Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2016

Best Library Story — Libraries Transform Teaser. Libraries have fans, tons of fans. Digital storytelling is a powerful tool for libraries to let their audience know, "Hey, we're here, and we do amazing work!" First, we want to thank every nonprofit and NGO who submitted.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

I’m heading to Geneva later this month for the next major meeting at the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”), to hear the latest and make my three-minute oration as an accredited NGO representative (first time for me!). They all meet the definition of TI as a primary purpose of the agency or NGO. Large print: the U.S.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Education is a major focus for nonprofits and NGOs, accounting for 9% of NGO activity worldwide. views NGOs' role in fundamental economic development as crucial, especially in countries where governments are unable to adequately educate schoolchildren. Education Is a Major Nonprofit Activity.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

Huddle is offering its online service to charities and libraries at a one-time admin fee, and a very reasonable one at that. According to our 2012 NGO Global Cloud Survey , collaboration is already one of the top ten current uses for cloud-based software among charities. I used it to project manage our recent global NGO cloud survey.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A copyright exception allows specialist organizations (generally a government agency or disability NGO or library) to make an accessible version of a published book without having to get permission from the author or publisher. As a library, we’re also dedicated to providing the abovementioned safety net – today and in the future.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

When we surveyed NGOs and libraries around the world this year about where they are in regard to using and needing cloud based IT services, we didn’t know how far things have gone toward cloud adoption. We’d love to know what findings in our 2012 Global NGO Cloud Survey you find most interesting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2012

Much of the “good” done throughout history has been financed by what one could call “repentant sinners,” such as Carnegie with his libraries, funded by the exploitation of labor in the days of the robber barons. So, when Geri offered up this second post about nonprofits and LinkedIn, I couldn’t resist.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured IT to further their missions. This NGO runs a primary day school, a residential high school, and a residential polytechnic college.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. NASSCOM Foundation's Survey of NGO Cloud Readiness. Only a handful of the bigger and established NGOs have adopted cloud technologies.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

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

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. This NGO runs a primary day school, a residential high school, and a residential polytechnic college.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Whether you are a donor partner, nonprofit, library or NGO, or just someone who is interested in TechSoup, we would be delighted to hear from you. So join us in person! Social media is a way for us to continue sharing information across the web and to better connect with you. Questions or comments for the community team?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Take our survey – it’s short, only 15 minutes, and intended for anyone who has responsibility for recommending, purchasing or managing IT products or services at an NGO including nonprofits, charities, libraries, foundations or similar organizations.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

demonstrates what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup Global software donations to further their missions. This time I wanted to feature NGOs around the world that are making a humanitarian impact internationally across several countries. How One NGO Serves 70,000 Children.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

It’s also looking like relatively few charities and also libraries are getting the hang of it. I’d also modestly recommend our Cloud Basics for Nonprofits and Libraries. According TechSoup’s Global NGO Cloud Survey , cloud storage and back-up is one of the most useful cloud technologies out there.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 25, 2013

There's also a library at the center with a cyber café for the students and the local community at large. The SANGOTeCH online technology donation and discount portal is a partnership between SANGONeT/NGO Pulse and TechSoup. Saint Anthony's Education Centre empowers underserved students with education and job training.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2012

This week we got a great comment from a TechSoup member to our Cloud Technology and the NGO Community blog post. In our TechSoup Global NGO cloud survey we found that people in nonprofits and libraries are indeed concerned about data security in the cloud the world over. What should nonprofits do about this?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

If you're a tech beginner working at a nonprofit, NGO or library, what topics interest you the most? You don't have to read the existing guide or even glance at it in order to help us. Just let us know which topics you think we should cover in the next revision.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 15, 2006

My primary destination in Bangladesh was to meet with BRAC , which is the world's largest NGO (nonprofit organization) with nearly 100,000 employees. One of the most exciting parts I heard about with my interests was BRAC's expanding network of libraries around the country: more than 1,000 with 300 of them with PCs.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. We discussed cloud adoption in Brazil's NGO sector with Valter Cegal of TechSoup Brasil. ATN is an NGO association of over 2,000 telecenters.

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2012

The international environmental NGO, Waste Ventures , won the contest with their presentation that demonstrates the problem of trash collection in developing countries. The full-featured SlideRocket Pro service is available as a donation for nonprofits and libraries with budgets under $10 million per year for a $24 per year admin fee.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

TechSoup Global is also in the process of adding to the body of cloud research with our Global NGO Cloud Survey. We cordially invite nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries everywhere to take our survey, which is available in 21 languages. You can also download the full NTEN cloud report at no cost.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2005

RLG is a not-for-profit organization of over 150 research libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural memory institutions. Technorati Tags: art , museums , net2 , tag , nptech , ict , ngo , folksonomy The organization maintains a blog called " Hanging Together ," the name inspired by the Ben Franklin quote above.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2011

SAP is helping to make a difference in the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup. In Ghana, SAP is using their technology and volunteers in partnership with a leading NGO to help women create thriving businesses through the harvesting of shea nuts. Seven Billion Actions.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. During the month of October, join TechSoup.org and the TechSoup Global Network for our Cloud Computing Worldwide campaign. What we know so far is that U.S.-based

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Every day, American nonprofits, charities, and libraries rely on TechSoup's product donation program for the information they need to make smart decisions about technology. Victoria, British Columbia: NGO Ho Ho: A Holiday Party for Victoria's Nonprofits. But did you know that our work is global? Friday, December 2, 2016.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. We sincerely invite your nonprofit or library tech news nominations. Monthly giving programs in particular have seen explosive growth, with revenue growing by 43 percent. Twitter followers increased dramatically, with 264 percent growth over the past year.

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NTEN

MARCH 4, 2011

As Vice President and Chief Information Officer for the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Gavin oversees the administrative, developmental, and operational aspects of ICT and has overall responsibility for the Foundation's information, library, archives, and technical services.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Any nonprofit or NGO can participate in Giving Tuesday, and there’s no payment or registration needed. The Friends of the Davenport Public Library had a successful Giving Tuesday “Stock the Pantry” drive in which they collected donations to launch their 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program: 13. Host a concert.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2009

The projects can range from preschools, to libraries and computer training centers, to women empowerment programs. We would look at a community and say, "This community needs a library, " or "You don't have enough kids in preschool." He did his degree in NGO Management, and will be graduating this coming June.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

Bookshare is terrific, but it’s fundamentally a separate system where a specialized library becomes the primary source of books for its patrons. Benetech successfully spun off our data team as the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, an independent NGO. Enter the Born Accessible movement.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

We’ve all received a fundraising appeal letter in the mail asking us to donate. Some are from nonprofits you’ve already donated to while others are groups you may not have heard of that are looking for new donors, targeting you. You may have given money to some of these groups after receiving a request in the mail. Lots of people do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

After finishing a four-day intensive training in Delhi for the Networked NGO , I stayed on a few days in India to visit colleague, Rufina Fernandez, who I met when she was the CEO of the Nasscom Foundation when she brought me to India to speak at the leadership conference and teach workshops back in 2010.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

We did a couple of common-sense articles this past year describing actions charities and libraries can take to be more secure: 4 Steps Nonprofits Can Take to Keep Data Private. The migrant humanitarian crisis has been rocking governments and dominating NGO humanitarian work for the last two years. Technology for Good.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. We sincerely invite your nonprofit or library tech news nominations. Monthly giving programs in particular have seen explosive growth, with revenue growing by 43 percent. Twitter followers increased dramatically, with 264 percent growth over the past year.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Check back throughout the month for blog posts, webinars, and dispatches from around the world on cloud computing for nonprofits, NGOs, and public libraries. If you asked someone in a Polish NGO if they know about or are using the cloud, they probably wouldn't know what you are talking about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. Jessica Colaco places books in the iHub Community Library. Ushahidi Board Meeting at iHub in Kenya.

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