Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2012

This week we got a great comment from a TechSoup member to our Cloud Technology and the NGO Community blog post. In our TechSoup Global NGO cloud survey we found that people in nonprofits and libraries are indeed concerned about data security in the cloud the world over. Share your experiences in the comments below.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

Disaster Relief in Eastern Europe. Our TechSoup Global partners there are also working hard on disaster relief in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia through the Community Boost r program and also a project called Mapa Poplava. All comments are publicly viewable here. Find out more on this project here. Earlier this month the U.S.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

It’s also looking like relatively few charities and also libraries are getting the hang of it. I’d also modestly recommend our Cloud Basics for Nonprofits and Libraries. The Kansas City Library is launching a software lending library so that low-income people can learn to use expensive full-featured applications at no cost.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Over the past week though, there have been little glimpses of happiness amid the disasters, scandals and economic bad news - stories about the CNN Heroes: Ordinary People Extraordinary Impact. I started watching a lot of CNN before the election. It's kinda depressing, but I'm trying to stay informed.

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NTEN

AUGUST 10, 2009

If you missed it (or were there but have something else to add), please add your 2 cents in the comments. . Disaster recovery, preparedness - most of my nonprofit peers are lucky to think about business continuity at all, just like SF residents: they know they should but don't have an earthquake plan. Leadership. Other recommendations.

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Tech Soup

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? Carrie commented that many of the existing apps that do similar services are ugly and overly complicated and look childish. The platform can be used for preparedness, response, and recovery.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Our fear should not be of losing branding, not having “control” of the conversation, or having someone post a negative comment on our blog or facebook wall; but only in not changing the world, right? As an example, let’s think about a community library. Have people heard of 350.org org before?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

SQLite – a small footprint C library that implements an ACID compliant DB engine. Technorati Tags: databases , opensource { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Mike S. Also, of course, you can use JDBC is a way to access Derby. It has a command-line tool, and it is possible to use C/C++ and Tcl for database access.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

SQLite – a small footprint C library that implements an ACID compliant DB engine. Technorati Tags: databases , opensource { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Mike S. Also, of course, you can use JDBC is a way to access Derby. It has a command-line tool, and it is possible to use C/C++ and Tcl for database access.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Use Your Nonprofit Blog to Report Back From an Event, Trip or Disaster Do you have staff or constituents going to a conference that your supporters would be interested in hearing about? Blogs can also provide ways for people to find out information about loved ones if your organization works in disaster relief situations.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 4, 2015

I wrote The Participatory Museum for two reasons: to explore the "how" of participatory design in museums, cultural centers, libraries, and science centers to create a version of this blog that was more "shareable" with organizational leaders and trustees By many measures, the book has been a success.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

My friends all commented that they love bringing new friends to their favorite secret places; it makes them feel cool and magnaminous at the same time. You earned your private reading tree or library back corner, and each visit continues to confirm your value as a special and clever person.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

I find NPR commentator and linguist, Geoff Nunberg’s description of it more useful. Big Data in Disaster Relief. Our Ariel Gilbert-Knight also recently published a piece in the Guardian called “ Social media, crisis mapping and the new frontier in disaster response.” ” Uh. MicroMappers. Image: IBM.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

She just did a presentation to the Gates Global Libraries Working Group in November 2013 on the top tech trends for libraries. ” Khan Academy’s comprehensive library of content covers a full primary school curriculum plus classes in math, and science including biology, chemistry, and physics. Cloud & Mobile.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

We also noticed a significant increase in the way that mobile technology is being used in disaster relief. More and more nonprofit, library, and NGO offices worldwide will need to accommodate personally-owned tablets and smartphones on wireless networks in order to work and communicate. Mobile Computing. The Decline of PCs.

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