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Jane vs. Tierney: Jane's Smartsheet review

Jane vs Tierney 2013
Are you the type of person that keeps all of your tasks in a spreadsheet, or use Excel to manage your projects? Maybe you have looked at other project management tools but found it to be too cumbersome and requires a steep learning curve. If so, you might want to consider Smartsheet.

What is TechSoup Canada Planning for 2013?

Happy 2013 Everyone! It has been a very busy year for us here in 2012. As I did last year, I want to share some highlights of 2012 and discuss some of our plans for 2013.

5 Tech Trends for 2013

Technology continues to change at a very rapid pace - things that were “out there” just a few years ago are now reality, and are quickly becoming mainstream. While many of these innovations are happening in the personal/consumer space, it’s good to keep an eye on them because organizations are likely to follow - not to mention that we need to stay on top of how our communities want to interact with us.

Jane vs. Tierney: SkyDrive Review

Tierney vs Jane This review is part of the Jane vs Tierney series.

Jane vs Tierney: Jane's Eventbrite Review

Tierney vs Jane This review is part of the Jane vs Tierney series. Find out what it's all about and check out our first challenge on email newsletters.

Jane vs. Tierney: Jane tries out Vertical Response (Finally!)

Tierney vs JaneEven with the emergence in popularity of social media tools, blogs, and videos, newsletters (print or email) is still one of the most popular ways for organizations to communicate with supporters and members of the community.

Jane vs. Tierney: The Newsletter Challenge

Tierney vs JaneIt’s the moment you’ve been waiting for all week… Jane and Tierney are back, and ready for our first challenge! Our challenge this week was to send out an e-newsletter to let people know about our upcoming Toronto Net Tuesday event.

What awesome changes can you expect from TechSoup Canada in 2012?

Happy 2012! I would like to thank everyone for your ongoing support of TechSoup Canada. To date, over 14,000 organizations are registered and qualified for our TechSoup Canada Product Donations Program!

The 2010 Adobe Show Your Impact Nonprofit Design Contest Is Here!

For the third consecutive year, Adobe and TechSoup Global have joined together to award three $1000 cash grants plus Adobe software to nonprofit organizations and libraries that demonstrate outstanding or innovative use of Adobe products to increase their impact and further the missions of their organizations.

If you're not familiar with this contest and you want to jumpstart your creative inspiration, check out last year's winners.

Technology Risk Management

Why is technology risk management important to an organization?

Given most organizations have limited time and resources, many may not fully appreciate the need for assessment and planning. However, technology affects employment practices, volunteer recruitment, fundraising, crisis management, copyright, security, privacy, client protection and insurance coverage, by putting in place processes to reduce or eliminate the risk, we can lessen the potential impact to the organization.