Leadership

Have Your Feet On The Ground When Looking At The Cloud

Submitted on Thu, 5/24/2012 - 10:32am
As your hardware grows old or you want more from your software, look into the cloud. It may save a lot of money and give your organization room to grow.

The Cloud: Not As Airy As You Thought

Submitted on Wed, 5/23/2012 - 3:49pm
Cloud computing is really a boon to nonprofits because it significantly reduces upfront costs and allows for quick expansion of both capacity and applications.

CRM is Exactly What Your Nonprofit Needs

Submitted on Wed, 5/23/2012 - 3:33pm
Salesforce implementations, just like any other implementations, have costs associated with it. But you know what? Not using technology also has a cost.

What is the Value of the Cloud for CSOs in the Developing World?

Submitted on Thu, 5/17/2012 - 4:48pm
The Cloud is channelling the creativity of developers in the developing world despite the absence of sufficient infrastructure.

2012 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook

Join Ezra Billinkoff, Senior Consultant with M+R Strategic Services and Lindsey Twombly, Associate Director of Online Mobilization and Social Media for the Human Rights Campaign. We'll share key findings from M+R and NTEN's 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Extra: Facebook study, as well as case studies from individual nonprofits that are using social media best practices to identify, recruit, and engage supporters. What's more - you'll walk away with an understanding of how to define and measure success. Learn more »

Developing a Cloud Migration Strategy, Part 2: Process, Costs & Things to Consider

Submitted on Thu, 5/10/2012 - 2:57pm
The promise of the cloud is that you don't have to worry about servers anymore. The reality of the cloud is that you have a lot of other things to think about.

Online Competitions: Calling All Community Problem Solvers!

Crowd-sourcing tools and the use of online competitions (also known as “challenges”) to spark innovation and community problem solving have been mushrooming across the country.  In this session, we will explore the power (and limitations!) of competitions as a tool for community engagement and grantmaking. Learn more »

2011 Nonprofit Technology Staffing & Spending Survey Results + Introducing The Online Benchmarking Tool

Join us as we present the findings from the latest annual study, with improved benchmarks and technology effectiveness metrics you can use to plan your budgets, write your grant proposals, and make the case to your colleagues and stakeholders that technology is an important investment in your mission. Learn more »

Developing a Cloud Migration Strategy, Part 1: What Systems Can You Migrate?

Submitted on Wed, 5/9/2012 - 10:25am
While it may be tempting to move to the cloud because of your free 10 Salesforce licenses or free Google Apps account, it's critical to answer the question: Why migrate?

How Content Curation Builds Staff Expertise and Reduces Information Overload

Content curation is the process of sifting through information on the web and organizing, filtering and making sense of it and sharing the very best content with your network. Rather than another potential recipe for information overload, content curation can actually be a method to tackle this problem.  Learn more »