Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured IT to further their missions. They’ve made good use of TechSoup’s donation programs. Children from the second grade on get laptops in this program.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

The Saskatoon Public Library opened its doors to these evacuees, and staff members stepped up their efforts to help the evacuees communicate with their family and friends. Staffers also let people from outside of Saskatoon check out books from the library and access other services. Educating the Public on Disaster Preparedness.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

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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NTEN

MARCH 4, 2011

I was trying to count the number of laptop models for sale at Best Buy, all the while avoiding the glance of any of the eleven sales associates (AKA "Blue Shirts") that hovered around the computer displays. That's how many different laptops there were on display at my local Best Buy (not counting the Pommes de Cher ).

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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. They’ve made good use of TechSoup’s donation programs. Children from the second grade on get laptops in this program.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Last week, I had the pleasure of facilitating the webinar Endpoint-Level Security at Your Library or Nonprofit. " Andy defined an endpoint in the following way: An endpoint is a desktop or laptop computer. So when we say endpoint we're really talking about desktops, servers, and laptops.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 9, 2016

Dear Nonprofit Friends, First, I want to thank all of you for your support of our efforts to bring new technology programs to the sector. It's our recent launch of the Dell Affiliate program that prompts me to write to all of you today. We hope this will help you better understand the benefits of the program. Model/type.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2010

We're giving away two refurbished laptops to subscribers of our By the Cup (BTC) newsletter. The program extends the life cycles of commercial-grade IT equipment that comes from corporations and other institutions, and it also provides free end-of-life shipping and responsible recycling when you're done with it.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Basically, it allows one computer to serve several people in a lab or library at very low cost and with minimum maintenance. La Conner Regional Library was one of our test sites. It is a small, rural library that serves 5,000 people in the Skagit Valley in northern Washington State. She became the library tech person by default.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2010

Our own Tim Suttle was there only a couple of weeks ago volunteering for a local organization: Just last week I was in [Haiti] to setup a computer lab at a library (Bibliotheque du Soleil). The library also hosts after school programs and summer camps for children in the neighborhood of Carrefour-feuilles.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 24, 2012

Just like Dell and HP, we want make sure that our RCI computers are as environmentally responsible as possible at no extra cost to nonprofits and libraries. What is not so well-known is our free recycling program for our RCI PCs when folks are done with them. Both refurbishers offer free takeback in the same way.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2013

TechSoup is pleased to present … the Bitdefender donation program! Now available to nonprofits, charities, and libraries through TechSoup, Bitdefender security products protect individual PCs and Macs as well as enterprise networks. Drum roll, please! Large and Small. Unobtrusive performance.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2016

Check out this list of programs, partners, and special hardware offers to help you find all the equipment you need. Choose from desktops, laptops, tablets, servers, and accessories. Read a special message about the Dell Affiliate Program to learn more. Read a special message about the Dell Affiliate Program to learn more.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Gosh, has it been nine years now since I started TechSoup's Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) program? We've hit something of a benchmark in this successful program: we've distributed a little over 50,000 refurbished devices through RCI — including laptops, monitors, servers, and tablets. We Thank You.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

We need hands on deck, so having to close our volunteer program was a challenge for us—emotionally, losing such a large part of our community—but we also had to find a way to keep them connected so that they would come back when our doors reopened. “I Volunteer programs are some of the most front-facing operations of nonprofit organizations.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2015

One is for consumers interested in donating laptops and phones. How Individuals Can Donate Laptops and Phones. nonprofits, churches, and libraries at the lowest possible cost. nonprofits, churches, and libraries at the lowest possible cost. We're happy to have laptops, desktops, and LCD monitors.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2015

And they're doing this using the programming language Java on their laptops. With lines of code projected on a screen, these children listen intently in a conference room at the Mountain View Public Library, as part of a four-week course on programming. The Power of Kids Teaching Kids.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2016

In truth, for the vast majority of users—bloggers, small e-commerce ventures and the like—just utilizing the most basic aspects of the program are more than enough to create the site they need and want. But it’s not always easy to do so with a standard mouse or laptop trackpad. Picture Perfect. Secret Options for Bloggers.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

It's not our first time advocating for charities and libraries in the hallowed halls of the U.S. TechSoup Global's mission is to do whatever we can to provide the IT resources and knowledge that charities, NGOs, and libraries need to operate at their full potential. nonprofits and libraries.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

I’m in Austin, TX, today engaging with librarians, digital curators, and technologists working at the nexus of communities and knowledge at the Electronic Resources and Libraries annual conference. Libraries: The Oldest New Frontier for Innovation. You can follow along with the sessions today through Wednesday using #ERL11.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2013

Recently, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) published guides to help community organizations create or expand programs to close the digital divide. In this blog post, I highlight a model for successful digital inclusion. Basic training.

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Tech Soup

MAY 10, 2016

TechSoup's Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has supplied more than 65,000 pieces of IT equipment to nonprofits and libraries in the last 10 years. Back in 2006, we started the RCI program to supply charities and libraries with good, low-cost warrantied computers that would stand the test of time.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2017

At TechSoup, we love to supply good, solid, low-cost refurbished or remanufactured IT equipment to nonprofits and libraries. In his book Natural Capitalism , Paul Hawkin finds that the amount of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. The computers come with Windows 10 and Microsoft Office.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

It contains three things: A laptop computer. The overall benefit of mobile broadband Internet access in conjunction with laptops is that mobile case managers can do nearly everything they need to do for people in the community without having to come in to the office. " Low-Cost Devices. Cloud Computing / Shutterstock.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

A few weeks ago, the San Francisco Public Library hosted an event with the Electronic Frontier Foundation , a nonprofit dedicated to fighting for citizen digital rights. Picture it: You're on public transit after a long work day and you accidentally leave your laptop behind. What if it ends up in the wrong hands?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 22, 2013

You may have recognized the trend: computing (crunching numbers and running programs) is moving away from your computer and is now being delivered as a service over the Internet. Programs that we never thought would move online (like Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and QuickBooks) are there today. Plus, this trend is accelerating.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 3, 2017

Protecting Patron Privacy in Public Libraries. As technology changes rapidly, libraries and librarians are working hard to keep up with digital security issues to better protect the privacy of their users. Spruce up your QuickBooks know-how. Learn about TechSoup donations. Image : Tanel Teemusk / CC BY-SA. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

During the intervening two years, we have entered the “post-PC” era in which laptop and desktop computers are being superseded by tablets, phones and other mobile devices. And indeed sales of new PCs and laptops are declining. Ordering in the program has been steadily increasing from the program’s inception in 2000.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for seven years now. It made us think about ways we could bring good dependable low-cost computers to nonprofits and libraries. to scale up RCI in California. Using the U.S.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2014

11,000 were laptops. eCycle Best concluded that American consumers seem to be getting wiser about throwing away phones, tablets, and laptops. Our donor partner, BetterWorld Wireless, provides discounted services and donated phones to eligible nonprofits and public libraries. Of these devices: 21,000 were smartphones.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 17, 2013

But then, your coworker calls and informs you that your donation page is broken, your organization's CRM just ate half of its entries, and the kitchen dishwasher is flooding… Guess you probably should pack along your laptop. Luckily, I backed it up before I left on my laptop, but I lost all the photos I took on my trip.

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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. The Basis for the Environmental Benefits of Refurbished IT.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Here's an idea for using smartphones with good cameras and video capability like the Dell Venue Pro touch screen phones for digital story telling: Send someone out to video compelling work that your nonprofit or library is doing out in the field for your holiday message. for lots of great resources for nonprofit and library apps.

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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

OCTOBER 30, 2012

TechSoup Japan Disaster Relief Program Launches to Assist Local NGOs. Post Tornado, the Library Is Open in Joplin. Used Laptops Needed for Earthquake Victims in Haiti: You Can Help! Past Disaster Relief Efforts from TechSoup and Our Global Partners. Microsoft Keeps Dougy Center Staff Connected Following Devastating Fire.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

It refurbishes IT equipment to very high standards with a largely volunteer workforce, and it is a model program for responsible export of refurbished IT equipment in to developing countries. Global Impact of InterConnection's Programs. The program was started in 1999 by Charles Brennick, who still runs the organization.

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