Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The big nonprofit tech trends this past year seemed to be in the areas of the emergence of mobile devices, social media stratification, the launch of Office 365 for Nonprofits, some huge digital inclusion initiatives, and lots of other things. Office 365 for Nonprofits. Here’s what it all looked like to me. Social Media.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

August set the one-month record for new users for any operating system. More than 90 percent of laptop and desktop PCs are running some version of Windows. The minimum system requirements for Windows 10 are very similar to Windows 7 (very modest indeed): Processor: 1 GHz or faster. System settings. How to Get Windows 10.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 1, 2015

More than 90% of nonprofit organizations are using some form of cloud computing today with half of them using multiple cloud services. While the majority of nonprofits are using the cloud for common tasks like email, only about 15% are using cloud-based accounting and fundraising solutions. Licensing costs become a thing of the past.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

And, in some ways, NOSI has changed – we’re thinking more and more about talking about Linux on the desktop, which we thought was not ready for nonprofit primetime for a long time. Week 1 I should have taken pictures – unboxing a new laptop is a lot of fun. My first step was to make sure the laptop booted.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 9, 2014

As the cost for issuing mobile devices like smartphones, laptops or tablets can be more than a non-profit can bear, bring your own device can be a solution, but there are risks and benefits to consider. When Employees leave how do you get the data back and disable any system access to the organization. If so, why not?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Charles Brennick is the Founder and Director of Interconnection , a nonprofit that provides high-quality refurbished computers to non-profit and non-governmental organizations around the world. InterConnection has teamed up with TechSoup to help nonprofits, libraries, and refurbishers learn about and implement Windows MultiPoint Server.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

TechSoup and InterConnection , one of our Refurbished Computer Initiative partners, teamed up to supply a group of nonprofits and libraries with everything they would need to set up a MultiPoint Server lab in their environment. We then did check-ins on how the MultiPoint Server system held up under use. 1 USB Hub. 5 keyboards.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

TechSoup and InterConnection , one of our Refurbished Computer Initiative partners, teamed up to supply a group of nonprofits and libraries with everything they would need to set up a MultiPoint Server lab in their environment. We then did check-ins on how the MultiPoint Server system held up under use. 1 USB Hub. 5 keyboards.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2014

To see how they’re used, have a look at Nonprofit In A Box: How Murtis Taylor Human Services System Brings Help Right Into Homes. These affordable computer systems come preloaded with Windows 7 and Microsoft Office. Nonprofit Profile: First Christian Church of Beardstown Illinois. Refurbished Computer Initiative.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Linux desktops? At some point, when I’ve saved up enough pennies, I’m going to buy a Mac laptop again. This is why you cannot judge GNU/Linux side by side with proprietary systems.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2015

It also offers enterprise-level software — for example, Symantec System Recovery. Symantec donated more than 432,000 licenses reaching more than 23,000 organizations in 29 countries last year. It's famous for its antivirus and security software like Norton Security and Norton Small Business. Now a bit about us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Note from Beth: Lately, a question on my mind is whether or not the concept of Networked Nonprofits is a global one as I’ve had the opportunity to share some of the ideas beyond the US borders in Kenya and UK. I think Pratham Books , an NGO in India, is a networked nonprofit.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Windows MultiPoint Server (WMS) is a special version of the Windows Server operating system that allows multiple users to simultaneously share one computer. In this blog post, I'll compare costs and energy usage for a WMS setup versus a conventional setup in which every user has a laptop or desktop computer. Hardware Savings.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

As summer starts, we’ll report on what happened to Facebook Causes, some big developments in cloud computing including the launch of Salesforce1, a big partnership between Salesforce and Microsoft that bodes well for charities, and the launch of Box.org, free cloud storage for nonprofits. Salesforce1 for Nonprofits just just launched.

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3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Because moving data and software systems into the cloud changes an organization’s technology risk profile, but it doesn’t eliminate risk. And if any of these geeky data words are confusing, Third Sector Labs’ Donor Data Management Dictionary is a resource we encourage every nonprofit professional to bookmark.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

I’m with Nonprofit Quarterly , and I direct our Advancing Practice program. Our organization is a nonprofit, and we are on a mission to use technology to better serve the world. But for now, let us go into a poll, and our Nonprofit Quarterly friends are launching that right now. But they’re not really from a nonprofit angle.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

Lots of refurbishers around the world supply PCs to nonprofit training labs, libraries, and telecenters. The RRP program supplies very low-cost Microsoft Windows and Office licensing for nearly anyone fixing up used PCs. The RRP program recently added Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Premium to its roster of citizenship licenses.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Your overall learning business strategy and tech tools such as your learning management system (LMS) and eCommerce tools work together to deliver content to your learners. For example, your learning management system (LMS) may have course authoring functionality already available native to the system. per month. iSpring Suite.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

A computer lab or office system using Windows MultiPoint Server is more energy efficient and usually lower cost than using individual computers. It is an ideal solution for schools, libraries, small nonprofit offices, and computer labs that are on limited budgets. or Premium , and on the license type, either Academic or Commercial.

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