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Burlington Public Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

Tech Soup

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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Seniors Learn to Use Tablets in Georgia — TechSoup Local Impact Map Profile

Tech Soup

The nonprofit provides laptops, tablet computers, training, and other technology resources to elderly people. We’re looking for great stories like this one about nonprofits and libraries doing good work with technology. Blue Hair Technology Group is featured on TechSoup’s new Local Impact Map. spanhidden.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Tracking In-Kind Donations for Nonprofits

Neon CRM

For example, if a company donates a bunch of laptops, and the organization chooses to use them, they receive continued benefits from those laptops. They’d likely be more valuable than a donation of laptops the organization intends to sell. If you are using a CRM, this is a relatively easy process.

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Seniors Learn to Use Tablets in Georgia — TechSoup Local Impact Map Profile

Tech Soup

The nonprofit provides laptops, tablet computers, training, and other technology resources to elderly people. We’re looking for great stories like this one about nonprofits and libraries doing good work with technology. Blue Hair Technology Group is featured on TechSoup’s new Local Impact Map.

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Bookshare Creates Opportunities For Gifted Students

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As part of my holiday greetings this year, I would like to introduce you to two young people who have used Benetech’s Bookshare library to reach academic excellence and find the books that keep them engaged in their off hours. You can read our full profile of Steffon here. Because the Bookshare collection is free to qualified U.S.

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Mobile for Good: Earth Month Edition

Tech Soup

11,000 were laptops. eCycle Best concluded that American consumers seem to be getting wiser about throwing away phones, tablets, and laptops. The year-long study explains the habits, preferences, and demographic profiles of mobile readers in seven countries. Of these devices: 21,000 were smartphones. 2,000 were tablets.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

A library in Oregon had similar concerns about the accessibility of technology during the pandemic: In order to volunteer with us right now, you basically have to have access to a device and the internet…which is not how it was in the past. The challenges of remote volunteering are front-of-mind for many volunteer managers.