Nonprofit Tips
What every nonprofit executive needs to know about information technology
By Deborah Elizabeth Finn 1. A nonprofit CEO does not need to have a lot of hands-on technical experience to participate actively in strategic IT planning. As long as you thoroughly understand your organization’s overall mission, strategy, and tactics (and are willing to learn a little bit about the technology), you can keep your information… Read More
Tech News
Microsoft to rebrand Lync as Skype for Business
Microsoft Lync will be undergoing a rebranding and reemerging as Skype for Business next year. Skype for Business will retain Lync’s enterprise security, compliance and control features while using the familiar, easy-to-use Skype interface consumers love. This merging of brands is another way Microsoft has aimed to increase collaboration and productivity with easy to use… Read More
Nonprofit Tips
Money saving advice from TNB
Nonprofits frequently suffer the hardship of not having enough money or resources to properly fulfill their missions. With over 20 years of experience and service to nonprofits in the Boston area, we have identified some ways that nonprofits can get the most bang for their buck. Have a fundraising event? Use Boston Charity Events! Tech Networks sponsors a free… Read More
Company Updates
Tuan Pham to serve on Microsoft SMB Partner Advisory Council
Tuan Pham, Strategic Solutions Engineer at Tech Networks presented as a SMB Cloud Champion expert at the SMB Nation 2014 Fall Conference in Redmond, Washington this past September. His impressive list of certifications and knowledge of MS cloud solutions have earned him an invitation to join the SMB Partner Advisory Council. Participation in this council… Read More
Company Updates
Tech Networks formalizes strategic IT planning process
Tech Networks of Boston has always been an advocate of planning ahead. “A stitch in time saves nine,” may be your grandmother’s cliché but has long been a mantra of TNB. Now TNB is taking that thinking further — from, “planning avoids expensive damage control”, to helping our clients proactively see IT as a way to… Read More
Company Updates
We are proud to announce we are now a Certified B Corporation
Thanks to you, we have received a certification that enables us to put our stakeholder commitments at the forefront of our business goals. Our 18 years of service to community-based non-profits earned TNB 118 points out of 200 on our B Corp certification. The average median score was 80! B Corporations are a new kind of company… Read More
Tech Tips
Techie Tips: How to free up space on an iPhone or iPad
With the plethora of business applications available for mobile devices, iPhones and iPads have become indispensable tools for busy professionals. A problem we all seem to run into is that these applications, along with the eBooks, music files, and photos take up a huge amount of space on the devices. iPads and iPhones don’t have… Read More
Products and Services
The Help Desk is now our Service Desk
Our help desk support program has been updated and is run by our Service Desk, comprised of highly skilled help desk technicians. For the last 15 years, we have asked our customers: “How can our help desk services most benefit you?” Our Service Desk combines the wisdom of your feedback, best practices from other help… Read More
Environmental Initiatives
CALC leading the charge against the rising flood levels with Boston Businesses Acting on Rising Seas
As CALC looks forward, we see a future for Massachusetts and our small businesses impacted by rising seas. For this reason, we are joining our partners at the American Sustainable Business Council to spearhead the project Boston Businesses Acting on Rising Seas. This project follows from ASBC’s work with South Carolina Businesses Acting on Rising Seas (SCBARS). This project will engage… Read More
Tech News
Microsoft suffers cloud outage
Microsoft is currently reporting an outage across businesses throughout the US for its Outlook, Office 365 and other Microsoft services. This problem stemmed from its Exchange Online service which is used to run e-mail, calendar and contacts service. Microsoft reps issued a statement that engineers are currently working on a solution to the issue. Read More
We’ve created an infographic on the current state of the nonprofit cloud:
