Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Interested in winning a free refurbished laptop or tablet? Dell Core Windows 7 Laptop from InterConnection. HP EliteBook 8440p Core i5 Windows 7 Laptop from PCRR. Both laptops come preloaded with Microsoft Office 2010, a Windows operating system, and Microsoft Security Essentials. Are you … A U.S.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Interested in winning a free refurbished laptop or tablet? Dell Core Windows 7 Laptop from InterConnection. HP EliteBook 8440p Core i5 Windows 7 Laptop from PCRR. Both laptops come preloaded with Microsoft Office 2010, a Windows operating system, and Microsoft Security Essentials. Are you … A U.S.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2010

In a time of crisis, there's so much need for food, water, shelter, medical care, and whatnot, but the communications infrastructure has made securing those things much harder, since phone, computer, and Internet systems have been damaged as well. World Concern and InterConnection are asking for your help.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Mashable reports that the world's first mobile phone specifically designed for sight-impaired people is under development. It will be a Braille phone and it is due to come out the end of this year at an affordable price ($185). The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 6, 2016

Health care, online payment systems, smart homes … everything will start to be connected with apps that utilize the Internet of Things (IoT). But to keep them relevant and useful app developers will have to focus on cross-platform structures that help people transition from desktop to laptop to tablet to phone.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2023

Supporters can use these platforms to give quickly and easily from their laptops, desktop computers, and mobile devices. Fundraising platforms can consolidate all fundraising data in one system, allowing you to get an at-a-glance view of your strategies. Allowing your auction winners to check out directly from their phones.

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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. Mophie Juice Pack battery charging cases keep your phone powered and protected. Work Remotely.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Now that we can use our phones to make credit card purchases, do online banking, email our doctors, and store lots of personal information, it’s probably time to take few precautions. Set up a strong screen-lock passcode to secure a phone, preferably one that is longer than just four numbers. Use public WiFi sparingly.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Starting in October 2016, TechSoup's Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) will feature refurbished laptops and desktops with Windows 10 preinstalled. We plan to retire our inventory of Windows 7 hardware, and all of our Windows computers will feature Microsoft's latest operating system. Enterprise-Grade Security.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 11, 2010

I’m actually quite happy – I can run both Windows 7 and Ubuntu Linux on my laptop, and I like Android (and my Droid 2 phone) a lot. I had come to chafe at the closed-ness of the whole system, but somehow the ease of use in comparison to the alternatives was addictive for a long time. What will I miss?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 12, 2015

A common scenario is where the majority of meeting participants in one location, a conference room, and are trying to collaborate with a handful of invisible partners on the other end of phone line or video conference call. First, contact those who will be present through the phone beforehand to discuss how they will participate.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Unplug chargers for computers, cell phones, iPods, and other chargeable devices. According to Green Home Huddle "Your cell phone charger, iPod charger, laptop charger, etc. keep drawing electricity even if your phone/iPod/laptop/etc isn't charging. Shut off as many power strips as you can.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The well-publicized attacks on Target , Community Health Systems , and Home Depot recently were the first type. That's why you should always keep your software updated, especially often-used software like your operating system and productivity software. That fundraising contractor whose laptop was stolen?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Shut down all non-server computers : Don't leave desktop and laptop computers in sleep mode. Unplug chargers for computers, cell phones, iPods, and other chargeable devices. According to Green Home Huddle "Your cell phone charger, iPod charger, laptop charger, etc. Saving Energy With Your IT.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2010

For the audio, we use a phone line that was fed into the AV system and wireless mic. I thought we could use the chat back channel but since there was only laptop in the room we needed another system for backchannel communication. The body language code was as follows: !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2017

One man I supervise planned on taking his laptop on his honeymoon. At the end of a long day of meetings and phone conferences, sometimes the last thing we want to do is talk to more people. It is easy to not pick up the phone when your friend calls and to say no to a night out. You are usually provided with vacation time.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 15, 2021

Is the nonprofit paying for at least a portion of your bills for cell phone and internet service? How about the laptop you purchased for work? This might not seem like a big deal, but remember that the systems you put in place now are the systems the nonprofit will grow with. You’ll find US standard mileage rates here. ).

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

If you pay attention to the news, you may have recently heard about a major Internet hacking of celebrity phones and devices , in which hundreds of photos were leaked to the wider Internet. Their iCloud online storage was targeted, and hackers stole personal data and photos from their mobile phones and iPads.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Next, look to protect your donor, client, and project information across your entire network of "endpoints" (desktops, laptops, and servers) with Symantec's donated enterprise-level security software. For example, a user could receive a voicemail as a text message on the phone and reply to it using email.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2013

ReadyTalk Mobile (iPad) makes it easy to jump in on a meeting if you left your work laptop behind. Because the app is built to work with the Windows 8 operating system, you can easily search for Lync contacts within any other app on your tablet or PC. Tango (Android, iOS, Windows Phone 7.5) TechSoup Donor Partners.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

A modern fundraising strategy relies on powerful software solutions that consolidate fundraising into a centralized online system. Are there any solutions you’re missing or that you’d like to replace with a different system or provider? Or, you might have some of your staff members set aside time to make donor phone calls each week.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

We know that transitioning to new computers and updated operating systems can take months, but upgrading is easier than you might think. This new, mobile-friendly operating system brings back the Start button, offers better searching, and can boot directly to the desktop. Donations of Microsoft’s Windows 8.1

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Look what I can do with my phone! The average smartphone outperforms the laptop computer of the previous decade. Emerging tablet computing devices, such as the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy, promise the benefit of mobile access with a larger form factor than a phone screen, making it much easier to do work in the field.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

OK, so your organization has a systemized way to manage identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding your prospects and donors. If you do have a prospect management system, then you may be one of many nonprofits out there for whom the dust is collecting on your investment. Congratulations!

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

The Interaxon Headband is a brain-wave detector that sends real time information on your brain activity to your phone, supposedly so you can improve concentration and composure. smart socks generate heat maps of how a runner’s foot strikes the ground and sends the info to a phone app. The thing costs $200. Sen.se, Mother.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2017

Get the Latest Microsoft Products for Every Part of Your IT System. TechSoup's hardware programs offer both new and factory-refurbished commercial-grade laptop and desktop computers to our members. Guide by Cell lets you create interactive audio tours of exhibits that visitors access with their mobile phones.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Previous winners have developed open-source applications and systems that are free, shareable, and benefit organizations that work to benefit others. Darius Jazayeri (2009), who created OpenMRS, an open source, free, and flexible medical records system that is easily customizable by health providers without the need for programmers.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Store their contact info like email addresses and phone numbers and easily track donor interactions when they make a donation or volunteer for your organization. In the modern age, mobile phones are most people’s constant companions. Text fundraising. Your organization will only need to log into Qgiv to manage your fundraising efforts.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2015

When care managers are with families, they need to be able to access critical information through email from their mobile phones in order to tailor services and care to their clients' needs. The care managers needed access to information when they were in the field, so this was an important feature to have in the replacement system.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Don’t attend a meeting wishing the meeting was over while stealing glances at your email on your mobile phone under the table, or trying to sound smart during the meeting. Systems Listening: Don’t just listen word for word, but take a meta view. The choice is yours. These approaches do not lead to impact.

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2012

We're already framing our issues in ways that appeal to them, and have the systems to support that. Ninety-three percent of Millennials in the US have a smart phone. Even more interesting, there are no racial or ethnic differences in phone ownership. GenX on the other hand, is bucking the current trends.

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Achieve

JUNE 3, 2019

An online giving page that’s mobile-responsive—that is, one that you can access and use as easily on a smartphone as on a desktop or laptop computer—is an essential step in providing your donors with mobile giving options. The link should be easy to find and follow, whether donors are visiting your page on their computers or their phones.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

see those pink arrows) This took about an hour on the phone with the technical support guy at Dell who walked through opening up the CPU and swapping out the four bars of RAM and rebooting. The latter is annoying, but I could fix that blue screen of death and by reinstalling the operating system.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A lot of them have older equipment, or they only have a phone or maybe a tablet, and so trying to figure out how to troubleshoot their technology issues across a wide range of devices has definitely been challenging. You know, with the Better Impact system, you fill out a profile on our website as a link, and then you move through the system.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

The mission statement of One Laptop per Child is artfully constructed: "To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. Money, it's a drag.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

At some point, when I’ve saved up enough pennies, I’m going to buy a Mac laptop again. I’ve basically switched to using my Mac mini for just about everything except the bit of systems admin and coding I do, because it’s just so much easier to set up things on Linux for that type of work. And, guess what?

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Because I spend all day, every day in front of a laptop tweeting about my Facebook links. If your clients can access the Internet on a phone, or at home, you can reach and support them in brand new ways. You can create sites and systems that serve your mission twenty-four hours a day. I was floored.

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