Non-profits save money, go green with virtual meetings

How can virtual meetings help your organization lower costs and reduce environmental damage at the same time? TechSoup, the “Technology Place for Non-profits” has a very rich resource and how to’s for virtual meetings.

Here are some other TechSoup nonprofit virtual meeting resources:

• Web-Conferencing Tools: Right for You? How to pick a package that meets your needs
• TechSoup’s Web-Conferencing Software Comparison Chart (Excel)
  
• TechSoup forum discussion: What Web-conferencing tools have you used?
• TechSoup Stock ReadyTalk product information. ReadyTalk is available to qualifying nonprofits on TechSoup Stock for an administrative fee of $45 for a one-year subscription.

There are many other options of software and Web-hosted conferencing services available, plus programs like Second Life, where “avatars” from organizations are meeting regularly in places like TechSoup’s Nonprofit Commons. Explore the options that will work best for your organization — not only to lower your travel and fuel costs but to lower your carbon footprint too.

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