Ideas to better setup a small non-profit
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The article is mis-leading
"Office 365, one of the leading solutions for bringing your back office to the cloud, is now available at a discount for nonprofits and charities in Canada."Errr, most of the plans are in fact free.
http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/office365-for-nonprofits/ -
@Breffni-Potter said:
The article is mis-leading
"Office 365, one of the leading solutions for bringing your back office to the cloud, is now available at a discount for nonprofits and charities in Canada."Errr, most of the plans are in fact free.
http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/office365-for-nonprofits/Free is just the ultimate level of discount
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@Breffni-Potter said:
The article is mis-leading
"Office 365, one of the leading solutions for bringing your back office to the cloud, is now available at a discount for nonprofits and charities in Canada."Errr, most of the plans are in fact free.
http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/office365-for-nonprofits/Good to know.
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@Breffni-Potter said:
Office 365 E1 is completely free for non profits. Skip tech soup and go direct.
Or if you weren't in Canada, go through NTG. We handle lots of non-profits free accounts too.
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@coliver said:
@MattSpeller said:
@scottalanmiller Exactly the plan, but they don't have money to pay for much of a cloud. I will investigate O365 to see if we can get a killer deal from techsoup.
Turns out they also have a minor access DB, which makes me sad. Should be a good test of a cloud though.
O365 can host access databases.
Yup, it puts the backend on SQL Server and the frontend on Sharepoint.
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This bit makes me cringe:
"Before you can gain access to Office 365’s donated E1 plan, your organization needs to meet Microsoft’s eligibility requirements. Microsoft, with help from TechSoup Canada, evaluates your eligibility during the 30-day E3 trial period. Approvals can take 1-4 weeks, but the process will be faster for organizations already registered with TechSoup Canada."
I don't know about Canada, but we got approval within a few days. No need for a third party. I suspect they word it like this because tech soup get brownie points from MS.
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@Breffni-Potter said:
Office 365 E1 is completely free for non profits. Skip tech soup and go direct.
The article wasn't telling you to use techsoup to get 0365 they don't offer it. It's an information article.
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@Breffni-Potter said:
This bit makes me cringe:
"Before you can gain access to Office 365’s donated E1 plan, your organization needs to meet Microsoft’s eligibility requirements. Microsoft, with help from TechSoup Canada, evaluates your eligibility during the 30-day E3 trial period. Approvals can take 1-4 weeks, but the process will be faster for organizations already registered with TechSoup Canada."
I don't know about Canada, but we got approval within a few days. No need for a third party. I suspect they word it like this because tech soup get brownie points from MS.
Canada is absolutely evil for business to work in. There is no amount of profit that makes it worth doing business there. They screw their own people left and right. Worst working environment I know. Nice place to live if you are wealthy and don't need to work. But if you have to run a business, stay away.
Every technology thing, from getting a server, to regulations, to taxes, to licensing is a unique challenge there.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
The article wasn't telling you to use techsoup to get 0365 they don't offer it. It's an information article.
I think the wording generally encourages you to use Tech Soup, Especially when you read points 4, 6 and 9
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@Breffni-Potter TechSoup is a savoir of our business (and many other NP's I'm sure)
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@scottalanmiller said:
Canada is absolutely evil for business to work in. There is no amount of profit that makes it worth doing business there. They screw their own people left and right. Worst working environment I know. Nice place to live if you are wealthy and don't need to work. But if you have to run a business, stay away.
Every technology thing, from getting a server, to regulations, to taxes, to licensing is a unique challenge there.
Yeah there's a bureaucratic mindset of the Gov that we're not America, and we HAVE to do things just a little different. Bloody frustrating. Then there's Quebec, and I remember how much worse it is and I feel better about BC
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@MattSpeller said:
Yeah there's a bureaucratic mindset of the Gov that we're not America, and we HAVE to do things just a little different. Bloody frustrating. Then there's Quebec, and I remember how much worse it is and I feel better about BC
If I had to move to Canada, Quebec would be my first choice. PEI and NS are great too and NB isn't bad. But Quebec, by far, would be my choice based on culture. PEI on weather and landscape.
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@scottalanmiller said:
If I had to move to Canada, Quebec would be my first choice. PEI and NS are great too and NB isn't bad. But Quebec, by far, would be my choice based on culture. PEI on weather and landscape.
I've lived in Quebec, Ontario and BC - they're all good for different reasons.
Ontario is super business friendly, lots of tax credits and you can even write off your rent payments!
Quebec - Great food, language barrier kinda sucks and they get really pissy about it all the time politically. Montreal is one of the best cities in Canada to live in - very high tech friendly, kick ass culture and omfg did I mention the food?
BC is the playground, film/cinematography center, shipping hub, and tech capitol west. Also the best climate IMHO (lower mainland / Vancouver Island)
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@MattSpeller said:
Quebec - Great food, language barrier kinda sucks and they get really pissy about it all the time
Only to Canadians. For people from non-French speaking countries they are perfectly nice about it.
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Man, I'm close to Montreal right now too. Could be there for dinner!!
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@scottalanmiller Outside of Montreal I found it not so friendly, but my experience is limited
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@scottalanmiller said:
Man, I'm close to Montreal right now too. Could be there for dinner!!
Don't even question it - just do it.
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@Breffni-Potter said:
The article is mis-leading
"Office 365, one of the leading solutions for bringing your back office to the cloud, is now available at a discount for nonprofits and charities in Canada."Errr, most of the plans are in fact free.
http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/en-us/office365-for-nonprofits/Yes -Yes they are. I have used TechSoup for items now for nearly 10 years. Great source of software and such for a NPO.
You don't have to get O365 via TechSoup to qualify though. I actually went through NTG before I moved to NTG, @Minion-Queen, @scottalanmiller, @GregoryHall were all instrumental in the start up process of getting moved over.
If you still need a WebHost - GrassRoots may cover NPOs in Canada as well. - Again free.
