Email marketing is CHEAP and EFFECTIVE means to marketing in a nonprofit but there is a wrong way to do it. This article outlines the importance of not upsetting people with SPAM. A targeted, restrained outreach is more effective in the long run.

Twitter can have an impact and this article outlines the ways

This recaps an innovative approach to marketing the mission of a nonprofit in contrast to selling a product.

Brief tips on keeping a better website for a non-profit organization.

Internet censorship, Internet free? This is a good representation of internet censorship and the motives behind them that is a good visual presentation

The Guide to Managing ICT in the Voluntary and Community Sector is produced by the ICT Hub to help voluntary and community organisations (VCOs) make best use of information communication technologies (ICTs).The guideis intended particularly for staff and volunteers from small and medium-sized organisations and especially for those people who don't

January 17th Topic for our class,

The shared IP is a good affordable choice... Nexcess.net was mentioned but there certainly others that would offer a comparable cost of 135.00 per year. You do have to shop wisely and avoid pitfalls in certain offers. Typically there is cost overruns when a certain amount of traffic is achieved. It would be imperative to understand what your anticipated traffic is and exactly how much you could afford. Some of these plans are designed to pigeon-hole the consumer. It would be considered a good problem to need a higher traffic plan at 270.00 because the investment should return much more than cost.

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.

Someone needs to stay on this mission, inside or outside of the organization. The only way to keep things current is to keep someone watching over the process. A failure to monitor your IT investments is a colossal waste of the investment. Social media is a long-term obligation if you want to participate. This article also recommends that interns shouldn't overlook this process. You want to choose an associate for the long-term but it is ok to choose someone outside of the organization if they understand what is required.

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

This is an interesting new breakthrough in technology available to select non-profit institutions worldwide. An innovation in phone communication (dubbed TERA) allows a relief-aid agency to interact and listen to phone users within a specific region or neighborhood. They can still field calls from everywhere but they can target where they send information. The controlled application of information deployment allows for information delivery relevant to the recipients as a group. Text messaging is used which is easy on the user to interact. This creates a powerful interaction of communication between victims and the aid provider in an emergency. There is probably a myriad of different applications for this new SMS application using the same platform of delivery. It would be conceivable that the application may be available to others upon request for free. The creator (Trilogy) has issued a free license for deployment throughout the world to the IFRC. The speed, relevance and effectiveness of aid delivery are deeply enhanced with this communication tool. TERA also sorts the calls on a variety of factors and creates immediate prioritization for the responders within the institution. Other uses for TERA already include public health promotion, disease prevention campaigns. The most promising deployment of this new system will be in areas where disasters are the most probable.