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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.

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.

By: Bandana Singh, Office Manager & Executive Assistant, Inspirit Foundation

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.

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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.

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.

By: Frédéric Julien, Project manager / Gestionnaire de projets, Canadian Arts Presenting Organization / L’assemblée canadienne des organismes artistiques (CAPACOA)

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Note from Tierney: This is the second blog post in our series about live streaming events. To find out a different approach to live streaming - with multiple backup options for participants - read Heath Nexus' live streaming story.

By: Marco Campana, Communications Strategist, Maytree

Note from Tierney: Live streaming is a great way to reach your supporters & members who are geographically distributed, and we're seeing more and more nonprofits interested in learning about how it works. We're posting this blog from Melissa and another blog coming up soon to provide two different perspectives/approaches to live streaming from nonprofits who've tried it for themselves. Have your own experience you'd like to share? Get in touch!

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