Bits: A Discussion List for Women in Technology; a Volunteer Group Gets Noticed
Women in Nonprofits, Technology Assistance Providers --or WIN-TAP -- is a new e-mail discussion list for women who help nonprofit groups deal with technology, either as an employee or as a volunteer. The list grew out of discussions at a conference of nonprofit technology experts. To subscribe: Go…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Low-Tech Message Board Offers Access to High-Tech Experts
By NICOLE WALLACEHelping.org and TechSoup -- two of the most savvy organizations on the ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Organizations Are Starting to Put Online Events to the TestBringing Home the Pain of Homelessness With a Webcast to Schools in 35 StatesCARE Turns to Interactive Technology to Link Donors to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Kaiser Foundation Broadcasts Health-Policy Debates –Â Even the Boring Ones
By NICOLE WALLACEDrew Altman, president of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, doesn’t ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Organizations Are Starting to Put Online Events to the TestBringing Home the Pain of Homelessness With a Webcast to Schools in 35 StatesCARE Turns to Interactive Technology to Link Donors to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
CARE Turns to Interactive Technology to Link Donors to Charity’s Programs
By NICOLE WALLACEWhen 10 Atlanta high-school students traveled to Guatemala last month to visit CARE USA projects, the charity offered a way for other people to tag along through a “virtual field trip” on its Web site. Computer users could see digital photographs from the trip, read daily journal…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bringing Home the Pain of Homelessness With a Webcast to Schools in 35 States
By NICOLE WALLACEEfforts to lobby members of Congress often take place behind closed doors ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Organizations Are Starting to Put Online Events to the TestCARE Turns to Interactive Technology to Link Donors to Charity’s ProgramsKaiser Foundation Broadcasts Health-Policy Debates --…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofit Organizations Are Starting to Put Online Events to the Test
By NICOLE WALLACEWhile many charities hope the Internet will eventually provide an inexpensive way to broadcast video and bring people together from different parts of the globe for lively online chats and discussions, only a few organizations have started to hold such events. Among the approaches…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Fund-Raising ‘Pyramid’ Goes Electronic
By NICOLE WALLACEFund raisers have long used gift pyramids to plan fund-raising campaigns. Now a Portland, Ore., communications company has introduced an inexpensive software program that allows them to easily generate gift-pyramid graphs to track their campaigns’ progress. John Stuart May, a vice…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Arts Group Trims Services to Focus on Training
By NICOLE WALLACEAs of July 1, Arts Wire -- a program of the New York Foundation for the Arts that helps artists and arts organizations use technology -- will discontinue its Web-hosting and e-mail services to focus on its weekly e-mail newsletter, Arts Wire Current, and on its technology-training…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Online Fund-Raising Help for Christian Groups
By NICOLE WALLACEThe Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability is holding a series of free daylong workshops on Internet fund raising for its member organizations. Based in Winchester, Va., the council is an association of 1,000 evangelical Christian charities that the council has evaluated…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Some Tips for Charities Looking to Lease Software
By NICOLE WALLACECharities increasingly are receiving offers from companies, and even some nonprofit groups, that tout the option of leasing software systems that can be used via the Internet. ALSO SEE:Remote PossibilitiesInternet-Based Software Suppliers: a SamplingA Guide to Technology Resources…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor