Friday, May 04, 2007

Nothing But Nets Wins People's Voice Award for Best Charitable Organizations Nonprofit Web Site For the 11th Annual Webby Awards

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Nothing But Nets Wins People's Voice Award for Best Charitable Organizations Nonprofit Web Site For the 11th Annual Webby Awards: "Nothing But Nets Wins People's Voice Award for Best Charitable Organizations Nonprofit Web Site For the 11th Annual Webby Awards

Nothing but nets amongst winners selected by the public after more than 400,000 votes cast.

Washington, DC (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 4, 2007 -- The Webby Awards, the leading international honor for web sites, named Nothing But Nets - a grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria - for the Best Charitable Organizations Nonprofit Web site of 2007 in the annual People's Voice voting. The Web site is produced by the United Nations Foundation in partnership with Communicopia. People's Voice Winners will be honored at The 11th Annual Webby Awards in New York City June 3-5, 2007."

Blackbaud Announces CRM Tech Platform for Nonprofits

Blackbaud Announces CRM Tech Platform for Nonprofits: "Blackbaud, Inc.'s CEO Marc Chardon has announced that the company has released its technology platform, code-named Infinity, along with two new products for nonprofits' information management."

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

High-Tech Tools for Giving Back

Katrin from NTEN points us to this Video Report from ABC
High-Tech Tools for Giving Back
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3017235

Also in that interview she talks about the Center for Biological Research and their ringtone campaign.

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Monday, April 30, 2007

Tech's Drive For Social Responsibility

Tech's Drive For Social Responsibility: "High-tech industries are finding innovative ways to contribute to philanthropic causes around the world. They are also adopting different strategies to ensure that their giving is sustainable and more impactful than in the past."

Finding Technology Funds Hard for Nonprofits

Finding Technology Funds Hard for Nonprofits: "Attendees and speakers at the annual Nonprofit Technology Network meeting said that local groups still struggle to get funding to pay for vital technology upgrades, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reported April 19."

Made in India PC for just about $100

Made in India PC for just about $100: "While global computing giants like IBM and AMD are yet to give shape to their ambitious plans for a computer that costs $100 or less, an Indian company has already set its eyes on 10 million potential customers with its up-and-running PC priced at Rs 4,500 only.

The machine, launched by Chennai-based Novatium Solutions in 2004, costs a little over $100 as of today in the US currency"

Web 2.0 Expo: Data on Participatory Web

Web 2.0 Expo: Data on Participatory Web: "Tagging has become a mainstream acitivity in blogging, according to Sifry - 230 Million tags over two years, with 37% of blog posts using author tags."