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What is cloud computing?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Changes in the application happen without your knowledge or consent. Companies such as Amazon are creating massive grid storage and computing services for applications in the cloud. Disadvantages to cloud computing Depending on the vendor and the application, you are dependent on them to keep the application up and your data intact.

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Analytics Dashboards: Which tool is Right For Your Nonprofit? 

Whole Whale

Look for a dashboard that doesn’t require any technical knowledge to set up and that comes with clear instructions on how to use it. Integrations : Connects to all major data sources including Salesforce, MySQL, Postgres, Amazon Redshift, – Interactive Event Analytics From Your Data Lake.

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Why Can’t the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector Scale Generosity? #givedaylessons

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The activities for this community of practice included regular conference calls primarily for the cohort, webinars for a broader audience of community foundations, and an online safe space open to any community foundation hosting a giving day to share knowledge and tips with colleagues.

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Run Better Meetings

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Learn more about how to host an effective meeting by reading the booklet, "Best Life: Tips for 2009." so annoying and takes away from being present at the meeting) I'd love to find out where to buy the "Best Life: Tips for 2009" booklet. Can't find it on Amazon. Turn off your cell phones! (so

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

Have Fun - Do Good

I wanted to go out and experience the world, so I went at nineteen years old to the Amazon in Ecuador and ended up working with indigenous women who were struggling because there had been a oil contamination (four times Exxon Valdez) on their traditional lands. Last year we piloted it, in 2009. What was your first step?

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Tips For Conducting More Effective Performance Appraisals

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The 224-page book, at a nice price of $14.99 (now for about $10 on Amazon), provides lots of tips and examples, and even includes the actual appraisal forms used by 10 organizations and associations that are both interesting to review and handy to use as "best practice" documents. Make conversation with your team.

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Grave Work

Non Profit Quarterly

Whether the tasks power autonomous weapons systems raining disaster down on slum districts or else power geographic data for humanitarian agencies that provide aid to such disaster zones is knowledge not available to the workers. The LAPD has used the software around 30,000 times since 2009, often to defend richer enclaves from ‘gang crime’.

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