TechSoup Blog

Libraries

A Journalist's Guide to Finding the Data You Need — Part Two

This is a list of far-reaching data warehouses and repositories and tools for publishing data that are pretty remarkable, plus a list of other guides.

September 30, 2019

Libraries

A Journalist's Guide to Finding the Data You Need — Part One

A decade of open data activism has left us with unprecedented access to many kinds of data. Find out who has data now, and how you can get your hands on it!

September 03, 2019

Web Development

Why Is TechSoup Investing in a Cooperative Technology Platform?

Discover more about the Cooperative Technology Platform being developed by TechSoup, a hybrid of an innovation platform and a transaction platform.

August 30, 2019

Web Development

Developing a Platform to Fight for Environmental Justice in Latin America

Read more about Xinampa and their open-source platform, which could help save hundreds of lives, get justice for the marginalized, and more.

August 23, 2019

TechSoup

Why Is TechSoup Investing in Validation and Data Services?

Find more about validation and data services, why we need some information about nonprofits when they sign in, and how you can support us. Read more!

July 22, 2019

Operations

5 Survey Templates to Measure Volunteer and Board Satisfaction

Because volunteers’ satisfaction is an important thing for your nonprofit, you need an easy way to find how they feel about their work. Read more about it!

June 19, 2019

Data Management

The 3 Types of Nonprofit Dashboards — and How to Build Each One

Discover how nonprofits can use Google and Microsoft dashboards to get a better understanding of organizational data and surface valuable insights!

May 14, 2019

Web Development

Why Is TechSoup Investing in Apps for Good?

We, at TechSoup, are constantly busy finding new ways to build the capacity of individual organizations to use their technology to its fullest potential.

April 18, 2019

Digital Divide

Civil Society Leads the Way in Open Transit Data

Follow Ricky Abisla on a fellowship in India as he investigates how local transit data might best be organized and shared so it can be used by transit riders and operators.

March 11, 2019

Libraries

March 2019 Library Tech Newsbytes

Read the news about cool library cards, the open data movement, the 2019 ALA Midwinter Meeting, apps to better control smartphone use, and 3D-printed houses.

March 04, 2019

The Future of Work

How Data Science Can Be Used to Power Civil Society Across the World

Discover how data science, the process of extracting meaningful insight from data, can help nonprofit organizations of all types grow and achieve their goals!

February 22, 2019

IT Security

Data Privacy and Compliance at Nonprofit Organizations

Data privacy is important for any organization that deals with the use of an individual's data. Discover what creating a culture of data privacy means and how EU organizations are looking at data privacy since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect.

February 21, 2019