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Create an Online Donation Receipt that Leads to More Donations

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Many people use that since it’s already there. If the donor’s gift was used to buy laptops, a photo of students on the new laptops will hit the right note. We know that thanking people for their acts of kindness makes them feel good. You can inspire donors to want to give to your organization again and again. Big mistake.

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Chromebook for Nonprofits: Are Web Apps All You Need?

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I use Google Docs , Zoho Writer , and Office Web Apps. Surely you still need your "real" laptop to run your donated copy of Adobe Creative Suite , right? In January, Kevin reviewed the Cr-48 laptop , a Chromebook prototype. Word processing? For instant messaging, there's Meebo as well as a handful of other tools.

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Happy Earth Day! 7 Ways to Green Your Technology

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Flickr Photo: peppy sis Most people probably wouldn't put Earth Day and technology together, but you and I know that's just silly. 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. The first step is to admit you have a problem, right? Print green.

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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

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To be able to telework, people usually need five things: a computer or tablet, broadband Internet, access to work email, access to work documents, and a phone. As smartphones mature, we’re doing more on them and less on our laptops. As a writer, I spend a bunch of my time just trying to get a hold of people.

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4 Ways Nonprofits Can Benefit from the Cloud

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Most of the processing power needed to run cloud-based applications is online rather than on an individual computer or on-site server; therefore, your data can be viewed as quickly on a hundred-dollar desktop as on a high-end laptop. For example, staff can manage vendors via Google Docs or create questionnaires via SurveyMonkey.

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A View of the Cloud from Brazil

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He is also currently the country manager for the One Laptop per Child Project. Because telecenters are one of the primary ways that many people in developing countries access the Internet, Valter has a unique vantage point to see how cloud computing is rolling out in Brazil. He also points out that per capita income in the U.S.

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Crazy for the Tools

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I also need to be able to work on the move: I need my "virtual desk" in front of me quickly, whether from my laptop or some other desk or smart device. Dropbox sits nicely between formal, full featured project communications tools such as Basecamp (which we also use), Central Desktop , or Google Apps and Docs. OK, enough preliminaries.

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