SF nonprofit expands tech lab for homeless and poor Tenderloin residents | Other News | San Francisco | San Francisco Examiner

SF nonprofit expands tech lab for homeless and poor Tenderloin residents | Other News | San Francisco | San Francisco Examiner: "The first year the St. Anthony Foundation opened its computer stations to the Tenderloin community, the technology lab ran dozens of computers on an Internet connection you might find in a private home.
When Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, a longtime San Francisco resident, heard of the slothlike computer lab at the nonprofit in 2008, he said he “found the right civic-minded guy at Comcast” to fix the problem."



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50-59 year olds are early tech adopters too? | RAZ Mobile

50-59 year olds are early tech adopters too? | RAZ Mobile: "It makes me want to ask “Well, if older folks don’t use the internet then where are all the typewriters?”

I observe older Americans (I guess the correct term would be “Boomers”) head down, finger extended, tapping and sliding around on their smartphones just as much as I see Gen X, Y or Z so the notion that Boomers somehow lag is a faulty notion to me.

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The Daily Pennsylvanian :: Student organization connects non-profits with app development

The Daily Pennsylvanian :: Student organization connects non-profits with app development: "Two seniors are vying to save nonprofits thousands of dollars.

Co-founded by Wharton and Engineering senior Dhruv Maheshwari and Engineering senior Ali Altaf, Hack4Impact connects student developer talent with nonprofit organizations free of charge. It works closely with groups in and outside of Philadelphia, and has a model that may be applied beyond Penn."



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WATCH: It's Not the Ice Bucket Challenge, but This 'Nickelback' Charity Fundraiser Is Going Viral

WATCH: It's Not the Ice Bucket Challenge, but This 'Nickelback' Charity Fundraiser Is Going Viral: "When Relevant's Jesse Carey wants to give back, he doesn't do it halfway. 

His charity project—listening to Nickelback, for a week straight—is making international headlines.  

The project, "the ultimate test of human endurance," is two-fold, Carey says in the podcast. "



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Know a Good Nonprofit IT Blog? Add It to Our List — BizTech

Know a Good Nonprofit IT Blog? Add It to Our List — BizTech: "BizTech 25 Must-Read Nonprofit IT Blogs"



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Does Bad Data Software Hurt Nonprofits? Roderick Campbell CommitChange : FundRaising Success

Does Bad Data Software Hurt Nonprofits? Roderick Campbell CommitChange : FundRaising Success: "The short answer is yes. If your data-tracking systems need their own organization charts or binders full of complicated instructions, then your software infrastructure is definitely broken."



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Is #SmearForSmear the next Ice Bucket Challenge?

Is #SmearForSmear the next Ice Bucket Challenge?

Nonprofits Say Facebook News-Feed Changes Hurting Outreach - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Nonprofits Say Facebook News-Feed Changes Hurting Outreach - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Nonprofits Say Facebook News-Feed Changes Hurting Outreach
Charities that rely primarily on social media to raise awareness and share information about their causes are growing restive over alterations in how Facebook delivers a group's posts to those who have liked its page, according to International Business Times."



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Forget everything you thought you knew about the homepage — Tech News and Analysis

Forget everything you thought you knew about the homepage — Tech News and Analysis:



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Billionaire Warren Buffett's Cadillac up for auction to help charity - Business News | The Star Online

Billionaire Warren Buffett's Cadillac up for auction to help charity - Business News | The Star Online: "Warren Buffett has put his 2006 Cadillac on the auction block to raise money to benefit a children's charity he has long supported.

His DTS sedan will be auctioned online starting on Wednesday and ending on Feb. 19 at Proxibid's website, (https://www.proxibid.com/asp/Catalog.asp?aid=89707). Buffett last year replaced the DTS with a Cadillac XTS.
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Young Tech Donors Take Leading Role in Philanthropy 50 - Philanthropy 50 - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Young Tech Donors Take Leading Role in Philanthropy 50 - Philanthropy 50 - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "America’s 50 most generous donors increased their giving by 27.5 percent last year—powered in large part by a $1.5-billion gift from Bill and Melinda Gates and a stunning rise in the number of tech entrepreneurs under 40, three of whom gave more than $500-million each.

The increase is striking compared with 2012, when giving by the Philanthropy 50 rose just 4 percent."



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PayPal Says Year-End Giving Increased 50 Percent - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

PayPal Says Year-End Giving Increased 50 Percent - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "PayPal Says Year-End Giving Increased 50 Percent
By Rebecca Koenig
PayPal processed $212-million in charitable donations during December 2014, including $8.6-million raised through its Give Cheer campaign, the online payment-processing company reported."



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British Red Cross appoints its first chief information officer

British Red Cross appoints its first chief information officer:



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massnonprofit news ::: "Knowledge management—also called KM—is the process of choosing and using tools and systems to effectively gather, organize, share, and use information, of any topic and type, within and between individuals, organizations, and groups."



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Ebola fundraising appeal sets record for most individual online donations | Guinness World Records

Ebola fundraising appeal sets record for most individual online donations | Guinness World Records: "A Chinese appeal to provide aid for those affected by the Ebola outbreak in Africa has set a new record for most individual donations for a campaign on a single online platform in 24 hours.

Organised by instant messenger service Tencent QQ alongside the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation and the United Nations World Food Programme, the charity drive received 105,803 individual pledges on 23 December last year."



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