TechSoup Tours July 18, 2013

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TechSoup Tours With Becky Wiegand from TechSoup

Presenter Becky Wiegand TechSoup Interactive Events Producer

On Chat Assisting with chat: Michael DeLong and Ale Bezdekian

Introduction to TechSoup – Mission and achievements Participant Polls TechSoup.org Overview – Support, Community, Browse by… Join, Register, Qualify, Get Donations! Q&A Today’s Agenda:

TechSoup is part of TechSoup Global, working towards the day when every nonprofit, library, and social benefit organization on the planet has the technology, knowledge, and resources they need to operate at their full potential. Who Is TechSoup?

TechSoup is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. As of April 30, 2013, TechSoup Global has served more than 208,300 organizations — including over 67,000 organizations outside of North America. We have distributed more than 11 million software and hardware product donations and enabled recipients to save more than US$3.61 billion in IT expenses in 56 countries around the world.

Technology donations available through the TechSoup catalog: 401 Number of donor partners for US programs, including Adobe, Cisco, Microsoft, and Symantec: 63 NetSquared Local monthly meetup groups around the world: 48 TechSoup’s community blog and forums have participation from more than 50,000 monthly NPO and library users. Reach more than 200,000 NPO, library, and philanthropy subscribers in the United States with our newsletters each month.

How familiar are you with TechSoup already? – Very. Just wanted a refresher. – A little familiar. – I’ve read the blog/forums but never joined. – I’ve attended events but never registered. – Not at all… first I’m hearing of you. Participant Poll

Have you joined TechSoup as an individual already? – Yes – No – Not sure Participant Poll

Have you registered your organization or affiliated yourself with an existing org yet? – Yes – No – Not sure – Not affiliated with an organization Participant Poll

Have you requested donated products before? – Yes – No – I haven’t but a co-worker has. Participant Poll

Have you visited any of these TechSoup “properties” before? – Get Products section – TechSoup blog – TechSoup community forums – TechSoup for Libraries – NetSquared – Attended TechSoup-sponsored events (online or in real life) – TechSoupglobal.org – Subscribe to By the Cup or New Product Alert Participant Poll

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