Companion document for the presentation "Cloud Computing - The Opportunity and Challenge for European Foundations and their Grantees"

1. 25 May 2011
2011 Annual General Assembly and Conference
European Foundation Centre
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Cloud Computing:
The Opportunity and Challenge for European Foundations and their Grantees
Further Reading and Sources
TechSoup Global: Cloud Computing for Nonprofits
http://home.techsoup.org/pages/cloudcomputing.aspx
Articles, blog posts and webinars aimed at exploring how the cloud can help organizations meet a
variety of technology needs and find the best cloud computing options.
Digital Agenda: Commission seeks views on how best to exploit cloud computing in Europe
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?
reference=IP/11/575&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
The European Commission is seeking views from citizens, businesses, public administrations and
other interested parties on how to fully benefit from 'cloud computing'.
NGOs overcoming the education curve to embrace cloud!
http://www.microsofteurope.eu/skills-and-education/posts/ngos-overcoming-the-education-curve-to-embrace-
cloud.aspx
Article by Nick Eyre, Director Fundacja TechSoup on how the cloud stands to transform the social
sector.
How to Develop a Cloud-Based Integrated IT System: ENCLUDE in Ireland
http://forums.techsoup.org/cs/community/b/tsblog/archive/2011/05/10/How-to-Develop-a-
Cloud_2D00_Based-Integrated-IT-System_3A00_-ENCLUDE-in-Ireland.aspx
Blog post by Eamon Stack, CEO of ENCLUDE in Ireland, which provides hands-on technology
solutions and software donations for Irish charities. Eamon is a software engineer skilled in helping
charities migrate to various cloud solutions that are appropriate to their IT staffing and budget.
Disrupting Online Philanthropy: Technology and the Future of the Social Sector
http://cspcs.sanford.duke.edu/sites/default/files/DisruptingPhil_online_FINAL.pdf
Monograph exploring how networked digital technologies – accessible large databases and powerful
new visualization tools – are transforming philanthropy. By: Lucy Bernholz, with Ed ward Skloot and
Barry Varela / Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society at the Sanford School of Public
Policy, Duke University (May 2010).
An Evaluation of Private Foundation Copyright Licensing Policies, Practices and Opportunities
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/OCL_for_Foundations_REPORT.pdf
Project to explore how foundations treat the ownership and licensing of copyrights for the works they
fund, either directly or indirectly. By Phil Malone / Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard
University (August 2009).
What is the Cloud and Why Does it Matter to Nonprofits?
http://www.slideshare.net/kristine1018/cloud-computing-by-dindo-fernando
Cloud computing presentation by Dindo Fernandes for Microsoft NGO Days (February 2011).

2. The Cloud Dividend: The economic benefits of cloud computing to business and the wider EMEA
economy
http://uk.emc.com/microsites/2010/cloud-dividend/executive-summary.htm
An EMC sponsored study by Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), to help quantify the
impact of cloud computing in terms of efficiency, productivity and economic growth in Europe
(December 2010).
Philanthropy in the Cloud
http://philanthropy.blogspot.com/2009/05/philanthropy-in-cloud.html
Blog post on Philanthropy 2173, featuring NTEN Presentation by Lucy Bernholz (April 2009).
Cloud Computing for Small Nonprofits: Lessons Learned from 5 Years in the Cloud
http://www.nten.org/blog/2010/03/18/cloud-computing-small-nonprofits-lessons-learned-5-years-cloud
Blog post on NTEN.org by Judy Sohn, of the Colorectal Cancer Coalition (March 2010).
Singapore Preschools to Receive USD $2 Million Cloud Computing Power from Lien Foundation
and Salesforce.com Foundation
http://www.lienfoundation.org/pdf/news/2010/SFDCLienFoundationReleaseFinal_24May.pdf
Press release by Lien Foundation and Salesforce.com (May 2010).
Foundations Say Technology ‘Lagging’
http://www.philanthropyjournal.org/news/foundations-say-technology-%E2%80%98lagging%E2%80%99
Article on Philanthropy Journal about U.S. foundations’ adoption of cloud computing (November
2010).
2010 Grantmakers Information Technology Survey Report
http://www.tagtech.org/resource/resmgr/2010_it_survey_report_final.pdf
Technology Affinity Group (TAG) survey of grantmakers on how technology is used in the
philanthropic sector (July 2010).
Global Washington Directory Map Project:
http://globalwa.org/directory/directory-map/
Searchable database of the state of Washington’s academic centers, businesses, foundations and non-
profit organizations engaged in global development.
Cloud for Good
http://www.cloud4good.com/
Works with organizations to create and implement strategic solutions based on cloud technology,
specifically focused on Salesforce.com and Google Apps.
Crowdsourcing Industry Landscape
http://www.crowdsourcing.org/uploads/crowdsourcing-industry-landscape.pdf
Infographic by Crowdsourcing.org (May 2011).
Directory of crowdsourcing/crowdfunding services (typically using online technologies)
http://www.crowdsourcing.org/directory
Searchable directory by Crowdsourcing.org. Many are cloud computing vendors leveraging the power
of mass participation to get things done.
Nonprofits & Cloud Computing: A Guide to Navigating the Nonprofit Cloud
http://www.nten.org/events/webinar/2011/06/21/nonprofits-cloud-computing-guide-navigating-nonprofit-cloud
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3. Announcement of a series of free webinar events by NTEN (June 2011).
The Future of Cloud Computing - Opportunities for European Cloud Computing beyond 2010
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/item-detail-dae.cfm?item_id=6993
Report by the European Commission Information Society (January 2010).
Free Cloud Tools (examples)
Basecamp
http://basecamphq.com
Dropbox
http://dropbox.com
Flickr
http://www.flickr.com
Gapminder Desktop
http://www.gapminder.org/
Mozy
http://mozy.com
Slide Share
http://www.slideshare.net/
Windows Live Essential
http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials?os=other
Presentation and Case Studies
Presentation by TechSoup Global at the 2011 Annual General Assembly and Conference
European Foundation Centre (May 2011).
http://www.slideshare.net/TechSoupGlobal/cloud-computing-opportunity-and-challenge-for-
european-foundations-and-grantees
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