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Are there tech resources you're having trouble finding? Technology challenges you're facing? Support you'd like when using TechSoup?

If you subscribe to TechSoup's weekly By the Cup newsletter and work for a 501(c)3 organization or public library, enter our monthly drawing for an hour of tech time by phone with a TechSoup employee, during which you can find resources to help your organization improve its technology infrastructure.

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IT for Libraries — Delivered

Wondering how other public libraries are tackling their technology problems? TechSoup's MaintainIT project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, works with public libraries to identify best practices of technical support for public computers.

Learn the secrets to other libraries' success — and share some tips of your own — by subscribing to MaintainIT's monthly newsletter, which includes upcoming events, notice of new Cookbooks, interesting topics being discussed on the blog, and more.

Technology in the Tenderloin

One of my TechSoup coworkers recently participated in the first-ever "Tenderloin Tech Day," a half-day workshop for anyone in the neighborhood with a tech problem.

Check out this CNET video where residents and techies grapple with hard-drive issues, broken laptops, and Internet lessons.

The event was sponsored by Saint Anthony's Foundation, San Francisco Network Ministries, and Tech Connect.

September Is National Preparedness Month — Are You ready?

September is National Preparedness Month, an initiative designed to promote emergency preparedness. Below are some resources you can use to prepare yourself for a natural or man-made disaster.

How to Get Out of Color Printing Jams

There are a lot of duties that fall onto a nonprofit employee's plate and unfortunately, printer repair is often one of them. Fortunately, there are many online resources that can help you out of color printing "jam," so to speak.

Bootcamp for Nonprofits

Register now for Craigslist Foundation's fourth annual San Francisco Bay Area Nonprofit Boot Camp, which takes place August 18 at UC Berkeley.

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