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Day 1 (6 December 2011)
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TechSoup Asia
Malaysia Launch
December 6, 2011
Mike Yeaton
Vice President, TechSoup Asia
September 7, 2011
Who We Are
• TechSoup Global (TSG) is a 23 year old Nonprofit (501c3) based in San Francisco
• We are working toward a time when every social benefit organization on the planet has the technology resources and knowledge they need to operate at their full potential.
• TechSoup Asia is a program of TechSoup Global in collaboration with regional and Malaysian NGOs: • Connecting Up Australia
• Hong Kong Council of Social Services
• Frontier Foundation of Tawian
• Two new Malaysian NGO partners!
• We are run by and for nonprofits
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Where We Are
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TSG operates in 38 countries across the globe • Australia, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel,
Italy, Japan, Kenya, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain,
Sweden, Taiwan, UK, and USA – and now Malasyia!
TSG: WHAT WE DO TSG partners with a global network of technology
providers to deliver product donations to NGOs
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• SlideRocket
• Society for Nonprofit
Organizations
• Telosa
• VolunteerMatters
• WebGecko
• Wikispaces
• Acclivity
• Alpha Software
• Atlas Business Solutions
• Azavea
• BetterWorld Telecom
• Blackbaud
• Bytes of Learning
• Caspio
• CitySoft
• ClickTime
• Comodo
• Concentric
• DonorPerfect
• DYMO
• easyLearning
• eTapestry
• Exclaimer
• FileMaker
• Flickr
• Flip Video
• FluidSurveys
• GiftWorks
• IKON
• InterConnection
• Mailshell
• NOZA
• NPC
• Palo Alto Software
• ReadyTalk
• Red Earth
• Redemtech
• Seagate
•TSG has 48 technology donor partners.
The Impact of Product Donations (since 2002)
TSG enabled NGOs to save more
than US$2.4 billion
TSG served more than 152,000
NGOs
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SOLS 247 Change Outcomes for Youth in
Malaysia with Help from Microsoft and TechSoup
• “Along with a good character and leadership skills,
computer literacy is
fundamental to securing a
good job and to have brighter, more holistic future” –
Raj Ridvan Singh
• “I understand more about how
to use computers effectively now! I want to use my
knowledge in schools, to
teach IT!” - Peirres
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Today we launch TechSoup Asia in Malaysia
What this means for nonprofits in Malaysia:
• Product donations from Microsoft, Symantec and SAP with more donors to follow • Affordable access to high quality technology
• Access to expanded content and new community support resources • Through techsoup.asia website and soon to come meetups
• We welcome two new nonprofit members to the TechSoup Global Network: • Yayasan Salam Malaysia
• SOLS 247
• A huge thank you to Microsoft for sponsoring the launch of TechSoup in Malaysia!
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To Learn More:
• Visit www.techsoup.asia and register
• Follow us through our newsletter, RSS, Facebook
and Twitter
• Presentation will be on www.slideshare.net –
search for “techsoup asia” or “Mike Yeaton”
• Find myself or my colleague Doug Jacquier at the
conference
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