Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. In this project, the Candlelighters CyberKids program provides young cancer patients with a laptop with Microsoft Windows and Office.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

One of our missions at TechSoup Global is to supply low-cost refurbished IT equipment to nonprofits and libraries. Paul Hawkin, in his book, Natural Capitalism , finds that the volume of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. Photo courtesy of Flickr user lungstruck.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2017

Like any nonprofit, we like to take advantage of the product donations that are on offer for charities, churches, foundations, and libraries. We needed a simple and easy-to-use solution to share PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, photos, and videos within and outside the organization. Getting Control of Our Images.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

There has been some interesting mobile-related legislation news as of late that affects some nonprofits, charities, public libraries, and social sector organizations. TechSoup Global staff weighed in on what the FCC ruling means for both nonprofits and public libraries. Legislation Beat. Tablet Tales.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 25, 2013

You can give real-time updates from fundraisers or liveblog featured speakers at events from your laptop or mobile device. After the event, Scoop It (Android, iOS) is a useful tool for compiling press coverage, photos, social media, and more into one, slick-looking page. Turn your photos into word collages with Wordfoto (iOS).

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

The nonprofit provides laptops, tablet computers, training, and other technology resources to elderly people. This printer allows approved people to send emails (with photos) and it will print automatically. We’re looking for great stories like this one about nonprofits and libraries doing good work with technology.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

InterConnection now supplies RCI with warrantied laptops and desktop computers that go to nonprofits and libraries in the United States. InterConnection also runs a free RCI end-of-life Take Back Program , in which nonprofits and libraries that receive RCI computers can have them responsibly recycled at no cost.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

By "post-PC," Jobs meant essentially that computing and Internet use for both work and pleasure will no longer be dominated by PCs, but that there will be an array of smart devices including smartphones, tablet computers, smart TVs, laptops, and even sensing devices in our clothes and cars and other every day items.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

The nonprofit provides laptops, tablet computers, training, and other technology resources to elderly people. This printer allows approved people to send emails (with photos) and it will print automatically. We’re looking for great stories like this one about nonprofits and libraries doing good work with technology.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Candice has a masters degree in library and information science and is Transition Projects’ first formal IT person. The public library also utilizes the lab to provide a computer training class. Photo: pal_pics. She has been there just under five years. Keli: Tell me a bit about your experience with the RCI program.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Photo from Kate in Flickr Social Signal Open House in TechSoup Office last week I'm playing catch up here on a bunch of Second Life stuff happening over the past week that I didn't want to let slip through my fingers: Social Signal held an open house in Second Life to welcome their new virtual worlds manager, Catherine Winters , to Social Signal.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 27, 2008

If you have a laptop, it may be less distracting to have your job search time at a café, or the library so that when you come home you don’t feel guilty relaxing. Photo Credit: Photo of me answering your questions (: taken by my hubs. Decide how much time you are going to spend each day looking for work, and stick to it.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Pinterest is a social media photo-sharing website that allows users to create online image collections around specific events or subjects. We sincerely invite your nonprofit or library tech news nominations.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys. The intruder was able to get names, addresses, genders, birth dates, and even photos of children — more than six million children. This is about as certain a prediction as you'll find in this post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Photo from public photos tagged with macarthur in NMC flickr stream. Young people have access to computers in schools and libraries, but there is a difference in the quality of experience. There is a gap in social skills, experience, and knowledge when you only have 10-15 minutes of access in library versus 24/7 access at home.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

Looks like Zen and the Art of Technology scored the Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops. The Digital Diner has an excellent post on photo management tools and the limits of consumer projects in an enterprise setting. Check out scrapblog which lets you create a colleage of your photos online similar to a scrapbook page.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

Photo by Rikomatic. Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. What do libraries look like in the future? That the old metrics aren't working. MacArthur Foundation.

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Media Cause

JULY 1, 2021

It’s still political to use photos of queer people in content. Part of this problem may be that the photos are taken by people who aren’t in the queer community and don’t really know how to represent them. Getty actually has a pretty decent library if you know what you’re looking for. There are a few reasons for this.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

Anyone could volunteer to aggregate links in their field on their server - and would be linked to the main library on Switzerland. I used my webcam attached my laptop as my first digital camera to record photos from a conference that I was taking notes for - and then publishing as web pages. The Typo Police Page.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Ask them to blog during conference sessions and post photos. Gregg Swanson, the Executive Director of HumaniNet, blogged and uploaded photos to HumaniNet's Flickr account using a satellite connection as part of a disaster response simulation exercise in Asia. Perhaps your staff makes a lot of international trips.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

In September, we asked nonprofits and libraries to show us exactly how technology activates their organization and helps fulfill their mission. " says Janissa Balcomb, president of Laptops to Lesotho Inc. " says Janissa Balcomb, president of Laptops to Lesotho Inc. And the Winner Is.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Include photos of people if you want to stand out. That’s what you need to say to somebody who is trying to give you donated Dell laptops. You’re like, “Wow, thank you for 12,000 crappy laptops, that your company no longer wants.” It’s a beautiful thing a new library. They are not.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

These include: A built-in library of eLearning assets. These digital assets can include stock photos, templates for various eLearning elements (ranging from page layouts to learning games), ready-to-use animations, vectors, and more. A content library of ready-to-use templates. Multimedia tools.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

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. It provides engagement data about your photos, likes, follower growth, as well as when is the best and worst time to post. Statigram :: statigr.am. Present.me.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Pinterest is a social media photo-sharing website that allows users to create online image collections around specific events or subjects. We sincerely invite your nonprofit or library tech news nominations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 29, 2021

The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is an online library of almost 500 billion screenshots of websites since 1996. SnapWidget allows you to display your Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram photos in collage format on your website or blog. Storrito enables users to create Instagram and Facebook Stories on desktop/laptop computers.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

She just did a presentation to the Gates Global Libraries Working Group in November 2013 on the top tech trends for libraries. ” Khan Academy’s comprehensive library of content covers a full primary school curriculum plus classes in math, and science including biology, chemistry, and physics. John Merritt.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

I've picked out a few mobile trends that nonprofits, charities, and libraries should keep an eye on in 2014. The Galaxy Note Pro seems to make good use of the laptop-sized display with enhanced multitasking and remote PC access. Images: Photos 1 and 2: samsungtomorrow ; Photo 3: Asus USA press; Photo 4: MakerLab Industries press.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

One of the things I like best about being on the Ushahidi board is that it was acceptable for us be also on our laptops and smart phones – and even tweet during the meeting. Ethan Zuckerman, fellow board members, shares his impressions here. Jessica Colaco places books in the iHub Community Library.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

More and more nonprofit, library, and NGO offices worldwide will need to accommodate personally-owned tablets and smartphones on wireless networks in order to work and communicate. Another big trend in the IT press forecasts is the much heralded decline of the traditional PC – laptops and desktop computers. The Decline of PCs.

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