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This website gives some good statistics on facebook and how non profits can use and benefit from it.

This article explains how a database helps your organization save more then just money. Databases bring potential fundraising and more program control. It will alow your organization to grow and is a great way for communication. So a database is more then just saving on money and paper.

An example of two volunteer-based organizations merging together for mutual benefits, and to maximize their ability to serve their client base. Taking the best of both worlds and combining them should create synergy. 

Charity Technology Trust helps nonprofits save money on software. They give tips to your organization so that more money is coming in. They receive donated hardware from places like microsoft and sell it to nonprofits for cheap. roughly, 6,000 charities have benefited from CTT

Although this article talks about business and government, it nonetheless provides very useful information in regards to the use of technology in the government. If the public information that is being taken by the government and seemingly used very little can prove to have benefits to society when used in an efficient and accessible way. These benefits can affect an individual, a business, or a non-profit in numerous ways.

Microsoft Community Affairs and TechSoup recently hosted a webinar focused on how moving to the cloud can benefit nonprofits.

This article talks about why the cloud is good for non-profits.

The nonprofit sector is in a bit of a technology evolution/revolution. As the industry looks to reduce costs, increase efficiency and engage with constituents that are living lifestyles that embrace mobile, digital and social technologies as never before. It is here that the benefits and options that cloud computing brings to the table are clear.

The Apple iPad, one of apple's hottest sellers, is seeing frequent use by those in the government sector. With the seemingly endless amount of apps available for use with the iPad, many help government workers to become more efficient. The apps that are seeing the most use include twitter, quick office, evernote and flipboard. Twitter is helpful to disperse quick messages to others in the work place, and obviously has social networking benefits as well. Quick Office is seeing a lot of use as a microsoft office productivity tool. Evernote allows the user to take notes, record sound bytes, add pictures and video, and other helpful pieces of information into one "note" that is easily dispersed to others in one piece, together. Flipboard is presented almost as a "personal magazine", where feeds from social networking sites and other sites the user selects appear directly on the iPad's interface.

This article explains the strategy and benefits of printing from the cloud platform.

This article announces the entry of cloud connect toolbars. Google is using Google docs to get access to more information and are offering some organization in return. The expected benefits of adding the toolbar are explained.

"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."

It is becoming more common to see non-profits using some form of social media when marketing for their organization. . Social media helps in creating relationships, in making their organization known, and by getting feedback from stakeholders. This has helped social media become a popular and effective way of fundraising for non-profits.

It's greta to see how many students are benefitting from such projects

People giving donations online. Easy as 1-2-3 for givers and non-profits.

Being online has a benefit after all

This article describes the trend in online giving which is becoming more popular since Haiti. Online giving represents a considerable amount of donations, and has grown by 35% in 2010.

I can imagine how many people benefited from this free service.

Having electronic libaries might benefit NPOs