Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Starting on January 4, 2023, all Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 cloud licenses obtained through TechSoup will include Cloud Support Services delivered by TechSoup.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2021

If you're reading this, there's a chance that you know us best for our catalog of discounted and donated products for nonprofits and libraries. But we offer an entire array of services to help you reach your community, manage your systems and tech, move to the cloud, and learn new skills.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2022

Strategic branding is critical for your nonprofit to build trust among your supporters and get the word out about your services. They walk through how to use your logo, your brand colors, typefaces, and often include other assets of your design library. 5) Design Library. What Are Brand Guidelines? About the Author.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2015

How the Natalia Library Helps Patrons Improve Their Lives. The Natalia Veteran's Memorial Library serves the small town of Natalia, Texas. With extremely limited resources, librarian Amy Edge must make difficult decisions every day about what her library can provide. It netted $2,500 for the library.

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DipJar

JUNE 24, 2021

Spring and summer are kitten season at Dallas Animal Services (DAS). The “friends” in this case is the Friends of Dallas Animal Services (FODAS), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides ready financial assistance to Dallas Animal Services. A Critical Mission for Animals and the Community. How FODAS Helps.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Description : Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community. And when the community changes, there’s an opportunity for the institution and the service to change or not to change. Libraries can and should be doing the same. Date : February 28th-March 2nd, 2011.

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Forum One

MARCH 20, 2024

Finding cost-effective ways to launch new services, having the ability to iterate quickly, providing non-resource intensive access to remote and underserved communities, and creating the most accessible and secure experiences possible, just to name a few. This means a more performant and less resource-intensive experience.

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2017

This program is offered in partnership with WebJunction and with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). A competitive application process for selection of libraries from across the United States is now open and will continue until August 25. Register for webinar. About the Author.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2014

Before the American Library Association’s Annual Conference , I had the privilege of taking a tour of the shoe retailer’s main office to see what libraries and nonprofits could learn from the company. The tour was organized by a group of library consultants from Kixal, Anneal, and Clarion Collaborative.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The public library plays a central role in serving the dynamic needs of communities across the country, and is often the first place a person turns to for help. At the Free Library of Philadelphia , we are meeting those needs by offering services to Philadelphia’s nonprofit community. From there, they are hooked!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The Kansas City Public Library. They have developed a way for anyone with a Kansas City public library card to use expensive professional applications like those from Adobe and Microsoft without owning them. They are building a free software lending library. How The Lending Library Will Work. The User Experience.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 22, 2009

Guest Blog from Amy McNeely, Bookshare Librarian This past week, April 12th through April 18th, was National Library Week. Every year, the American Library Association picks a different theme for the occasion. This year’s theme was “Worlds connect @ your library.” Bookshare is a unique library.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2014

Before the American Library Association’s Annual Conference , I had the privilege of taking a tour of the shoe retailer’s main office to see what libraries and nonprofits could learn from the company. The tour was organized by a group of library consultants from Kixal, Anneal, and Clarion Collaborative.

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Candid

MARCH 9, 2022

Q&A with a Toledo-based library on building community capacity. Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL) has been part of Candid’s Funding Information Network since 1980, providing local nonprofits and the public with access to Candid’s resources, including Foundation Directory, for free.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 14, 2011

Collecting petitions Last week I stood outside of my local library collecting signatures to save libraries in Oakland. We're facing potential closures of 14 neighborhood libraries, and reduced services at the remaining four. Visiting my hometown library I probably wouldn't be who I am today without the library.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

People rely on their neighborhood library to borrow books, magazines, and movies. Providence Community Library (PCL) is leading the way. PCL is a nonprofit network of nine neighborhood libraries that provide free, accessible library services and serve as vibrant neighborhood hubs. But borrowing the Internet?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 5, 2017

We benefit from the resources, brainpower, and strength of organizations and individuals to help us support NGOs and public libraries worldwide. We were introduced to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through our common interest in libraries. TechSoup and the IMLS Are Library Champions.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 4, 2012

highlights how apps can help libraries connect with patrons and provide services in new ways. Many libraries accomplish this by. creating standalone apps or a mobile-friendly website and library. inspire libraries (and nonprofits!) Engaging with Library (and Other) Collections. We hope the ideas below will.

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Candid

JANUARY 31, 2024

However, if in-person learning is more your style, visit your nearest Candid community location —libraries and nonprofit resource centers that partner with Candid to offer our tools and services at no charge to their communities. And if you prefer books, check out Candid’s library of ebooks and audiobooks.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

The Saskatoon Public Library opened its doors to these evacuees, and staff members stepped up their efforts to help the evacuees communicate with their family and friends. Staffers also let people from outside of Saskatoon check out books from the library and access other services. Educating the Public on Disaster Preparedness.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The more I look, the more I see nonprofit technology innovation happening in libraries, especially in the area of digital inclusion innovation. The Providence Community Library is a case in point. What’s the trick?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

As smartphones and tablets grow in popularity, mobile optimization is something libraries and nonprofits should pay close attention to in the coming year. Why should mobile be part of libraries and nonprofits' game plan? It begs the question: Why aren't more patrons accessing library sites on their mobile devices?

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Charity Village

MAY 11, 2023

Eligible organizations include social, community and health services; education and library services; policy institutes and think tanks; and arts, culture & heritage. The Olive Tree Foundation invites eligible organizations to apply for grants to support projects and initiatives.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

That’s right: Today is the first day of Mozilla Service Week ! Learn more about Mozilla Service Week and get involved! What is Mozilla Service Week? There are many ways you can get involved with the Mozilla Service week, whether you are a techie or not, have a project or want to join one. Get involved!

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

#2 Sell a Service. Here’s how it works: First, figure out what services your organization provides. Try to have at figure out at least three distinct services, and no more than five. Try to have at figure out at least three distinct services, and no more than five. 3 The Unbelievable Experience.

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Candid

JANUARY 17, 2024

We also know that most nonprofits don’t have funds available to divert from their programs and services to further invest in fundraising. Audiobook and e-book library : Access thousands of fundraising- and nonprofit-related e-books and audiobooks, expertly curated by Candid’s librarians.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

Back in September, we posted a summary of App It Up's nonprofit and library apps survey. represent the full range of nonprofit and library app experiences. represent the full range of nonprofit and library app experiences. Nonprofits and libraries are interested in building their own apps, though they. A majority of.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2012

Valerie Hill is an adjunct instructor at Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Science and is also a librarian herself. She came to the Nonprofit Commons to share her areas of expertise in media literacy, human-computer interaction, and the impact of the digital revolution on education and libraries.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Last week, I had the pleasure of listening to several webinars that were part of the Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference. My kudos goes out to Library 2.0 and The School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San José State University for organizing this impressive virtual experience. library instruction.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 19, 2013

Benetech, my nonprofit organization operates Bookshare, the largest online library dedicated to serving blind and print disabled people. Our library is unusual, in that our charter is to serve all people with print disabilities of the world, not just those in our country.

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NTEN

APRIL 29, 2021

While day-to-day has been moving online for the past decade, the pandemic forced institutions to quickly move all services online. Despite needing to access online services, almost a quarter of U.S. The attempt thrust digital inequity into the public’s awareness. adults do not use home broadband.

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Tech Soup

JULY 15, 2015

In part 1 of this series, we introduced MathAndCoding , a nonprofit that offers teen-led programming classes for children in public libraries in the Silicon Valley area. As the first librarian to host it, Karin Bricker, library manager for youth and outreach services at Mountain View Public Library, had to overcome some initial skepticism.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

At TechSoup, we support the efforts of nonprofits and public libraries working to build digitally inclusive and literate communities through donated technology from our corporate partners. These initiatives are exciting opportunities for libraries and nonprofits to get recognition and support for the work they're already doing.

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Bonterra

MARCH 13, 2024

Flexible project management and data service capacity Tap into the capacity and expertise you need to execute challenging projects. Receive access to a library of best practices developed from Bonterra’s experience serving 20,000+ social good organizations.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I have good news: For $5 million a year, we can build a global library that provides tens of millions of people around the world who are blind, low vision, or dyslexic free access to books that will work for them. Our Bookshare library has over 550,000 books that have been delivered digitally over 10 million times. This one does.

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Forum One

JANUARY 24, 2023

Finding cost-effective ways to launch new services, having the ability to iterate quickly, providing non-resource intensive access to remote and underserved communities, and creating the most accessible and secure experiences possible, just to name a few. This means a more performant and less resource-intensive experience.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 22, 2013

It often surprises people when I mention that education accounts for fully one-fifth of nonprofit activity , second only to human services. Of course libraries are all about education in its various forms. It also integrates well with after-school programs and library open-access. International NGOs and Libraries.

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