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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. A year later, in 2010, it was even bigger. Maybe you’re a homeless shelter, and you want to partner with a shelter on the other side of town to better track and understand the community experiencing homelessness in your city. 1Sky and 350 merged.

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The Power of Place: The @home Campaign

NTEN

Mark’s work -- crisscrossing the country to tell the stories of homeless men and women -- relies on mobile technology. I met Mark Horvath, winner of the 2013 NTC Rob Stuart Memorial Award , at NTC in 2010. Mark’s work -- crisscrossing the country to tell the stories of homeless men and women -- relies on mobile technology.

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NTEN’s Ultimate Champion: #NTENThanks David Krumlauf

NTEN

Since the NTEN staff has already sent him every piece of NTEN gear ever made and awarded him the NTEN award at the 2010 NTC, we wanted to do something special this time around. Our dedicated volunteers and staff support women through their journeys from homelessness to permanent supportive housing with comprehensive 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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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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Are Mobile Apps Serving the Underserved?

Tech Soup

The EITC offers tax refunds for individuals or families earning $48,360 or less (in 2010). Paul Lamb is the principal of Man on a Mission Consulting , a management consulting firm which focuses on technology for the social good and social enterprise for nonprofits. Image: homeless man on cell phone, artie*.

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

Tech Soup

People's Emergency Center (PEC) in Philadelphia has been using Mobile Beacon quite a bit under a government-funded project that's part of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. They're a homeless services and neighborhood revitalization nonprofit that serves West Philly. It puts them on the path to opportunity."

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