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Meritel Group has become TechSoup Member
Meritel Group as a member of TechSoup Organization Member offers with onsite, remote, network, LAN/WAN, web development, VoIP and security support solutions to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations.

Mission:
TechSoup is a comprehensive information source and conduit that enables nonprofits to make appropriate, cost-effective technology decisions that increase their ability to serve their missions..

Background:
CompuMentor is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help other nonprofits find and adopt the technology they need to more effectively serve their constituents. CompuMentor has been around since 1987 helping nonprofits and schools with a mentor-matching program and hands-on consulting help in the Bay Area and currently have more than 110 staff members and an annual budget of about $13.5 million.

Nonprofit workers, most of them "accidental techies," don't have time to search for nonprofit-relevant technology information, which is scattered all over the Web. To simplify that search, CompuMentor, a nonprofit technology provider based in the Bay Area, drew on its many years of experience in giving technology advice and guidance to create a nonprofit tech portal: TechSoup. TechSoup, along with its TechSoup Stock technology product donation distribution service, has helped CompuMentor expand its services to tens of thousands nonprofits in the U.S. and around the globe.

Who We Are:
Five years ago, TechSoup was launched (www.techsoup.org), which hosts an online magazine, discussion forums, events calendar, free downloads database, and other resources -- all geared towards helping nonprofits make better technology decisions.

TechSoup is now embarking on a grand initiative to redesign and expand their site, content, and services with innovative technologies in order to better serve the nonprofit community. TechSoup is also reaching beyond the original U.S. audience and forming partnerships and relationships with non-governmental organizations all around the world.

Goal :
The goal of the TechSoup project is to provide a single point of entry through which individual nonprofits can access the technical information now present on the Web. TechSoup catalogs, editorializes and presents in a straightforward manner the enormous volume and range of this information which otherwise would overwhelm and mystify nonprofit managers and staff.

Features:
The six main feature areas are:

  Technology-focused How-To Articles.
  A Complete Services Directory.
 Online Community Discussions.
 Technology and Nonprofit News and Views.
 Donated and Discounted Products at TechSoup Stock.
 Free Downloads, Recycled Hardware Providers and other product resources.

Importance:
TechSoup.org offers nonprofits one-stop shopping for their technology needs. While TechSoup is aimed at small to midsize nonprofits, staff from larger nonprofits will find useful information available as well. This site features a large collection of articles, guides, resources, worksheets, newsletters, and offers interaction and collaboration through its message boards. It also provides DiscounTech, a distributor of donated and discounted technology products and services. Our product philanthropy service, TechSoup Stock, is open to all qualified 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations.

Find out more about our services by contacting Meritel Group at (877) 265-6578 or send an email to info@meritelgroup.org.

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Meritel Group is an Information Technology implementation and support firm offering onsite, remote, network, LAN/WAN, web development, and security support solutions to 501(c)3 nonprofits. MERITEL GROUP PROVIDES SMALL & MEDIUM NONPROFIT CONSULTING; MANAGED SUPPORT; TECHNOLOGY GRANT FUNDING; WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES; eCommerce SOLUTIONS; HOSTING SERVICES; ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SECURITY; AND TELEPHONY AND VoIP SOLUTIONS. Please call our office at (877) 265-6578 or click here for our contact form.