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Association 4.0—A Playbook for Success

.orgSource

But the typical association model challenges agility. I’ve often thought that the model could work effectively in an association environment.” But I was reading about how these things called personal computers and laptops were going to change the industry. We changed our entire model. But you have to believe in yourself.”

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The Year in Review: The Best Tech Stories of 2015

Byte Technology

Microsoft Takes Over the Laptop/Tablet Hybrid Scene. Bill Gates introduced not one, not two but three new Surface laptops this year, including the Surface Pro 4, a more powerful yet affordably priced model that’s super thin and lightweight.

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Top 6 Myths About Refurbished Hardware

Tech Soup

Consumer Reports does great reliability surveys on laptop fail rates. New Apple laptops have fail rates from 7 to 9 percent each year. Most new laptops from the other big computer makers have fail rates in the 15 percent range. Most failures happen within the first six months of a computer's life."

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Announcing ImpactRising.Org: Organizational Capacity Building Resource for Nonprofits and Consultants

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A model of generosity. Broke and living in community housing, I came home one evening to find my room burgled, my laptop and cash savings gone. Dan was the sole anonymous donor for the program, which brushed off my indignity and furnished me with a new laptop, a mentor, and monthly checks for books, food and travel.

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How to Upgrade Nonprofit Donors Using Suggested Donations

Bloomerang

For example, you might explain that a $100 gift can purchase five new coding workbooks for your after-school program, and a $500 gift can buy a new laptop for a student. They also see how you present the array as a point of communication from you, much like how body language communicates in real life.”. Suggesting monthly giving.

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The world gets smaller with digital magazines

Judi Sohn

For example, if I download a magazine to my iMac, I can’t read the same file from my laptop. No offense to anyone reading this who either works for or is a fan of Macworld or Mac|Life , but I think MacUser UK is much better than any of “our&# Mac publications. I think MacUser gets it right with this model.

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The Future of the Nonprofit Office: Working from Home v2.0

NTEN

In this model, your organization will have no idea where the hardware actually providing your services is located -- and, better yet, you won't care. The average smartphone outperforms the laptop computer of the previous decade. It's true: the employees of tomorrow may not have laptops or PCs.

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