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IT Security

Bringing Your Nonprofit into Better HIPAA Compliance

HIPAA is a U.S. law created to modernize the handling of healthcare records. In this article, you can find how to bring your nonprofit into compliance with it!

June 11, 2021

Libraries

June 2021 Library Tech Newsbytes

Read about Amazon's deal to make e-books and audiobooks available to U.S. libraries, the new cybercrime just for libraries, and more, in our June newsbites!

June 09, 2021

TechSoup

TechSoup's Joaquin Alvarado and Helping to Close the Digital Divide

Learn more about the interesting story of the ABC for Students program, and how an engaged board member, a marketing team, and thousands of members helped!

June 09, 2021

Libraries

A Fond Farewell

Jim Lynch of TechSoup for Libraries is retiring. Read his insights and musings about dramatic changes in recent years and other major figures in library tech.

June 07, 2021

Hardware

Top TechSoup Hardware Offers for 2021

Due to the shortage of microprocessors starting in mid-2020, nearly all IT equipment was hard to get. Discover offers and get the equipment you need!

May 14, 2021

Libraries

May 2021 Library Tech Newsbytes

Read May's newsbytes on how to reach out to young patrons on TikTok, how libraries have done during the pandemic, how to encrypt your hard drive, and more!

May 13, 2021

Education

Job Skills and Resources to Support Our Communities

The Microsoft Global Skills Initiative offers free employment training and certification in the 10 most in-demand and well-paid jobs worldwide. Discover more!

April 27, 2021

Libraries

April 2021 Library Tech Newsbytes

Discover April’s newsbytes on funding for libraries in the ARPA, free Microsoft digital skills courses available through the end of 2021, and many more!

April 08, 2021

Impact Stories

Mutual Aid Work: The Hidden Nonprofit Sector

Mutual aid work has moved history. During the pandemic, mutual aid and benefit societies around the world have been stepping up big-time. Learn more about it!

April 02, 2021

Operations

Why Hotspots Are Red-Hot Tech These Days

Starting with 2012, there has been a growing movement among libraries and nonprofits to loan out the Internet using mobile hotspots. Learn more about this!

March 17, 2021

Libraries

March 2021 Library Tech Newsbytes

Discover what's new in library tech! Read about the cop-free library movement, the best 3D printers for 2021, the Build America's Libraries Act and many more.

March 11, 2021

Marketing and Communications

What the GoFundMe Charity Closure Means for Nonprofits

GoFundMe Charity will stop online fundraising on September 30, 2021. The good news is that GoFundMe Charity is being unified with GoFundMe.com. Learn more!

March 04, 2021