Talking Tech with TechSoup CanadaHow to save money on your tech investments

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Our mission is to help nonprofitsuse tech effectively.

Nonprofits can save money on tech products through the Technology Donations Program

Register your charity, nonprofit or library to see which products you’re eligible for: www.TechSoupCanada.ca/Getting_Started

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TSGN is a partnership 60+ civil society organizations that aims to improve lives globally through the use of

technology.

Together, we’ve reached more then 735,000 organizations and saved nonprofits more than $5.8 B

(USD) in tech tools and services.

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Did you know that the average nonprofitcan save ~$800 for each full-time staff?

The average full-time staff would have …

$520retail

= $1,064

$80*retail

$200retail

$120retail

Email hosting

$60*retail

File sharing

$84*retail

* Fees are yearly cloud subscriptions for each user

Through TechSoup Canada …

= $178Email

hostingFile

sharing

$55TechSoupCanada

$14TechSoupCanada

$21TechSoupCanada

$76TechSoupCanada

$0TechSoupCanada

$12*TechSoupCanada

*Box offers perpetual licenses for $116 for 10 users, translating to$11.6/user, which is rounded to $12

Desktop Official Retail PriceTechSoup Canada

Admin FeeSavings

Windows 10 Pro (or 8.1) $200 $21 $179

Microsoft Office Pro 2016 $520 $55 $465

Bitdefender Internet Security $80 $14 $66

Acrobat XI Pro $120 $76 $44Email hosting (Google Apps or Office 365) $60/year $0/year $60File sharing or collaboration(Box) $84/year $12 (perpetual license) $72

Total $1,064 $178 $886

… that’s a savings of $886 per person

… which translates to savings of:

for small nonprofits(10 full time staff)

for medium nonprofits(30 full time staff)

for large nonprofits(50 full time staff)

$8,860 $26,580 $44,300

How much can your organization potentially save?

$38TechSoupCanada

$90retail

$53TechSoupCanada

$250*retail

Retail price for 2-user licenses is $500

Perpetual license

$123TechSoup

Canada

$384retail

Yearly subscription for 1 user

$2,000retail

$80TechSoupCanada

1-year subscription for 1 user 2-year subscription for 1 user

Quick overview of the Technology

Donations Program

How it works (before)

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How it works (after)

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Since 2003, over

31,000 nonprofits, charities & libraries in Canada have saved

$310+ million worth of software and hardware.

“Through TechSoup Canada, Big Brothers Big Sister agencies were able to update their software and saved over $500,000!”

Big Brothers Big Sisters Canadabigbrotherbigsisters.ca

Ready to get started?

1. Registertechsoupcanada.ca/join/signup

Any nonprofit, charity or library in Canada can register

Registration is free

Submit qualification documentations

2. Get qualifiedtechsoupcanada.ca/support/how-it-works

The registration, qualification & eligibility process typically takes

2-10 business days

Your application & your organization's legal status as a charity,

nonprofit or library has been verified

Qual·i·fied

As soon as you’re qualified, you can log in to your account & view

your organization’s eligibility any time

3. Request donationstechsoupcanada.ca/support/how-much-can-i-order

Request donations as often as you want

through our online shop

Each donor partner has an

“allotment”

Add to cart

Admin fees typically 4-10% of retail value

$520retail

$55TechSoupCanada

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Pro tips for using the Donation Program

Download your software

All of our software donations & discounts are electronic download only or on the cloud.

Check your email – contains all the info you need

No discs will be shipped

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Know & follow order cycles

Majority of donor partners limit the number of products you can request between July 1st and June 30th.

Your allotment with these donor partners reset on July 1st.

Cycle resets!Cycle starts!

3 users1 user 1 user 1 user

Order whenever you want

You can order as many times as you like, as long as you’re within your allotment.

12 licenses

12 licenses

12 licenses

15licenses

50 licenses

Microsoft has a 2-year allotment cycle

Cycle Reset

Cycle Start

Calendar Year 2Calendar Year 1

*Within a 2-year cycle, Microsoft allows organizations to order up to 10 title groups (with up to 50 licenses per group) and maximum of 5 server products in total

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Track your Microsoft allotment online

You can check how much you’ve already ordered by visting “My Microsoft Donations Centre”

Do you have PCs with illegal, free, or basic Windows operating systems? Microsoft’s Get Genuine program offers your organization a one-time chance to get your existing computers running fully legitimate and upgradable Windows operating systems

Microsoft’s Get Genuine Programtechsoupcanada.ca/support/microsoft/get-genuine

Start saving! See what you qualify for today

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