Computer Support Blog

It’s easy to forget about what happens to old and unused computers.  Technology updates so quickly that people often don’t have time to figure out what to do with their old machines and will leave them in storage, collecting dust for years.  Needless to say, this is not the best use for older technology that often works perfectly fine or could work fine with just a little computer repair.  The Outlook Foundation is a nonprofit that wants to take those old computers and technology and use them for a better purpose.  The charity takes older technology and repurposes it in order to donate it to children in need who can benefit from having access to a computer and the Internet.  The foundation also aids veterans who return from overseas without a job by giving them computers that can help them find a place in civilian life once again.  By giving technology who those who can benefit the most from it, the Outlook Foundation has found a much more effective and altruistic use for the computers that people have replaced with newer tech. Read more »

One would imagine that fundraising with the Internet would make the process simple and efficient, but for many nonprofits, that simply isn’t the case.  Many fundraising platforms, whether they be locally accessed software or cloud-based services, make things unnecessarily difficult for nonprofits.  Some platforms force donors to redirect to another site before they can input their information to donate.  Others have very rigid rules for the types of fundraising they can support, and a significant number of services take percentages of the donations that their platform processes.  Cool person in technology Roderick Campbell founded CommitChange to be a fundraising technology that actually does make the process more efficient and simpler for nonprofits.  Read more »

Fundraising is a major concern for anyone running a nonprofit, school or community organization.  Large networks of regular donors are essential to keeping any of these organizations both alive and accomplishing goals that are part of their stated missions.  However, fundraising is also a complex and draining process.  Building a network, maintaining contacts, hosting events and converting new donors are all difficult tasks.  Even more problematic for many of these organizations, they are not selling a product or service that directly benefits the people paying them and therefore, converting people into donors becomes far more difficult.  Fortunately, there is a cool product called Kimbia that provides a web platform that nonprofits, schools and other fundraisers can use to both manage and optimize their efforts.  Read more »

Even when people don’t have the money to donate to nonprofits and other causes, they are often willing to do anything they can to help.  Cool person in technology Mike Tang founded Raise5 in order to give people an outlet where they can use their skills to raise money for specific nonprofits and charity organizations.  On Tang’s website, people offer services for a price, but with a twist.  Rather than pay the person who provides a service directly, all money goes instead to a charitable organization of the worker’s choosing.  Users can offer services that cost anywhere between $5 and $50 on Raise5.  “Freelance fundraisers”, as Tang’s website calls them, post whatever service they want to perform on Raise5’s online marketplace.  These service providers advertise what charity they are supporting on each posting so buyers know what cause they are donating money to with each purchase.  Anyone who wants to offer services on the site, but has technical issues while creating a profile or posting, can get help from a professional cloud computer support service. Read more »

Thousands of families depend on nonprofit services to get by every day in the United States.  Some of these services are government-provided while independent charities run others.  However, cutting through red tape and getting access to these services is not always simple, and many families miss potential help that could make a huge difference in their lives.  There are online directories that can lead people to certain websites and organizations that might help them, but this is only part of the process.  Many families have no idea what to do to get the help they need once they contact an organization, and not every nonprofit has the resources to guide people through different processes.  That’s where cool person in technology Ray Faustino comes in in order to help people with his tech startup OneDegree.  OneDegree doesn’t just provide families with a list of phone numbers and websites, but guides them step by step to getting the aid they need if they are experiencing tough times.  Those who want to use OneDegree but need help navigating the website can get assistance from a reputable online computer support service. Read more »

The computer programming field looks about as exciting to most people as mowing their lawn with a pair of scissors. We imagine a field dominated by spastic geeks, hovering in lightless rooms over screens full of green Matrix code zooming past their eyes while they somehow magically decipher it. CodeNow is a nonprofit that decided to make computer programming accessible to inner city high-schoolers by making it fun!  Read more »