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A Software Lending Library in Kansas City?

Tech Soup

The Kansas City Public Library. They have developed a way for anyone with a Kansas City public library card to use expensive professional applications like those from Adobe and Microsoft without owning them. The new lending library project is funded by the National Science Foundation. and The Digital Shift.

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Why Kansas City Has a Shot at Bridging the Digital Divide

Tech Soup

I had the opportunity to participate in the launch of the new Kansas City Digital Inclusion Fund. Department of Commerce Broadband Technology Opportunities Program to address the digital divide, one in five American adults still do not use the Internet. So why is Kansas City investing more money on digital inclusion?

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Apply for the 2021 Digital Inclusion Fellowship

NTEN

The attempt thrust digital inequity into the public’s awareness. And even those who are comfortable navigating online find their internet connections taxed as multiple family members try to make simultaneous video calls. Kansas City, MO: 1 position (filled) (sponsored by Google Fiber). adults do not use home broadband.

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Nonprofit Technology News: 2013 Year in Review

Tech Soup

This new technology has become available in time to help public schools in the U.S. It allows charities to get to your applications and files from virtually anywhere there is Internet on many kinds of devices - PCs, Macs, and mobile devices of various kinds. I like their new free publication, Cloud Computing for Nonprofits.

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23 Things Online Summit Tomorrow

Tech Soup

This event is a special collaboration among WebJunction , the MaintainIT Project , the State Library of Kansas , and the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. Tools Social Networking E-Learning Community Tech Centers Software Digital Divide Using the Web and Internet. Register now! ( Tools Web 2.0

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Finding a Community of Nonprofit Technology Experts

Tech Soup

Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Kansas City, Missouri: BidPal — Event and Auction Software. Mukono, Uganda: The 10th Uganda Internet Governance Forum 2016 (UIGF). Oxford, United Kingdom: Transforming the Public Sector. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night.

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This and That

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

As if you don't get enough of my holding forth here, Marshall Kirkpatrick interviewed me the other day for Techsoup's Netsquared project, and posted it here. We talked about the work of my company Members Only Software, and how I see emerging Internet technologies impacting the non-profit arena.