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7 Things Nonprofits Should Know About Virtual Desktops

TechImpact

Hardware costs will not only drop, but nonprofits can see decreases in costs from electricity, maintenance, and licensing. When you accidentally spill your coffee on your computer or drop your work laptop, you risk losing all the data on the hard drive. Access from outside the office. Disaster recovery.

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7 Ways to Avoid Fundraising Burnout

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

With fundraising, especially in the non-profit sector, there’s always more work than there is time. This may almost seem like a foreign concept for the non-profit world, but trust me, it’s possible! Non-profit fundraisers are notorious for working on their days off. Every day in a non-profit there are big and little successes.

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Varied and sundry

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I had a brief conversation by email with Cory Doctorow , a science fiction author who is also a copyleft activist, who releases everything he writes with a CC license. He suggested, basically, find the publisher first, then talk about the license second. If, perchance, you might want to read it, drop me an email.)

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3 Factors to Consider When Evaluating New Technology

Connection Cafe

This is why it’s essential for non-profit organizations to embrace technology with caution. As society is becoming more and more mobile, non-profits need to accept that many employees will be conducting work on mobile devices. Technology can be a great tool for the non-profit industry , but it must be carefully evaluated.

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Chromebook for Nonprofits: Are Web Apps All You Need?

Tech Soup

After trying Google's Chromebook for his personal use, Beaty suggested that the organization try it too : A small underfunded non-profit (I volunteer there) has 11 employees. Surely you still need your "real" laptop to run your donated copy of Adobe Creative Suite , right? Photo: slgckgc , CC license Always Online?

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Linux, Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, and Me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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. I stopped at the license agreement. I’ll understand points of pain, for sure. I got a Lenovo Thinkpad Z61m. Good specs, cheap price. It booted fine.

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Setting Up Windows MultiPoint Server

Tech Soup

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. Follow the on-screen prompts to select your language options and accept the End User License Agreement. Image: Dell Inc.