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Skype: the Link Between the UK and Uganda

Tech Soup

" Alongside Africa recently received a selection of Skype credit vouchers as a donation via Technology Trust , TechSoup Global's UK partner. Adoption of Skype has addressed what has always been a huge challenge — and expense — for the organization: the practicalities of communication. " Not in the UK?

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3 Nonprofits Doing Cool Things With Tech

TechImpact

Walden Woods Project uses Skype to reach classrooms. Microsoft’s Skype is now used for more than refugee aid workers. The Latin American Community Center received 20 refurbished computers for their Youth Computer Technology Program. Image courtesy of SustaiNet Software.

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Giving Back through the Nonprofit Technology Conference's 13th Annual Day of Service

NTEN

11NTC Day of Service Volunteers Now in its thirteenth year, the Day of Service provide an opportunity for nonprofit techies to give something back to the local community where the Nonprofit Technology Conference is held. Volunteers will work with Community Technology Network to help seniors to create digital memories of their lives.

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Install and Use Skype: Free to Use, Easy to Install

Tech Soup

I use Skype all the time, especially when I am telecommuting. If I need to speak with them using voice, I can do that using Skype too. With Skype you can make free calls over the Internet to other people on Skype for as long as you like, to wherever you like. It uses a technology called VoIP.

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How to get your educational nonprofit into classrooms, without leaving the office

The Nerdy NonProfit

One method for an educational nonprofit to expand its reach is by getting into the classroom remotely through the use of modern technology. First, why educational nonprofits and technology? How educational nonprofits use technology. All you need is a reliable webcam and a video streaming platform like Skype or Facebook Live.

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Funneling Frustration: Building the future for technology and social change

Amy Sample Ward

At the end of 2010, I started having a weekly, 30-minute skype call with my friend Vanessa Rhinesmith. As much as we love technology, it isn’t anything without people creating it, using it, changing it, and evolving it. There is no agenda. We do not work together. We call these weekly calls, “brain dates.&#

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Skype's Acquisition of GroupMe Gives Microsoft A Social Life | Fast Company

AFP Blog

Skype's Acquisition of GroupMe Gives Microsoft A Social Life | Fast Company : The reaction to Skype's proposed acquisition of the New York City-based group messaging service GroupMe for $85 million has been nearly universal: Good for Skype. Google has made Circles central to its social efforts.

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