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A link to after school programs that help at-risk youth that have been started as a product of technology. Spreading the word about creating and funding these programs is becoming either through the globalization of the web.

Awesome online Non Profit web resource and training tool.

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."

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

I found it suprising and really neat that individuals at a specific level of government, like the state level would be recognized for their achievments in IT.

This is just a useful tool for any nonprofit that can go in their blog, website

Probably not what you would need if you operated a LP3 instead of a typical nonprofit but very portable useful tool that your web designer would probably find anyway

Blended Learning, which combines online distance learning and traditional classroom education for K-12 discussed in this article, has potential, but needs help to reach its "full potential".  My favorite quote in the article is: " 'There is a significant risk that the existing education system will co-opt online learning as it blends it into its current flawed model-and just as is the case now, too few students will receive an excellent education,' the report states."

Obama talking about the importance of investing in wireless technology in Marquette, MI, up north last Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. This part of a new White House focus on "innovation, competitiveness and infrastructure as a pathway to jobs and 'winning the future.' The president compared the goal of extending wireless access to important successes that connected previous generations of Americans: the building of railroads and the federal highway system."

I really like the plans he is pushing for. Mobile devices is obviously the current frontier to win. The impact on nonprofit activity will be enormous. Most businesses for that matter now have to consider a mobile device plan in supplement to their initial web design plans.

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.

Too much is too much in a website and especially if you are demanding others to build around you. The project objectives for this redesign were vague and ambitious. This is a recipe for cost overruns. So far no one is rushing to comply with the objectives set out by this redesign team.

This is an application that google offers. It helps promote non profit organizations. The ad pops up on the right side of the screen when someone is surfing the web.

This is a very disturbing truth about social media that you would think people are aware of , but are they?