TechSoup By the Cup

TechSoup By the Cup - June 26, 2007
The Newsletter from TechSoup.org
"Technology served the way nonprofits need it."
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1. Featured Articles:
  - Show Me the Numbers: Can Group Fundraising Help You?
  - Ask TechSoup: Open-Source Tools for Fundraising?
  - Mobile Phones and Social Activism
2. Hot Topics from TechSoup's Forums:
  - Tape Drives for Backups
  - Nonprofits in Second Life
  - Antivirus Programs for Laptops
3. TechSoup Blog:
  - An A-List of Free Software
  - Nonprofits Make Money, Contacts in a Virtual World
  - The Most Commonly Used Passwords
4. Get Donated Products on TechSoup Stock
  - Intuit Quicken Premier 2006 ($16)
5. Nonprofit Technology Events:
  - Conferences, Classes, Meetups, and More
6. Free Download:
  - Windows SteadyState
7. Tech Term of the Week:
  - Bandwidth
8. Soup of the Week
  - Velvet Artichoke Soup

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1. FEATURED ARTICLES

Show Me the Numbers: Can Group Fundraising Help You?
We'll help you decide whether group fundraising is worth your nonprofit's time and effort, how much it might cost you, and what steps you can take to make sure your fundraising campaign is a success.
http://ga0.org/ct/KpSwXQs1Y4Ub/

Ask TechSoup: Open-Source Tools for Fundraising?
Looking for affordable fundraising software you can tailor to your organization's needs? We'll give you a quick overview of free, customizable open-source fundraising solutions, including databases and CRM packages.
http://ga0.org/ct/K7SwXQs1Y4Ug/

Mobile Phones and Social Activism
For most of the world, cell phone use vastly exceeds Internet use. Learn why some might consider the most important technical development of the past five years to be not citizen media but the mobile phone.
http://ga0.org/ct/Z1SwXQs1Y4U6/

Find more articles and toolkits on nonprofit technology topics in our Learning Center:
http://ga0.org/ct/ZdSwXQs1Y4UO/

Get the latest TechSoup headlines delivered to your site via TechSoup's Learning Center RSS feeds:
http://ga0.org/ct/V1SwXQs1Y4U7/

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2. HOT TOPICS FROM TECHSOUP'S FORUMS

Interested in backing up your data with tape drives? Nonprofits share recommendations.
http://ga0.org/ct/KdSwXQs1Y4Ut/

Keep abreast of what TechSoup and other nonprofits are doing in Second Life on TechSoup's new Nonprofits in Second Life resource center.
http://ga0.org/ct/J1SwXQs1Y4Ud/

Looking for antivirus software for your laptop? Find out what others are using.
http://ga0.org/ct/K1SwXQs1Y4U5/

Share your technology questions and network with others in TechSoup's Community forums:
http://ga0.org/ct/JpSwXQs1Y4UX/

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3. TECHSOUP BLOG

TechSoup's new blog offers news, tips, and highlights from around the Web to help your nonprofit get the most out of
technology. Below are a few highlights from this past week.

Lifehacker.org has assembled a list of 20 free applications to increase your productivity, ranging from programs that help defend your computers from threats to those that will help you record a soundtrack for that new podcast you've been planning.
http://ga0.org/ct/FpSwXQs1Y4Uw/

A new article in the New York Times details the MacArthur foundation's foray into Second Life, TechSoup's own efforts in the virtual world, and other ways nonprofits are reaching out to a wider audience.
http://ga0.org/ct/F7SwXQs1Y4U2/

Is that password you chose unique enough to evade hackers? We'll show you a list of the most commonly used passwords, as identified by PC Magazine.
http://ga0.org/ct/-1SwXQs1Y4Us/

Read all of our blog entries at http://ga0.org/ct/FdSwXQs1Y4UN/.

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4. GET DONATED PRODUCTS ON TECHSOUP STOCK

Intuit Quicken Premier 2006

Quicken Premier 2006 offers essential software tools for organizing finances, from balancing a checkbook and paying bills, to tracking investments and creating budgets, reports, and graphs. Quicken Premier also includes features for tax-related and investment needs.

Quicken Premier 2006 is available on TechSoup Stock to qualifying organizations for an administrative fee of $16,
thanks to a generous donation from Intuit.

Learn more and place your donation request:
http://ga0.org/ct/VdSwXQs1Y4Uu/

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5. NONPROFIT TECHNOLOGY EVENTS

Conferences, Classes, Meetups, and More

TechSoup's new events calendar lists dozens of nonprofit technology conferences, classes, and meetups taking place around
the world. Best of all, you can post to it yourself!

Learn more about these and other events here:
http://ga0.org/ct/J7SwXQs1Y4UB/

Too busy to post events yourself? Email them to us and we'll add them to our calendar for you: events@techsoup.org

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6. FREE DOWNLOAD

Featured Download: Windows SteadyState
SteadyState helps protect shared-access computers from unintended changes and unwanted installations.
http://ga0.org/ct/Z7SwXQs1Y4UW/

Find more free downloads:
http://ga0.org/ct/ZpSwXQs1Y4UI/

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7. TECH TERM OF THE WEEK

In this weekly feature, we will promote a new technology term from TechSoup's Tech Glossary Wiki.

Term of the Week: Bandwidth
http://ga0.org/ct/-pSwXQs1Y4Ue/

Find, edit, and add more definitions to TechSoup's Tech Glossarywiki:
http://ga0.org/ct/-7SwXQs1Y4U3/

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8. SOUP OF THE WEEK

Velvet Artichoke Soup
Submitted by Dee Bielenberg
http://ga0.org/ct/D7SwXQs1Y4Uf/

View all our soup recipes:
http://ga0.org/ct/DdSwXQs1Y4Ur/

Send us your soup recipes.
Don't let your friendly TechSoup staffers go hungry! Submit recipes here and they will be posted to the site.
http://ga0.org/ct/D1SwXQs1Y4U4/

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