A Microsoft Refugee Becomes a Social Technologist - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

A Microsoft Refugee Becomes a Social Technologist - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com: "Mr. Poole, 47, plans to spend the next few months figuring out where he would like to work next — most likely, he said, for a non-profit foundation or agency, not in the technology industry.

But he is joining NComputing as its co-chairman and “global ambassador,” the company said Tuesday."

Givvy Launches Online Tools for Getting Organized About Your Charitable Giving | Xconomy

Givvy Launches Online Tools for Getting Organized About Your Charitable Giving | Xconomy: "Givvy Launches Online Tools for Getting Organized About Your Charitable Giving
Rebecca Zacks 9/12/08

Back in February I tried a million different ways to get Givvy founder John Treadway to tell me exactly what is was his months-old startup was building. The best I could get out of him at the time was something about online tools that give individual donors “more control and more empowerment over why, when, where, and how they give to charities,” and a lot of intriguing talk about the idea that people would feel better and give more if they were more able to ensure that their charitable spending aligned with their beliefs and priorities."

Jhai PC: Low-cost computer links villages to the Web | csmonitor.com

Jhai PC: Low-cost computer links villages to the Web | csmonitor.com: "n the small Hmong village of Phonsavad in Laos, three hours upriver from the nearest road, the Jhai PC is a portal to another world. Built to withstand monsoon rains and extreme temperatures and linked to the Web by satellite, the tough computer brings villagers weather reports, current prices for their rice crops and weavings, and contact with relatives living abroad.

It comes with a communications suite that both literate and illiterate villagers can use and will eventually host a videoconference kit for checkups with doctors. The computer costs about $200 and can charge its battery from a generator powered by pedaling a stationary bike."

Internet Chats, Pizza and Philanthropy « Minnesota Council on Foundations Blog - Philanthropy Potluck

From Philanthropy Potluck

Internet Chats, Pizza and Philanthropy « Minnesota Council on Foundations Blog - Philanthropy Potluck: "Philanthropists young and old — no matter how you like to communicate — take heart! Advocates of philanthropy are embracing electronic communications, but they haven’t forgotten the joy of sitting down for a face-to-face conversation over a slice of pizza.

On an 8/22 TPT segment on “Minnesota’s Philanthropic Tradition,” Almanac’s Mary Lahammer interviewed philanthropist and former RBC Dain Rauscher CEO Dick McFarland."

Nonprofit donors have more options for giving - Fort Worth Business Press

Nonprofit donors have more options for giving - Fort Worth Business Press: "While these may be traditional ways to drum up money for a cause, such methods tend to be labor intensive for both the charity and for donors, said Aly Burroughs, the corporate marketing director for the American Heart Association’s Start! Tarrant County Heart Walk.

To save time and precious dollars, nonprofits are using technology to tug on the heart and purse strings of donors."