Moving to the Cloud: Pros and Cons
Many nonprofits are letting outside companies manage their servers, but the approach has risks.
By CODY SWITZER
Contributor
Simple Steps to Keep Hackers From Stealing Your Data
The chief technology officer of a California food bank offers advice on how to keep a charity’s computer networks safe.
By Scott Westcott
Contributor
Tests Help Nonprofits Increase Web Gifts and Improve Online Results
A/B testing isn’t new to marketing or fundraising, but technology and new tools make the tests much easier to perform. Nonprofits are taking advantage of that ease and seeing success.
By CODY SWITZER
Contributor
Measuring Social Media: How the National Wildlife Federation Does It
Danielle Brigida, manager of social media at the National Wildlife Federation, offers ideas on measuring social media results.
By DANIELLE BRIGIDA
Contributor
Many Managers of Nonprofit Finances Suffer Knowledge Gaps, Study Finds
Two-thirds of managers could not answer basic questions about nonprofit finances.
By Eric Frazier
Contributor
Hull House Collapse Is a Cautionary Tale for Boards and Executives
The closure of a iconic charity offers a sobering case study of how a nonprofit’s leaders and its board can fail to protect an organization’s best interests.
By RICK MOYERS
Contributor
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
Technology for Good: 10 People Who Are Making a Difference
A growing number of social entrepreneurs and academics are developing technology to combat social problems, bridge gaps between the haves and have-nots, and advocate for change.
Mobile Media Studio Creates Moving Images
Laura Deutch created Messages in Motion to help nonprofits in Philadelphia make short videos about important neighborhood concerns.
Making the Internet More Accessible
Judy Brewer directs a project that developed guidelines for how Web sites can best make their content available to people with disabilities.
Offering Online Learning to Mexico’s Poor
Aleph Molinari has created 70 education centers that have helped more than 200,000 people improve their skills.
Former Mass. City Official Takes Charge of a Venerable Conservation Group
John Judge previously worked in the city government of Springfield, Mass., overseeing a project to turn a 14-acre site into a field that generates solar energy.
By Noelle Barton
Contributor
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
Creating a Foothold for Women in Technology
Izzy Johnston teaches Web coding and other skills to women and also volunteers to help nonprofits develop Web sites.
Bringing Digital Media to Impoverished Neighborhoods
Jacquie Jones started Public Media Corps to expand the use of technology in poor neighborhoods.