Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Unless your nonprofit or NGO has specific adversaries or is being spear phished , the hacking you may encounter is probably less sophisticated and less targeted. That fundraising contractor whose laptop was stolen? If that laptop held a copy of your donor data, losing it is just as harmful as a hacker plotting an attack.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

I often get the comment during a leadership seminar I teach that goes something like, "Well this is all well and good for large organizations, but what about my twelve-person NGO?" Has one of your volunteers, interns or tech-oriented employee developed a cool app? Plan with other local NGOs and create an informal board of IT advisors.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Remote Access Proves Critical to New Zealand NGO After Earthquake. CDI Chile's Plan to Restore Communications to Chilean NGOs. Used Laptops Needed for Earthquake Victims in Haiti: You Can Help! Lessons From Haiti: Uses of New Media in Disaster Recovery Efforts. TechSoup Partners Provide Aid to Organizations in Haiti.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2016

New Dell discounted laptops. The process for clearing an NGO to receive a grant is much faster and much less expensive than it used to be — starting at $250 per equivalency determination. Symantec Norton Small Business Security Suite. Adobe Creative Cloud. Tableau for data visualization. organization is the equivalent of a U.S.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

We discussed cloud adoption in Brazil's NGO sector with Valter Cegal of TechSoup Brasil. ATN is an NGO association of over 2,000 telecenters. He is also currently the country manager for the One Laptop per Child Project.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

I invite you to have a look at my list of 2013 forecasts on nonprofit technology trends with its handy new infographic so you can see how right (or wrong) I am about this year's tech trends for the sector. They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

They will be powered by the same operating systems used on desktops and laptop PCs – mostly Windows and Mac OS. Now the bad news: the international NGO sector saw a decline in online giving. We sincerely invite your nonprofit or library tech news nominations. Social Media. Very, very cool, I must say. Anything I missed?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

Finally, we offer our sincere congratulations to AbilityNet , the most excellent UK based accessibility charity, for winning the Digital Leaders 100 Award for 2014 in the NGO category. I particularly like their MyComputer My Way , a free interactive guide to built in accessibility features on desktop PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones.

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Tech Soup

MAY 10, 2011

This is a guest post by Eamon Stack, CEO of ENCLUDE , which is TechSoup's NGO partner organization in Ireland. ENCLUDE provides hands-on technology solutions and software donations for Irish charities. They needed to sort out their communicatons: email, instant messaging, SMS, and phone, with Microsoft Office 365 (70% discount); and.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. We've identified key NGO partners that we believe would benefit from our technical assistance and are developing our plans and identifying support to continue our work on Darfur this year.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. If you want to keep up with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), check out the wiki. Trish Perkins offers up a list "cool free tech tools." You've got to love their logo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. He notes they were all taken with a Sony Picturebook mini-laptop with built-in camera. The tagging community that lies beneath the npdigg structure has taggers, consumers, aggregators, and meta aggregators.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

This NGO runs a primary day school, a residential high school, and a residential polytechnic college. They’re a great example of an NGO that really knows their IT. In this project, the Candlelighters CyberKids program provides young cancer patients with a laptop with Microsoft Windows and Office. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The big nonprofit tech trends this past year seemed to be in the areas of the emergence of mobile devices, social media stratification, the launch of Office 365 for Nonprofits, some huge digital inclusion initiatives, and lots of other things. Tablet sales are up 53% while laptop and desktop computers are down 11% from the previous year.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

This NGO runs a primary day school, a residential high school, and a residential polytechnic college. They’re a great example of an NGO that really knows their IT. In this project, the Candlelighters CyberKids program provides young cancer patients with a laptop with Microsoft Windows and Office. Want to share.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

His big prediction was that 2012 would be a breakout year for mobile computing in nonprofit tech. More and more nonprofit, library, and NGO offices worldwide will need to accommodate personally-owned tablets and smartphones on wireless networks in order to work and communicate. The Decline of PCs. The Internet of Things.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

I’ve just spent the last couple of days in Nairobi, Kenya because I’m a board member of an NGO based here, Ushahidi , an organization that builds tools for democratizing information and increasing transparency. I ask people to share what is top of mind when they think about social media and their NGO.

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