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How to Choose the Right CMS for Your Nonprofit

Allegiance Group

This article will discuss several key points to help you make an informed decision, covering topics such as open-source vs. closed-source platforms, software costs, licensing methods, and more. Software Costs Budgets are always an essential factor. Nevertheless, choosing isn’t simply about popularity.

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New Tutorial: How to Get Started with the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center

Tech Soup

Some of these videos have included tutorials on the eligibility and registration process , TechSoup's eligibility quiz , and updates to the Microsoft Software Donation Program. In How to Get Started with the Microsoft VLSC , we show you how to get started with your Microsoft software donation request through TechSoup.

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Pros and Cons of Cloud Software for Nonprofits

Tech Soup

Nonprofits are mission-focused, usually run on a tight budget, and therefore sometimes hesitant about purchasing expensive software. Given recent technological advances, however, software advances may no longer be out of reach for nonprofits. Let's take a look at some of the advantages and potential drawbacks. Lower Upfront Cost.

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Doing Your Appeal In-house? 5 Tips to Save Time & Money

Get Fully Funded

Also, if you do need to outsource your printing, your printer may require press-quality art packages made by professional design software. You can find discounted licenses for InDesign on sites like TechSoup. Save the file in its original format and in the format your design software requires for mail merge.

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This Just In: Computers Are Dead. It's a Mobile World (How Does Your Nonprofit React?)

NTEN

With a unanimous, although abrupt, decision, the Federation voted today to prohibit any further manufacture or support of non-mobile devices by any hardware and software providers worldwide. As to what will happen to the now deceased computer hardware and software, FAIL declined to comment. We believe that mobile is our future.

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Great reads from around the web on May 16th

Amy Sample Ward

"As of May 13, 2011, we are releasing the code for our community software platform, the Zanby Enterprise Group Family System, under a GPLv3 license. We are also launching a community to encourage software developers to collaborate with us to evolve and improve the Zanby codebase. We hope you will join us."

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How Carnegie Corporation of New York Got Microsoft Donations Through TechSoup

Tech Soup

Now that more and more 501(c)(3) private foundations are discovering that they are eligible for Microsoft donations through TechSoup , it may help to hear how one foundation's director of information technology got the software she needed. I made the request, got the confirmation email, and then downloaded our licenses.