Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2013

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. The premium (paid) version allows group video meetings.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Some tools are free, at least to start. Both tools offer some free storage and, for about $10 a month, you can get significantly more. Wave is a free accounting app for basic accounting functions. There are many free and low-cost Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) options, which can be used through your computer and your phone.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. Burlington Public Library was one of our test installation sites. It is a medium-sized library about 60 miles north of Seattle in northern Washington State. Windows MultiPoint Server.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2015

We are proud to announce two free charitable equipment donation services. nonprofits, churches, and libraries at the lowest possible cost. nonprofits, churches, and libraries at the lowest possible cost. Green IT greentech Recycled and Refurbished Computers Green Office' Image 1: InterConnection. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

For awhile now, we at TechSoup (parent organization to the MaintainIT Project ) have been working with our corporate partners to open more donation programs to public libraries. In the past year, software donations from Symantec , NOZA , and others have become available to public libraries for the first time.

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Tech Soup

JULY 27, 2010

MyFax, which Protus makes available to nonprofits and libraries through TechSoup, lets users send and receive faxes through email and eliminates the expense and paper waste of a fax machine, fax server, and dedicated fax line. Tags: Green Office GreenTech Office & Productivity. Learn more from MyFax.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

TechSoup started the RCI program because we wanted to offer low-cost, high-quality computers to charities and libraries, including good solid warranties and free end-of-life recycling. Our customers are organizations like the Waukesha Public Library. " Thank you, Waukesha Public Library! The Greatest Benefit.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

This new program is rolling out this month in 39 states offering $10 per month broadband Internet program to low-income families with children who are eligible to receive free school meals. Subscribers will also be given access to free digital literacy training. One of the big pieces of digital divide news in the U.S. A number of U.S.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 24, 2012

The big computer makers are not the only ones who offer free and responsible end-of-life recycling of their PCs that have finally reached the end of their usefulness. Just like Dell and HP, we want make sure that our RCI computers are as environmentally responsible as possible at no extra cost to nonprofits and libraries.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

The session, "Turning E-Waste into Green," focused on how policy decisions handling e-waste can improve the economy. They're all free and chalk full of expert storytellers and digital media pros. TechSoup for Libraries. 3D printing at your local library? Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2010

A green IT travel reduction practice that has been getting more and more adoption lately are virtual conferences. Librarian Tena Hanson recently posted an account of her experience organizing the Iowa Small Library Online Conference on our TechSoup for Libraries site. NTEN , for instance, is starting to do more of them.

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Classy

JUNE 17, 2021

In light of the pandemic and shift to remote work, we also made four wellness apps accessible (and free) to all employees: Headspace: Rest and mindfulness are integral to our physical wellbeing. Free access to Ginger allows employees easy access to therapists and psychiatrists through text and video conversation. Wellness Apps.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Just after the show, Sean Nicholson from Microsoft sent me a roster of new green Windows PCs , including the Toshiba Portégé Z835 ultrabook that has a mercury free-LED display and halogen-free printed wiring board. ” What do you think of ultrabooks for nonprofits and libraries? What Is an Ultrabook?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for seven years now. It made us think about ways we could bring good dependable low-cost computers to nonprofits and libraries. How Green Is Refurbished IT Equipment?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2014

To celebrate, I've rounded up some of the latest news in green mobile technology news. Caravan Studios, a division of TechSoup Global, released a free mobile app called Range that helps libraries, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and other working with youth locate free meal sites in the summer. Images: iFixit.

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EveryAction

MARCH 2, 2017

The museum is free and open to the public, but on crowded days timed passes should be picked up at the museum desk in advance. More official landmarks: Library of Congress (Capitol Hill). Lincoln Memorial. National Cathedral (Cathedral Heights). Washington Monument (The National Mall). Theodore Roosevelt Island (Georgetown).

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2009

Last month, TechSoup Talks hosted a free one-hour webinar on ways your nonprofit or library can use new affordable telecommunication tools like Voice over IP (VoIP), virtual PBX, and virtual private networking (VPN) to reduce your need to travel and better enable telecommuting and virtual meetings.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 12, 2006

Britt: For people who aren't familiar with green rooftops, what is a green roof? But literally they're green because it's a garden on a roof. Britt: What are some of the benefits of a green roof? What they've done is these cities have started a really broad program of green roofs. It acts like an insulator.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2012

It’s been awhile since I posted on the TechSoup for Libraries blog on whether digital books and the devices that people use to read them like Kindles, Nooks, and tablet computers are greener than printed books. libraries now carry them as free downloads on their websites. More than three quarters of U.S. Interesting stuff.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Flickr gives nonprofits and libraries an easy way to store and share these powerful images. And Flickr's new free Android mobile app allows more people on more devices to share and discover photos. Hear from other nonprofits and libraries about putting their donation to work. Don't have a Flickr account?

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Patrick’s Day Green (March 17). Local libraries may also be open hosting egg-hunters for a good cause. Feel free to make other fantasy fandoms welcome to the party as well. Provide some fun extras like music and free snacks or drinks for people waiting in line. Click To Tweet. The winner gets the chocolate.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2010

The program extends the life cycles of commercial-grade IT equipment that comes from corporations and other institutions, and it also provides free end-of-life shipping and responsible recycling when you're done with it. Both laptops are refurbished Dell Pentium M D610 notebooks with 1.86 GHz processors, 512 MB RAM, and 40 GB hard drives.

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2012

We regard it as a TechSoup green product donation in that it makes it easy to for people to communicate easily regardless of where they are, thus making telework more manageable. SlideRocket's free Desktop Presenter tool allows you to download the presentation to your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer. SlideRocket.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2013

One of our missions at TechSoup Global is to supply low-cost refurbished IT equipment to nonprofits and libraries. The green argument for electronics reuse goes beyond Williams and Kuehr, however. Our Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) supplies warrantied refurbished laptop and desktop computers to nonprofits and public libraries.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2011

Just added to TechSoup, this service lets participants connect to an audio conference call from anywhere through a toll-free 800 number - no special software or hardware needed. Audio conferencing is a green technology-it helps reduce the amount of travel people need to do to attend meetings in person. per person, per hour).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2010

We brainstormed about people he needed to connect with like European Braille embosser makers, the Library of Alexandria (working on Arabic content for the blind) and of course Bookshare. I had no idea when I agreed to the mentor gig that there would be something like this I actually know something (a lot) about.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2017

At TechSoup, we love to supply good, solid, low-cost refurbished or remanufactured IT equipment to nonprofits and libraries. The green argument for electronics reuse goes beyond Williams and Kuehr, however. The number of mobile devices (phones and tablets) in use in the world now exceeds the global population of 7.4 billion humans.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

One of our missions at TechSoup Global is to supply low-cost refurbished IT equipment to nonprofits and libraries. The green argument for electronics reuse goes beyond Williams and Kuehr, however. Our Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) supplies warrantied refurbished laptop and desktop computers to nonprofits and public libraries.

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2009

Google is planning to launch a free service called Google Voice that will provide similar functions at no cost. One green company that installs virtual PBX systems is BetterWorld Telecom. They also do free telecommunications audit for US nonprofits and libraries.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

In time, the project became a free national computer donation service that accepts donations of working used computers and supplies them to nonprofits, schools, and other agencies that want to refurbish them and provide them to disabled and disadvantaged people. This nonprofit has been running for over 20 years.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2013

So it's a good thing many TechSoup donor partners offer mobile versions of the technology you already rely on for your nonprofit, charity, or library. This free photo app for Mac computers and iOS devices allows you to organize and sync your photos across devices. Then check out Adobe Revel. Bitdefender. Citrix Online. and tablets.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Green Technology. It’s also looking like relatively few charities and also libraries are getting the hang of it. Social Misfits Media and Aegis Media in the UK have just launched a new free online social media guide for charities to help relieve our perplexity. Free Cloud Storage. No wonder we’re confused!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Why Is Online Collaboration Green? The easiest way to see what online collaboration is all about is to check out some of the new, free cloud computing services that are out there. The TechSoup admin fee for eligible nonprofits and libraries is $40.00. Cloud Services for Collaborating. plus $2 per user license.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

NonProfitEasy and Little Green Light have what it takes to manage your donor and volunteer databases with ease. Refurbished Computers: Choose Green Hardware for Your Team. And while you're at it, order popular hands-free headsets from Headsets.com. Need servers and database tools ? TechSoup has those, too.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2009

One way nonprofits and libraries can reduce their carbon footprint from travel is to try out new tools for virtual meetings. One free video conferencing service is Gmail voice and video chat that has been evaluated below by Monica Skinner , who is a San Francisco-based LEED architect , environmental designer, and GreenTech volunteer.

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