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Advancing the New Machine: A Recap from the Human Rights and Technology Conference

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MacArthur Foundation and Humanity United , held their second Human Rights and Technology conference at the new David Brower Center. TechSoup's NetSquared Initiative partnered with the HRC in the first conference The Soul of the New Machine in 2009 to help select a winner in their Mobile Challenge. & Catherine T.

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How Software Training Can Impact Your Nonprofit’s Staff Turnover

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The impact of software training on nonprofit staff turnover Three tips for improving software training for your staff Take the next step with your nonprofit’s software training The impact of software training on nonprofit staff turnover How do you keep things running smoothly when you have nonprofit staff leaving?

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What is Microsoft Lync?

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Microsoft Lync is one of the least understood Microsoft product donations in the TechSoup catalog; however if yours is a larger organization that already runs on Windows Server 2008, uses Office Professional Plus 2010 , and has multiple offices or lots of work out in the field, it's definitely worth looking at. Why Lync Is Green Software.

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Ushahidi BRCK: Bringing Internet to the Developing World

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It is a nonprofit tech company that develops free and open-source software for information collection, visualization, and crowdsourced interactive mapping to help mitigate disasters. Ushahidi was a NetSquared Mashup Challenge winner in the fabled 2008 Netsquared conference in Santa Clara, California.

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Ushahidi Develops Innovative Tools for Nonprofits and Others Working to Benefit the Public

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Ushahidi has been developing open-source crisis mapping software for over eight years now. The organization got started when a group of Kenyan bloggers led by Erik Hersman began doing online mapping of violence reports after the 2008 Kenyan election. These folks do astonishing work. So much innovation. Creative Digital Inclusion Work.

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A New Habitat: Transforming Communities with Remote Work Tools

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Habitat for Humanity of Omaha has built 993 homes for families since 1984, and has doubled in size twice since Bob Lynn joined the team in 2008. The organization's ineffective software and hardware had also slowed operations to a crawl. This amazing success would not have been possible without TechSoup.

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How the Alabama Eye Bank Runs Its Entire Organization on FileMaker

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He has kept his skills current by attending FileMaker developer conferences from time to time. The couriers use iPads to collect the data about the organ donation using mobile client software called FileMaker Go. The guy who built and runs this FileMaker database system is Tom Cattell, vice president of information systems ?at

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