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Blogs
What is Open Source? Part 1: Introduction
What is Open Source? Also, why should you your not-for-profit or charity
be looking at open source source software for part or all of your
computing needs?
New Microsoft Office now available!
The latest version of Microsoft Office is here! Eligible nonprofits, charities, and libraries can now request Office Standard and Professional editions through the Microsoft Software Donation Program at TechSoup Canada.
Accidental Techie: Explaining Microsoft Software Assurance
Today we're going to briefly go over how to upgrade your eligible Microsoft licenses using Microsoft’s Software Assurance (SA) Program. That sounds great, but the first question you might have is How?
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.
Online Meetings with GoToMeeting - TechSoup Canada’s Story
As the Canadian partner in the global TechSoup network, meeting in person is rarely an option - we rely on online meetings for our communications. This is especially important for our current project to update our website. For this project, we’re working with the TechSoup Global development team in Poland, and in order to manage the project efficiently we need to have frequent online meetings to check in on the project status and make sure we are communicating clearly. In these meetings we need to be able to talk to each other for free (i.e. no long distance costs), chat (e.g.
Videoconferencing with Google+ Hangouts - Inspirit Foundation's Story
By: Bandana Singh, Office Manager & Executive Assistant, Inspirit Foundation
Best Kept Secrets: Our Favourite Nonprofit Resources
Have you ever been in the situation where you are looking for a very specific piece of information and you’re not sure where to look? Below is a list of a few of Framework, Ontario 211, and TechSoup Canada’s go-to resources when looking for information and inspiration.
Technology
TechCrunch: Technology is ever changing and TechCrunch is great resource to learn about new cloud tools and get updates on the ones we know about. TechCrunch is considered a must-read by people working in the technology sector.
NetSquared Camp Toronto Highlights & Learning
One of our primary goals at TechSoup Canada is to build technology capacity in the nonprofit sector, so this past October we decided to experiment with a new way of providing this kind of learning opportunity by hosting a one-day unconference-style event called NetSquared Camp Toronto. With 101 participants and 16 sessions, it was a busy and very full day with lots of learning and networking.
