PA311-2011

The tight controls over the internet in Egypt, and especially the internet blackouts, have caused rebellion thoughout the country and outrage throughout the world. Despite the government's attempts at complete internet control some Egyptians are getting messages out via social media networks in particular twitter.

This nonprofit organization has a fascinating function to the businesses and and it has delivering a change to businesses and community as well. The Nonprofit organizations are businesses designed to make change, and not in the monetary sense. This Nonprofits derive their operating revenues from foundations, government grants, membership dues, and fees for services they provide.

Np time is the technology, that is use for small and medium-sized nonprofits purchasing software, the biggest concern is that it don,t cost too much, but rather not buying the right technology. the smaller nonprofit lack with technology expertise and therefore, the can make bad choices on buying software.

"Real-time brain storming." "Secure & Simple." Rated by one expert as the best of three online mind mapping tools he has seen so far. App can be used to share collaborate with multiple users.

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)

Blog posted article on Techsoup.org from 11/09.

"The argument for the internet being a wild, wild West of geriatric porn and kitten antics and Twitter wars is a good one, but there is at least some sense of an overarching "etiquette" when it comes to navigating the web and social media. Speaker John Boehner broke one of the rules tenuously keeping the web from descending into anarchy and goatse .gifs by adding his own editorial stance to a re-tweet concerning health care law......."

watch this!!!

Our apps in the classroom going to help children or hinder there learning, researchers want to try out using ipads part of the students lesson plan.

Article giving 7 tips on how non profits can use mobile phones to their advantage and gain donations. A good follow-up on class discussion of bar code scanning...

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.

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.

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.