Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Now that TechSoup’s Local Impact Map has officially launched , let's discover one of great new organizations featured there. Our theme this month is educational nonprofits like The Luciano Bareto Júnior Institute in Brazil. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Many nonprofit organizations struggle to engage their board members with fundraising, especially the act of asking another person for money. Help the organization apply for, qualify for, and manage its Google for Nonprofits. It could be an email or postcard about a regular meetup the nonprofit hosts, or about its services.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

If you work for a nonprofit or library in California, your organization might be eligible to reduce your. creates an amazing opportunity for eligible nonprofits. E-Rate Discount for Schools and Libraries. If your organization is a school or library and does. telecom expenses by half. are eligible, and how to apply.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. But, some companies want to empty the library shelves and insist that only books that can’t be purchased are allowed to be stocked in such libraries. Bookshare was created under the Section 121 U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

It’s why the great majority of accessibility work is done by volunteers, charities, and with government support. under a terrific exception to copyright that makes it possible for a nonprofit like ours to simply provide accessible books to people with disabilities. For example, we run Bookshare in the U.S. For what am I advocating?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 16, 2011

For example, all residents with the qualifying disabilities in Australia, Denmark and Qatar, to pick just three examples, now have free access to Bookshare thanks to our joint efforts with local and national disability groups in these countries.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Cynthia Adams, CEO of TechSoup donor partner GrantStation , recently did an important online training webinar on how rural charities and libraries can get grants. If your charity or library happens to be located in rural America, it's not your imagination that it is harder to get grant funding in rural locations.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Nonprofits and libraries can use the infographic to help local government and other community leaders understand why increasing information technology access and use should be a critical community-wide goal. The Auburn Public Library is collaborating with Best Buy to offer free technical assistance to community members.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

—– The Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference takes place Febrary 28-March 2 in Austin, TX, and I’m SO honored to be a keynote speaker! The keynote will focus on “Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation”. Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Nonprofit organizations are often pressed to do more with less. Actually, 18% of nonprofits cite having a small staff (or staff transitions) as the greatest challenge they encounter. . Leverage nonprofit-specific development resources. . Explore these four best practices when creating great professional development programs: .

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Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2014

Libraries, nonprofits, and faith-based organizations can help fight youth hunger by sharing information about local free summer meal sites. Government agencies and community-based organizations are working hard to change this reality. You can make a difference, even if you are not a meal provider!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

All interested nonprofits or social enterprises will be able to leverage SocialCoding4Good by posting their open source software development projects for social change and inviting volunteers to work on them. Our goal is to revolutionize the effectiveness of local governments in responding to climate change and other environmental impacts.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Though the idea of helping and giving back to others has existed since Biblical times, nonprofit organizations in the United States have a much shorter history. Every couple of decades, a new era ushers in a new set of ideas, principles and practices that affect how the nonprofit sector functions. Go big, or go home.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

In actuality, hackathons are events where ideas are hatched and technology needs are met — making them excellent opportunities for nonprofits, charities, and libraries! The hackathon model is ideal for nonprofits and libraries because it brings together motivated volunteers to expedite a project on a limited budget.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

The April edition of Nonprofits Live looked at environmental policy, sustainable practices, and nonprofit sustainability case studies. NPLive welcomed guest contributors Jon Lebkowsky , nonprofit web strategist and frequent WorldChanging. contributor; Kevin Danaher. Making Sustainability Profitable.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

A version of this post originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries blog. This raises some interesting questions for how nonprofits and libraries talk about the digital divide and how they advocate for public access technology and technology skills development. What About Nonprofits and Libraries?

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

TechSoup recently updated its disaster planning and recovery guide, The Resilient Organization , to include the new ways nonprofits, charities, and public libraries are using technology. Government Agency Apps. Apps Made by Nonprofits. You can also text SHELTER and your zip code to 43352 (4FEMA) to find a local shelter.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

This is the fourth and final installment in a series of grantseeking pointers inspired by fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding ’s great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries that came out a few years ago. They usually have local chapters. Your local community directory at the Foundation Center.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

Carolyn is a major gift fundraiser and nonprofit communications expert who uses technology to amplify her impact and do more with less. Carolyn has many years of hands-on experience working in the trenches of nonprofit fundraising across Texas and beyond. It was then that I began working at a local art museum as a volunteer.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

TechHire spans the corporate, nonprofit, government, and educational sectors and has the ambitious goal to "give Americans the opportunity they deserve, and the skills they need to be competitive in a global economy." I first learned about Year Up's local Bay Area chapter through a Microsoft YouthSpark initiative event.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2017

We have a special contest give-away in store at this year's Nonprofit Technology Conference: a free year-long subscription of Adobe Creative Cloud. Eligible Sweepstakes posts must made by Nonprofit Technology Conference ("17 NTC") attendees in Washington, DC. Stop By and Visit Us — Booth 217. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? At tightly facilitated events called Generators, leaders with a range of expertise from the nonprofit and library communities discuss their daily work. public libraries to the app.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

He reads accessible ebooks from Benetech’s Bookshare library in braille format, and learns as quickly as his peers without disabilities. SocialCoding4Good is a force multiplier: the nonprofit organizations we work with deliver the social impact; SocialCoding4Good makes them stronger. billion poor and unbanked.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nonprofit organizations look to outside experts for all kinds of reasons. Nonprofit consultants and their services can be serious game-changers for organizations. Here’s what we’ll cover: The Basics of Nonprofit Consulting. What is a nonprofit consulting firm? Why should I hire a nonprofit consulting firm?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

digital inclusion, is certainly one of the leading nonprofit PC refurbishers. PCs for People is a large nonprofit refurbishment program headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Andy found him an old computer the county wasn't using anymore; within a few months, the boy was developing web pages for local businesses and churches.

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2011

nonprofits and public libraries through TechSoup - is a company founded with a vision of. BetterWorld company policy supports and encourages all employees to volunteer up to two full days each month in their local communities. accessible for nonprofits. leaders to build local living economies. Executive Build 2011.

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Forum One

MAY 5, 2010

Participation, as we discussed it, relates to lowering the barrier to entry for all citizens in government decisions. The unconference was about connecting government managers and staff, public engagement experts, online tool developers, and citizens to encourage shared insights, decisions, and actions in government.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

This spring, NTEN launched its Digital Inclusion Fellowship Program in which 16 young community leaders in eight Google Fiber communities will have paid internships for a year with local charities. nonprofit organizing effort advocating for U.S. Every Public Library in the United States. A Human Right. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

A couple of years ago, outreach, training, and fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding , posted some great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries. Find the first installment of this series, Developing a Grant Project here , and the second installment, Researching Funders Part One – Government here.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

Each year, NTEN recognizes a member of this community who has furthered the work of the nonprofit technology field through dedication, innovation, and leadership. It’s that determination that has allowed her to help so many people and nonprofits over the years. If they only knew then what we know now!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Federal Communications Commission in 2011 and is now its own nonprofit organization. Department of Commerce (NTIA) stimulus grants in 2008 and 2009 and so it has had no government funding and has been struggling to successfully get off the ground. Connect2Compete as Aggregator of Local Digital Inclusion Projects.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2012

As part of celebrating Earth Day throughout the month of April, we'll be featuring posts about how to make your nonprofit or library. ReadyTalk’s secure audio and web conferencing services, including webinars, enable federal, state, and local agencies to meet with. more environmentally friendly. confidence.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

And how can nonprofits and public libraries actually make use of it? At SOCAP13 , a social enterprise conference in San Francisco, I attended two back-to-back conferences on big data with some nonprofit representation. Big data is still one of those concepts that baffle me. How big does the data have to be? Data for Health.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Outside of our organizations, we have government institutions, and service providers. We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level. The community, partners, government, are all necessary for really making a change. As an example, let’s think about a community library.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2012

What should nonprofits do about this? In our TechSoup Global NGO cloud survey we found that people in nonprofits and libraries are indeed concerned about data security in the cloud the world over. Federal Government shutting down Megaupload for their illegal download activities. What's a nonprofit to do?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 24, 2012

nonprofits and public libraries at a very special discounted $99 administrative fee. GrantStation, one of TechSoup's donor partners, and is an expert on nonprofit. Today and tomorrow only, GrantStation memberships are available to eligible U.S. Learn more and request yours today ! Cindy Adams is the president and CEO of.

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