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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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 20, 2016

10 Website Design Best Practices for NGOs. For your website and blog to be compatible with desktops, laptops, smartphones, smart TVs, etc., your NGO must mobile-optimize your content. There are hundreds of responsively designed, low cost WordPress.org templates for NGOs and freelancers available for hire.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

An approximate 2% organic reach (and still no Google Adwords-like advertising program for nonprofits). and allocated to a corporate social responsibility program is a win-win for all involved. Put your laptop in the closet and don’t take it with you if you are traveling for your vacation. Our reward?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Unless your nonprofit or NGO has specific adversaries or is being spear phished , the hacking you may encounter is probably less sophisticated and less targeted. That fundraising contractor whose laptop was stolen? If that laptop held a copy of your donor data, losing it is just as harmful as a hacker plotting an attack.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

TechSoup Japan Disaster Relief Program Launches to Assist Local NGOs. Remote Access Proves Critical to New Zealand NGO After Earthquake. CDI Chile's Plan to Restore Communications to Chilean NGOs. CDI Chile's Plan to Restore Communications to Chilean NGOs. Post Tornado, the Library Is Open in Joplin.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2016

New Dell discounted laptops. Each donation program has specific rules about the type of organization that can participate. Our NGOsource Program Makes International Grantmaking Feasible. used to be complicated and expensive, but thanks to the NGOsource program, those days are over. Adobe Creative Cloud.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

Both conference marked the end of an 18-month capacity building program that trained more than 220 NGOs in Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia on how to use social media effectively to advance civil society goals. See the above video, created by team in Tunisia, which summarizes the program.) Design for Flexibility.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 11, 2008

He is now a Program Director for the NGO he works for in Phnom Penh. One of his new projects will be a IT & Youth program for Youth Council of Cambodia and he is seeking advice about laptops for the rural provinces.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

I often get the comment during a leadership seminar I teach that goes something like, "Well this is all well and good for large organizations, but what about my twelve-person NGO?" 7) Partner with a corporation to get their laptops and other equipment coming off lease. What can small nonprofits do to benefit from collaboration?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The group has an impressive breadth and depth of expertise, including NGO capacity building, social media expertise and training design and delivery. The Train the Trainers also included “laptop time&# for participants to write reflections in their blog journals for the project.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

Imagine this scenario: You’re an NGO working in an African country to advocate for clean water. They include things like: Access/FileMaker databases on desktops or laptops. People can fear or mistrust or envy someone walking around with a laptop or a PDA. Tags: Data Newsletter NPTech NTEN Program. Mobile phones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2006

But that isn't the case for an ngo working a developing country or extremely rural area. I remember this from my time in Cambodia where I was an hour's drive from the nearest Internet cafe while teaching ESL in the Roteang Village School english program. I usually left my laptop back in the hotel and packed all my paper resources.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Tablet sales are up 53% while laptop and desktop computers are down 11% from the previous year. According TechSoup’s Global NGO Cloud Survey , cloud storage and back-up is one of the most useful cloud technologies out there. Three major programs launched this year. Here’s what it all looked like to me.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Monthly giving programs in particular have seen explosive growth, with revenue growing by 43 percent. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 3, 2011

Consider these two examples of how NGOs are using cloud-based technology, and think about how you can apply the same principles to your organization: Improved Field Communication Capable Partners Program (CAP) strives to improve health, education and economies worldwide with more than 250 programs in the US and abroad.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2007

This is a similar challenge that ngo staffers may face in the US, but the difference is that a staff person the US is far more likely to own a personal laptop and enjoy an Internet connection (a high speed one) at home or a nearby coffee shop. Lux Mean, whose organization sponsors youth programs, recognized the Youth Noise T-shirts!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. The program guides environmental project managers through a series of step-by-step interview wizards similar to the popular TurboTax program.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

It is a specialized cloud database to help nonprofits organizations manage their business, run programs, and maintain donor relationships from any browser and on mobile devices. I particularly like their MyComputer My Way , a free interactive guide to built in accessibility features on desktop PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Monthly giving programs in particular have seen explosive growth, with revenue growing by 43 percent. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving.

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Tech Soup

MAY 10, 2011

This is a guest post by Eamon Stack, CEO of ENCLUDE , which is TechSoup's NGO partner organization in Ireland. ENCLUDE provides hands-on technology solutions and software donations for Irish charities. They needed to sort out their communicatons: email, instant messaging, SMS, and phone, with Microsoft Office 365 (70% discount); and.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2015

We expanded this year to be able to provide product donations to pretty much any NGO in the world — 236 countries and territories to be exact. The Microsoft Surface Pro Tablets pioneered the 2-in-1 form factor that provides the portability of a tablet with the full functionality of a laptop. It was a big year for TechSoup itself.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

More and more nonprofit, library, and NGO offices worldwide will need to accommodate personally-owned tablets and smartphones on wireless networks in order to work and communicate. Another big trend in the IT press forecasts is the much heralded decline of the traditional PC – laptops and desktop computers. The Decline of PCs.

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