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Does your nonprofit have a unified communications system? Are you using an old-school phone system or have you switched to using VoIP or PBX? What about using instant messaging, online conferencing, or webinars to hold meetings? Are you using VPN to let your employees work remotely? What has (and hasn't...
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Thanks, Dave! You reinforced what I was already thinking; I am interning with the company and second opinions are paramount! If we were to get high-speed Internet connectivity, what would the best free VOIP option be? Skype?
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In one of our travel reduction blog posts , we recommended using Skype for instant messaging and for free calls over the computer (esp. good for international calling). Do you use Skype? Or did you try it out after reading our post? Please let us know how it works for you.
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On Wednesday, May 6th, we presented a free, live webinar for TechSoup on how to reduce commuting and other travel through the effective use of newer information and communications technologies like VoIP, Virtual PBX and VPN. Reducing your need to travel and possibly even reducing your need for office...
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If you're looking at different options for unifying communications at your nonprofit, TechSoup will be publishing a new article on the topic in the coming days. From switching to a VoIP phone system, using electronic fax, phone-to-email systems, or using a communications server, there are a variety...
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Use New Telecom Tools to Save Money and Spare the Environment The cost of travel is expensive as well as adding huge carbon costs to the environment. Join TechSoup’s free one-hour webinar on ways your nonprofit or library can use new affordable telecommunication tools like Voice over IP (VoIP)...
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I'm currently looking into various affordable teleconferencing solutions, and I'd be curious as to what other ones people have started using in nonprofits environments. Right now, I use Arkadin for work and FreeConferenceCalls.com for personal consulting stuff. I recently stumbled across Foonz...
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Any suggestions on software to watch for 911 calls on our VOIP network? We have been using IPCelerate to watch for calls to 911 within our office. That way, we can see if there's an actual emergency and--if not--make sure 911 was notified that it was an accident. (it also allows up to find/train...
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I'm not sure what is meant by the Pilot Program and (for this or other reasons) I may be misunderstanding the question, but, if you can get Cisco hardware through TechSoup (but Cisco has very restrictive conditions), and if you already have ethernet wiring, the infrastructure cost should be very...