Bits: ‘Nonprofit Internet Strategies’ Offers Advice on Using E-mail and the Internet to Raise Money
A new book, Nonprofit Internet Strategies, discusses how nonprofit organizations can use e-mail and the Internet to raise money, conduct advocacy campaigns, and build better relationships with their supporters. For more information: Go to http://www.wiley.com. The Community Technology Centers’…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Project Studies Nanotechnology and Policy
Technological advances are making it increasingly possible for scientists and engineers to work with precision at a scale of one-billionth of a meter. But nanotechnology, as such advances are known, carries potential risks as well as benefits, and has public-policy implications. Such issues have…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Technology Updates Town-Hall Debates
A Washington organization that uses technology to bring the traditional town-hall meeting into the 21st century is about to tackle its biggest project yet. AmericaSpeaks is organizing two meetings of 1,000 people each -- one in November and the other next year -- as part of a broad philanthropic…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Tips for Getting Past ‘Us and Them’ Culture for Shared Technology Projects
Putting a shared-technology project in place -- and getting affiliates to use it -- can be a tall order ALSO SEE:Bridging Old DividesHelping 1 Million Kids: How a Charity Plans to Reach Ambitious Goal for national charities, whether the project in question is a common fund-raising database,…
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Features Editor
Helping 1 Million Kids: How a Charity Plans to Reach Ambitious Goal
Becoming a volunteer at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern New Mexico used to be a lengthy, cumbersome process. When people called to inquire, ALSO SEE:Bridging Old DividesTips for Getting Past ‘Us and Them’ Culture for Shared Technology Projects the Santa Fe organization sent them a package of…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Shared technology tightens relationships among affiliatesThe Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America had long wanted to bring all of the information about its donors together ALSO SEE:Helping 1 Million Kids: How a Charity Plans to Reach Ambitious GoalTips for Getting Past ‘Us and Them’ Culture for…
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Features Editor
Blending Business With Charity Can Be ‘Head-Busting’ Work
Milwaukee To solve the social problems facing the United States, nonprofit organizations need to forge new kinds of relationships with the corporate world, Jeffrey B. Swartz, chief executive officer of the Timberland shoe and apparel company told more than 550 nonprofit and business leaders…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bloggers Talk Up Benefits of Web Logs to Charities
Chicago Web logs -- online journals that are frequently updated with news, commentary, photographs, or links to other information -- can be a powerful tool to help charities raise money, attract volunteers, and “personalize the nonprofit experience,” Mena Trott, a software executive, told nearly…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: Groundspring.org Names Joseph Mouzon Executive Director
The SBC Foundation, the philanthropic arm of SBC Communications, is accepting applications for its 2005 technology grant program for projects in education, community development, health and human services, or arts and culture. Applications for the SBC Excelerator program are due June 15. For more…
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Features Editor
Relief Groups Test Communications Suitcase
Aid organizations providing relief after the earthquake and tsunamis in Indonesia have tested a new tool -- a 50-pound suitcase that opens up to provide a ready-to-go computer network and access to the Internet -- that they hope they can use to quickly set up relief operations after future…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor