Dear Partners,

Many of you know that we began our organization as Compumentor and provided services under that name for the first 18 of our 21 years. Over the last three years, as TechSoup increased in name recognition, reach and scope of services and as CompuMentor stopped local consulting, we have dealt with an increasing number of questions – internal and external – about who we are. Are we TechSoup? Are we CompuMentor? How do we refer to ourselves in contracts, in partnerships, with our global network? We’ve talked internally and externally about whether or not we should change our name, our brand identity and, if so, how we should manage that.

World Bank Forays into Web 2.0

By: Kevin Lo
27 August 2008
TechSoup, originally posted at http://blog.techsoup.org/node/479

 

The World Bank, perhaps better known for their highly influential role in international development, just launched a video contest Vulnerability Exposed: Social Dimensions of Climate Change.

They are looking for 2-5 minute videos from around the world that document how climate change is affecting the livelihoods of people in the realms of "conflict, migration, the urban space, rural institutions, drylands, social policy, indigenous peoples, gender, governance, forests, and/or human rights."

All,
Wanted to share some recent press on TechSoup which may be of interest to the partner community.

1. On April 1, TechSoup's own Susan Tenby presented at a hearing of the Telecommunications Committee of the U.S. Congress on

We are pleased to announce the expansion of the TechSoup Global Network into two new countries!

A view of Johannesburg:

Oct. 30-Nov. 12, 2007

The first part of my trip took me to Nairobi, Kenya for a Microsoft sponsored NGO roundtable. After receiving my visa at the airport, I was immediately given a visual reminder that large parts of Africa still run on paper.