Bits: Computer Security, Technology-Assistance Group Membership, and Diversifying Arts Organizations

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

November 1, 2001 | Read Time: 1 minute

The October 22 issue of NetAction Notes outlines computer-security basics for nonprofit organizations. Topics discussed include virus protection, firewalls, procedures to back up information, and security measures for e-mail lists and other computer files. NetAction is a San Francisco organization that promotes grass-roots online activism. To get there: Go to http://www.netaction.org/notes/notes76.html.
The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network, a national organization for individuals, charities, and businesses that provide technology assistance to nonprofit groups, is now accepting members. Annual membership fees vary according to annual budget and tax-exempt status, and are discounted 75 percent during NTEN’s first year of operation. To get there: Go to http://www.nten.org.
Arts4AllPeople, a Web site developed by Wallace-Reader’s Digest Funds, in New York, shares stories about arts organizations that have reached out to new members to build a more diverse audience for their performances. To get there: Go to http://www.arts4allpeople.org.

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NICOLE WALLACE

Features Editor

Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.