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CELEBRITY PHILANTHROPY ADVISOR BECOMES REGULAR GUEST CONTRIBUTOR TO THE MICHAEL CHATMAN GIVING SHOW   **Portfolio Includes NBA Stars Dwayne Wade, Kobe Bryant & Luol Deng Halleemah Nash is an entrepreneur, philanthropy professional, and youth advocate. Her journey from the streets of Compton, California to Howard University is what inspired her plight to reach back from where she came and make a difference by helping others understand, in her words, "it's not about your location but about your destination."  

Watson, the computer that has recently been competing on Jeopardy, could eventually hold a position in Government. Technology like the such that is used in Watson could eventually help government municipalities with garnering and analyzing data and information and regurgitating back to people who need it. For instance, a person looking to gain a building license could tell the computer what it is planning on building, and instead of having to sift through possibly thousands of pages of information, the computer could simply return a checklist to the person.

This site shows government technology solutions for local and state governments. I was particularly drawn in by the article of about Watson, the Jeopardy game show computer contestant, and how this type of technology could be beneficial to government programs.

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.

Social media presentations collection showing how social media can be used to advance the mission of a nonprofit organization..

The data shows more smartphones shipped than PCs in the most recent quarter.  For nonprofit orgs -- and government -- this is important to notice, because it mean strategies previously focused on DESKTOP / LAPTOP devices or apps may need to be revised.  A mobile strategy will be increasing important for fundraising, for communication, for collaboration, and for advocacy.

This article was good at showing the different ways blogging can inflict cost. You can choose the method which matches your flexibility to pay. $12000 annually will still be more than some can afford to pay. Carrying a full-time employee to manage the blog is the bulk of the cost so some may consider adding this as a responsibility to someone capable in the organization in the interim.

Most nonprofit websites are still at the "before" stage of a makeover says this lover of make over shows. "It is therefore with great excitement that I get to unveil a highly successful makeover from Project Hope. They took their website from dull to dynamic, meeting all the important requirements of a great site."

If you are looking for a new way to learn about nonprofits, other than just reading, why not sit back and listen to Tony Marignetti discuss the Nonprofit world via radio? You can even listen to older streams as well.

Internal emails regarding Ridgeland, South Carolina speed camera system shows profit drives deployment decisions: An ongoing federal lawsuit against the speed trap town of Ridgeland, South Carolina uncovered internal emails last month that shed light on the motivation behind the state's only photo enforcement program. Since July 2010, Ridgeland has allowed the private firm iTraffic to operate a mobile speed camera van on Interstate 95, despite a state law outlawing the practice and a pair of attorney general opinions warning that the photo ticketing was not legal.

There is a Tech for Good contest for nonprofits to show how they are using Microsoft software to do good and Microsoft is donating $5000 in cash/up to $100,000 in new software to the winner.

Microsoft hosts a conference called Tech for Good Contest, where eligable nonprofits prove why they deserve the donated money anywhere from 5 to 100 thousand dollars worth of Microsoft software. Along with it they will receive consulting from the organization teaming up with Microsoft, NPower Seattle.

Microsoft is holding a contest for nonprofits to win money through use of technology and holding a technology seminar for non profits next month

Open APIs (application programming interfaces) are VERY important to look for when considering cloud-based solutions. Think about the implications for nonprofits selecting an online solution... would you want one with an API or not? (BTW... take a look at the APIs for both Google Apps online and Microsoft Office365 online. Let me know what you find.)

This is the video I showed during the 1/31 class re: APIs. (Cards vs. Candyland)

Shows how much we depend upon tehnology on a global level

This article shows how we are beginning to use social media in our everyday lifes. It isnt just youth but older people are now using social media sites more and more

Ustream allows online video streaming for the nonprofit RRP, who's mission is to protect threatened birds. What better way than to have a live feed showing all of the intimacies of endangered birds?

With all these travesties continuing to occur in Japan there seems to be many ideas and techniques to help these disaster areas. This shows yet again the innovations of today's modern robots and their ability to help those in need when it may be unsafe for humans. This is a very interesting article as to how advancements in technology can continue to advance the efforts of governments and organizations to help victims of disasters.

This article shows non-profits how to build a website step by step, as well as how to get donations set up.

A journalist that previously discussed how Obama's use of social media changed the game for political elections now discusses why mobile apps are a key tool to getting the attention of younger generations in new political campaigns.

This is a pretty interesting way that people are recruiting for summer work. It really begins to show the strength of services like Facebook, YouTube, Reddit and many others today.

This article shows how governmental agencies are using technology tools to help gather the taxes that people have failed to pay in the past. This technology tool analyzes the data that has been collected about an individual and uses that to compare the different ways of going about collecting the past due taxes. Using this analyzing tool allows the government to spend less resources trying to collect the taxes and also has proven to increase the amount of past taxes that are collected.