Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Every day, American nonprofits, charities, and libraries rely on TechSoup's product donation program for the information they need to make smart decisions about technology. In collaboration with the TechSoup Global Network , our trusted partners give organizations worldwide access to the solutions they need.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Nonprofits and libraries can use the infographic to help local government and other community leaders understand why increasing information technology access and use should be a critical community-wide goal. The Auburn Public Library is collaborating with Best Buy to offer free technical assistance to community members.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 5, 2015

Disaster preparedness is something every nonprofit and public library needs to be on top of — whether you deal with disaster relief directly or not. I had the privilege of attending the San Francisco workshop. Outcomes of the San Francisco Workshop. The Emerging Technologies. 3D printing.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2017

Currently operating in Chicago, New York, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Silver Spring, Maryland, Upwardly Global also supports clients across the U.S. through its Job Seeker Services Program. UpGlo staff members understand the role they have to play in the larger immigration services landscape.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2012

case you haven’t heard, 501(c)(3) private foundations are now eligible to receive donated video conferencing, online collaboration, and remote desktop solutions from the Citrix Online Donation Program. In addition to the Citrix program, there are many other donation programs on TechSoup that are open to private foundations.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Learn how to maximize the reach of your nonprofit or library's posts to Facebook. Maria Ogneva, director of community at Yammer, spoke at a San Francisco online community event about how to make your organization go social. TechSoup for Libraries. Social media is a powerful tool for libraries as well.

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OCTOBER 23, 2015

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? Yo Yoshida, the founder, said that the Bayview neighborhood in San Francisco was the first to use the platform for government and nonprofit leaders to collaborate.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

And how can nonprofits and public libraries actually make use of it? At SOCAP13 , a social enterprise conference in San Francisco, I attended two back-to-back conferences on big data with some nonprofit representation. Another presenter, Planet Labs , is a new start-up based in San Francisco.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

A few weeks ago, the San Francisco Public Library hosted an event with the Electronic Frontier Foundation , a nonprofit dedicated to fighting for citizen digital rights. Since Edward Snowden's NSA spying revelations , surveillance and privacy have become hot button issues.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. Sign up for TechSoup's email newsletters and discover great resources, ideas, and donated technology for nonprofits and public libraries. Mark your calendar!

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. Sign up for TechSoup's email newsletters and discover great resources, ideas, and donated technology for nonprofits and public libraries. Mark your calendar!

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MAY 31, 2017

Like any nonprofit, we like to take advantage of the product donations that are on offer for charities, churches, foundations, and libraries. This is our story on how we use Box, the online file-sharing, content management, and collaboration service. We have a main office in San Francisco, plus an office in London and one in Warsaw.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Please join us for one of our monthly San Francisco Online Community Meetup events for #octribe. Whether you are a donor partner, nonprofit, library or NGO, or just someone who is interested in TechSoup, we would be delighted to hear from you. Nonprofit Commons in Second Life. SlideShare. Del.icio.us. Flavors.me.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Learn how to maximize the reach of your nonprofit or library's posts to Facebook. Maria Ogneva, director of community at Yammer, spoke at a San Francisco online community event about how to make your organization go social. TechSoup for Libraries. Social media is a powerful tool for libraries as well.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

If you haven't heard, during the month of April TechSoup is hosting our 4 th annual Digital Storytelling Challenge designed to inspire, educate, and empower nonprofits, libraries and social good organizations to tell their story through video and photos.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Then check out our new online learning courses, starting with Tech Training for Nonprofits and Libraries. The **NetSquared Victoria** team has been investigating [tools for online collaboration]([link] Check out the storify! * San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Prefer to go at your own pace?

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JULY 5, 2011

Collaborate on conference calls using your existing phone system with BetterWorld's audio conferencing service. Here in TechSoup's San Francisco office, we use audio conferencing every day to talk with people working remotely, in the Bay Area, plus staff based in New York or Seattle, and often London or Poland.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

What do you get when you combine around the table with virtual collaboration? The Community Sprint, held in San Francisco on November 2-3, was a first-of-its-kind event for the Commons Community. For the uninitiated, Community Sprints are highly collaborative, community-driven events. A Sprint to Remember.

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OCTOBER 25, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. Sign up for TechSoup's email newsletters and discover great resources, ideas, and donated technology for nonprofits and public libraries. Mark your calendar!

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 15, 2015

The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (which she directs) teamed up with the San Francisco Planning Department and the Knight Foundation to host the Market Street Prototyping Festival. Over three days, 52 artist teams erected experimental projects along San Francisco''s biggest thoroughfare. A fitness trail for urban life.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

This offering lets your nonprofit or library access discounted rates, payment terminals, check processing equipment, and card readers for mobile devices. Collaborate In and Out of the Office. Audio conferencing and online collaboration solutions are important for staff and volunteers spread across the state, country, and world.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The idea for Hacker Helper was born through collaboration with partners, such as Random Hacks of Kindness who are trying to improve the hackathon process and improve results from the events. We are testing it out at hackathons this month in San Francisco and also in Sarajevo in Bosnia. Hacker Helper is currently in beta.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 25, 2006

" Before CompuMentor, she worked for a medical library at the San Francisco General Hospital where her job responsibilities included conducting Medline searches for patients and doctors. "I knew that we could be a provider of a network of organizations to meet and collaborate in SL.

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JULY 16, 2018

And so many people forget that these key elements at the heart of Silicon Valley, of the tech industry, are controlled by nonprofits created open standards, open interfaces and open source code – almost all developed collaboratively to solve a common problem. But wait, there’s more! We have started a campaign to put ourselves out of business.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

The live video feed was being streamed from the Netsquared gathering in San Francisco happening at the same time as the virtual gatherng in Second Life. The photo above was taken at last night's TechSoup Mixed Reality Event.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 10, 2015

That means it's easier to share and collaborate, regardless of whether staff, volunteers, or board members are on Mac or Windows. With all of the excitement about Office for Mac, we thought it would be a good time to share our tried and tested tips for equipping your nonprofit or library Macs. He lives in San Francisco.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

In September, we asked nonprofits and libraries to show us exactly how technology activates their organization and helps fulfill their mission. And the entries came from all over the world, from our own backyard San Francisco to Canada and even as far as Lesotho, Africa! What does technology in action look like?

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MAY 14, 2014

Nonprofits, faith-based organizations, libraries, and networks such as the NetSquared Local should be leading this movement as they are already committed to social good. But Botsman overlooks some of the tensions found in the collaborative economy. What Is the "Sharing Economy?" Social Good and the Sharing Economy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Ushahidi’s board , like its staff , work together virtually across many time zones using different online tools for meetings and collaborative work. Jessica Colaco places books in the iHub Community Library. I need to find a space like this in Silicon Valley for 2011. She kindly live tweeted the workshop and took some photos.

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