Tech Soup

AUGUST 10, 2012

Back in April 2011, TechSoup ran an Earth Week campaign to raise awareness about the benefits of downloading a TechSoup software donation rather than having it shipped as a traditional boxed product. Our software download resource page is an excellent place to find out whether downloading is right for you as well as how to do it.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

That's why they donate software to eligible nonprofit organizations and public libraries to help them use technology to further their missions. The Technology for Good Contest sought to highlight the stories of how these groups use Microsoft software to help them create real community impact in Washington State.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

To wit: we’ve put together this simple guide to the donated software that most all nonprofits and libraries need in their toolkit, especially when they’re just starting out. All of these donated software tools can be requested at the same time. Get Your Office Running.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2011

Organizations often find themselves outgrowing the smaller donor management software they have used for years. Prioritizing needs is also important, as it is unlikely that any software will do everything well , as TechSoup's Volunteers and Technology forum host Jayne Cravens points out. Community member Kristin N.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Classy, a giving platform that enables nonprofits to connect supporters with the causes they care about, announced today its first acquisition since the company’s founding in 2011.

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Tech Soup

JULY 26, 2012

On August 1, 2012, TechSoup will also discontinue all Microsoft Small Business Server products from its catalog, except for Small Business Server Essentials 2011. On August 1, 2012, TechSoup will also discontinue all Microsoft Small Business Server products from its catalog, except for Small Business Server Essentials 2011.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 25, 2012

On July 27, 2011, Microsoft made some updates to their donation program allowing eligible organizations to request even more Microsoft products, and with more flexibility as to when and how often they can place donation requests. Requests placed before July 27, 2011, will not count against your new Microsoft software donation allotment.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 3, 2011

Make sure your organization gets all of the hardware or software it needs from TechSoup before our fiscal year ends on June 30, 2011. Don't worry, you can request products again on July 1, but you don't want to miss out on getting your fiscal year 2011 allotment. Why the rush? How Do I Know What's Still Available?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Software Assurance Benefits for Small Business Server. If your Small Business Server Standard Edition Software Assurance benefits are still active, your rights will be carried over to Windows Server 2012 Server Standard Edition and Exchange Server 2010 Standard Edition. SBS 2011 Standard Edition. SBS 2008 Standard Edition.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In fact, from 2011 to 2021, the rate of growth of earned master’s and doctoral degrees outpaced bachelor’s and professional programs. Best practice is to use the same enrollment management software across departments with role-based access so there is one consistent record for each prospective student.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2012

Microsoft Lync is actually a relatively new name for a software application that used to be called Microsoft Communicator. The software essentially integrates all the different ways an office communicates like phone, email, video conferencing, web conferencing, instant messaging, voicemail, fax, etc., Why Lync Is Green Software.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Eastern time our donor partner GiftWorks (which donates its fundraising and donor management software GiftWorks 2011 Standard to eligible nonprofits and libraries) is will host a free webinar on how to effectively utilize high-skill volunteers. On Tuesday, October 19 at 3 p.m.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2011

Make sure your organization gets all of the hardware or software it needs from TechSoup before our fiscal year ends on June 30, 2011. Don't worry, you can request products again on July 1, but you don't want to miss out on getting your fiscal year 2011 allotment. Why the rush? How Do I Know What's Still Available?

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Tech Soup

MAY 25, 2012

Did you miss our spring SAP webinars, Explore, Report and Share Your Data Online and Creating Effective Reports with Crystal Reports 2011 ? In Creating Effective Reports with Crystal Reports 2011 , we focus on how SAP's Crystal Reports 2011 can provide effective reporting solutions for your organization. Great news!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Windows MultiPoint Server lets you turn that old laptop into a fully functioning Windows user station – even if the old machine isn't actually up-to-date enough to run current versions of Windows or other software. If you have Microsoft Software Assurance coverage, Thin PC is a good option. How does this magic happen?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

This is an update of a TechSoup article we posted online in November 2011. The late Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, famously announced the post-PC era in March 2011 during the launch of the iPad 2. Jobs was as usual quite prescient. Jobs was as usual quite prescient. And indeed sales of new PCs and laptops are declining.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Attack of the Killer Outdated Software. In 2011, the group LulzSec hacked into PBS's website and posted an image of the spooky Nyan Cat as retaliation against the network's broadcast of a WikiLeaks documentary. PBS was also running out-of-date server software. But the absolute worst part of the attack?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Perhaps the most famous of these was the outage of the Sony PlayStation Network that took down their cloud based service for nearly a month in the spring of 2011 and affected Sony's 70 million users. In February 2011 Google inadvertently deleted 150,000 Gmail accounts due to an internal software problem.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 13, 2012

To quote Annaliese Hoeling, NTEN’s publications director: A couple of the biggest take-aways for us were that 91 percent of nonprofits taking our survey reported using at least one cloud software solution?. states In the fall of 2011. They want software that works well, is easy to use, and cost effective over time.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2011

Pacific time, January 31, 2011. Read the details on the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Event page to see how you can win some great prizes before the submission period ends at 5 p.m. TechSoup just finished its second digital storytelling webinar of the event, Tools for Digital Storytelling , with Melissa Jun Rowley of WhatGives!?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2010

Similarly, the Adobe Software Donation Program allows qualified organizations a donation of either one Adobe application suite or four individual Adobe products per fiscal year. Fiscal Year-End Explained.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Smartphone shipments exceeded those of PCs in 2011. One trend in 2012, that I think didn't get enough attention is the fact that Microsoft expanded its software donations to foundations. This is my inaugural post highlighting nonprofit technology news from around the world. We gathered so much data! Now what to do with it.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

In June of this year (2011) we obtained 26 computers through the RCI Program at TechSoup. I was on the TechSoup website seeking vendor and software recommendations when I came across an RCI highlight. Candice has a masters degree in library and information science and is Transition Projects’ first formal IT person.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2012

A MultiPoint lab has fewer initial hardware costs, less ongoing maintenance, and lower software costs. Windows MultiPoint Server software is ordinarily available through academic or commercial volume licensing. Windows MultiPoint Server software is ordinarily available through academic or commercial volume licensing.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The preview took place at the Microsoft Build Windows Conference this week (September 13 - 16, 2011) in Anaheim, California. It will have client Hyper V Hypervisor software included. This virtual desktop software will enable users to run XP, Vista, Windows 7, Linux, and Windows Phone apps on a single device.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

On August 1, 2012, TechSoup will also discontinue all Microsoft Small Business Server products from its catalog, except for Small Business Server Essentials 2011. On August 1, 2012, TechSoup will also discontinue all Microsoft Small Business Server products from its catalog, except for Small Business Server Essentials 2011.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Here's a story Mac users might get a kick out of: while the rest of the world patiently awaits a definite release date for Office 2010 , there's been relatively little information from Microsoft about the suite's Mac sibling, Office 2011, aside from the announcement last August that Entourage will be replaced by a Mac version of Outlook.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Microsoft's Windows MultiPoint Server (WMS) is a thin client or shared resource computing software solution in which one host computer is shared by multiple users simultaneously. The software includes MultiPoint Manager, which allows managers to monitor workstations, block content, and project content from station to station.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

The post-PC era was announced in March 2011 by the late Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, during the launch of the iPad2. The post-PC world was inadvertently ratified by HP when it made a dramatic announcement in August 2011 about trying to get out of the PC hardware business. How Does This Impact the Used Computer Market?

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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. It is in his honor that the Tides Foundation works to promote open source software and promoting social good. Is there open-source software that your organization is fond of?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 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. Software Donated: Windows MultiPoint Premium 2011 with 8 Device Cals. Adobe Reader.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Today's good news is that the checkout services will be free for another year (until January 1, 2011), but only for nonprofits also enrolled in Google Grants for free advertising. If you have a Google Checkout account and a Google Grants account, you need to link them to take advantage of the donated checkout service. Tools Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

On August 29, 2011 some of us from TechSoup attended NTEN's Nonprofit Cloud Computing Summit in San Francisco. The list of 2011 cloud failures in is impressive. Despite all this, the industry standard for cloud software as a service providers is to guarantee 99.9% that started April 20 and which lasted nearly one month.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Record all of this in a spreadsheet as you go so you can upload it into your silent auction software once your catalog is complete. Leveraging his software background, he built most of the tools his charities used, and in 2011 he launched Handbid at his own fundraising event. Good for you!

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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. The bottom line overall savings in the table above very much agrees with Forrester Research’s results in their Total Economic Impact of Microsoft Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 study. Software Savings.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2011

On July 8, 2011, founder and co-CEO of TechSoup Global Daniel Ben-Horin paid a special visit to the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life. In the midst of a tech boom, Daniel's old journalist contacts were flush with review copies of all the latest software. An Invigorating Sense of Possibility. Connecting the Dots.

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GiveSmart

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Since our founding in 2011, GiveSmart by Momentive Software has helped tens of thousands of organizations— nonprofits, schools, and associations—successfully fundraise for their missions. One such software provider that our customers often compared GiveSmart to was OneCause. billion in lifetime fundraising.

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