PA311-2011

some info on the secure content box which can popup over and over and over and over and over if somebody doesn't get a handle on it

The evil secure content popup box terrorizing websites going to the cloud can be stopped!

I did some volunteering with this organization this past weekend. A group of about 50 students from Grand Valley went and disassembled over 230 computers. CompRenew Environmental recycles old electronics (tvs, computers, microwaves….basically anything with a plug) and keeps them from going into landfills. They then refurbish the electronics and sell them, or they disassemble them and sell the parts, or just recycle them. All of the money they get from the recycled electronics goes to education in over 44 countries. CompRenew is a really neat company. Hopefully their idea will spread and more cities will be able to recycle old electronics.

Goodwill and MacMedia both have related recycling / refurbishing interests around the state: http://www.goodwillwm.org/donate/computer-recycling--reuse and http://www.macmedia.org/care.html, respectively.

Responsibly recycle your electronics.

This website works with nonprofits to implement technology solutions for them based on cloud technology.

The Microsoft Unlimited Potential Blog discusses important themes from from the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference. It will be interesting to look back on this later and see just how much things have changed.

This is the story of a man who gave someone $10 everyday for a year after losing his job. He is also going to be speaking at the YNPN conference in Grand Rapids.

Here is the website for another speaker, Rosetta Thurman, who will be at the YNPN conference in Grand Rapids. She is also the author of "How to Become a Nonprofit Rockstar".

This is the blog of one of the speakers, Jessica Journey, who will be at the YNPN conference in Grand Rapids.

Another good nonprofit guide to technology and social media.

This is a great blog for nonprofits to keep up with. Katya does a great job addressing different marketing issues pertaining specifically to nonprofits.

This blog has videos and step by step training for charities on how to best use technology for their specific needs!

This blog not only gives nonprofits ideas on how to do things bigger and better to make a difference. Many of the ideas can be done on an individual level as well.

This is another fundraising site for nonprofit organizations.

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.

I think this is a site in which you can ask questions/answer them pertaining to nonprofits. There is a small reward of usually about a dollar for the best answer.