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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

For this conversation, and those to have over the course of the next two days together at least, let’s work from the place that a movement is larger than coalitions. In the most simple terms, a movement is when organizations work with, and not for, the community. A year later, in 2010, it was even bigger. org before?

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Are Mobile Apps Serving the Underserved?

Tech Soup

The good news is that a number of organizations are hard at work tackling the "app gap." " Organizations like Applications for Good and Code for America are engaging developers to build mobile tools with the needs of local communities in mind. Image: homeless man on cell phone, artie*. Bridging the App Gap.

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The Zen of Nonprofit CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services.

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The Zen of Nonprofit CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services.

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Using Smartphones and Portable Wi-Fi Hotspots to Tell Your Story

Tech Soup

TechSoup has some tools that may come in handy. Here's an idea for using smartphones with good cameras and video capability like the Dell Venue Pro touch screen phones for digital story telling: Send someone out to video compelling work that your nonprofit or library is doing out in the field for your holiday message.

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It is an internal assessment tool which helps organizations figure out what parts of their online strategy are working, and what parts might need tweaking. I don’t think we want homeless shelters, food pantries, mental health organizations, etc., And, I actually hope that doesn’t change.

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Road Trip! Fundraising, Advocacy, Community Building, Storytelling and Recruitment on the Road.

Care2

Mark Horvath - Mark’s work with invisiblepeople.tv telling the stories of homeless individuals across the United States has been well documented. He also shared an interactive map on his website so people could track the road trip’s progress visually using a tool called Track My Tour. Trail-blazing Road Warriors.