Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

If you pay attention to the news, you may have recently heard about a major Internet hacking of celebrity phones and devices , in which hundreds of photos were leaked to the wider Internet. And it should serve as a stern wake-up call to all nonprofits and social change makers to shake the complacency off our security standards.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The big nonprofit tech trends this past year seemed to be in the areas of the emergence of mobile devices, social media stratification, the launch of Office 365 for Nonprofits, some huge digital inclusion initiatives, and lots of other things. Office 365 for Nonprofits. Here’s what it all looked like to me. Social Media.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Nonprofits – still and always – rely on quality data to achieve fundraising targets, which in turn ensure the achievement of organizational goals and purpose. Rather, the entire suite of hardware, data, and software is managed by external service providers and made available to end-users over the internet.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Computerless February 20, 2007 My laptop is in the shop. It’s a lucky thing my partner has a laptop I can beg and borrow (stealing might cause issues.) Work doesn’t get done.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 22, 2013

You may have recognized the trend: computing (crunching numbers and running programs) is moving away from your computer and is now being delivered as a service over the Internet. And chances are good that you are taking advantage of one or more of these; if not within your nonprofit, then at least for your personal use.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Now that you've set up your network, you need to keep it safe, and to think about what it can do beyond file sharing and managing your Internet access. The Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit , our comprehensive guide to ensuring that your nonprofit or library is prepared for disasters, security breaches, data loss, and more.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Goodbye Microsoft… March 29, 2007 Just today, I received in the mail some Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops, courtesy of Gavin’s regular potlatch program. Debian comes to the rescue.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Whether it’s a virus hidden in an email, an unexpected server crash, or someone hacking into online transactions, threats to your nonprofit’s or library’s data and computers are always there. Read Security Threats: A Guide for Small and Mid-Sized Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2013

Now available to nonprofits, charities, and libraries through TechSoup, Bitdefender security products protect individual PCs and Macs as well as enterprise networks. A two-way firewall continuously monitors Internet connections and prevents unauthorized access — even on a WiFi network or when working remotely. Drum roll, please!

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 21, 2018

A question I have often heard: should nonprofits focus on email or Facebook? Almost everyone in this country who uses the internet at all has an email account, whether they access it by phone, tablet or laptop. . Email “deliverability” bedevils many online marketers , nonprofit and otherwise. . Exhaustion.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

I also use LastPass Premium on both my laptop and my cellphone for easy and secure password management. " I would add that HTTPs Everywhere was created by two nonprofits: The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. If someone happens to get in to my phone or computer, my browser’s password manager file is empty.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2017

TechSoup offers many donated and discounted products for nonprofit museums and history organizations, such as historical sites and societies, of every type. The Symantec donation program at TechSoup offers antivirus and Internet security for your local area network, Mac and Windows computers, and mobile devices. Image 2 : Microsoft.

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CauseVox

MAY 12, 2022

Here’s a surprising truth for a lot of nonprofit organizations: the donate button on your website is a really big deal! A nonprofit donation page that’s slow, clunky, and complicated simply doesn’t deliver the results that branded, embedded donation pages do. Nonprofit organizations fail at caring for their donors. Bottom line?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Wiki Syntax madness November 26, 2007 As most people deeply imbedded in Web 2.0, I have become a complete devotee of Dokuwiki , which I use locally on my laptop, for my to do lists, notes, etc.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

In honor of our Safer Online theme this month, our lead nonprofit tech news story is about a low-cost device that protects your electronics devices from data theft while you recharge them in places like airports, the "USB Condom." Welcome to TechSoup's September 2014 nonprofit technology news. I'm not kidding.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2015

Like most people at small nonprofits, Jim Fisher wears a lot of different hats. '" For a lot of small nonprofits, those funny messages can be big headaches. When an organization has a small or nonexistent budget for technology, there might not be anyone around to encourage safe practices for using the Internet.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

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. Nonprofits are adopting telework faster than most other types of organizations, including commercial companies. That's around 1.3 billion of us doing it. Mobile Addiction.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

More than 90 percent of laptop and desktop PCs are running some version of Windows. A Microsoft account and Internet access. TechSoup's blog post on getting Windows 10 has a comprehensive summary of Windows 10 upgrade options for nonprofits, including how to upgrade Starter, Home, Standard, Pro, and Enterprise version of Windows.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 1, 2015

More than 90% of nonprofit organizations are using some form of cloud computing today with half of them using multiple cloud services. While the majority of nonprofits are using the cloud for common tasks like email, only about 15% are using cloud-based accounting and fundraising solutions. The Changing Landscape of Technology.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

On any given day, one of the organization's more than 150 volunteers will show up to the business, load the food onto a trailer attached to a bike, and then bike the fresh food to one of the 50 or so nonprofit organizations Boulder Food Rescue serves. QuickBooks for Nonprofits helps volunteers produce timely reports and filings.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

In a time when climate change and developing the green economy are somewhat passé, nonprofits have not given up on the mission. One nonprofit doing great work effectively and with great agility is 350.org. org, a Networked Nonprofit. A Global Nonprofit with No IT Infrastructure? His latest book EAARTH.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2015

Eventually, the city realized that its only choice was to spin off the library as a separate, nonprofit organization. Many Natalia residents don't have Internet access at home, and they need the Internet to find jobs, take online classes, and sign up for unemployment benefits.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

In a time when climate change and developing the green economy are somewhat passé, nonprofits have not given up on the mission. One nonprofit doing great work effectively and with great agility is 350.org. org, a Networked Nonprofit. A Global Nonprofit with No IT Infrastructure? His latest book EAARTH.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Frustrations March 9, 2008 As some of you who follow me on Twitter know, I ran into frustrations a few days ago with WPA. Needless to say, I’m doing that right now. Be Helpful.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 3, 2013

Five years ago, it was the laptop. It doesn’t replace my laptop, but I sure get a lot of use out of it. –Tom The exception to this rule in the nonprofit space tends to be mobile tools for canvassers, volunteers, or major gift officers, who typically use specialized apps or web applications (e.g. a mobile major giving toolset).

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 7, 2011

Your files could only be found in massive file cabinets. Actually the first laptops hit the market 20 years ago and cell phones started shrinking in the early 1990s. The Internet and options for storing files outside of standard onsite servers became available around the same. Five years ago? Ten years ago?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Part 1 of this series advocated that effective data management for foundations and other nonprofits falls into understanding three key areas: data health, data integration, and how data integration supports data health. Cloud technology is becoming more and more pervasive in the nonprofit sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology speaks about how difficult is to be objective, while Social Source blog described it as a high school popularity contest. Open Content for Nonprofits Open Content discussion continues with some comments from Michael Stein (east coast) about Laura Quinn's post last friday. NpTech Community.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

I’m with Nonprofit Quarterly , and I direct our Advancing Practice program. Our organization is a nonprofit, and we are on a mission to use technology to better serve the world. But for now, let us go into a poll, and our Nonprofit Quarterly friends are launching that right now. But they’re not really from a nonprofit angle.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The device's hardware includes components not currently found in a traditional desktop computer or laptop. Therefore, innovative and influential nonprofit organizations must monitor these trends carefully. To get you started, here's an initial list of ways that the iPad could prove useful to nonprofits in the coming years.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

At Nonprofit Hub, we use Google for everything—and I mean everything. That means you can access any of your files anywhere, whether you’re on your work computer, phone, laptop or tablet—as long as you have your login info and an internet connection, you’re set. And why wouldn’t it be?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2016

A single laptop runs all the screens. TechSoup's hardware donation programs offer factory-refurbished commercial-grade laptop and desktop computers to churches, synagogues, mosques, and other religious organizations. Box is an online file sharing and collaboration tool. Run nonprofit-specific reports.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Your Internet leads in to a "switch" which connects everything in your network. Your desktop computers, file server, wireless access point, and a data backup device — if you have one — all connect out from your switch. Networking Your Nonprofit — Two Scenarios.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Cake vs. Symfony November 6, 2008 In my new explorations of PHP web application development, it seemed a good idea to get a look at both CakePHP and Symfony. I really liked cake. at 4:52 pm Wow.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Because course authoring software solutions tend to be robust in functionality, they’re most often used to create content for associations, corporations, and even nonprofit organizations. At the end of 2020, internet browsers phased out Adobe Flash and many organizations needed to adjust their courses accordingly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

The number of low-cost or free online resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding. Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

It is an ideal solution for schools, libraries, small nonprofit offices, and computer labs that are on limited budgets. It is also available as a donation product on TechSoup for eligible nonprofits and libraries. The software is ordinarily downloaded from the Internet and burned to a CD or loaded on a flash drive.

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