Mark August 15 on your calendar! TechSoup Stock and Network for Good will offer a special one-day discount
(http://ga0.org/ct/9pLRaAn1FEic/) on Network for Good services, which are designed to help your organization boost fundraising efforts and communicate with supporters. Please read on for more details. And if you have nonprofit colleagues who can benefit from this special offer, please forward this information to them.
This month, I’d also like to let you know about two new donations from Microsoft: Microsoft Expression Studio — a versatile suite of tools for Web site designers and Microsoft Business Scorecard Manager 2005 — software that allows you to manage reports on how the day-to-day activities of your organization correlate to your high-level goals. In addition, our featured product this month is Crystal Reports Standard Edition XI. This is the latest release of the popular reporting software that makes data access and reporting even easier for your organization.
If you took advantage of TechSoup Stock’s special event in June to watch free movies on Jaman, take a minute to join the discussion on TechSoup and share your favorite film with the TechSoup community at http://ga0.org/ct/ipLRaAn1FEiN/.
Mark August 15 on your calendar! TechSoup Stock and Network for Good will offer a special one-day discount
(http://ga0.org/ct/9pLRaAn1FEic/) on Network for Good services, which are designed to help your organization boost fundraising efforts and communicate with supporters. Please read on for more details. And if you have nonprofit colleagues who can benefit from this special offer, please forward this information to them.
This month, I’d also like to let you know about two new donations from Microsoft: Microsoft Expression Studio — a versatile suite of tools for Web site designers and Microsoft Business Scorecard Manager 2005 — software that allows you to manage reports on how the day-to-day activities of your organization correlate to your high-level goals. In addition, our featured product this month is Crystal Reports Standard Edition XI. This is the latest release of the popular reporting software that makes data access and reporting even easier for your organization.
If you took advantage of TechSoup Stock’s special event in June to watch free movies on Jaman, take a minute to join the discussion on TechSoup and share your favorite film with the TechSoup community at http://ga0.org/ct/ipLRaAn1FEiN/.
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NETWORK FOR GOOD SPECIAL OFFER: AUGUST 15 ONLY ============================================
Boost your fundraising efforts with Network for Good! On August
15 for only 8 hours, 300 bundles of Network for Good’s powerful online fundraising services will be available to eligible nonprofits for a special administrative fee of only $99 — a savings of over $600 compared to the current TechSoup Stock discounted fee of $725. Find out more at http://ga0.org/ct/9pLRaAn1FEic/.
This substantial discount will only be available from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. Pacific time (11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern time) on August
15 while supplies last. This offer is expected to be very popular and will conclude when all 300 products have been distributed, so place your order as close to 8 a.m. as possible.
The bundle includes one year of these services:
* DonateNow – an online donation processing service to securely accept credit card contributions at your organization’s Web site
* EmailNow – a flexible email messaging tool to send e-newsletters, raise money online, and communicate with supporters
* Training – six live 90-minute online group sessions including “Driving Traffic to Your Site” and “Creating a Successful Internet Strategy”
Learn more about this special offer and Network for Good:
http://ga0.org/ct/9pLRaAn1FEic/
Don’t forget to visit TechSoup Stock on August 15 and place your request!
ELIGIBILITY: U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofits and Canadian Registered Charities. View eligibility restrictions:
http://ga0.org/ct/odLRaAn1FEiX/
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MICROSOFT EXPRESSION STUDIO
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TechSoup Stock now offers Microsoft Expression Studio, a versatile suite of tools for designers of Web sites and Windows client applications, for an administrative fee of $24 (compared to a retail value of $599). Expression Studio includes the following components:
* Expression Web – build Web sites that fully support common standards (builds on Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003)
* Expression Blend – design prototypes of user interfaces for Web and PC applications
* Expression Design – create both vector and bitmap graphics with this illustration and graphic design tool
* Expression Media – organize more than 100 types of digital media files using this asset management tool
Also, Expression Studio includes the Standard Edition of the Visual Studio 2005 development environment for developers who work with Expression Studio designers.
Learn more about Microsoft Expression Studio and place your donation request:
http://ga0.org/ct/9dLRaAn1FEie/
ELIGIBILITY: U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofits and Canadian Registered Charities. View eligibility restrictions:
http://ga0.org/ct/o1LRaAn1FEiB/
Join the discussion on Web development pitfalls that nonprofits should look out for by replying to this TechSoup topic:
http://ga0.org/ct/i7LRaAn1FEiM/
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MICROSOFT BUSINESS SCORECARD MANAGER
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A new addition to TechSoup Stock, Microsoft Business Scorecard Manager 2005 allows administrators to build, review, and manage scorecards — comprehensive reports of an organization’s performance — to help ensure a correlation between executive goals and the day-to-day activities of employees.
Customizable reports are accessible through Internet Explorer and email. Business Scorecard Manager also includes several methods for visualizing data including charts, tables, maps, and graphs. Employees are provided with data specifically tailored to their departmental needs and level of clearance.
This product includes a server license and is available through TechSoup Stock for an administrative fee of $200 (as compared to a retail value of $4999). Every user or device accessing Business Scorecard Manager must have a Business Scorecard Manager user or device client access license (CAL), which is also available through TechSoup Stock.
Learn more about this product and place your donation request:
http://ga0.org/ct/97LRaAn1FEid/
ELIGIBILITY: U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofits and Canadian Registered Charities. View eligibility restrictions:
http://ga0.org/ct/o1LRaAn1FEiB/
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WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE ON JAMAN?
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Now that you’ve had a chance to watch some of the movies on Jaman for free thanks to TechSoup Stock’s June Movie Jam promotion, we invite you to share with the TechSoup community:
what’s your favorite Jaman film and why?
Join the discussion by posting your reply to this TechSoup
topic:
http://ga0.org/ct/ipLRaAn1FEiN/
Jaman features a range of socially relevant documentaries, world cinema, and other genres of particular interest to the social change community. The June Movie Jam was designed to show some of the possibilities of digital storytelling: as a result, does your nonprofit plan on pursuing video as a way to share your mission and connect with the public? Share your inspirations by joining the discussion on TechSoup.
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FEATURED PRODUCT: CRYSTAL REPORTS
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Crystal Reports Standard Edition v. XI provides basic report design functionality for creating reports from PC-based data sources. Designed for business users, the intuitive software helps users generate highly formatted and useful reports from data on their PCs. This latest release, Crystal Reports XI, makes data access, report design, and report maintenance even easier.
Eligible nonprofits can request Crystal Reports Standard Edition v. XI for an administrative fee of $34 as compared to a retail value of $144, thanks to a generous donation from Business Objects.
Learn more about this product and place your donation request:
http://ga0.org/ct/k7LRaAn1FEis/
Also available through TechSoup Stock:
* Crystalreports.com Professional Edition:
http://ga0.org/ct/kdLRaAn1FEiw/
* Crystal Reports Professional Edition v. XI:
http://ga0.org/ct/kpLRaAn1FEix/
* Crystal Reports Developer Edition v. XI:
http://ga0.org/ct/91LRaAn1FEi3/
ELIGIBILITY: U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofits and Canadian charitable and nonprofit organizations. For details on eligibility requirements, visit http://ga0.org/ct/o1LRaAn1FEiB/
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TELL A FRIEND
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As a nonprofit helping other nonprofits get the technology they need, TechSoup Stock depends on your referrals to reach organizations that might not know about our service. I encourage you to take a moment and forward this email to nonprofits and libraries you know that could benefit from access to these products and savings. Since 2002, TechSoup Stock has helped over 50,000 nonprofits and public libraries take advantage of product donations.
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QUESTIONS?
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