Technology Conference to Be Held in April
The Nonprofit Technology Conference will take place April 3-5 in San Francisco. Last year’s meeting drew more than 2,000 charity officials, consultants, and company representatives.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Helpline Adds Text-Messaging Option
The National Dating Abuse Helpline, which for the last five years has allowed young people to talk to trained peer counselors by telephone or via online chat, has added another technology to its repertoire: text messaging.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Contest to Create Social-Good Simulation
A Maryland company that develops interactive training simulations is holding a competition to put its technology to work for social change.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Offered Chance to Win an Interactive Training Simulation
A company that creates interactive simulations seeks to use its technology for social change.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofit Innovation: a Free Webcast
The Taproot Foundation is bringing together experts who, it promises, will provide pragmatic ideas.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Seattle Charity Helps Poor Families Lay Claim to the Land They Farm
The rural development group Landesa says providing secure title to patches of land creates capital and helps families improve their income and their diets.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How a Zoo Reduces Conflicts Among Workers
The Saint Louis Zoo uses a program that distills personality types into categories and makes sure all kinds of employees are included on teams.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Fundraising-Software Provider Blackbaud to Acquire Its Rival Convio
Consolidation of businesses sparks fears about the choices that will be available to charities that conduct online appeals.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Focus on Fun Keeps a Charity Booming
KaBoom, a charity that builds playgrounds, makes sure that its culture reflects its mission with lots of fun events and a yearly staff retreat.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Social-Service Group Adopts the ‘Entrance Interview’
A human-service group in Virginia started checking in with all employees after three months on the job, after it realized that exit interviews were yielding information that would have been useful to know much earlier.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor