Learn more about technology from the comfort of your own desk. The following is a list of upcoming online seminars that may interest the nonprofit community. If you offer online seminars and would like to be included on this list, contact ols@techsoup.org for more information.

Avoiding the Placement Crash, hosted by ReadyTalk
Wednesday, August 13 • 12:00 p.m. EST

Is VoIP the Right Match for Your Organization?, hosted by NTEN

The International Herald Tribune recently reported on the study "Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use," conducted by the U.N. and Vodafone foundations.

While cynics may argue that the Vodafone group has a keen interest in seeing mobile phone usage increase in developing countries, the study offers many inspiring stories of how activists and development experts in the field are using mobile technologies in innovative ways.

While many Web 2.0 technologies work great for the individual, they can require some work to scale to an organization. What happens, then, when one of the largest foundations in the United States decides to implement Skype as an enterprise-wide telephony solution?

Videoconferencing can help close geographic distance, making it easier for people in remote and rural areas to participate in instructor-led workshops, lectures, discussions, and more.

Last week, Skype, the venerable IM and VoIP service, suffered its first major outage in four years. If you were one of Skype's 200 million users worldwide, you were probably affected — and relieved that it's finally back up after two days of issues.

TCP stands for Transfer Control Protocol, and is often coupled with Internet Protocol as TCP/IP. It is the fundamental way that information moves through the Internet. There wouldn't be a 'Net without it. But do you know how it works?