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Your Guide to Choosing Refurbished Hardware

TechSoup

Buying refurbished hardware can be a great choice for nonprofit organizations, helping them to save money while making more sustainable choices. However, the refurbished hardware market can be confusing, and it's hard to know which resellers you can trust.

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You can probably manufacture closer to home than you think

TechCrunch

There’s a persistent theory in hardware that manufacturing overseas is the cheaper/better/more efficient option. There’s a tremendous number of support organizations in the ecosystem, but many of them are focused on business planning, fundraising, on these other aspects of business. And hardware is hard.

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

CIO

Many CIOs don’t know where to start,” says Brian Kirkland, CIO at Choice Hotels and founding board member for SustainableIT.org, a nonprofit launched to help create frameworks and standards around sustainability. How IT organizations build applications impacts their usage, power consumption, and overall impact on sustainability.

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TechSoup Offers for Nonprofits with Larger Operating Budgets

TechSoup

We often hear that many nonprofits with larger annual operating budgets do not have access to donations and discounts on TechSoup. We understand that even with a larger budget, all nonprofits need access to affordable technology solutions to meet their mission needs.

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Per Scholas redefines IT hiring by diversifying the IT talent pipeline

CIO

To do so, the organization collected retired computers and laptops from companies, fixed them up, and redistributed them back into the community through schools and nonprofits. When CEO Plinio Ayala joined Per Scholas in 2003, he noticed there weren’t enough skilled technicians to fix the hardware the organization collected.

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What is a business analyst? A key role for business-IT efficiency

CIO

BAs engage with business leaders and users to understand how data-driven changes to process, products, services, software, and hardware can improve efficiencies and add value. Depending on the role, a business analyst might work with data sets to improve products, hardware, tools, software, services, or process.

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Nonprofit Transition and Planning in Response to COVID-19

TechSoup

On April 21, 2020, TechSoup hosted a webinar that provided tips and advice based on TechSoup's own experience for nonprofits transitioning to a remote workforce. And while we understand that every nonprofit is different, many of the best practices and tips below can apply to organizations of all sizes.