COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS 44TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

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1 COUNCIL OF MICHIGAN FOUNDATIONS 44TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

2 Your Tech Needs: How to Save and When to Spend What Foundations and Grantees Can Access When it Comes to Product Donations, Free IT Training and Resources

3 WELCOME!

4 DANIELLE OLEKSZYK Chief Financial Officer, William Davidson Foundation

5 JIM LYNCH Staff Writer and Green Tech Director, TechSoup.org

6 Q&A

7 FOUNDATION PERSPECTIVE

8 FOUNTATION REALITIES Budget constraints % of Overhead Subscriptions vs. Upfront Cost Many Staff Wearing Multiple Hats No dedicated IT staff Non-technical personnel managing IT relationships

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10 Our Story We are a global network of 62 partner NGOs that provide the best technology resources to over a halfmillion organizations in over 200 countries & territories. We connect organizations and people with the resources, support, and technology they need to change the world. Nonprofit Resources: Donated and Discounted Products - Free Webinars - The latest NPTech info - IT Assist Discounted Managed IT Services -

11 Product Donation and Discount Suppliers for Charities, Education and Foundations Primary resource for IT product donations and training. Admin fee model Serves charities, foundations, religious organizations and public libraries Affinity Partners program is a new service offering discounted nonprofit services and products Mostly different offers than TechSoup is_affinity_program Nonprofit resource for general product donations Admin fee model like TechSoup Variety of product donations - shoes, clothes, toys, office and school supplies, health and beauty products, sports and recreation equipment, a few IT products Commercial discount IT store for nonprofits Useful for augmenting TechSoup donations nonprofit/default.aspx Commercial IT discounter for schools, teachers, and education Available to charities and foundations through Techsoup Deep catalog, and easy to use Lots of charities get their refurbished ipads Nonprofit IT discounter for schools, teachers, and education (not charities) Deep catalog, but a bit difficult to use

12 TechSoup Donations and Admin Fees TechSoup is a nonprofit that fits in between tech companies and charities. Companies donate to TechSoup, and we distribute to foundations, nonprofits, & libaries worldwide. Most product donations have admin fees for charities. Example: Microsoft admin fees are 5% of retail. Cloud products and services are trending toward discounts - not donations. Admin fees cover shipping, customer service, and operating expenses etc.

13 Popular Product Donations for Michigan Charities and Foundations Standard 2016 (6 applications) Professional Plus 2016 (9 applications) Office for Mac 2016 All come with Software Assurance (free upgrades) Multiple versions of Norton Anti -virus Norton Small Business protects computers, tablets, and smartphones against the latest online threats Cloud based e-signature and transaction management software Online file-sharing, content management, and collaboration service with advanced security New annual subscription service Zero admin fees for multiple products including new Dell computers, Photoshop Elements, Tableau and Tableau training. Useful for frequent TechSoup users Sliding scale: small, medium and large organizations (based on budget) Adobe Creative Cloud Discounted for nonprofits Annual subscription Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver pretty much everything Dell Affiliate Program Up to 40% discounted new Dell laptops, desktops, and servers Commercial grade equipment

14 Free Stuff! Great free online tool for editing images for social media Easiest to use design program (takes 23 seconds to learn) Over 10 million users Google Ad Grants links with Google Analytics Google Apps for Nonprofits online office applications, enterprise , online file storage, and simplified IT management Google One Today - mobile fundraising app Apply to get them at: Free basic version (E1) for charities and public libraries Includes Office desktop applications, enterprise , online file storage, and simplified IT management Apply to get it at Microsoft.com/philanthropy CRM database software NGO Connect - Basic fundraising and engagement management Nonprofit Starter Pack - Basic fundraising First 10 licenses are free, more are discounted Get it at: Data visualization and business analytics software Free for 501(C)3 organizations with under $1M operating budgets Find it at: s/industries/nonprofit.html Free online photo editing from Autodesk Pixler Express is simple to use Pixlr Editor is more robust Find it at: pixlr.com/

15 FREE NO COST

16 HIDDEN COSTS Implementation Training Maintenance Low cost is not always the right solution

17 TRAINING AND ARTICLES

18 NPTech and Foundation Training Resources In-depth trainings and research Much of it is free Partners with TAG Training via how-to articles and webinars Mostly oriented to how to use product donations All of it is free events-webinars Primary IT training courseware on TechSoup Multiple Microsoft courses One of the primary NPTech consulting places in the U.S. Is a nonprofit organization Very active blog Especially deep in cloud migration and Office Online community with deep IT training resources exclusively for foundations Some trainings are free, but well worth the annual fee Training via webinars, in-person regional meetings, annual conference Mostly free resources via their blog, articles, and reports Organizer of the annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) /reports-and-resources/

19 THANK YOU!

20 APENDIX

21 TECHSOUP Impact Together, we build a stronger, more resilient civil society. 1M TechSoup Members Worldwide Over a quarter million in the U.S. $5.8B in technology products and grants employed by NGOs for the greater good $17,400 saved, on average, by nonprofits that use TechSoup s resources 100+ corporate and foundation partners connected with the causes and communities they care about 7.4M annual visits to our websites 700,000 newsletter subscribers who want practical IT knowledge *Source: survey conducted among TechSoup members in 2013

22 TechSoup s Programs TechSoup.org NGOsource NGOk Provides NGOs with technology, products, services, and education at low or no cost. Simplifies international giving for grantmakers and grantees. Connects philanthropy programs with validated NGOs around the world. GuideStar International Caravan Studios NetSquared Provides an information system for NGO reporting and transparency. Creates apps that help communities solve critical problems. Builds local communities for people working in social good technology.

23 100+ technology donors Acclivity Adobe Alpha Software Atlas Business Solutions Atomic Training Autodesk Azavea BetterWorld Bitdefender Blackbaud Bloomerang Box Brocade Bytes of Learning Caspio CauseVox CDI Computer Dealers Cisco Citrix CitySoft CleverReach ClickTime Closerware Comodo Connect2Give Dell Dharma Merchant Services Digital Wish Dolby DonorPerfect Efficient Elements FileMaker GoDaddy GrantStation Guide By Cell Headsets.com Horizon DataSys HR Solutions Partners Huddle Idealware InFocus Informz InterConnection Intuit JourneyEd Litmos Little Green Light Mailshell Microsoft Mobile Beacon NetSuite Nielsen NonProfitEasy O&O Software OneNFP PayAnywhere PC Rebuilders & Recyclers People-OnTheGo PhilanTech Pitney Bowes Quickbooks Made Easy Reading Eggs ReadyTalk Red Earth Software Sage Software Shopify Simple Charity Registration Skillsoft Smart Business Savings Society for Nonprofit Organizations Sparrow Mobile Symantec Tableau TechBridge Tech Impact Teespring Telosa Tint Ultralingua Western Digital Zoner

24 TIPS ON HOW TO USE TECHSOUP

25 Step 1: Register as an Individual

26 Step 2: Register Your Organization

27 Browse or Search

28 Browse by Donor Partner

29 Check On What Donations Your Organization is Eligible For Click on Get Products and Services and choose Check Your Eligibility or go to: bilityquiz Foundations search under Other Purposes and Activities, and then Private Grantmaking Foundations

30 How to do a product donation request 1. Choose a product donation 2. Log in to TechSoup (if you haven t already) 3. Go to your Cart 4. Click on the Steps at the Bottom of Each Page 5. Call Customer Service at , option 2 if you get stuck

31 TechSoup Free How-To Info and Trainings Articles, blogs, webinars, ask questions in the forums, and more

32 Free Newletters Located at the bottom of the TechSoup.org homepage

33 TechSoup Articles and Blog Pieces

34 TechSoup Webinars and Forums

35 Get Help

36 Jim Lynch TechSoup Staff Writer Brannan St. San Francisco, CA 94107