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Aligning Your IT Needs With Your Org's Mission (or, Doc Brown to the Rescue)

NTEN

In Back to the Future , Doc Brown gets the cable plugged in -- yes, just in time. But the goal of IT alignment is to use technology to support and enhance the work you do to meet your mission. There's a trope in many a science-fiction movie: you need to fix the tech to save the day.

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Tech Across Your Org: Social Media Collaboration Across the NYC Elder Abuse Center

NTEN

Team meetings The entire social media team participates in bi-weekly telephone calls to address "big picture" issues related to NYCEAC's social media strategy, knowledge-sharing, and training; the minutes are captured in an ongoing social media team meetings Google doc for the entire social media team to access.

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How Can Volunteer Coordinators Help Their Organizations Become Networked Nonprofits?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

At the same time, volunteer service organizations need to rethink how they work and what technology they use. Training could also be done virtually with videos or through shared docs on a wiki. There’s no doubt that social networks are allowing organizations to connect with and recruit non-traditional volunteers in new ways.

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[VIDEO] How to Get a Return on Your Nonprofit Technology Investment

Bloomerang

If you’re looking at your technology budget and wondering whether you’re getting your money’s worth, join Digital Strategist & Technology Coach Maureen Wallbeoff and learn exactly how to harness the power of your technology to help your organization grow. They’re just technology.” ” I love it.

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Can Nonprofit Organizations Work More Like Clouds? How?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

technologies, everyone in your organization has more opportunities to speak for your organization than ever before. I think there's a portion of ppl in our org who are "cloud" people, but upper mgmt still resists it, hence a clash.". We use google docs, chat, spreadsheets etc. Ah, a delicious new word: WIREARCHY . "

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2014 NTC Report: The Wins, The Fails, The Ideas for 2015

NTEN

I can''t believe that just one month ago we were wrapping up the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, D.C. It was interesting to see the wide variety of technology companies and what they offer. Whew.for a “technology conference,” this certainly is a heart-fest. and debriefed a whole lot of the NTC.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

New computer and internet technologies would facilitate direct connections between individual users anywhere in the world, using web- based platforms provided by companies like Craigslist, eBay, Airbnb, Uber, and Grubhub. It was the early stirrings of what we now call the “platform economy.”. What’s not to like? Not So Rosy After All.

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