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This report indicates what trends dominate older users of social media. The main argument here is whether or not using social media to interact with NPO volunteeers and clients is worthwhile. The research indicates that it is a worthwhile endeavor. The important thing to bear in mind as far as older users are concerned, is making organizational web sites extremely accessible and user-friendly.

I think to a certain extent it is important to incorporate new social media into npo's its a easier way to reach out to volunteers and clients, its mostly about how you as a supervisor manage the usage from your employees.

Whats the best way to research a non-profit before donating? Guidestar! The 990 form reveals everything.

Wikipedia turns ten years old this month. Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that is open to anyone with an internet connection to write on any topic that they see fit. IT is more of a starting place for research on things because of its open user format, but those dedicated to Wikipedia usually come in and remove any nonsense that a person, place, or event may accumulate. The founders of Wikipedia could have easily made a fortune, but in turn decided to make Wikipedia a non-profit, charitable business.

As governments push to adopt sustainable practices, one holy grail is creating working environments that achieve net-zero energy consumption. That's the idea behind a newly opened office building at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colo. Known as the Research Support Facility (RSF), the structure is designed to create as much energy as it consumes, making it one of the world's most energy-efficient buildings.

Modernizing the 990-PF to Advance the Accountability and Performance of Foundations: Part 2 (posted 03/21/2011 to website) (John Craig is executive vice-president and COO of The Commonwealth Fund. Craig is chair of the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, and a former chair of The Investment Fund for Foundations (TIFF). He serves on the boards of the TIFF Education Fund, the Greenwall Foundation, the International Women's Health Coalition, and the National Center for Law and Philanthropy, and on the investment committee of the Social Science Research Council.)

Government resource, great for research.

Researchers have discovered that the iPhone is keeping track of where you go and storing that information in a file that is stored - unencrypted and unprotected - on any machine with which you synchronize your phone. It is not clear why Apple is collecting this data. Data scientists Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden came across the file - "consolidated.db"

Overview "'give2gether' was founded in 2007 by three co-founders, two economic professors from NYU and UC Berkeley, and is based on ten years research on game theory applications and two years of Beta testing with selected non-profits." Offer a 10-day free trial of their service/product. Product Tour, Webinar, and live chat are available on their site.

This strikes me as another press release. While interesting, I'd generally avoid linking to private company press releases, unless there's some clear innovation involved. A press release from Pew about a recent Internet study, or a Berkman Center release regarding recent research is OK. A private company press release should be viewed cautiously.

Our apps in the classroom going to help children or hinder there learning, researchers want to try out using ipads part of the students lesson plan.

This article discusses the changes the government will be making this year in order to stick with budget plans put in place. It also discusses the barriers of government technologies as well as what needs to be done to create more efficient and effective government technologies.

Organization who can validate  501(c)3 status of nonprofits.

Video of Susannah's talk is available above and at the Transform Symposium's website. Plus, a commentary based on her prepared remarks continues is on the website below the video of her talk. Prepared for "Mayo Transform 2010 : Thinking Differently About Health Care"

We all know that new technology is the phenomena of economic sucession. in this article, it talked about how new technology incremental of the grouwth rate especially in U.S.A. for example Apple Computers and DEC, Hewlett- Packard.

CRM and the ipad... google anyalytics is just the beginning, as this blogger points out.

Now we can see little research that has been directed at the management infrastructure for end-user computing (EUC) from an organization design perspective. This study can be reports on the testing of a previously published contingen model in which two different structural forms are modeled for four states of EUC implementation: First there is an organic design it's characterized by a decentralized, highly participatory form of decision making with loose controls, and second is a mechanistic design.

NASA originally developed an LED device to monitor plant growth in space but has remarkable impact for cancer patients. High Emissivity Aluminiferous Luminescent Substrate, or HEALS, has helped reduced painful side effects from chemo, and other radiation treatment for cancer patients.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded $2.7 million to Lockheed Martin Corp. to develop military command and control systems. This system will help commanders on the field track other systems and strategize on the fly. This system will also monitor fighters and their communication and weapons.