Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 13, 2010

As a consultant to nonprofits, my blood just boils when I am asked by executive directors or board members, “So, we are thinking about hiring a development officer, how long it will take before this person is raising more money than the salary we pay them?” This is a huge area of concern for many organizations. The result?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Most nonprofits cannot or do not measure the dollar value that volunteers. volunteer management program or membership software must be able to. volunteer management program or membership software must be able to. software should do all of the work behind the scenes providing maximum. Measuring the Value of Volunteers.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

While there are pages and pages of keyboard shortcuts and tips posted around the web in articles and knowledge bases, we'll start by focusing on 5 that we think may be particularly useful to nonprofit and library users. Tags: Acquiring Technology Multimedia & Graphics Office & Productivity Software Tech Planning Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 18, 2012

program, which brings donated and discounted refurbished computer equipment to nonprofits and libraries while creating environmentally-friendly alternatives to disposing of used electronic hardware. Plus, our refurbished computers now come with Microsoft Office 2007 Basic (RCI computers previously featured Office 2003). Mid Tier (3.0

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Guest writer Joshua Porter contributed the article in 2007, but his advice is as fresh and pertinent as ever. These tips aren't only about design: they're about keeping people at the center of your nonprofit's projects, not technology. This week, the newsletter featured an older TechSoup article, Five Principles to Design By.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 20, 2013

Since 2007, San Francisco has been striving toward becoming a digitally inclusive city. At TechSoup, we support the efforts of nonprofits and public libraries working to build digitally inclusive and literate communities through donated technology from our corporate partners. Powering Communities with Tech. Microsoft's YouthSpark.

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

On any given day, one of the organization's more than 150 volunteers will show up to the business, load the food onto a trailer attached to a bike, and then bike the fresh food to one of the 50 or so nonprofit organizations Boulder Food Rescue serves. Its staff members are intensive users of an Adobe Creative Suite TechSoup donation.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2012

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for seven years now. nonprofits, schools, low-income families, and small microenterprise businesses. We have served more than 10,300 nonprofits and libraries across all 50 U.S.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2015

It has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent since 2007, and Cisco wants to bring this reduction up to 40 percent in the next couple of years. It's famous for its antivirus and security software like Norton Security and Norton Small Business. Symantec: Focusing Even More on the Environment in 2015. Now a bit about us.

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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. During the Q and A several nonprofit attendees said that the cost of replacing their computers is a problem for them. There are essentially no good excuses to stay with XP. See Windows 8 on Older PCs?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

It's also in part because it's around this time of year that the news is full of warnings about hurricanes and wildfires and we want to do our part to make sure that nonprofits and libaries have resources especially for them. This is, in part, because September is National Preparedness Month.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Yet, for many purposes, refurbished equipment presents nonprofits, libraries, and lower-income families with a more affordable alternative to new equipment; one that will do nearly everything that new computers do. From 2007 to 2008, the Community MAR program had a 57 percent volume increase worldwide.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Yet, for many purposes, refurbished equipment presents nonprofits, libraries, and lower-income families with a more affordable alternative to new equipment; one that will do nearly everything that new computers do. From 2007 to 2008, the Community MAR program had a 57 percent volume increase worldwide.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

This is the second blog in my series on configuring Intuit's QuickBooks for use in a nonprofit organization. It will also provide you with a sample chart of accounts of my design and one called the "Unified Chart of Accounts," which was created by a number of major nonprofit support organizations. Fundraising.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

You probably know TechSoup's hardware and software donation programs. But did you know about NetSquared , our volunteer-driven network of in-person nonprofit technology training and peer support events? IT BLEW MY MIND! And this time I could guarantee that I'd be interested in the topic, because I was planning it.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2010

For someone like me who works at a nonprofit and is interested in world issues and this type of simulation, it's likely that I may try to play the game again sometime. Impact Games has indisputably had great success with PeaceMaker -- it sold a million units since its release in 2007. who play video games would've played PeaceMaker.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) has provided warrantied refurbished computers and other IT devices to nonprofits and libraries for eight years now. based nonprofits, schools, low-income families, and small microenterprise businesses. InterConnection is our Seattle-based nonprofit refurbisher.

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The Fundraising Coach

APRIL 9, 2024

A fundraising consultant can identify opportunities for improvement in your existing fundraising plan and build new strategies to advance your nonprofit. In this guide, we’ll cover five simple steps to hire the perfect fundraising consultant for your nonprofit. Look for nonprofits that have similar supporter bases and goals.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

As summer starts, we’ll report on what happened to Facebook Causes, some big developments in cloud computing including the launch of Salesforce1, a big partnership between Salesforce and Microsoft that bodes well for charities, and the launch of Box.org, free cloud storage for nonprofits. Salesforce1 for Nonprofits just just launched.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

As the end of the calendar year approaches, your nonprofit is probably preparing for its annual end-of-year appeal. These examples are from Qgiv clients and use our online donation forms and peer-to-peer fundraising software. We want to help! Request a demo. Brother Wolf Animal Rescue’s Matching Gift Holiday Campaign. Who they are.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

A WMS computer system has less upfront hardware costs, as well as less maintenance and software costs. Software Savings. It’s very difficult to calculate software costs because Microsoft offers several different licensing options, and users can elect to put different software on their computer systems.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2016

Of course, the offer of free software can be exciting! But it's also important to think about how much expertise a particular vendor has in the nonprofit sector. To date, we're supporting a community of 650+ global nonprofits and social enterprises with free and discounted software and pro bono volunteerism.

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Qgiv

JULY 29, 2021

We at Qgiv are experts in nonprofit software and have seen firsthand how mobile fundraisers can further a mission and engage donors. Mobile fundraising helps nonprofits raise money by connecting with supporters via a mobile device, like a smartphone. However, nonprofit organizations don’t require written consent.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

A MultiPoint lab has fewer initial hardware costs, less ongoing maintenance, and lower software costs. It is an ideal solution for schools, libraries, small nonprofit offices, and computer labs that are on limited budgets. Windows MultiPoint Server software is ordinarily available through academic or commercial volume licensing.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

This is our earth month edition of nonprofit technology news. A new software bug called Heartbleed has affected a significant number of online servers on the Internet. OpenSSL is nonprofit open source software that provides security on e-commerce and other websites by creating an encrypted channel between your device and the website.

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