications that have to be loaded separately in their own environment with separate login credentials have been extremely difficult to adopt. Keep a library of training materials. I've developed a keen sense of when it's safe to cross.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

There's a tiny fine line between collaboration and distraction. Collaborative web applications that have to be loaded separately in their own environment with separate login credentials have been extremely difficult to adopt. Keep a library of training materials. I've developed a keen sense of when it's safe to cross.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Basecamp is a project space where everyone associated with a project can post updates, set and track deadlines and milestones, and even upload files associated with the project. What technology choices have improved accountability in your nonprofit or public library? What about your organization?

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