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Use TechSoup's Content for Free!

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, thanks to our Creative Commons license. Creative Commons is a charity that champions reduced restrictions on copyrighted work by creating licenses that make it clear how material can be used, changed, and shared. It was founded in 2001 by Harvard law professor and activist Lawrence Lessig. What Is Creative Commons?

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Why Nonprofits Are Needed in the Sharing Economy

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" Based on research from collaborative economy guru Jeremiah Owyang, we have some evidence that people are engaging in the sharing economy first-and-foremost due to convenience and price savings , not altruism. Nonprofits can also enable bottom-up collaboration with helping to establish sharing organizations or T-Corps.

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Moving to the Cloud? Keep These 8 Security Tips in Mind

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After all, they let you work from practically anywhere using almost any device, and they make it easy to collaborate with coworkers. Figure out whether you can use a given provider or service while still conforming to applicable laws and regulations. Cloud-based applications and services are super convenient. Once You Make the Move.

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Share Your Green Tech Story and Win a Laptop or Tablet!

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Anything that helps your organization use less paper, consume less energy, reduce travel, collaborate online, or extend the life of older computers is a green technology. Dispute Resolution/Governing Law/Waiver of Jury Trial. Not sure which products from TechSoup qualify as "green tech"? Check out our Green Technology Page.

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Share Your Green Tech Story and Win a Laptop or Tablet!

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Anything that helps your organization use less paper, consume less energy, reduce travel, collaborate online, or extend the life of older computers is a green technology. Dispute Resolution/Governing Law/Waiver of Jury Trial. Not sure which products from TechSoup qualify as "green tech"? Check out our Green Technology Page.

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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.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

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It’s a new licensing arrangement in which Adobe products users download the software as they have in the past and use it on PCs, but licensing is on a monthly per-user fee basis. Adobe Creative Cloud launched this year as well.

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