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This video was brought to us by The American Red Cross. This shows us that some nonprofits have before very advanced with the technology being used.

I think this is a really good incentive for nonprofits to get out there and use the technology available to them.

Courts are starting to warm to the idea of having video conferencing between jails and courts in order to cut down on the transporting of prisoners back and forth.

This video and the two that follow discusses the issue further. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2011/01/29/levs.protest.technology.cnn

One very revealing panel (in a web-streamed Advocacy Live event in March) included Eric Jones, the top technology person for Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, who provided tips and advice about ways that online organizers might boost their campaigns' impact on members of Congress and their staffers. Recorded  video event posted by Blackbaud on this webpage.

The outline of the 12th Five-Year Plan maps out a visionary blueprint for China's science and technology development. It's viewed by officials as a way to nurture talent in both fields, which will ultimately boost the nation's economy.

After seeing the tragedy that has hit Japan, I found this story to be useful as a great example of how tech can really affect people's lives. Google has provided a system where you can search the name of a person in Japan and find out about their status in the country after the earthquake. This tool is so important for government to use during a national disaster because it allows families, no matter where they are across the globe, to better find out what has happened to their loved ones after such a tragedy. Governments or non profits such as the American Red Cross can use this technology in all types of different relief effort circumstances when a number of people somewhere in the world have been the victim of such a disaster.

This blog has videos and step by step training for charities on how to best use technology for their specific needs!

Nonprofits are turning to media such as Youtube. People could rewatch much as they like and the videos for the organizations are all in one area.

Social media tools, such as twitter and facebook, played a significant part of the overthrowing of Mubarak. With two-thirds of Egypt's population under the age of 30, it's no surprise that internet-savvy, educated, young Egyptians used such tools to break barriers in a country that has been ruled under unjust dictatorship throughout their lives. These tools helped organize and gather the millions of protestors that have sparked revolution in Egypt. Social media and sharing information online has played an almost unimaginable role in this process and certainly poses a threat to governments around the world with dictatorships and a significant proportion of the population who is educated and able to use these tools.

young hacker is holed up alone in his apartment. His face is lit by a laptop screen, monitor split between a live video stream and a text editor filled with code. Fueled by Ramen Noodles and caffeine, he codes away through the night, monitoring the latest hashtags on Twitter, never a few seconds behind the newest exploding meme, instantly transmitting the latest news to others in his social graph. ((This is a scene that is played out in the rooms of countless hackers and their "lean startups" around the world. Only for the past few weeks, it could have just as easily described an entirely new, organic, philanthropic phenomenon: Hacktivism. Hacktivism is the use of hacking and the startup mentality to tackle and support social good causes.

The Coachella music festival was broadcasted live through youtube last weekend, representing a momentous change in the collaboration of music and online tools. With few glitches and little advertising, the concert was broadcasted over three days through youtube where people got the chance to pick between the three stages to watch their favorite artists. Free and easy to access is becoming more and more prevalent everyday with online tools. The streaming video was viewed over four million times. Nonprofits that are concentrated on promoting and advocating the arts and music can look at this as an innovative way to connect to an audience.

This is a video for Google Art, which uses the same technology as Streetview to give virtual tours of museums across the world. This allows for the museums to further their reach to those that cannot make the trip to see the exhibits in person.

This article describes how one organization saved thousands on their technology budget by utilizing free services, using video conferences, working from home, and combining services (to name a few).

Google has a new "Google for Nonprofits" program that offers discounted and free tools, apps and other resources. They even have the opportunity to get grants for up to $10,000 a month in advertising through using Google Adwords. They have created online resouces like educational videos and case studies to help nonprofits.

Nonprofit organization using technology such as social media and video streaming to further their mission.

Los Alamos National Laboratory is a non-profit organization that is breaking the mold for science and engineering students. Textbooks simply cannot cover every topic relevant towards academic studies and have troubles with outdated information within a couple of years. LANL has allowed students to have monthly video chats with researchers discussing new topics and breakthroughs in science. This develops a fresh, interactive way to grasp material instead of burying your head in the boring, conventional textbook.