Gyrus

MARCH 17, 2024

For the last two years, due to the global crisis, the demand for online training software has been deliberately rising. Companies are focusing more on online open-source learning management systems to motivate and upgrade the workforce who are working remotely.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Boards that are professionally, demographically, and ideologically diverse are more likely to be open to risk tolerance. But I was reading about how these things called personal computers and laptops were going to change the industry. Joanna Pineda, founder, CEO, and Chief Troublemaker at Matrix Group International, Inc.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Interested in winning a free refurbished laptop or tablet? Dell Core Windows 7 Laptop from InterConnection. HP EliteBook 8440p Core i5 Windows 7 Laptop from PCRR. Both laptops come preloaded with Microsoft Office 2010, a Windows operating system, and Microsoft Security Essentials. Are you … A U.S. iPad 2 from CDI.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2015

Interested in winning a free refurbished laptop or tablet? Dell Core Windows 7 Laptop from InterConnection. HP EliteBook 8440p Core i5 Windows 7 Laptop from PCRR. Both laptops come preloaded with Microsoft Office 2010, a Windows operating system, and Microsoft Security Essentials. Are you … A U.S. iPad 2 from CDI.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

This should be automated through your donor management software, but it still needs to be warm and friendly. If you send an email with a boring subject line , it probably won’t even get opened. Subject lines with questions have higher open rates. An opening sentence that hooks the reader. But it’s not. or You’re a hero!

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

Did you know that the average open rate for the nonprofit organization is around 25.17%, much higher than the industry average open rate, which is just 21.33%? Gone are the days when people were restricted to their laptops for checking out emails. An eye-opening report authored by Brett Schenker states, .

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2022

Online Auction Website Software Online Auction Site Best Practices Online Auction Website Ideas. Online Auction Website Software. There are a lot of software providers that can help you create an auction website for your event, so it’s important you take the time to research and choose the right one for your organization.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Participants take part from anywhere using a cell phone or laptop to connect to the event. Sometimes, you can get away with just a laptop with a webcam for a simple live-streaming event. Other times, you may need more involved software solutions like the ability to track fitness activity for virtual participants.

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Global Giving

MAY 22, 2018

This goes for laptops as well as any servers or databases. Understand if you need to get permission from your manager or IT team to install new software on devices. Make sure any software you install will not compromise the security of your data. Use antivirus software and keep it up to date. Want more tips like this?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

For awhile now, we at TechSoup (parent organization to the MaintainIT Project ) have been working with our corporate partners to open more donation programs to public libraries. In the past year, software donations from Symantec , NOZA , and others have become available to public libraries for the first time.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Opening scene: a pale, bespectacled man types furiously on a keyboard, muttering, "I almost got it!" The attack vector (how the hackers get in, wreak havoc, and steal data) is most likely to be unpatched software or devices. If you skip a software update, you become vulnerable. But nothing is further from the truth.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Through these covert partnerships, the agencies have inserted secret vulnerabilities – known as backdoors or trapdoors – into commercial encryption software." " Thankfully, you can take action by way of encrypting your data with third-party software recommended by the EFF. What if it ends up in the wrong hands?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Computerless February 20, 2007 My laptop is in the shop. It’s a lucky thing my partner has a laptop I can beg and borrow (stealing might cause issues.) I’ll spare you the details. Be Helpful.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

billion text messages each day with an open-rate that currently hovers at about 90%. FrontlineSMS :: Free for Nonprofits, Software, No Ads, Intermational. FrontlineSMS is an award-winning free, open source software that turns a laptop and a mobile phone into a central communications hub. They also send 2.5

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Assess your software solutions. A modern fundraising strategy relies on powerful software solutions that consolidate fundraising into a centralized online system. Email marketing software. Event planning software. Email open and click-through rates. A few effective metrics to track include: Donor retention rate.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As the world opens up to in-person fundraising experiences once again, some organizations have fully embraced the return to traditional fundraising methods and events. This generally requires that your organization invests in online auction software where people can place their bids online.

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Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

For anyone who owns—or has ever owned—a smartphone, tablet, desktop or laptop computer, the mantra that is constantly hammered into us is “update, update, update.”

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. In the beginning, it was lack of software (I first tried this back in 1999), or printer drivers. I’m not about to change that.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2017

In his book Natural Capitalism , Paul Hawkin finds that the amount of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. When you discard a five-pound laptop, you are also throwing away the 20,000 pounds of raw materials it took to make it. The green argument for electronics reuse goes beyond Williams and Kuehr, however.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Paul Hawkin, in his book, Natural Capitalism , finds that the volume of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. When you discard a 5 pound laptop you are also throwing away the 20,000 pounds of raw materials it took to make it. The green argument for electronics reuse goes beyond Williams and Kuehr, however.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

I have become a complete devotee of Dokuwiki , which I use locally on my laptop, for my to do lists, notes, etc. 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. I am an avid Wiki user. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 1, 2007

I’m on week 3 of my Ubuntu laptop migration – things are smoothing out – I’ve got audio working, I can listen to mp3 and audio streams. I still haven’t figured out how to get higher resolution on my laptop screen, but that’s mostly due to lack of time trying to get it to work. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Lifehacker , a popuplar blog on technology and productivity, had a post last week on lessons learned from a stolen laptop. As someone who travels frequently, often alone to crowded places where one must exercise a high level of caution, losing my laptop or phone is something I think about a lot. Software encryption is your friend.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Goodbye Microsoft… March 29, 2007 Just today, I received in the mail some Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops, courtesy of Gavin’s regular potlatch program. So now, I have two bricks. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

There's still time to submit your nomination before October 31, 2011 for this year's Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public interest. Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2013

Paul Hawkin, in his book, Natural Capitalism , finds that the volume of material that goes into manufacturing a laptop is 4,000 to 1. When you discard a 5 pound laptop you are also throwing away the 20,000 pounds of raw materials it took to make it. The green argument for electronics reuse goes beyond Williams and Kuehr, however.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 11, 2010

I’m actually quite happy – I can run both Windows 7 and Ubuntu Linux on my laptop, and I like Android (and my Droid 2 phone) a lot. It does feel a bit weird to use Windows sometimes, considering my years as an open source advocate. I use their software every day (Chrome, Picasa, Google Earth). What will I miss?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

I have had varied problems , from issues of software integration, video problems, wireless issues … The list is getting very long. At some point, when I’ve saved up enough pennies, I’m going to buy a Mac laptop again. I migrated to making it my primary desktop about a year ago. And, guess what? I’m giving up.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 29, 2013

Eligible nonprofits, charities, foundations, and libraries can now request Office Standard 2013 and Office Professional 2013 editions through the Microsoft Software Donation Program at TechSoup: Office Standard 2013 (admin fee: $24). About Software Assurance. And if you're using a browser, just open the OneNote Web App.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Giving up, a little August 6, 2007 As you might know, I migrated from using a MacBook Pro laptop as my primary desktop, to eating my own dogfood, as it were, and using Ubuntu Linux as my primary desktop.

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AFP Blog

MAY 29, 2007

Charity Village®NewsWeek: Cover Story: "Adventures in open source: The nonprofit software debate continuesElisa Birnbaum By Elisa BirnbaumMay 28, 2007I have to admit I’m not very tech savvy. I’m just happy if I can use my laptop without hassle and rely heavily on the IT support of my family and friends.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

But what I realized was that the whole WPA thing with my laptop added to the pile of “little problems I haven’t solved yet.&# Of course with my mac, I opened up the system preferences, checked a button, and, voila! I am committed to the ethos of free software. Needless to say, I’m doing that right now.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 18, 2021

The closed port means no application or services or users are allowed or using that port, this can be opened if required. When not used it is better to close the port and when the port is being used or opened it is better to control the traffic through that port. Install anti-DDoS software or device. Discuss NIDS, HIDS.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Most TechSoup Products Are Now Open to Nonprofit Foundations. In 2012 , IT product donations started to open up to nonprofit foundations. New Dell discounted laptops. TechSoup has more than 100 product donors and discounters that cover large variety of IT needs — both hardware and software. Adobe Creative Cloud.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 9, 2007

The only time I shut down this laptop is when I’m taking it somewhere, which is relatively rarely. 90% of the software I want to install I just install by saying “apt-get install name_of_package&#. In general, installation and configuration of software has become much easier. I love apt-get/aptitude. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

software solution in which one host computer is shared by multiple users simultaneously. In most cases, we sent them the instructions, hardware, and software they'd need and then stood back and watched how the installation went. She is a favorite on TechSoup for Libraries because she is always open to new technology.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

software solution in which one host computer is shared by multiple users simultaneously. In most cases, we sent them the instructions, hardware, and software they'd need and then stood back and watched how the installation went. She is a favorite on TechSoup for Libraries because she is always open to new technology.

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