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Clearing Up the Cloud at NTEN's Nonprofit Cloud Computing Summit

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I was lucky enough to attend NTEN's Nonprofit Cloud Computing Summit on Monday, August 29. I personally liked the definition presenter Peter Campbell, of Earthjustice , used: an outsourced platform, application, or suite of applications delivered over the Internet. The cloud is available anywhere you have an Internet connection.

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Creating Strong Passwords

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The recent theft of confidential documents from Twitter's Google Docs account points out the dangers of insecure passwords. NTEN's blog discusses the details of the break-in and lessons we should learn from it. A 2007 NTEN post provided suggestions and resources for creating strong passwords and establishing a password policy.

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Nature vs. Nuture, or Why You Should Follow Your Gut on the Social Web

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Photo: johncabrerea@att.net I've been crafting the "official" NTEN Social Media Strategy. It has its own Google Doc.) I scoured the internet for resources. It benefits the organization to have it written down in one place, where everyone on staff can see our plan, as opposed to storing it in the collective NTEN brain.

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New Book: How To Implement Multichannel Online Campaigns

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Internet Director. Encourage brainstorming. Web Producer.

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Happy Earth Day! 7 Ways to Green Your Technology

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This fantastic doc from MIT will walk you through your office to help you pinpoint places where you can do more to help Mother Earth. Did you know that the age of the Internet has actually increased our paper consumption ? The first step is to admit you have a problem, right? Print green. Bonus: it will save you money too!

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Easy Credit Card Payments for Your Nonprofit (Sharing the NTC Bookstore Experience)

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Reconciling the transactions could be easier, but you can download the data from your online Square sales record into an Excel doc. Money is transferred to your Square account, and then deposited directly to your bank account at the end of the day. In the end, we have a couple of suggestions for improvements.

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Platforms break open!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. Here’s a quick overview of both initiatives. Appreciating you!

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