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Andrew Frederick

Steve Jobs Taking Medical Leave Of Absence - 0 views

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  • Jobs has struggled with health issues in recent years and the news that he will be taking a leave of absence comes a year and a half after the chief executive received a liver transplant. In 2004, Jobs announced he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and, that same year, underwent surgery to remove the cancer. He took a medical leave of absence between January and June 2009, with Cook taking over responsibilities for day to day operations. He received a liver transplant in 2009. When asked about his health at an Apple press conference in July, Jobs replied he was "doing fine" and "feeling great." Yet others have expressed concerns about the CEO's health. The New York Times writes, "In recent months, Mr. Jobs has looked increasingly frail, according to people know have seen him." The lack of a precise end date on Jobs' leave of absence is troubling to some, suggesting the CEO's health issues could be complex and more long term. Cook, not Jobs, took the stage at a recent press conference in New York at which Verizon announced that it would begin carrying Apple's iPhone. Jobs is expected to appear with News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch to unveil the media mogul's new iPad newspaper, The Daily.
Mitchell Crase

WordPress or Drupal… Which one wins the race? « The Web Squeeze - 1 views

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#website #nptech

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  • Mitchell Crase on 21 Feb 11
     
    If a nonprofit dabbles in web design this is more specific to design choice for the web creator but it was worth the inquiry for myself. Drupal has been proven to better the better choice for a larger organization that wants more features. Wordpress has held an advantage for the smaller startups for ease of use. There is a convergence between the two that is occurring but Drupal still maintains a lead. The problem with the more complex applications in a site is that it will require more maintenance which a very small nonprofit or company would seek to avoid. I generally consider it very difficult to maintain a mobile web solution and keep a good selection of applications running without some expert support. The old standard of a simple website appears to be waning quickly. The choice now appears to be how much work you want to pay your website manager to do rather than determining if you need one.
Andrew Frederick

Google tool helps find Japan's missing - 0 views

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tech government japan mapping

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  • Andrew Frederick on 14 Mar 11
     
    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.
Mitchell Crase

New Tools, Old Problems - 0 views

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#nonprofit #nptech #new

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  • Mitchell Crase on 14 Feb 11
     
    This article talks about a recently legalized alternative business structure for nonprofits to consider. Establishing an L3C instead of a nonprofit seems a better title. This is similar to considering if you want to be LLC or corporation from the nonprofit standpoint. If you are allowed to make a little more profit it seems to be a good choice. The lack of a long track record could make it risky.
  • Mitchell Crase on 14 Feb 11
     
    A nonprofit business structure you should know about
Mitchell Crase

Build A Nonprofit's Technology Assets From The Ground Up, Part 2 OF 4 | Non-Profit Tech... - 0 views

www.nonprofittechblog.org/from-the-ground-up-part-2-of-4

#nonprofit #nptech #socialmedia

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  • Mitchell Crase on 06 Feb 11
     
    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.
  • Mitchell Crase on 06 Feb 11
     
    This post is an article linking to a series that outlines the building of IT assets in a nonprofit organization
Mitchell Crase

Sharing Files on Your Network - 0 views

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#technology #nonprofit #nptech

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  • Mitchell Crase on 14 Feb 11
     
    If you setup a file server at non profit this article outlines a good strategy for your files structure. The use of outside backup and a partition of disk drives should be done from the start. It is a good idea to determine what the activities will be and make the structure match to avoid over searching... Some seemingly simple structures can be a nightmare for maintenance.. A good file server setup promotes sharing which can produce efficiencies..
  • Mitchell Crase on 14 Feb 11
     
    This is really server basics for some of the less technical but it's good advice
Mitchell Crase

Asset Management is On the Map! Cape Fear's Smarter Water Story -- Government Computer ... - 0 views

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computing government

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  • Mitchell Crase on 21 Feb 11
     
    I like this article because it has applications to things like oil pipelines. Whenever I hear of a leak in a pipeline I wonder why technology fails to automate a relatively quick solution. If there is a proper array of monitoring devices responses can and should be automated to provide a rapid response beyond a simple call for help...
Ron McKee

'Donald Duck' Gets Okay To Use IRS Site Plagued By Identity Theft - William P. Barrett ... - 0 views

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massive nonprofits identity theft 'donald duck' gets OK to use IRS site

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  • Ron McKee on 18 Apr 11
     
    "Yesterday, we told you how someone was able to steal the tax identity of 2,300-plus small nonprofits due to a hole in a new electronic filing system implemented by the Internal Revenue Service. Every nonprofit in this group, most with religiously themed names, now lists as a principal officer one William Alexander and its address as the same mail-box drop on N. Rainbow Blvd. in Las Vegas. This happened due to a glitch that essentially allows a nonprofit's contact information to be changed online by anyone who registers on an IRS-designated site with a name-which is not verified-and an email address."
Ron McKee

A Very Brief Primer: Measuring the Return on Investment of Nonprofit Technology | NTEN - 0 views

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nonprofit investment ROI on technology

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  • Ron McKee on 21 Apr 11
     
    "ROI -- or Return on Investment -- is a pre- and/or post-evaluation process and analysis of three factors: benefits, costs, and value of a specific technology purchase over time. ROI can help your organization avoid a technology purchase that is a huge mistake or avoid not investing in a technology that could return many dividends."
anonymous

CRM: What is a good cloud-based CRM solution for a small non-profit organization/NGO? -... - 0 views

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crm cloud it quora government Nonprofit non-profit tech #nptech

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  • anonymous on 13 Feb 11
     
    Great example of crowd-sourced question site to help answer a specific question about a CRM (client relationship management) solution for a small nonprofit.
Mitchell Crase

How To Setup Your Own Email Marketing Campaign | ABC article directory - 0 views

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#nptech #socialmedia #nonprofit

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  • Mitchell Crase on 06 Feb 11
     
    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.
Ron McKee

Court Likely to Uphold Constitutionality of 'Nude' Airport Scanners | Threat Level | Wi... - 0 views

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court technology government

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  • Ron McKee on 26 Feb 11
     
    Airline passengers in the United States understand they will be treated as suspected terrorists when going through airport security checkpoints. Yet nearly a decade after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, airport security has become a lot more invasive with the rollout of the so-called "advanced imaging technology" scanners, paid for with $1 billion in stimulus funds. The scanners - now deployed at about 78 airports - use either millimeter wave or backscatter technology to create a virtual picture of the traveler's naked body. The image is then viewed by a screener  with the Transportation Security Agency iin a sequestered room away from the checkpoint.
Ron McKee

U.S. Anti-Child Pornography Operation Accidentally Shuts Down 84,000 Sites - 0 views

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anti technology Government Internet domain shut-downs innocent sites

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  • Ron McKee on 18 Feb 11
     
    "In an effort to crack down on child pornography, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the seizure of 10 domains as a part of a new initiative called "Operation Protect Our Children" but they also shut down 84,000 seemingly innocent sites in the process."   A clear example of how attempting to exercise government control over the Internet in the United States on a even a small scale can present problems that were not the intent of the US gov. officials & decision makers!!!!!
Andrew Frederick

Nonprofits Just Getting Started On Facebook - 0 views

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nonprofit Technology socialmedia

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  • Andrew Frederick on 21 Mar 11
     
    A new report out from the Nonprofit Technology Network and M+R Strategic Services concludes that NP's have a lot of work to do when it comes to making a presence on social media sites. The 2011 'eNonprofit Benchmarks Study" found that NP's had only around 110 Facebook fans and 19 Twitter followers for every e-mail subscriber. Small organizations will need to be apart of social networking in the near future and there looks to be great potential for growth. Working with a small-consulting firm, I found that utilizing social media is a quick and easy way to inform clients on up-to-date news and activities.
Ron McKee

Hacktivism: Startup Mentality for the Non-Profit Sector - 0 views

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the mentality for startup hacktivism technology nonprofit non-profit #nptech

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  • Ron McKee on 17 Mar 11
     
    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.
Ron McKee

How Secure Is Cloud Computing? - 0 views

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how secure is Cloud computing The Progressive Accountant technology #nonprofit ERP government

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  • Ron McKee on 17 Apr 11
     
    Technology pop quiz for business owners: What's more secure? A. Data stored in redundant back-up server installations (or "the cloud"), automatically updated and maintained, in a facility secured from outside threats. Or B. Data stored or backed up to an on-site tape or flash drive, whenever the company's controller or non-IT back-office staffer remembers to do it - then left in the drive? For many, the answer in theory is A, but in practice, it's B. Why is this important? Because studies have shown that 70 percent of companies go out of business after a major data loss and 60 percent of companies that lose their data will shut down within six months. Yet those unfamiliar with cloud computing still believe onsite back-up is a safe, secure solution. Therein lies one of the most compelling reasons to embrace cloud or ERP (enterprise resource planning) computing.
Andrew Frederick

The Panic Button: High-Tech Protection for Human Rights Investigators | The Rundown New... - 0 views

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Technology humanrights nonprofit

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  • Andrew Frederick on 28 Mar 11
     
    A non-profit out of California has created software for human rights workers that is designed to secretly store data about human rights violation abuses in the country where they are located. There is talk about it already being used in the Middle-East recently. The software includes a 'panic button' that a human rights worker could use that would instantly delete all the files on the computer about government violations. The data is then stored in the cloud and accessable only with a password and secret 'key.' This is a great example of nonprofits working together to fight enormous challenges, with human rights being one of the most dangerous and exhaustive areas of work in the non-profit sector.
Ron McKee

Seven Tips for Techies in a Nonprofit Job Interview (relevant to any seniors headed in ... - 0 views

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seven tips for IT technology in a nonprofit job interview #nonprofit non-profit

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  • Ron McKee on 21 Apr 11
     
    By Amy Potthast, Director, Service and Graduate Programs at Idealist "As a non-techie, I think I can safely say that a hiring nonprofit's current staff may have so little technical knowledge, they don't even know what skills are needed to do a job they want done. This lack of clarity on the employer's part can translate into some confusion and challenges on your part when you apply for a nonprofit job. I chatted with my colleagues on Idealist's web team for pointers to pass along."
Colin Moore

Wikipedia turns 10 - 0 views

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  • Colin Moore on 18 Jan 11
     
    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.
Andrew Frederick

Egypt revolution 2.0: Social media's role - 0 views

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news technology socialmedia Government

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  • Andrew Frederick on 14 Feb 11
     
    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.
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