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This article emphasizes the need for a nonprofit to get excellent functionality out of a website and worry about looks second. The website is critical in importance before social networking can even be considered. The IT assets of a nonprofit should be built in a definite order.

This post is an article linking to a series that outlines the building of IT assets in a nonprofit organization

This article is very useful in outlining the pyramid of achievements a small nonprofit should be looking to achieve step by step. IT asset building starts with the mission statement and choosing the people who will implement your strategies.

This post is an article linking to a series that outlines the building of IT assets in a nonprofit organization

This article explains how you should go about designing a logo for the nonprofit organization you represent

Before an organization gets to Twitter and other social media they will have to have settled on a logo. This article critiques 25 powerful and unique logos and how they send their message

This article answers some questions about Twitter. What is a Twitter profile, it's value, and how will you use it??

Describes how impossible it is to shutdown internet service. I'm actually quite unconvinced that it isn't possible but would the creator give up the switch?

This one was more out of curiosity

Only 16% of nonprofits expect to be ready for mobile devices in 2011 so there is tremendous opportunity in 84% of nonprofits. Mobile web use increased 230% from 2008 to 2009 which indicates that many more people are impressed with mobile computing devices and it is here to stay for a while. Websites without mobile connectivity are essentially going to be out-of-date now.

This is supplementary to our first reading assignment which outlines where we are are and where we are going in nonprofit technology

A staring point on setting up an email campaign in concert with a website. It is quickly apparent how many things are connected to and or dependent on a successful website in a successful nonprofit. Email marketing can be done without a website but it is going to have more value in conjunction with the website definitely.

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.

This is a nice list of useful cutting edge mobile tools. Mobile web seems to have the most immediate impact potential in the sector for 2011. I personally like bump with lets you share contact lists instantly. There is so many new mobile applications coming out that you need to hunt.

Mobile is where all the growth is

article subtitle: Labor board says discussing work with others is a right.  Key issues highlighted with article quotes: "Schools and other employers should think twice before trying to restrict workers from talking about their jobs on Facebook or other social media." "The National Labor Relations Board sued the company last year, arguing the worker's negative comments were protected speech under federal labor laws."

Interesting, but please help me understand how this connects to nonprofit or government use of technology. Sometimes such announcements do have an impact, but if it isn't evident, please explain the connection with a comment! Thanks!

I found this article to be interesting. In the past few elections we have seen the use of social media soar. I think this is a great opportunity for an average person to be able to get the opportunity to ask questions that are meaningful to the general public. Prior to YouTube and Facebook it would seem nearly impossible for a question that we have to be answered by the President of the United States in a live news conference. Technology makes this possible.

Hot off the press from a government media source. Worthwhile read.

This outlines new technologies, in the form of mobile communications, that the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Trilogy International have collaborated on. It is now possible for global aid organizations to communicate with local agencies and individuals who may be in great need by way of text messages.

SMS phone application created for relief efforts in Haiti is going worldwide soon!

This article is increasingly helpful for NPO's who are burdened by e mail. There are several strategies outlined which seek to make e mail a more organized, and, thus effective, tool.

A survey about mobile text messaging found that 86% of donors said they would donate again in the future, either through text messages or some other form of online giving. Most people had a positive experience with donating through a mobile phone and would like to recieve notices about the charity they were donating to. Future predictions say mobile phone donating is going to continue to grow in popularity.