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Information: The Better Half of IT

sgEngage

And that information can almost always be broken down into its underlying data: the literal and figurative bits and bytes that catalog our lives, the work we do, and the world around us. Our environment is telling us how important our data is by how hard we work to protect it. Why pay attention to data? Data is valuable!

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December 2010 Community Builder’s Chat Wrap-up #CommBuild

Amy Sample Ward

We heard from many people that there were too many holiday deadlines at work to make the chat so be sure to add your thoughts to the comments here after reading the archive to join in! Laura Norvig shared the guidelines used for their email listserv: E-mail discussion lists hosted by the Resource Center are not moderated.

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Four Great Resources for Foundation Technology

Tech Soup

Charities carry out mission-based work. Foundations fund and coordinate mission-based work. Things work best when the two sides are well aligned, and technology is an important area where we can do that. are two organizations doing good work to make that happen. Foundations need tech support as much as anyone.

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TechSoup Global Goes to Congress (Again)

Tech Soup

For the past 12 years TechSoup Global has been doing work on multiple levels in the area of electronics recycling and refurbishment to do whatever we can to increase the flow of good low-cost refurbished and new IT equipment to charities and libraries. We administrate the Refurbisher Listserv. We have participated in a U.S.

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Source Codes: The Most Useful Measurement Strategy You May Not Be Using

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Email, Facebook, posting to listserves, your website, direct mail—the list goes on and on. How do you know what story—across every channel—is doing the best job of driving people to take action? Laura has been working in the software sector for nearly 20 years. You’re likely using more than one channel to communicate.

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TechSoup Volunteers During Data Center Move

Tech Soup

Ever helpful, the team got on board to roll up their sleeves and pitch in at San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits that had big volunteer jobs. In the process, TechSoup learned just how much work goes into volunteer coordination (a lot!), Seven organizations were chosen, and then the real work of organizing the day of service began.

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2011 NTC Preview: Let's Talk About Tech, Baby

NTEN

In many organizations, technology is viewed as separate from the work the organization is doing. Start talking to folks who "get" technology--there are probably many of them who don't work in the IT department. Ask on listservs ( ProgEx , NTEN Affinity Groups , ISF Yahoo group , etc.) What work issues annoy them most?

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