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Security and Privacy in a Web 2.0 world

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

In the case of your computing resources and personal data inside that box you call your laptop, or protecting the whole of your home or office network, security is a matter of using specific tools that prevent unprivileged outsiders from getting in. Wifi passwords, firewalls, password protected fileshares, virus protection software, etc.

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Best Practices for Securing Data in Humanitarian Crisis Situations

Saleforce Nonprofit

Appropriate data retention policies should be implemented, including considerations for the rapid decay of the physical security situation. Sensitive Data Footprint: Similar to above, when systems are integrated, often elements of data interrelate where pieces of a full picture may live in different systems. should also be considered.

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6 Device Security Tips to Keep Your Data Safe

Tech Soup

After all, it doesn't matter how good your antivirus is if someone can get hold of your computer and snoop through your files (or load it up with cat pictures). A cable lock, like this one from Kensington , is an easy, affordable way to keep your laptop from becoming a target of theft. Password-Protect Everything.

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Five Tech Tips for Every Executive Director

NTEN

Evernote lets me organize files, web sites, pictures, audio, and notes, from any device. If I see conference signage I want Anna to use at the next NTC, I snap a picture and save it in my NTC notebook. I can retrieve these items from my phone, my tablet, my laptop, or any computer with a browser.

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6 Website Elements to Include to Drive Year-Round Donations

Greater Giving

The resolution is where you can bring donors into the picture— let them know that by contributing to your fundraising efforts, they can be a part of the solution. Lastly, you must ensure that viewing your nonprofit’s website is an equally enjoyable experience for smartphone users and laptop/desktop users alike.

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Tech Policies for Virtual Teams: A Leader’s Responsibility

Non Profit Quarterly

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” And your perspective on technology policies, I think, will vary a little bit depending on your role in the organization. The problem they had was they didn’t really have policies to really govern and guide their staff towards effectively transitioning.

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New on SSIR: #4Change Examines Social Media for the Climate Change Movement

Amy Sample Ward

Think about a tool like YouTube, where people can share videos (uploaded and created in various ways from mobile phones to laptop computers to high quality cameras) and then find others who care about similar issues. People don’t see ‘big picture’ but relate locally&# (@ kristianakocis ).