Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

Back in September, we posted a summary of App It Up's nonprofit and library apps survey. represent the full range of nonprofit and library app experiences. represent the full range of nonprofit and library app experiences. Nonprofits and libraries are interested in building their own apps, though they.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

April was Earth Month but extending green habits all year-round not only benefits the planet - it helps your organization too. Meeting the triple bottom line does require adopting green tech solutions. Danaher also recommends the resources available on GreenNonprofits.org for nonprofit and library leaders. org proves true.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

This post originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries Blog and was written by Sarah Washburn. My colleague, Jim Lynch, and I recently presented at the Amigos Going Green at Your Library 2 online conference. Tags: Green Office GreenTech Running Your Organization. we discussed during our session.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2015

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. The company is also greening its supply chain. Symantec has formed 18 different Green Teams. Now a bit about us.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Cloud computing is not going away and small and medium-sized nonprofits and libraries need to begin to understand it. We here at GreenTech urge you to gain at least a basic understanding of what cloud computing is and how it might impact you, your nonprofit or library, and your way of getting work done.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

In our quest to build a solid foundation for nonprofits and libraries to understand how cloud computing is likely to affect us, we have now completed our GreenTech Initiative Green Side of Cloud Computing campaign. Our final offering of the campaign is an article entitled Cloud Basics for Nonprofits and Libraries.

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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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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Roughstock Studios' guide Keeping It Real Green: How to Market Your Efforts in an Age of Greenwashing will help you through the basics of responsible green marketing. It is mostly targeted at for-profit companies, but has some valuable tips that nonprofits and libraries should keep in mind.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 10, 2023

This leads to a rather large podcast graveyard in the iTunes library making it very hard to find current podcasts. While it is easy to create a podcast, the difficulty comes with the ongoing work needed to maintain a podcast month after month.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2010

In our quest to shine a light on shine a light on what's going on in green IT for nonprofits, libraries, and really anyone running or working in a small to medium sized office, we'd be remiss to not call some attention to a new book by UK-based author, Mark O'Neill called Green IT for Sustainable Business Practice.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 19, 2010

The theme for this week of TechSoup's GreenTech Initiative campaign, The Green Side of Cloud Computing , is security in the cloud. Tags: Green Office GreenTech Physical Security Privacy Running Your Organization Security Security Software Using the Web and Internet. Richard's article is entitled Security in the Cloud.

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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

JULY 1, 2013

ReadyTalk is available to qualifying nonprofits, foundations, and libraries on TechSoup for an administrative fee of $45 for a one-year subscription. Citrix GoToMeeting is available to qualifying nonprofits, foundations, and libraries on TechSoup for an administrative fee of $280 for a one-year subscription.

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Tech Soup

JULY 24, 2009

Expecting all of the people in your office or patrons in your library to change their behavior because it is the "right thing to do" will only lead to disappointment. Most people want to be less wasteful, but sometimes it is difficult to remember or more time consuming to be green. Tags: Green Office GreenTech GreenTips.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2009

Back in January of 2008, a network of rural libraries decided to host an online conference to provide an opportunity for library staff and trustees to attend continuing education sessions in an online format, helping to reduce the strain on staffing and budgets. You don't have to work for a library to benefit from their experience.

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Jim Lynch is TechSoup's director of green technology (here's the part where I embarrass him — he's also pretty much the man as far as electronics refurbishing and recycling goes). The scope of the problem makes efforts to organize and strengthen the electronics refurbishment industry in Europe a pretty big deal.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 27, 2009

will be conducting two webinars that highlight specific Microsoft programs or services useful to nonprofits and libraries. Tags: Green Office GreenTech Online Seminar Software. On Wednesday, November 4 TechSoup Talks!

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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. This library serves 100,000 patrons in its 72,000-square-foot building each year.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Little Green Light is one of the most popular platforms in the marketplace for small nonprofits. But, make no mistake, where Little Green Light wins is on price. Your library may have a subscription that you can use onsite for free. Some libraries will even give you a one-time code to do your search from your home or office.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Cloud Basics for Nonprofits and Libraries: "Cloud Basics for Nonprofits and LibrariesConsidering the cloud?

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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. TechSoup for Libraries. In addition to the Edge Initiative, TechSoup for Libraries has been highlighting public libraries across the United States that use technology in innovative ways.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

nonprofit organizations and libraries are participating in these digital divide efforts as well through grants from Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), which is a program of the U.S. " In short it's a roadmap for closing the digital divide. A number of U.S. Department of Commerce.

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2009

Tags: E-Learning Green Office GreenTech GreenTips Online Seminar Staff Telecom Services Training Using the Web and Internet Volunteers.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 31, 2010

This is Part 2 in TechSoup GreenTech's series on buying green IT equipment. Here's my general take on the topic: Buying and using refurbished computers is incredibly green. It's much better for libraries and nonprofits to get used IT equipment from a reputable refurbisher or manufacturer than raw donated or used IT equipment.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2013

Van Jones , founder of the grassroots think tank Rebuild The Dream , CNN contributor, and author of the visionary The Green Collar Economy , is one. She turned one of the big regional Goodwills into a thriving green organization. TechSoup is now helping to improve technology for charities and libraries in 40 countries.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

TechSoup's newest offering is a green technology and our first discounted phone system package for nonprofits and libraries. It's by the green company, BetterWorld Telecom. The pre-negotiated discount package includes Cisco VoIP phones, hosted Voice over IP, and virtual PBX phone service.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

Where Are Nonprofits and Libraries on Sharing? Overall, the two-day event left me wondering " Where are all the nonprofits and public libraries who've been sharing and innovating forever? Why Nonprofits and Libraries Should Be Central. Why aren't THEY here?" Sign in to share your thoughts in the comments below.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2011

It's always interesting to see emerging technology trends merge and intersect in ways that might someday prove valuable to nonprofits and libraries. The technology trends that Green Goose is combining are social networking, serious gaming, and the Internet of Things: read more.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

It's not our first time advocating for charities and libraries in the hallowed halls of the U.S. TechSoup Global's mission is to do whatever we can to provide the IT resources and knowledge that charities, NGOs, and libraries need to operate at their full potential. The briefing was called "Turning E-Waste into Green."

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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

APRIL 21, 2015

nonprofits, churches, and libraries at the lowest possible cost. IT devices that are suitable for the RCI program will be fully refurbished and provided at the lowest possible costs to charities and libraries. Green IT greentech Recycled and Refurbished Computers Green Office' Image 1: InterConnection. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Tags: Acquiring Technology Green Office GreenTech Hardware Running Your Organization Server Applications Servers.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 2, 2011

I couldn't bear to see Waiting for Superman , and I only volunteer as a "reading partner" for an hour each week at my local elementary school 'cause it's too depressing to work in a school library that doesn't have a librarian (Really? If green is the new black, who's going to make education the new green? Open my eyes.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 1, 2011

From time to time we like to profile the work of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries that are doing great work in green IT. Northeast Recycling Council was founded 22 years ago as an economic and environmental sustainability advocacy organization.

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