Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Green technology, particularly green IT has been one of TechSoup’s missions for many years. I’m fond of the overly clever antimetabole we came up with a few years ago: green IT uses technology to reduce environmental impact and reduces the environmental impact of technology.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2013

Here at TechSoup, few things make us happier than helping you get answers to your tech questions, connecting you with experts in the field, and providing resources for your organization to get the most out of its technology. The community had great questions for Doug Thomas, and he had excellent answers. Use OneNote! (It's

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

First, Microsoft's David Alexander provided a demo of Office products, showing off what is new in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Lync, and Excel. David did a great job getting nonprofits, libraries, and foundations excited about the technology that they will be able to incorporate into their work now and in the future.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 20, 2012

Particularly important for smaller nonprofits and libraries, troubleshooting problems, maintaining your technology, learning new tech skills, and increasing the effectiveness of every day applications can help keep you ahead of the curve and help avoid problems down the road. nonprofit or library? DIY Online Events.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Over the past year, we've been doing TechSoup Impact stories about nonprofits, churches, and libraries doing great work with TechSoup product donations. HART needed a technology solution that would allow it to go from a staff of 5 to 50 people — without having to pay additional costs or have extra maintenance.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Here's an idea for using smartphones with good cameras and video capability like the Dell Venue Pro touch screen phones for digital story telling: Send someone out to video compelling work that your nonprofit or library is doing out in the field for your holiday message. for lots of great resources for nonprofit and library apps.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

We hear from young nonprofits and libraries all the time, and we know that making wise and affordable technology investments can play a vital part in building and growing an organization. Microsoft Office (admin fee: $24–$31) is the backbone of most nonprofit and library offices. Get Your Office Running.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2011

easyLearning's Course Library includes 1,500 online courses in professional development, information technology and "desktop skills" such as Microsoft Office and Windows. Self-paced online courses from easyLearning. offer an easy, flexible option: learn wherever you are and whenever you have the time.

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Tech Soup

MAY 25, 2012

Since we launched our donation program in 2002, TechSoup has saved nonprofits and libraries in the United States and around the world over $3 billion dollars in IT expenses. This fiscal year ten new donor partners have joined with TechSoup to make their product donations available to nonprofits and libraries.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2012

Some of the biggest ways your nonprofit or library can make an. effective way to make your office paperless is with technology. Going entirely paperless means some up-front technology planning and. Make sure you do your homework before any technology investments, especially ones that effect your entire office, are made.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2012

Stay in constant communication with your team by adding smartphones to your nonprofit’s or library’s toolkit. Check out our Mobile 101 article series to learn the basics of mobile devices , as well as how your nonprofit or library can benefit from them. Project for lots of great resources for nonprofit and library apps.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 22, 2013

Programs that we never thought would move online (like Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and QuickBooks) are there today. Through organizations like Tech Impact and TechSoup , these online services are being offered at a significant discount to nonprofits, charities, libraries, and private foundations. Plus, this trend is accelerating.

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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. It offers classes in art, tailoring, mechanics, carpentry, masonry, technology, dentistry, nursing, electrical, and music, among other subjects. Our Local Impact Map.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Microsoft Office Web Apps lets you take Office on the road with Internet-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. Mobile Beacon offers 4G mobile broadband mobile hotspots to eligible nonprofits, charities, schools, and libraries. Many airports are not very accommodating to technology and personal gadgets.

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Tech Soup

JULY 23, 2013

So it's a good thing many TechSoup donor partners offer mobile versions of the technology you already rely on for your nonprofit, charity, or library. Your work can't always come to a stop when you're away from the office or don't have your computer.

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

As always, we try to use this blog post to speak from our experience as a learning technology partner to organizations that provide continuing education and professional development. In eLearning, we are at the very start of the hype curve with distributed ledgers: we can imagine the technology solving one of our recurring problems.

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NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

Powerpoint? This start-up company is accessible and generous if you work for a nonprofit, and has a growing community library of starter templates. Steve founded Database Designs in 1989 to bring new, effective software development and technology strategy to nonprofits, small businesses and public sector organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

Election Day Debriefs What we can learn about online politics from the 2006 Campaigns from e-politics offers some lessons and takeaways about social networking and other traditional technology tools deployed for political campaigns. Meanwhile, library geeks are talking about tagging. Newly Discovered NpTech Blogs.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2011

This post was authored by Matthew Maine, computer support technician at the Butler Area Public Library in Pennsylvania, and originally appeared on the TechSoup for Libraries Blog. Technological advances are forcing constant changes in libraries. throughout the library via LCD television monitors. across the nation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

In-world speakers from nonprofits who spoke about their work included Evonne Heyning from Camp Darfur, Barry Joseph from Global Kids , Lori Bell from the Library Alliance , and Marc Sirkin from LLS. Jeska Linden , Community Manager for Linden Labs, has the mike in her hand, while her avatar is behind the podium in Second Life.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2012

Nonprofits and libraries can use surveys to gather feedback, understand their communities, and deepen their impact. The goal of the global cloud survey was to understand how nonprofits, libraries, and other organizations are thinking about and using cloud technology. Do you use surveys at your nonprofit or library?

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

Technology issues often come at the worst times, so to avoid one in the middle of your meeting, double check your settings and make sure your slides appear the way you want them to beforehand. Pexels Pexels is another great resource with a free library of over 3 million stock images and videos you can download and use for your presentation.

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Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2012

Patrick Callihan is the executive director at both NPower Pennsylvania and npCloud.org , two charitable organizations that provide technology and cloud services to nonprofits. This includes email, shared calendaring, the Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote), file sharing, and web conferencing. This technology is disruptive.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years. In addition to text quotes, Quoto also has a digital library of quotes embedded on images. Present.me.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org. e-Newsletter. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org. e-Newsletter. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. allows users to merge PowerPoint, slideshows, and video to create more visually compelling presentations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is an online library of almost 500 billion screenshots of websites since 1996. SlideShare is ideal for featuring PowerPoint presentations about your organization’s work. TechSoup partners with technology companies to offer heavily discounted software to organizations worldwide.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is an online library of almost 500 billion screenshots of websites since 1996. Ghostery helps you browse smarter by giving you control over ads and tracking technologies to speed up page loads, eliminate clutter, and protect your data. SlideShare is the largest PowerPoint sharing site in the world.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

Snappa is a simple-to-use graphic design tool with a built-in stock photo, illustration, and icons library. The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is an online library of almost 500 billion screenshots of websites since 1996. SlideShare is the largest PowerPoint sharing site in the world. The 2018 Global NGO Technology Report.

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