Tech Soup

OCTOBER 31, 2014

After nearly 30 years working in nonprofits and 5 years as the president and CEO of Charity Navigator , Berger has seen plenty of inefficient, dishonest, and outright fraudulent nonprofits. Charity Navigator's evolving ratings system are another attempt to help nonprofits address the "results" issue. Learn More.

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

This screenshot is from the Google Bard chat results for the same question (May 2023). IE if someone can make a donation to your charity through a chat interface because the AI assistant has access to the user’s wallet. Start building your video-adjacent content library now. Establish your organization as an expert.

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Tech Soup

MAY 16, 2017

For instance, having an inadequate donor management system costs the organization unnecessary staff hours, making for inefficient fundraising, and lost opportunities to engage potential donors. Questions Decision Makers Need Answered. TechSoup Refurbished Computers. Microsoft Office. Adobe Creative Cloud.

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Whole Whale

MAY 3, 2023

IE if someone can make a donation to your charity through a chat interface because the AI assistant has access to the user’s wallet. Backed by evidence and expertise, your content is more likely to be recommended by AI systems and cited if there are unique opinions. Start building your video-adjacent content library now.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Most charities and many libraries have part time or accidental techies taking care of their technology. By proper tech planning I mean the things that TechSoup for Libraries Technology Planning Cookbook talks about: Pulling together a committee of stakeholders to serve on a planning committee. Proper Tech Planning.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Read on to learn how your nonprofit, charity, or library can repurpose older machines as Windows MultiPoint Server user stations. Ask questions in Microsoft's Windows MultiPoint Server forum. How does this magic happen? Why Reuse Old Computers? Reusing old computers makes both environmental and financial sense.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The key to successful fundraising is asking smarter questions. We’re here to talk about “Raising More Money By Asking and Answering Better Questions.” There’s also a Q&A box specifically, your questions might be a little more visible there if you use that one. We’ll take questions at the end.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

Charities carry out mission-based work. I know that by the numbers, there are far fewer foundations than nonprofits in the US (94 percent charities versus 6 percent foundations), but most foundations are relatively small. They actually work both sides of philanthropy technology — charity and foundation, and do both well.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Grasshopper offers more features for a completely professional phone system where everyone uses their own phones without ever disclosing their personal phone number. Regardless of which tool you pick, use it to set up systems that work now and can grow as you add more team members.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

The inventors of ClickTime , a web timesheet solution, have spent over a decade tackling this question in order to help nonprofits succeed. This data is immediately collated and stored in a cloud-based system, making funding proposals, donor reporting, annual audits, and organizational planning simpler than ever.

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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. Richard Cooper is the development manager at Charity Technology Trust , an organization that provides IT services to charities in the United Kingdom.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2014

I've been warning about the end of XP for months now , urging nonprofits, charities, and libraries to upgrade as soon as possible. We just recently hosted a free webinar on upgrading Windows operating systems. Our Upgrading Windows Operating Systems FAQ. Questions to Consider. See Windows 8 on Older PCs?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

At TechSoup, it has enabled us to hire gifted people who live and work in far-flung places, and yet still do great work on behalf of charities and libraries. When working remotely, I use Skype chat very frequently for quick questions or to set up meeting times, and I use ReadyTalk for the actual multiple-person meetings.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Among charities and libraries, who tend to hang on to their PCs longer than other organizations, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s still over half of the PC install base. Questions to Consider. According to Net Marketshare , just under a third of PCs are still using Windows XP. Good Reasons to Upgrade Now.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2010

As this marks the annual National Volunteer Week , and so many nonprofits, libraries, and charities rely heavily on the dedicated contributions of volunteers to support their work, I wanted to take a few minutes to point you to some useful volunteer management resources. What do they offer?

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Blue Avocado

AUGUST 20, 2024

Imagine you’re the head of a small charity: Without a full-scale development team behind you, you’re probably very pleased to have developed any plan to solicit donations. To this end, I’ll recount obstacles that I’ve faced in trying to make donations — including when I wish to give money to charities in my estate planning.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 13, 2014

system requirements are a bit higher than Windows 7 (1GHz processor, and 1 GB of RAM). Picking the Right Operating System. Questions to Consider. Office 2010 and Office 2013 are available for donation to charities, foundations, and libraries. Questions to Consider. Discovering What Software You Already Have.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2013

Office is available through TechSoup to eligible nonprofits, charities, libraries, and foundations. It will only run on systems running Windows 7 or Windows 8, so if your organization is running an operating system other than those, you will not be able to use the latest version of Office.

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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. Richard Cooper is the development manager at Charity Technology Trust , an organization that provides IT services to charities in the United Kingdom. Does it do the job?

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2013

Charities carry out mission-based work. I know that by the numbers, there are far fewer foundations than nonprofits in the US (94 percent charities versus 6 percent foundations), but most foundations are relatively small. They actually work both sides of philanthropy technology — charity and foundation, and do both well.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2016

These short blog pieces show you how to set up and configure QuickBooks for your charity. Discover how to identify, enter, group, and present information in your accounting system. Find answers to the most frequent questions TechSoup members have about our donation programs. Step 1: Planning and Implementation. Cloud Computing.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Send frontrunners your RFP and offer to answer any additional questions that they may have. Develop a basic scoring system for each key stakeholder to use when reviewing and ranking each proposal. Greater Mission – Religious Organizations & Catholic Charities. Review their proposals. Frost on Fundraising – Speaker Training.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

However, Page and Brin believed that they could create a better system to rank the relationships between websites. The new system was initially called BackRub because of the backlinking. Let me ask you the following question. Everything from news to shopping to their friends and influencers was accessible to them online. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

One way to create a major donor program or donor perks system is to replicate one from another organization. Swag or merch: handmade item by someone helped by your charity. Swag or merch: pick and design swag that directly relates to your charity. Is your charity hyper-local or super cozy with a particular industry?

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Ask these questions: Is there a project you want to get funded for immediate use, before the end of the year or early into next year? Your answers to these questions should help you to determine the type of campaign you want to create, and how you do it. All Systems Go. Goals don’t come out of thin air.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Stopping fund raising and subscription revenue for Bookshare, the largest online library for people who have print disabilities. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books. However, SOPA apparently has shoot first, ask questions later provisions. No more donations to our charity.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The collection of two- to three-minute spots will run on the group’s Web site, and the charity will also post video clips of interviews with volunteers on the popular online video site YouTube. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Rosenberg says.

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See3

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

The collection of two- to three-minute spots will run on the group’s Web site, and the charity will also post video clips of interviews with volunteers on the popular online video site YouTube. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! Rosenberg says.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 4, 2007

The question you have to ask is: who are the people who have issues with what they are doing? In Brussels, the children’s museum , which was found by a Boston person, now runs it as a psychological support system—they have one show every two years about things like failure or fear. It’s a very good question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Stopping fund raising and subscription revenue for Bookshare, the largest online library for people who have print disabilities. Bookshare is an online library for people who can’t read standard print books. However, SOPA apparently has shoot first, ask questions later provisions. No more donations to our charity.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 11, 2014

So the question arises: how can we use technology to help social entrepreneurs collect and use their data more effectively and securely? The power of open source means that we work with and build upon best-of-breed technology components, such as strong crypto libraries, the Tor anonymity tool, and others.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

You can use the answers to these questions to map out this year’s giving season campaign. It’s a question we’ve all asked ourselves at one point or another. Building a custom library of original photos and videos that you can use throughout your campaign (and beyond) is a great idea.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 19, 2013

Lots of refurbishers around the world supply PCs to nonprofit training labs, libraries, and telecenters. Citizenship licensing offers $6 Windows 7 and Office Basic 2007 for computers that go to schools, nonprofits and charities, libraries, and low-income families anywhere in the world (although Office can’t go to schools).

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Tech Soup

MARCH 11, 2014

It’s pretty hard to make sense of what cloud services your charity or library actually need. I have a master's degree from Drexel University in Information Systems and saw most of my classmates go to major corporations. Questions Nonprofit Most Often Ask About the Cloud. Tech Impact’s. It is neither.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

We've also set up file servers and backups to help us share files and protect our data in case of a system crash. And speaking of servers, we've integrated ours into our phone system, so if someone leaves me a voicemail, it appears in my email as a message. Have a question? Then we explore different networking options.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

We have a live library in our lobby here at Bloomerang. Julia: All right, so all systems go. But the way I like to work is just put your stuff in the chat, put your questions in there or the Q&A, that’s even better, because it doesn’t get kind of lost and then everyone can vote things up. But pick those up.

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