The Nonprofit Matrix is an online directory and guide to Application Service Providers (ASPs) and portals offering web-based services for nonprofits and charities.
May 28th, 2008 at 07:27am
It’s becoming de rigeur for organizations, and nonprofit staff to blog. How can you set up a blog with free and open source software? What are the options out there? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the different blogging platforms?
Presented by: Michelle Murrain, NOSI
May 28th, 2008 at 07:26am
Data is critical to all nonprofits. To be successful, you need to know who your stakeholders are and how they interact with your organization. So how do you create a data focused organization? This session will help you understand the fundamentals of databases in order to collect and use the information for reporting and management decisions.
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JOHN KENYON has been helping nonprofits for over 15 years by providing advice, teaching seminars, and writing articles about technology. In the late 90’s he was Information Technology Director at San Francisco’s Management Center. Along with Michael Stein he wrote both The eNonprofit: a guide to ASPs, internet services and online software and the Nonprofit Quarterly article “A Decade of Online Fundraising”. John recently served as Training and Consulting Manager at Groundspring.org/Network for Good, helping organizations effectively leverage the Internet, before returning to private practice in 2006. He is an adjunct professor for the University of San Francisco’s Masters of Nonprofit Administration degree program and has been a featured speaker at conferences across the US, in England and online.
May 28th, 2008 at 07:25am
Many non-profit organizations are looking for ways to get on board with “web 2.0”, be it through e-mentoring or online peer networks. Yet without adequate staffing and expertise, new programs are difficult to implement, and existing ones can be difficult to manage.
iMentor Interactive, developed by iMentor and based on the best practices of its New York City mentoring program, presents an opportunity to add mentoring to your current programming, enhance your existing mentoring program, or launch and maintain a peer or alumni network, all with one web-based, customizable platform.
The iMentor Interactive(iMi) webinar will feature an overview of the platform, including a tour of the most relevant features:
The session will further discuss how technology can be used to establish strong relationships, best practices and tools for developing and managing meaningful networks and relationships online, and ways in which iMi can have a critical impact on the success of your organization.
About Product Spotlight Webinars
Product Spotlight Webinars are presented by sponsors. In these sessions, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about products and services, as well as some of the latest trends in the sector. Content in these sessions has been developed solely by the sponsor.
May 28th, 2008 at 07:24am
Your organization’s hardware, software, and network form the foundation of your technology implementation. If the foundation is not strong, it’s tough to succeed in any other area. It can be difficult to wade through the myriad options for each category, but we’ll help you cut through the jargon and review the essential knowledge needed to understand hardware, software, and networks.
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JOHN KENYON has been helping nonprofits for over 15 years by providing advice, teaching seminars, and writing articles about technology. In the late 90’s he was Information Technology Director at San Francisco’s Management Center. Along with Michael Stein he wrote both The eNonprofit: a guide to ASPs, internet services and online software and the Nonprofit Quarterly article “A Decade of Online Fundraising”. John recently served as Training and Consulting Manager at Groundspring.org/Network for Good, helping organizations effectively leverage the Internet, before returning to private practice in 2006. He is an adjunct professor for the University of San Francisco’s Masters of Nonprofit Administration degree program and has been a featured speaker at conferences across the US, in England and online.
May 28th, 2008 at 07:22am
For nonprofits, the arrival of SproutBuilder is a welcome innovation. Using Sprout, non-technical staff can create multimedia widgets that bring together up-to-date information about the work of a nonprofit. Each “sprout” can include text, images, video, calendars, RSS feeds, and a “donate now” button spread across multiple “pages.” Once the sprout is published, supporters can post these rich media widgets on their own blogs, websites, and social networking profiles. Nonprofits can update the widget at any time and track where they are appearing and how individuals are interacting with them. The best part of all is that Sprout is completely free. For cash strapped nonprofits, investing a few hours to build an attractive Sprout widget can be a positive and financially rewarding use of social media. This webinar will look at a number of successful nonprofit implementations of Sprout, provide a quick demonstration on building and promoting a sprout, and offer tips on how to integrate a sprout in your own work. The presenter of this webinar is neither a staff member nor a consultant with SproutBuilder.
Presented by: Peter Dietz
May 28th, 2008 at 07:21am
Change is hard. Especially when it comes to changing the way that people use their computers to do their jobs. Successfully adopting online collaboration tools is both a technology and a people problem. This session will cover tactics and tools for getting your users to break the email habit and adopt online collaboration tools to share files, manage tasks, and communicate better.
Presented by: Forum One Communications
About Product Spotlight Webinars
Product Spotlight Webinars are presented by sponsors. In these sessions, you’ll have the opportunity to learn about products and services, as well as some of the latest trends in the sector. Content in these sessions has been developed solely by the sponsor.
May 28th, 2008 at 07:20am
You weren’t hired for your technological prowess, but you find yourself faced with decisions about technology every day. The most successful nonprofit leaders know how to use technology to their advantage – managing technology work for their organization, not the other way around. This webinar series will give you the information and skills you need to understand technology, make your work life easier, and get more done with the same resources. You’ll leave the series as a technology leader, a valuable role for any nonprofit career. Taught in plain English and designed for leaders at all levels of technology comfort, at the end of the series, you’ll be able to:
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Presented by:
JOHN KENYON has been helping nonprofits for over 15 years by providing advice, teaching seminars, and writing articles about technology. In the late 90’s he was Information Technology Director at San Francisco’s Management Center. Along with Michael Stein he wrote both The eNonprofit: a guide to ASPs, internet services and online software and the Nonprofit Quarterly article “A Decade of Online Fundraising”. John recently served as Training and Consulting Manager at Groundspring.org/Network for Good, helping organizations effectively leverage the Internet, before returning to private practice in 2006. He is an adjunct professor for the University of San Francisco’s Masters of Nonprofit Administration degree program and has been a featured speaker at conferences across the US, in England and online.
May 28th, 2008 at 07:18am
We know that information technology touches many aspects of our work in nonprofits. From accounting to programs to fundraising, we use technology to organize and analyze data, to communicate, and to deliver services. In this session, we’ll examine the role of information technology in supporting the essential functions, business processes, and mission of a nonprofit organization.
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Presented by:
JOHN KENYON has been helping nonprofits for over 15 years by providing advice, teaching seminars, and writing articles about technology. In the late 90’s he was Information Technology Director at San Francisco’s Management Center. Along with Michael Stein he wrote both The eNonprofit: a guide to ASPs, internet services and online software and the Nonprofit Quarterly article “A Decade of Online Fundraising”. John recently served as Training and Consulting Manager at Groundspring.org/Network for Good, helping organizations effectively leverage the Internet, before returning to private practice in 2006. He is an adjunct professor for the University of San Francisco’s Masters of Nonprofit Administration degree program and has been a featured speaker at conferences across the US, in England and online.
May 28th, 2008 at 07:16am
Your organization uses your site to communicate many messages to many audiences. But with so much content, how can you design a site that truly generates results by getting each audience to do what you want them to do? In this webinar, we’ll reveal tricks of the trade to optimize your site for results from your audiences using nonprofit websites as examples. And you just might be surprised what some simple changes can accomplish.
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Presented by: Kira Marchenese, Environmental Defense, Sarah Haug, Sea Change Strategies, Dottie Hodges, Northridge Interactive, and Susan Finkelpearl, Free Range Studios
May 28th, 2008 at 07:14am
An excellent IT staff starts with a good second-in-command, the person you trust as much as yourself. This person could be an IT Generalist or have one specific skill, but it has to be someone who can replace you, at least temporarily.
Once this person is in place, you’ll begin to see which other roles are required in your organization — for instance, where to hire experience (and pay more) vs. where to hire young (and pay less). We’ll look at basic flow chart options for different size organizations and needs and also how best to retain the high performers. Interview tips for hiring all levels of IT staff and how to tailor motivation to the individual will be key elements of the presentation.
In this introduction to IT in Today’s Environment, you will learn:
Presented by: Dave Tainer is Director of Information Systems for GMHC, a Manhattan-based nonprofit that was first in the fight against AIDS. Dave has been responsible for providing IT guidance and vision to operations and programs since coming on board in January 2006. He has successfully implemented structured corporate principles of IT management (CoBIT, ITIL), which have resulted in increased productivity, faster network access, enhanced security, compliance with HIPAA and PCI, and a data migration to a governmental database and reporting system. He was instrumental in securing a $1,106,000 technology-only capital grant from NYEDC which has allowed for a state-of-the-art network infrastructure, new workstations for all staff, and a VoIP implementation.
Prior to GMHC, Dave was adjunct faculty at DePaul University in Chicago, teaching in three departments: Human-Computer Interaction as a Usability specialist, Computer Science as a database and systems specialist, and Digital Cinema as a technical specialist (digital cinematography). He previously taught business statistics at other Chicago-area universities, mostly for MBA programs.
Between 1998 and 2005 Dave served as founder and senior partner of BuTain, Inc., a technology consulting firm specializing in IT Strategy and Management Consulting. He previously held the position of CIO for Unified Management, a professional employer organization (PEO). During his tenure at Unified, Dave was a frequent guest speaker on all IT issues in the PEO industry at events, conferences and roundtables, and helped Unified Management define the cutting-edge in PEO technology and information management.
