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Happy Earth Day! 7 Ways to Green Your Technology

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Here are just a few of the ways you can green your IT, or use IT to green your organization this Earth Day: Conduct a green office audit. This fantastic doc from MIT will walk you through your office to help you pinpoint places where you can do more to help Mother Earth. Print green. Buy green electronics.

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5 Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Care About Cloud Computing

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Mail, and Google Docs are all examples of cloud-based applications, also known as software as a service (SaaS). All of your servers exist off-site in an environment, which is most likely far more sophisticated than one you are able to provide. Green benefits. Image courtesy of entech. Gmail, Yahoo! But what is cloud computing?

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20+ Nonprofit Tools You Need to Get Your New Nonprofit Up and Running

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With Google Workspace you get: Gmail, Chat, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms, and many more tools, all for just $6 a month. You may feel like you are doing everything yourself, but at some point you will be collaborating with others on documents, and you will need Docs and Sheets. Choose a processor that plays well with your CRM.

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How Do You Collaborate with Staff Online? Google Docs Can Save Time, Money, and the Planet

Tech Soup

Whether I'm in a remote office, on the road, working from home, or just sitting down the hall, sharing documents and using other collaborative tools online saves time, money, and the environment. The green benefit of this is that if you can collaborate online, it may enable you to commute or travel less, which means lower CO2 emissions.

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Why Should Nonprofits Care About Cloud Computing?

Tech Soup

Because it can save you time, money and help spare the environment. Current examples are Gmail , Yahoo mail , Google Docs , Salesforce , and Microsoft Office Live Workspace. If you are a small to medium-sized nonprofit, why should you care about cloud computing ? What Is Cloud Computing?

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

Google Drive Mobile is a free app for viewing and editing Google Docs on an Android phone or tablet. Google Drive for iOS is a free app that allows you to view and edit Google Doc office documents on iPhones and iPads. Telework and the Environment. The app requires no setup beyond signing up for a free OnLive account.

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Reduce Travel with Online Collaboration

Tech Soup

Why Is Online Collaboration Green? For example, for every short-haul round trip on an airplane (for example, New York to Chicago or Frankfurt to London) you don't take, you'll save the environment around one half of a metric ton of CO2. And be sure and check out the great online video, Google Docs in Plain English.