Wednesday, January 04, 2006

TechStudents taps university resources

TechStudents taps university resources: "TechStudents taps university resources
Service offers inexpensive help to businesses, groups
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Joe Guillen
Plain Dealer Reporter

As a small nonprofit organization with a tight budget, Cleveland Bridge Builders couldn't afford to hire a professional to create the computerized thank-yous it envisioned sending donors last spring.

Executive Director Laura Steinbrink said she wanted the notes to be special, a reflection of the organization's gratitude. But with a staff of only three, Steinbrink's options were limited.

'We know how to make our computers work, but we don't know how to make our computers work for us,' she said."

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Alumni's reach felt across city - Cincinnati - MSNBC.com

Alumni's reach felt across city - Cincinnati - MSNBC.com:
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"The Freedom Center has become the single biggest institutional focus of Procter & Gamble,' said Pepper, who retired from Procter in 2002. '(Museum President) Spencer Crew would be the first to say the Freedom Center wouldn't be there in the way it is without this support.'

But the Freedom Center is just one of many local institutions Procter supports by loaning executives or assigning them to community projects that become part of their day-to-day work for the company. The Cincinnati Center City Development Corp., Greater Cincinnati Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Ohio Business Development Coalition are just a few of the nonprofits receiving assistance and direction from Procter employees."

Nonprofit group takes its bid online - baltimoresun.com

Nonprofit group takes its bid online - baltimoresun.com:
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So began Trading Graces, an online auction that Lutheran Services officials hope will become an eagerly anticipated annual event - and help raise the organization's profile among potential supporters.

Lutheran Services and its agencies have been collecting items from employees, vendors, donors and the public to be offered for sale beginning Feb. 26 on eBay."