With the coronavirus outbreak, working from home has now been enforced among many offices to minimize the spread of the virus. If your organization is among the many who has implemented these safety precautions, we understand that maintaining productivity during these trying times can be difficult.
To help you maintain (or even improve) your productivity, here are essential solutions that can help you better communicate and collaborate with your remote colleagues:
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Event coupons are now available on Raklet. Create coupon codes to attract people.
Using online promo codes is easier than using paper coupons. Simply let your members know about the code and they just have to use that code on the payment page. Use these discount codes to get more participants for your events.
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From leave requests to reimbursements and everything in between, we all know how much work is required when such common admin documents are still processed on paper. What’s even worse, these documents can also be causes of inefficiency as these not only cost us money to print, but they can even get lost afterwards.
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Is your staff spread across several locations? Do you have a limited budget for IT support like installations and upgrades? Do your staff and volunteers want to do their work on personal devices like smartphones or tablets? Are you tired of maintaining an in-house Exchange server? Then Microsoft Office 365 Nonprofit may be right for you!
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The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Credits Programme for Nonprofits provides credits for cloud services to eligible nonprofits and public libraries throughout Asia. The AWS cloud platform offers access to high-powered computing, storage, data warehousing, development, analytics, content delivery, and other services to help nonprofits scale without investing in physical infrastructure.
This grant provides $1,000 in AWS credits valid for 12 months that can be applied toward usage fees for AWS on-demand cloud services, but other select Amazon Web Services are not eligible. Organisations may request one grant of $1,000 in AWS credits per fiscal year. See the Grant Details tab for more information.
Benefits for Organisations
If you already use or want to get started using AWS cloud services, you can use AWS credits to
- Save on IT costs by not investing in physical infrastructure and provisioning only the resources you need when you need them
- Increase giving through AWS advanced services to gather, process, analyze, and visualize data cost-effectively to make informed targeting and fundraising decisions
- Analyze big data pipelines, store petabytes of data, and share results with collaborators
- Equip volunteers, temporary employees, or other staff with virtual desktops on the fly without long-term licensing agreements
- Widen your global reach and deploy your solutions where they are needed
- Manage all of your organisation's AWS cloud services, platforms, applications, and systems from one console
Major Capabilities
Amazon Web Services includes the following products, each of which provides multiple credit-eligible services.
- Compute
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides a scalable, cloud-based alternative to virtual servers for additional computing power, including databases, enterprise applications, and migrations.
- Amazon EC2 Container Service allows you to run applications on a managed cluster of Amazon EC2 instances, eliminating the need to install, operate, and scale your own cluster management infrastructure.
- See the full list of services and learn more about Amazon Compute.
- Storage
- Amazon Elastic Block Storage (Amazon EBS) provides persistent local storage for Amazon EC2, databases, data warehousing, enterprise applications, and more.
- Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) makes data available to one or more EC2 instances for content serving, enterprise applications, media processing workflows, and more.
- Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) connects data from any Internet location for user-generated content, active archives, serverless computing, and more.
- See the full list of services and learn more about Amazon Storage.
- Database
- Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, and Amazon DynamoDB are relational databases designed for quick deployment and management.
- Amazon Redshift allows you to store and manage petabytes worth of data.
- Amazon ElastiCache helps you deploy, operate, and scale in-memory cache.
- See the full list of services and learn more about Amazon Database.
- Advanced Computing: Amazon Web Services provide more high-powered computing services that enable capabilities far beyond traditional IT, including migration services, networking and content delivery, developer tools, and more. See the full list of Amazon Web Services options.
Support
AWS provides Basic Support free of charge, which should be sufficient for most organisations' support needs.
If you want to upgrade to a Developer or Business Support plan, you can pay for the usage fees with your credits. However, AWS credits do not cover support launch fees. AWS recommends that you carefully review the plan details and usage fees before you make this decision.
Choose Carefully
The administrative fee for this grant is not refundable.
Obtaining This Product
When TechSoup Asia approves your donation request, we will send a message to your organisation email address with instructions for obtaining your credits.
Please consult the Amazon Web Services Credits Programme for Nonprofits FAQ for information not listed in the table below.
| System Requirements |
See the Amazon FAQs for each product to learn about system requirements and client support. |
|---|---|
| Ineligible Services |
AWS credits are not valid for any fees or charges for Amazon EC2 Reserved Instances, Amazon Mechanical Turk, AWS Marketplace, Amazon Route53 domain name registration or transfer, or any upfront fee for any service. |
| AWS Account Required |
The recipient organisation must have a valid AWS account ID with the organisation name identified in the Account Name field to apply the credits. If an organisation does not have an AWS account ID, it must sign up for an AWS account before it can request this grant. A credit card is required to open an AWS account. |
| Service Availability |
Please consult the AWS Region Table to view on demand service availability by region. |
| Credits Terms |
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| Additional Service Costs |
An organisation will be charged additional service fees in the following situations.
A credit card is required to pay for additional AWS service fees. AWS recommends that organisations use Amazon CloudWatch to set up billing alerts to avoid unexpected charges. |
| AWS Free Tier |
In addition to the AWS Credits Programme for Nonprofits, AWS offers the AWS Free Tier for all new customers for 12 months following the organisation's sign-up date. The AWS Free Tier is an offer that is separate from the AWS Credits Programme. It allows new customers to use certain AWS services for free up to certain usage limits. AWS recommends that potential grant recipients who are new customers sign up for the AWS Free Tier before they request this offer. Note that receiving AWS credits will not reset the 12-month duration of the AWS Free Tier. |
| Continuing Service After One Year |
The AWS credits provided by this grant are valid for 12 months after they are applied to an AWS account. Organisations may request one grant of $1,000 in AWS credits per fiscal year (July 1 to June 30). After all credits are used or if they expire after 12 months, the credit card associated with an organisation's AWS account will be charged at standard rates for all services used. |
| Previewing AWS Cloud Services |
Free trials are available for the following AWS cloud services. Grant recipients can apply credits obtained through this programme to any existing AWS account, including accounts created for a free trial. |
| Existing Customers Eligible |
This grant is available to current or former AWS customers. Credits received through this programme can be applied to existing AWS accounts. |
| Follow-up Survey Required |
Grant recipients must complete a follow-up survey from AWS after receiving credits. |
Please note: This product is only available to members of the Boost program. If you are not yet a member, you can learn more about the Boost program here.
Zoom Meetings combines video and audio conferencing, simple online meetings, and group messaging into one platform. Zoom meetings run on mobile and desktop devices and in hardware-equipped conference rooms.
This offer provides access to a 50 percent discount on a one-year subscription for a Zoom Meetings Pro or Business plan and certain add-ons with up to 99 licenses. After you request this offer and pay TechSoup administrative fee, you'll also pay Zoom directly for the discounted subscription. The amount you'll pay Zoom depends on the type of subscription, number of licenses, and any add-ons you choose. See the Details and Service Costs section below for more information.
Benefits for Organizations
You can use Zoom Meetings to
- Connect local and remote team members with online meetings that can be joined from any computer or mobile device
- Host presentations or training with partners, donors, volunteers, and constituents
Major Capabilities
- High-quality video and audio: You can stream video at up to 720p.
- Screen sharing: Any participant can share a screen with the group. The host can choose to allow multiple participants to share their screens simultaneously. You can co-annotate shared screens.
- Recording: You can record meetings in MP4 (video), M4A (audio), and text (chat) formats. You can save them locally or, at an extra cost for more than 1 GB, to the Zoom Cloud.
- Mobile features: You can schedule, start, join, and share screens in mobile devices.
- Scheduling from Outlook and Chrome: With free plug-ins, you can schedule meetings directly from Outlook Calendar or Google Calendar.
Learn more on Zoom's website.
Support
Zoom customers have 24/7/365 access to the online support center. Email, chat, or phone support are also available depending on the subscription plan.
Choose Carefully
The administrative fee for this product is not refundable, and the product cannot be exchanged.
Obtaining This Product
When TechSoup approves your request, we will send a message to your organization email address with instructions for obtaining and activating this product.
Details and Service Costs
| System Requirements | See Zoom Meetings system requirements: |
|---|---|
| Start Date | Your one-year subscription begins on the date the product request is approved, not the date the account is set up. We recommend that you set up your Zoom subscription as soon as your request is approved. |
| Discounted Rates | This offer provides access to a 50 percent discount on a one-year subscription for a Zoom Meetings Pro or Business plan and certain add-ons with up to 99 licenses. After you request this offer and pay TechSoup administrative fee, you'll also pay Zoom directly for the discounted subscription. The amount you'll pay Zoom depends on the type of subscription, number of licenses, and any add-ons you choose. This discount can't be combined with any other offer. |
| Add-ons and Options | You can purchase the following add-ons and options at a 50 percent discount.
|
| One-Year Prepaid Service Contract Required | You must agree to pay Zoom in advance for a one-year, nonrefundable service contract. See Zoom's terms of service. |
| Disable Automatic Renewals to Avoid Charges | All Zoom subscriptions are set to renew automatically in a year at retail price. To retain your discount, turn this setting off and return to TechSoup in a year before your subscription expires to request this offer again. |
| Continuing Service After One Year | To continue to receive your discount for Zoom Meetings after the initial year of your subscription, you must reconfirm your eligibility by requesting this offer again each year. If you do not request this offer in time or are no longer eligible, Zoom will convert your subscription to the full retail price. |
| Existing Subscribers | You can request this offer if you already have a paid Zoom subscription, but you will have to create a new Zoom account with a different email address. You can't renew an existing Zoom subscription with this offer. |
| Previewing Zoom Meetings | Zoom offers a full-featured Basic Plan for free with unlimited meetings. The Basic Plan has a 40-minute time limit on meetings with three or more total participants. |
| Credit Card or PayPal Required | Zoom requires a valid credit card number or PayPal account to pay for your discounted service. |
Zoom Meetings combines video and audio conferencing, simple online meetings, and group messaging into one platform. Zoom meetings run on mobile and desktop devices and in hardware-equipped conference rooms.
This offer provides access to a 50 percent discount on a one-year subscription for a Zoom Meetings Pro or Business plan and certain add-ons with up to 99 licenses. After you request this offer and pay TechSoup administrative fee, you'll also pay Zoom directly for the discounted subscription. The amount you'll pay Zoom depends on the type of subscription, number of licenses, and any add-ons you choose. See the Details and Service Costs section below for more information.
Benefits for Organizations
You can use Zoom Meetings to
- Connect local and remote team members with online meetings that can be joined from any computer or mobile device
- Host presentations or training with partners, donors, volunteers, and constituents
Major Capabilities
- High-quality video and audio: You can stream video at up to 720p.
- Screen sharing: Any participant can share a screen with the group. The host can choose to allow multiple participants to share their screens simultaneously. You can co-annotate shared screens.
- Recording: You can record meetings in MP4 (video), M4A (audio), and text (chat) formats. You can save them locally or, at an extra cost for more than 1 GB, to the Zoom Cloud.
- Mobile features: You can schedule, start, join, and share screens in mobile devices.
- Scheduling from Outlook and Chrome: With free plug-ins, you can schedule meetings directly from Outlook Calendar or Google Calendar.
Learn more on Zoom's website.
Support
Zoom customers have 24/7/365 access to the online support center. Email, chat, or phone support are also available depending on the subscription plan.
Choose Carefully
The administrative fee for this product is not refundable, and the product cannot be exchanged.
Obtaining This Product
When TechSoup approves your request, we will send a message to your organization email address with instructions for obtaining and activating this product.
Details and Service Costs
| System Requirements | See Zoom Meetings system requirements: |
|---|---|
| Start Date | Your one-year subscription begins on the date the product request is approved, not the date the account is set up. We recommend that you set up your Zoom subscription as soon as your request is approved. |
| Discounted Rates | This offer provides access to a 50 percent discount on a one-year subscription for a Zoom Meetings Pro or Business plan and certain add-ons with up to 99 licenses. After you request this offer and pay TechSoup administrative fee, you'll also pay Zoom directly for the discounted subscription. The amount you'll pay Zoom depends on the type of subscription, number of licenses, and any add-ons you choose. This discount can't be combined with any other offer. |
| Add-ons and Options | You can purchase the following add-ons and options at a 50 percent discount.
|
| One-Year Prepaid Service Contract Required | You must agree to pay Zoom in advance for a one-year, nonrefundable service contract. See Zoom's terms of service. |
| Continuing Service After One Year | To continue to receive your discount for Zoom Meetings after the initial year of your subscription, you must reconfirm your eligibility by requesting this offer again each year. If you do not request this offer in time or are no longer eligible, Zoom will convert your subscription to the full retail price. |
| Existing Subscribers | You can request this offer if you already have a paid Zoom subscription, but you will have to create a new Zoom account with a different email address to receive the 50 percent discount. You can't renew an existing Zoom subscription with this offer unless your subscription was originally obtained through TechSoup Asia. |
| Previewing Zoom Meetings | Zoom offers a Basic Plan for free with unlimited meetings. The Basic Plan has a 40-minute time limit on meetings with three or more total participants. |
| Credit Card or PayPal Required | Zoom requires a valid credit card number or PayPal account to pay for your discounted service. |
