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What Is Green IT? Take the Greener IT Challenge

Tech Soup

Green technology, particularly green IT has been one of TechSoup’s missions for many years. Green IT Defined. I’m fond of the overly clever antimetabole we came up with a few years ago: green IT uses technology to reduce environmental impact and reduces the environmental impact of technology. Green webhosting.

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Why TechSoup Product Donations and Donors Are Green

Tech Soup

This isn't a comprehensive list of all our donor partners' environmental activities, but this time I'd like to talk about Cisco and Symantec and also about our Green Technology Product Donations. Offering free recycling worldwide to its customers, who returned 12,180 metric tons of Cisco products for reuse and recycling last year.

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4 Examples Proving Nonprofits Should Offer Trust as a Service (TaaS)

Whole Whale

Out of those unsettling images came a new idea: security stickers on takeout. When you see a building with a LEED-certified plaque, you probably immediately think about how sustainable and green that building is according to the highest standard. LEED built a brand on trust by becoming the gold-standard rating for green buildings.

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Go Green with Video, Audio, and Web Conferencing

Tech Soup

If you’d like to just try web conferencing, there are some free web conferencing services. Some interesting ones are: Skype — the overwhelming favorite free audio and video calling service internationally. The free service is great for one-on-one meetings. Image: Virtual meeting ( Shutterstock ).

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5 Reasons Why VOIP Is The Future Of Nonprofit Communication

TechImpact

Image courtesy of Alabama A&M University. Free long-distance calling. A breadth of free features. Green technology. Let’s get right down to it. Dollar for dollar, VOIP phone services are the cheapest options available for nonprofit organizations seeking a versatile communication platform.

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Announcing 2 Free Options for Donating Your Used Hardware

Tech Soup

We are proud to announce two free charitable equipment donation services. InterConnection now offers a free mail-in donation program allowing anyone, anywhere in the country to donate a working laptop, smartphone, or tablet by simply mailing it in to Interconnection. Image 1: InterConnection. Image 2 : Ari N / Shutterstock.

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7 of the Best Giving Tuesday Campaigns We’ve Seen

Qgiv

Chicago’s Green City Market Program. Chicago’s Green City Market Program kept it simple. This saved them money while they made money using a free online donation form from Qgiv! The result was a huge success. They raised 101% of their fundraising goal for Giving Tuesday, raising more than $8,000 for those they serve!