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Back to School in Tanzania with a New Windows Multipoint Server Computer Lab

Tech Soup

Jim walked out of there with four refurbished laptops preloaded with Windows Multipoint Server and 16 NComputing thin clients. Energy Conservation Is a Requirement in Africa. Computers are a centerpiece of the school, but they needed super-energy-efficient technology to conserve the scarce electricity. and was off to Tanzania.

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Protecting Wild Lands Through Art

Tech Soup

Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing company, has undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. So we're doing a lot more work to contact many media outlets to provide background information and writing up stories. Newspapers don't have the staff anymore. Images: Braided River.

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Protecting Wild Lands Through Art

Tech Soup

Braided River, a Seattle-based nonprofit publishing company, has undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. So we're doing a lot more work to contact many media outlets to provide background information and writing up stories. Newspapers don't have the staff anymore. Images: Braided River.

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10 Steps to Planning a Fundraising Silent Auction

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If you find yourself needing to budget more conservatively, using volunteers instead of staff or receiving auction items as donations is a good idea. You might auction off laptops, school supplies, and other similar items. Contact local blogs or even the Chamber of Commerce to promote your event. Continue to use email.

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50 Nonprofit Fundraising Strategies to Help You Raise More

Neon CRM

The more data points you have on your donors—from email and street addresses to job titles and company names, giving capacity, philanthropic history, contact preferences, and general interest—the more you will be able to target your asks and create fundraising campaigns that speak directly to them.

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Interview with Jonathon Colman: Social Media Secrets from a Green Geek

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jonathon Colman is the Associate Director of Digital Marketing for The Nature Conservancy, where he works on a team that is charged with the strategic marketing and promotion of The Conservancy's primary web site, nature.org. Social Media tools during your time with The Nature Conservancy. Amazing job by the conservancy.???

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111 Low-Cost or Free OnlineTools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ideal for capturing contact information for your mailing list, event registrations, and even customizing PayPal into your website for donation processing, Wufoo is well-reviewed and reasonably priced. For a great example of a nonprofit using Meetup, see the the Nature Conservancy’s Picnic for the Planet. Wufoo :: wufoo.com.

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