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From Dusty Boxes to Digital Gold: Transforming Nonprofit Histories into Fundraising Assets with Digital Archives

Allegiance Group

Every nonprofit has a rich history, but it’s likely contained in various places — boxes in the basement, awards in a display case, memories of a long-time staff member or volunteer. Dr. Kristen Gwinn-Becker is on a mission to help nonprofits preserve their history through digital archiving. You’ll also lose the stories they hold.

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Tech Tools to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Tech Soup

Some of the biggest ways your nonprofit or library can make an. Adobe’s PDF creation software – Acrobat X Pro. – lets you share secure PDF files between any computer, build PDF. constituents on your note pad; and the project’s history tucked away in a reply-all email chain. paper a year.

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Alas, Poor Encarta

Tech Soup

Encarta itself has a strange and fascinating history. It's interesting to wonder how Encarta's history would have played out differently had it partnered with Britannica instead of Funk & Wagnalls. For me, Encarta was never a replacement for the library; it was an intellectual onramp to the library.

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Moving to the Cloud? Keep These 8 Security Tips in Mind

Tech Soup

Does the provider have a history of major security breaches or missteps? Cloud basics for nonprofits and libraries. 12 Tips to Being Safer Online : A printable PDF guide from TechSoup. Does the provider use strong AES 256-bit encryption? How is the provider protecting data against state-sponsored hackers? spanhidden.

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Imagery and Authenticity

Non Profit Quarterly

And so I get this text from her campaign manager with a PDF that says, ‘this is the mailer that her opponent sent out that hit doorsteps today. This is well documented, and even the history of people describing themselves as white goes back to the slave trade.

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Nonprofits can use Dipity to create timelines that highlight their organizational history, current events, and special campaigns. TechSoup is a nonprofit with a clear focus: providing other nonprofits and libraries with technology that empowers them to fulfill their missions and serve their communities. Flipboard :: flipboard.com.

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Cloud Computing for Small Nonprofits: Lessons Learned from 5 Years in the Cloud

NTEN

Keep a library of training materials. Documents are created in InDesign, saved to PDF and then shared for collaborative review to Acrobat.com. Team members can download the PDF, open in Adobe Reader and annotate directly on the PDF. Another hybrid approach we take is in how we collaborate on graphic files.

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