Tech Soup

MARCH 9, 2015

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. Productivity and file storage. Marketing automation. Point-of-sale. Project management.

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 11, 2013

A great example of an IaaS is Amazon Web Services which provides users the ability to store, backup, and access files and information. Software as a Service (SaaS). This level of cloud computing means any internet-based software, application, and service. Platform as a Service (PaaS). The best news? What are the pros and cons?

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Judi Sohn

JULY 21, 2013

Over 3 years ago, I wrote a blog post about my quest to find decent project management software for Fight Colorectal Cancer. Commenters either sympathized, or used the post’s page rank to promote their own wares. That post was quite popular for a while and still gets a fair number of page views.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

What we do: Benetech's Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) develops database software, data collection strategies, and statistical techniques to measure human rights atrocities. Data archeology: recover data from ancient files in odd formats. Please use open file formats (PDF is fine).

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Judi Sohn

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

What I wanted was a better way to do shared comment reviews from Acrobat desktop software. Instead of maintaining a separate WebDAV server account as we had been doing, we could use Acrobat.com to store the comment layer of the PDF files I distribute for staff review. When it works, it’s fine. Not for me.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 7, 2013

Thank you for buying Adobe InDesign CS4 software. Internet Explorer file). Comment: approved, A++. Subject: You have been sent a file (Filename: Robert-1421215.pdf). Text: Sendspace File Delivery Notification: You've got a file called Robert-14281.pdf, The file may be available for a limited time only.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 11, 2010

opening the room at the right time, filtering questions, and managing the recording so we have a file we can post afterwards. I record the webinar from my VMWare Fusion Windows 7 virtual machine, upload the file to our Vimeo Plus account , embed back on our website. I got the file the next day and I couldn't do a thing with it.

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AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

The Accelevents Studio connects with live streaming solutions (such as Lightstream, Streamyard, ReStream, and Open Broadcaster Software) through RTMP capabilities. . RTMP, at a glance, transmits video files from an encoder to an online hosting platform. . Open Broadcaster Software (OBS; Application-Based Program).

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Achieve

AUGUST 20, 2021

They can come with insights and comments, rather than having to go over each document as a group and wasting everyone’s time brainstorming on the spot. Assigning tasks and sharing resources in advance means no more wasted time rifling through paper documents or computer files on the fly. This fundraising software guide.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 23, 2009

After playing with all the options, I ultimately decided to export the files to HTML, upload online via FTP and serve in a Salesforce custom web tab aptly named "How Do I?" They have a hosted version , but at a minimum of $20/month it's more than I want to spend now compared to a one-time software license purchase.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 13, 2017

1 Risk: Malware and Software Vulnerabilities. To start, make sure you have antivirus software installed, and that it's up to date. In addition, you'll want to make sure your operating system and any software installed are also up to date, with all security patches installed. Tell us about it in the comments!

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Use phonathon management software. Use phonathon management software. Consider purchasing phonathon software from a well-established vendor, such as industry leader Wilson-Bennett Technology’s DonorConnect. Common tasks that phonathon software handles include: Managing and updating your donor database. Todd Smith.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Sales teams can build out customer personas and then organize participants into specific hubs using CRM software. Be sure to plan for enough time following the event so that your team can prepare the recorded files. You’ll likely need to host these files on your webpage. You can even set up hubs based on themes or forums.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 15, 2008

Dokuwiki is different in a number of ways, most primarily in that it is one of the wiki systems that stores things in files, not databases. It’s a great replacement for text or word processing files. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Andreas Gohr 01.21.08 Anyway, it’s worth checking out. { Be Helpful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2007

I'm working on a screencast (Google Analytics) and I'm not an expert in using the software. Do you stick to your comfort zone and only make screencasts on the topics that you know like the back of your hand or do you stretch and venture into a topic or software that is not only new territory but may be difficult to learn?

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2013

The latest version of Office , available through TechSoup's Microsoft Software Donation Program , is the installed desktop version of the software. Microsoft Office will also save your exact location (for example, the specific cell or slide where you left off) in the file. Leave them in the comments below.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2008

It has shortcuts for all of your servers, has nice drag and drop for moving files around, allows you to do all sorts of remote actions on files, etc. It handles FTP, SFTP and FTP over SSL/TLS. I use it all the time, and I really like it. I do think that it’s probably the best GUI FOSS ftp client for Linux there is. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

JULY 25, 2014

As you’ll know from previous blogs , we already offer flexible working to our employees and use cloud-based software such as Office 365, Salesforce.com and Box.com on a day-to-day basis, so everything is easily accessible (and secure). We needed an electronic way to monitor and assign tasks that went beyond Outlook.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Office Open XML is Microsoft’s XML-based file format which is now native in Office 2007. Instead of adopting the already ISO approved Open Document format, it attempted to get through ISO a standard that, among other things, depends too much on non-standard, non-publicly available legacy file formats. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2012

Want mobile access to the software your organization relies on to get its work done? Office Mobile includes: Mobile versions of Word , Excel , and PowerPoint , allowing you to view and edit Microsoft Office files using your Windows phone. Access to SkyDrive , Microsoft's cloud-based file storage and sharing solution.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 17, 2010

We don't have a server so we don't want desktop software. Files only as essential for project - not just to dump stuff. Or they are designed for teams that work on software development. Or they are designed for teams that work work with clients on software development. Good for software development projects.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

First, they are putting the wraps on a new version, and there are some interesting projects happening, like integrating voter files, phone banking , and my favorite, case management. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Alanna 08.13.08 Some really interesting things are brewing with CiviCRM. It looks interesting. at blogged.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Sales teams can build out customer personas and then organize participants into specific hubs using CRM software. Be sure to plan for enough time following the event so that your team can prepare the recorded files. You’ll likely need to host these files on your webpage. You can even set up hubs based on themes or forums.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 17, 2010

We don't have a server so we don't want desktop software. Files only as essential for project - not just to dump stuff. Or they are designed for teams that work on software development. Or they are designed for teams that work work with clients on software development. Good for software development projects.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

I love it because it’s really easy to set up and back up (it’s all files, not in a database,) and it’s has draft autosaves (yay!). I didn’t get so far into coding the markup, but I had decided that I’d follow MediaWiki’s syntax, since it was the most popular wiki software. Updating it to Creole 1.0

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

They’ve also told us about some great, but little-known online resources that explore faith-based IT like the pros and cons of the different church member management software packages and website content management systems for congregation websites. to share files, and sundry web applications for online communications.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying. eCampaigning Ideas | Advocacy Online – "This year's edition of eCampaigning Ideas includes eight great case studies put forward by groups using our software in a number of countries worldwide.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

It took me a couple of frustrating hours or so to configure samba (editing the samba.conf file and testing) so that I could share my home directory, with music and video, with my other computers, and share my printer. I am committed to the ethos of free software. Needless to say, I did absolutely nothing to get it to work.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

I’ve thought that it was truly one of the best pieces of software ever written. Technorati Tags: microsoft , web2.0 { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Scott Wells 04.18.07 at 6:14 am Thanks for the comment. OOo Calc will open your txt files in OOo Writer no matter what they contain.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

Choosing a theme Migrate the posts and comments (exporting it from typepad, importing into wordpress – all web gui based, very easy. All importing requires now is just going to the Wordpress import tool and specifying the file. I’d recommend it to anyone. Modifying a few things (see this link.) There are a few changes.

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Judi Sohn

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Please feel free to add your own tips in the comments. But this is simple, included with Salesforce, and doesn't require special software to read/use the data. You get an email once a week with a link to download a.zip file. You get an email once a week with a link to download a.zip file. Leave a comment »

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

They have a site, with the URL: [link] which is a link to a windows.exe file, which is a simple, sweet Debian installer. Changing one file (/etc/apt/sources.list) and running a few commands, should do the trick. Technorati Tags: 07NTC , nptech , linux { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Scott Wells 03.30.07

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Project management software helps organizations manage the complexities of. Check out this TechSoup article on figuring out which type of project management software fits your requirements. them, makes files accessible from anywhere, and it is fully integrated with Google Apps. in the comments. Luckily there are a.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Dustin J. If my house is clean, my filing done, and my laundry folded, you can bet the ‘net is down and I’m grumpy about it. If my house is clean, my filing done, and my laundry folded, you can bet the ‘net is down and I’m grumpy about it. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

July 9, 2007 So I talk a lot about both open source software, and the preciousness of one’s own data. I tout the benefits of open source software. I could dump all my addresses into one big flat file, and use grep. 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Kevin Mark 07.09.07 It sometimes tastes yucky.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Many nonprofits have Linux file servers in their back offices. It’s sobering – as much as I love technology, it scares me how much damage it can do to both people and the environment, once we’re done with it, and ready to upgrade to something new. This was to appease the European Commission. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

It’s stable, feature rich, uses open standards, reads and writes MS files, and, did I mention it’s free? Of course, like all open source software, it is “free as in kittens&# – but this particular kitten is pretty grown up, and already spayed and litter trained. Be Helpful.

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