TechSoup.org has won Carnegie Mellon University's ArtsTech Award for enabling arts organizations to save over $100 million in expenses to date. TechSoup makes software donations to nonprofits and libraries from 35 major technology providers, and its Refurbished Computer Initiative gives nonprofits a chance to get low-cost, high-quality computers with a new operating system and up-to-date software. The San Francisco-based organization's Web site has a number of resources for the arts, including a case study on how a New Mexico dance company made use of TechSoup to improve its outreach, management and fundraising and saved $17,000. The site's Learning Center offers tutorials on tools like Google Online Mapping, and there's an archive of Webinars on such topics as the successful use of Facebook, YouTube and Webanalytics. Other online aids include Green Tech tips, a blog and a Tech Beginner's Guide. [LINK] Posted by Linda Frye Burnham