onPhilanthropy: Articles: The Purposeful Techie: Nonprofit IT with Intention

From OnPhilanthropy

onPhilanthropy: Articles: The Purposeful Techie: Nonprofit IT with Intention: "The Purposeful Techie: Nonprofit IT with Intention
Thursday, July 31, 2008
By: Mark Shaw

The nonprofit 'accidental techie' phenomenon is not a new idea. Everyone has one in their- office the staff member who happens to know how to un-jam the printer becomes the go-to person for all manners of organizational and individual technology troubleshooting and repairs. Before he or she realizes what has happened, they have become the office technology guru."

Intel, Portugal agree to deal for 500,000 laptops

Intel, Portugal agree to deal for 500,000 laptops: "Intel Corp. on Wednesday pledged to provide elementary school students in Portugal with 500,000 computers based on its Classmate PC design, the latest move by the computer chip maker to take the lead in the emerging low-cost laptop market.

The computers will be delivered over the course of the 2008-09 school year. An Intel spokesperson declined to disclose how much the laptops will cost parents or other financial terms of the deal, saying Portugal's Ministry of Education is working out pricing details."

A 2nd look at an old post

Happened across a historical posting which discussed the pro's and cons of tagging. The criteria and discussion was interesting as well as some of the cross blog discussion.

http://afprc11.blogspot.com/search?q=beth%27s-cross-blog

Dad to pull comic-book all-nighter for charity

Dad to pull comic-book all-nighter for charity: "Stephen David Wark plans to pull an all-nighter tonight reading comic books and blogging about them. But it's for a good cause.

Wark is among dozens of bloggers around the world participating in the Day of Blogs, a fundraising campaign in which each participant posts every half hour for 24 hours straight and solicits sponsors to donate to the blogger's preferred charity."

Who Needs So Many “Friends”? | eJewish Philanthropy

From ejewishphilanthropy.com


Who Needs So Many “Friends”? | eJewish Philanthropy: "Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook aren’t just for college keg stand contest pictures anymore. Nonprofits are joining social network sites to connect with people, strengthen cause awareness and hopefully cultivate donors."