Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

Pottsboro Area Library in Texas. We of course got lots of great stories, and our winner is the Pottsboro Area Library. When librarian Dianne Connery came to the library a few years ago, she found a classic small town library situated in a converted post office building with the requisite institutional green paint job.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Help edit or review grant proposals and grant reports. Offer to write letters of intent or grant requests for the organization and possibly even submit them to foundations or companies. Help the organization by researching and compiling information on government grants that may be available. Is the donor renewal rate low?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 4, 2015

Tomorrow is an exciting day for our Bookshare online library for students with dyslexia or visual impairments. We have incredibly generous matching grants from two of our dedicated tech entrepreneur supporters, Bernie Newcomb and Lata Krishnan.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2017

Kick off 2017 with new tech and fundraising skills! Our free webinars will help you improve your grantseeking, connect you with local tech experts, and show you what Windows Server and Adobe Acrobat Pro DC can do for your nonprofit or library. Introduction to Windows Server for Nonprofits and Public Libraries.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Like it or not, grants are a necessity for nearly all nonprofits to stay alive and do good work. A couple of years ago, outreach, training, and fundraising consultant, Stephanie Gerding , posted some great basic grantseeking information on TechSoup For Libraries. based on the types of projects they fund. Project Budget.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

Valerie Hill is an adjunct instructor at Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Science and is also a librarian herself. She came to the Nonprofit Commons to share her areas of expertise in media literacy, human-computer interaction, and the impact of the digital revolution on education and libraries.

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

Streamlined user interfaces also show your users that you care about their time and aren’t taking their patience for granted. While some major issues will require the help of tech experts, you can take steps on your own to ensure your site is easier to maintain and tune-up over time. Keep your website organized.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2015

Nonprofit Tech Essentials to Take Advantage of This Month. Finding grants and managing donor relations are crucial tasks for nonprofits. Check out GrantStation , a comprehensive online resource for identifying and securing grants. Microsoft Products: Get the Tech You Need to Do More. Don't miss out!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 16, 2016

But if you're not relaxing on a sandy beach, why not learn some new tech skills? Join TechSoup on August 23 for a tour of training resources available to help your nonprofit, library, church, and foundation staffers increase their technology literacy and grow their tech skills. What Can Libraries Count? Get a grip.

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JULY 1, 2021

Grant Management Software. This should reveal what your donor management system covers as well as what holes in your strategy might need to be filled with a different tech solution. . Grant Management Software. Researching, managing, and applying for grants is an intensive undertaking requiring both time and work.

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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

JUNE 13, 2016

TechSoup covered tech topics this year from Microsoft Excel to working in the cloud. These were the top 10 TechSoup tech topics of 2016 (say that 10 times fast). By flagging your transactions in QuickBooks with these handy utilities, you can quickly pull related data into relevant reports by a particular grant or program.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2015

Thanks to a generous grant from Microsoft Citizenship, Caravan was able to make this concept a reality. Referrers include staff from nonprofits, community centers, public libraries, and other organizations that work with youth during the summer months. " How Libraries Can Use Range. How Range Works.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

If you're already registered and receiving donated technology products and services through TechSoup, share this event information with your nonprofit, library, and foundation colleagues! Acquiring Technology Event Grants for Technology Online Seminar Tech Planning TechSoup Help TechSoup Event tsevent'

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Good 360 has been around since 1983; it provides product donations to charities and libraries and also to victims of disasters. Registration for nonprofits and libraries is free. It has recently opened up to nonprofits and libraries. Check out our free Google AdWords grants webinar recording.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. students) with a collection of 220,000+ (and counting) accessible books—the world’s largest library of its kind.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2011

TechSoup serves nonprofits and libraries of all shapes, sizes, and budgets. Whether your organization is looking for help paying the bills or tracking grants, we have the financial management tools to get the job done.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

What if you’re not tech savvy? How much tech skill is required? Increasingly, CRM tools are offering management of other aspects of the donor ecosystem, including grants, sponsors, and, even, volunteers. Grant Searching . Finding grant opportunities is an important activity for all nonprofits. Some cost a little.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2013

member gives your organization access to web-based grant research tools as well as a comprehensive list of current sources of grant money. The Connect2Give discount program at TechSoup provides mobile donation and communication services to eligible nonprofits, charities, and public libraries. Becoming a GrantStation.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Over the past year, we've been doing TechSoup Impact stories about nonprofits, churches, and libraries doing great work with TechSoup product donations. " Waukesha Public Library. An increasing number of public libraries are discovering TechSoup donations, but few are maxing them out like Waukesha Public Library in Wisconsin.

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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. Qualified organizations include California schools, community colleges, libraries, government and district-owned and operated hospitals and health clinics, and community-based organizations. telecom expenses by half.

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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. Professional associations often make grant funds available to members of the association or organization.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for eight years now. PC Rebuilders and Recyclers (PCRR) is our newest RCI refurbishment partner and is now providing enhanced tech support to our program. With a catalog. With a catalog.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

View the archived recording of the Got Grants? This webinar, Got Grants? Finding Funding with the Foundation Center , provided a good overview for both beginning and experienced grant seekers. million grants. GrantSpace is a website that features training resources related to grant funding and philanthropic resources.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Some of the biggest ways your nonprofit or library can make an. admin fee: $24–$31) is the backbone of most nonprofit and library. Wondering how to direct new grant funding, or whether or not your library should. admin fee: $30), your nonprofit or library has a quick and direct way. million sheets of.

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2010

Last Tuesday's TechSoup Talks webinar, Tips and Tools for Technology Planning went over many different strategies to get your organization or library moving towards specific technology and mission-related goals. Kendra Morgan is from WebJunction , a technology learning resource and online community for libraries.

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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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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Familiarity with python, R, and JavaScript libraries for charting, mapping, and vis is helpful. Teach good programming practice and provide general programming and tech support (everything beyond basic IT stuff) to the rest of the team, who are experts in statistics and social science with varying degrees of techiness.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. We’re here to talk about how to build a better grant strategy in this post-COVID, to the extent that we are post-COVID world. Rachel: Mm-hmm.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Bookshare is our large digital library for students with disabilities such as blindness or dyslexia. Carol shared that they had received an Impact Sourcing grant from the Rockefeller Foundation and scaled up their capacity. In 2008, we were the first customer of Samasource as they were getting started.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2011

public libraries and some nonprofits provide. Analyst at the Colorado State Library and a BTOP grant recipient, will discuss. they track, and how this data will benefit their libraries beyond the grant. grant recipients. Access to the Internet and computer training are key services. their computer skills.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

Guest blogger Grant Howe, VP of research and development for Sage North America's nonprofit solutions, kicks off a series of posts about providing great IT leadership. Michael offers some suggestions for developing Your Tech Game Plan for 2012. From TechSoup for Libraries. From the TechSoup Community. TechSoup Blog.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Our team presented at multiple sessions at the recent RightsCon Silicon Valley conference , which brought together human rights defenders, security experts, and tech executives. Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Our goal is to leverage our extensive and complementary networks of individuals and organizations to provide knowledge, training, and tools to nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs around the world. and, increasingly, global grantmakers and their grants. Got Grants? Library learning centers in five locations across the US.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2010

TechSoup has some great resources to help you on your way such as webinars , blog posts , articles , and a Tech Planning forum. I'd like to go over the layout of our donor partner and product pages and discuss licensing — both of which will be very helpful for nonprofits and libraries who may be requesting technology through TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

This post originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries Blog and was authored by Jennifer Anthony. Grant funding can provide essential supports to libraries and non-profits in the face of frozen or shrinking budgets. read more. read more.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2012

This webinar was inspired by the power and popularity of TechSoup's App It Up project , which was developed thanks to a grant from Microsoft. Library Apps. Orange County Library System Shake It! Library Anywhere (LibraryThing). To check out other and future webinars and online events, check out our Tech Events page !

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