[Chapter-delegates] Tools for chapters

[Mariam Fayez]

very useful, thank you!
Mariam

On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 2:37 AM Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele via
Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Hi Carlos,
> I'd like to speak from my personal experience and not wearing my hat as a
> Member, of the Board of Trustees of ISOC.
> From my previous experience as a Chapter Leader, if you need to use or
> subscribe to those tools, your chapter can make use of the Chapter Admin
> funding if you don't want to use the benefits of your "Not-For-Profit"
> status. On the flip side, most of the tools you mentioned in your email are
> either open-source or free to use.  However, you can take cost-cutting
> measures by taking note of some advice below like we did.
> ISOC Chapters are usually registered as not-for-profit in most cases in
> different countries. This makes it easy to get tools like Canva, Google
> Workspace, Microsoft 365 for free as most of those companies have a CSR to
> support not-for-profit. So technically, each chapter can get these tools
> for free at no cost that will affect your chapter funding. Please find
> links to the tools below,
>
>    - *Microsoft: *https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/nonprofits/microsoft-365
>    - *Google: *
>    https://www.google.com/nonprofits/offerings/workspace/#!#workspace-pricing
>    - *Canva: *https://www.canva.com/canva-for-nonprofits/
>    - *Affinity: (An alternate to Photoshop) *
>    https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/affinity-for-nonprofits-schools/
>    - *Zoom: *https://zoomcares.zoom.us/faqs/
>
>
> I believe Moodle is open source and you don't have to pay for it. However,
> you will need a web server and a technical person in your team to help you
> set it up.
>
> I hope the information and links are helpful not just to your chapters but
> to other Chapters that would like to cut down cost of administration due to
> current global inflation.
>
> Caleb Ogundele
> *Not wearing any hat*
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 10:32 AM Carlos Vera via Chapter-delegates <
> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Good day everyone.
>>
>> I think isoc should give us tools that can be accessed with corporate
>> licenses... example chatPGT and its AI variants, Canva, Moodle, Microsoft,
>> office tools, some CMS, elearning platforms, etc, etc.
>>
>> These super useful tools are not available to the chapter, but they may
>> be available to isoc HQ and maybe for free.. to share with Chapters for our
>> activities..
>>
>> With more useful tools, then there are more options to work effectively!
>>
>> Carlos Vera
>> Isoc Ecuador
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