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What’s New in Windows 8?

This is a recap from a presentation at the Canadian Council for Christian Charities' 2012 conference in Vancouver, given by Holly Ross from NTEN (based on resources from Idealware).

How do you know whether your technology investments are worthwhile? A good technology plan will help keep you in line with your organization's strategic goals. This blog will walk through the main steps involved in creating a tactical tech plan for your organization.

Trying to make the world a better place? Trying to create that one campaign that will "go viral"? How is that working for you? Online petitions, tweet chats, memes, facebook - we’ve all seen how these tools can connect people to causes and the amazing social change that can result. But it’s not easy cutting through the clutter.

Note from Lori: This blog is a recap of Drew Bernard (from Action Sprout) and Jake Brewer's (from Fission Strategy) session "Too Many Tools, Too Little Time: Tools You Can Use To Better Engage, Track and Win" presented at the Web of Change, conference in September 2012.

Note from Lori: This blog is a recap of Sam Dorman's session "The Revolution Will Be Mobile - How to Build an App that People Will Actually Use" presented at the Web of Change conference in September 2012. Building a mobile app from scratch doesn't make sense for most nonprofits, but if you are considering it (or any project where you are building new software), these are some important things to keep in mind. 

Microsoft has released the latest server edition of Windows. Windows Server enables a computer to manage file sharing, print sharing, and websites, and serves as a platform for running Exchange Server and SQL Server.

By: Kristen Scott, TechSoup Canada Volunteer

In 2012, TechSoup Canada, in partnership with TechSoup Global, conducted a survey of non-profits, charities, NGOs and social benefit organizations around the world to better understand the current state of their technology infrastructure, plus their future plans for adopting cloud technologies. With more than 10,500 respondents in 88 countries, we’re pleased to add this data to our ever-evolving resources for non-profits, foundations, and those who support them.

By: Jonathan Grover, iNotForProfit

By: David Malmborg, Dell Computers