Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

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AUGUST 19, 2008

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Stretching Laptop Run TimeBy Ted NeedlemanYou have to wonder sometimes. As laptops get smaller and lighter, their run times often suffer due to fact that smaller laptops have smaller batteries. Improvements in battery technology and the development of power-sipping CPUs help somewhat, but it’s rare to find a laptop.

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MAY 19, 2008

One Laptop, two systems - The Boston Globe: "THE GOAL of the nonprofit One Laptop per Child project has always been exciting: build a cheap, sturdy laptop and give it to poor children in developing countries to improve their educations.".

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Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

JULY 20, 2019

Due to the portability factor, laptops have emerged as the most preferable device to work and remain in touch. . Unlike old PCs, placing the laptop on a desk doesn’t meet the ideal posture requirements set by the health experts; this invariably leads to the development of neck/back straining and other spine-related issues over the time. With the help of Laptop Desk Stand Amazon though, you could easily avoid these problems. .

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AUGUST 4, 2008

One Laptop per Child Lands in India: "Nicholas Negroponte has found it tough going in India. His best-known idea is the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program (BusinessWeek, 6/5/08), a plan to make a simple, $100 laptop that would create a digitally literate generation. For years as the head of MIT's Media Lab, the famed computer scientist promoted radical ways to use technology to transform society.

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JUNE 12, 2009

Aboriginal kids get charity XO laptops | News | News.com.au: "THE global charity program One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is being rolled out in Australia to help combat illiteracy and truancy.Aboriginal school children on Elcho Island, off the cost of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, have received rugged green laptops to use for homework and communication.'Hopefully,

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AFP Blog

JULY 23, 2007

BBC NEWS | Technology | '$100 laptop' production begins: "$100 laptop' production beginsBy Jonathan FildesScience and technology reporter, BBC NewsFive years after the concept was first proposed, the so-called $100 laptop is poised to go into mass production.Hardware suppliers have been given the green light to ramp-up production of all of the components needed to build millions of the low-cost

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

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Tech Soup Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2015

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

TechSoup recently published an article comparing laptops versus tablets in terms of their benefits and advantages. Laptops have more processing power. TechSoup also offers refurbished tablets and low- , middle- , and high-end laptops for reasonable prices through our Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI). mobile Recycled and Refurbished Computers tablet laptop Are your nonprofit's staffers working in the field or from home some or all of the time?

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MAY 20, 2008

Today @ PC World OLPC Announces Next-Gen XO-2 $75 Laptop: "The nonprofit One Laptop Per Child has just shown for the first time images of its next-generation touch-screen laptop that goes by the name XO-2. According to Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of OLPC, the laptop is under development and has a goal of costing $75.

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JANUARY 4, 2008

The Associated Press: Intel Quits One Laptop Per Child Program: "Intel Quits One Laptop Per Child ProgramBy MAY WONG – 10 hours agoSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) said Thursday it has abandoned the One Laptop Per Child program, dealing a big blow to the ambitious project seeking to bring millions of low-cost laptops to children in developing.

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DECEMBER 3, 2007

One Laptop Per Child orders surge - The Boston Globe: "Despite slower-than-expected sales and tough competition from commercial rivals, the One Laptop Per Child Foundation of Cambridge is enjoying a surge of new orders

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JULY 30, 2008

Intel, Portugal agree to deal for 500,000 laptops: "Intel Corp. on Wednesday pledged to provide elementary school students in Portugal with 500,000 computers based on its Classmate PC design, the latest move by the computer chip maker to take the lead in the emerging low-cost laptop market.The computers will be delivered over the course of the 2008-09 school year.

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OCTOBER 2, 2015

The Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) at TechSoup now offers refurbished MacBook Air laptops along with other refurbished laptops to fit any budget. We're very excited to expand our selection of Apple laptops! MacBook Air. Apple MacBook Air, $615.00 admin fee. The MacBook Air weighs only 2.4

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MAY 16, 2008

Business & Technology | Microsoft joining laptop crusade | Seattle Times Newspaper: "Microsoft and the laptop organization announced Thursday that the nonprofit's green-and-white XO computers now can run Windows in addition to their homegrown interface, which is built on the open Linux operating system.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

School Tech: 6 Important Lessons From Maine's Student Laptop Program - Yahoo! News: "When students at Skowhegan Area Middle School decided to undertake a study of the town's history, they departed from traditional readings and paper writing. They instead made podcasts about historical landmarks that cumulatively produced a walking tour, recorded interviews with town elders and created websites

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NOVEMBER 7, 2007

Nonprofit group starts making low-cost laptops | Technology | Reuters: "A nonprofit group said on Tuesday production of a new laptop computer for children in developing countries had begun, a milestone that could shake up the PC industry by ushering in a new era of low-cost computing.".

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 29, 2007

Stu Leigh of Real World Productions sent me a link the this video, in which Hakon Wium Lie, the CTO of Opera Software, demonstrates the hardware for the new OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) initiaitve.

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2008

The Santa Barbara Independent Tech Mogul Brings Laptops to Kellogg Kids: "D.J. Perry’s third-grade class at Kellogg Elementary School in Goleta buzzed with excitement on Friday, December 5, as students clicked away on their new XO-brand laptops. The textbook-sized computers were provided to the school by UCSB’s Technology Management Program and its new partnership with One Laptop Per Child (OLPC).

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Tech Soup Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

Laptops are about four or five times more energy efficient than desktop computers. A laptop computer typically uses 30 to 40 watts of electricity during moderate use. Laptops also have low-energy modes to save on battery usage and energy. If you don't need a big desktop computer, make your next computer purchase a laptop. By the way, tablet computers use even less electricity than laptops.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 2, 2006

Via Snazzzz 's post in live journal comes the story of the $3 laptop. Inspired by MIT's $100 laptop project, they've been working on their own educational laptop project and delivered their first working model to Saron, a banking and finance student living in a small village near Prek Eng.

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Tech Soup Blog

JUNE 20, 2011

I got to talking last week with Kiera Butler of Mother Jones magazine about the best ways to keep the rechargeable batteries in laptops and mobile phones healthy and long-lived. Dell says that a full life span for a garden-variety lithium-ion laptop battery is 18 to 24 months. However, it's best to unplug a laptop or phone if you're just storing it for some days. GreenTech Hardware Green IT EPA batteries cell phones mobile phones laptops

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JULY 25, 2008

Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptops | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com: "Microsoft has internally released to manufacturing the version of Windows XP that it has tweaked to run on the One Laptop Per Child XO computer.As James Utzschneider, General Manager of Marketing and Communications for the Unlimited Potential Group, announced on his blog on July 24:".

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DECEMBER 19, 2008

Putting XO Laptops Under Christmas Trees—and into Classrooms—via Amazon | Xconomy: "Under the Give One, Get One (G1G1) program, consumers can buy two laptops for $399. One will be shipped to a school of OLPC’s choice, and the other to any recipient of the buyer’s choice. Part of the purchase price is tax-deductible—though OLPC says buyers should consult their accountants to figure out how much.".

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

Global laptop project raises its price again, almost double original $100 goal - International Herald Tribune: "he vaunted '$100 laptop' that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers dreamed up for international schoolchildren is becoming a slightly more distant concept. Leaders of the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child that was spun out of MIT acknowledged Friday that the devices would

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APRIL 15, 2009

Nortel Pullout Hits Laptop-for-Poor-Nations Program Hard | Embassy - Canada's Foreign Policy Newspaper: "owever, Nortel was forced to file for bankruptcy protection in January and, according to officials, has ceased its involvement in the OLPC program.'As

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

But the times when I’ve learned the most are when I get to see how they manage social media from their laptops! [If Introducing the Naked Laptop Contest. On the Inbound Zombie Facebook Page, you’ll find details about the Naked Laptop Video Contest , where you can enter and share great tips with your peers! Visit the Inbound Zombie Facebook Page and click on the “Naked Laptop Video Contest” tab to enter.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

The Larger Challenge (and Opportunity) for One Laptop Per Child - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog: "The One Laptop Per Child project is starting a “Give 1 Get 1? As its name suggests, the marketing campaign combines philanthropy with geeky self-interest — give one of the innovative laptops to a campaign to try to jumpstart its drive to bring computers to children in the developing world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2005

Why do people put stickers on their laptops? So I only saw six examples of this - bumper stickers on laptops. So you can easily figure out which laptop is yours. Why do you put stickers on your laptop Stickers Originally uploaded by cambodia4kidsorg.

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Tech Soup Blog

MARCH 30, 2015

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JANUARY 7, 2008

NussbaumOnDesign One Laptop Per Child Versus Intel--Who Speaks for India and China? BusinessWeek: "At the Consumer Electronic Show this week, the One Laptop Per Child foundation was supposed to make two announcements—the number of computers it sold under the Give One, Get One holiday program and a new olpc machine made jointly with Intel.

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See What's Out There

DECEMBER 21, 2007

My daughter took the OLPC laptop we just received to school to show it off and only a few of her teachers had heard of the project. Without the background on what it is, the laptop looks and feels like a toy. (In And so we shouldn’t spend money on laptops.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

First '$100 Laptops' Sold to Uruguay - Switched: Gadgets, Tech, Digital Stuff for the Rest of Us: "he tiny green and white, $100 XO notebook has been in development by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) foundation for years, but the device, intended to bring computing to children around the world, has only now received its first official order.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2008

I met Betsy Weber, TechSmith Evangelist, at SXSW and she gave me a Jing Project sticker for my laptop! Thanks Betsy

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AFP Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Developing nations to test new $150 laptops: "Developing nations to test new $150 laptopsBy Jason SzepBOSTON (Reuters) - From Brazil to Pakistan, some of the world's poorest children will peer across the digital divide this month -- reading electronic books, shooting digital video, creating music and chatting with classmates online

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2007

During this time, you can donate the revolutionary XO laptop to a child in a developing nation, and also receive one for the child in your life in recognition of your contribution. The Give One, Get One campaign launched yesterday.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2005

WSIS 2005: $100 laptop Originally uploaded by BillT. Here are some links from various listserv discussions and blog posts when the laptop was announced here in Boston last month. Here's a photo from WSIS flickr stream.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 5, 2007

Just arrived in the mail along with the new copy of Daniel Park's Definitive Guide Camtasia Studio 4! Just in time to help me with the screencasts I'm working now about SalesForce

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Tech Soup Blog

MAY 27, 2010

Climate Savers Computing reports that laptops typically consume less power than desktops and are usually powerful enough for most users. The most surprising thing for me was that even when turned OFF, the average laptop still consumed nearly nine watts of energy. This is backed up by research performed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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Tech Soup Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Do you have an old laptop lying around that you're not sure what to do with? Windows MultiPoint Server lets you turn that old laptop into a fully functioning Windows user station – even if the old machine isn't actually up-to-date enough to run current versions of Windows or other software.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2007

A lengthy article in the Wall Street Journal highlights the effect that the One Laptop per Child Initiative has had on the pc industry. The background if you haven't been following: OLPC is a non-profit venture started by the MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte to create laptop computers that could be sold for $100 each and put them in the hands of millions of schoolchildren in less developed countries.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 5, 2008

I love laptop stickers! Photo from Ian Kennedy. I met Ian Kennedy who is the product manager at MyBlogLog, a blogger social network. Here's a summary of his talk at GSP and video. MyBlogLog recently implemented a new feature called " activity streams."

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